Catholic festivals
Church holy days
Catholic festivals are religious celebrations observed by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the liturgical year.
Major festivals include Christmas, Easter, and saints' feast days.
Some have become secular holidays: Mardi Gras celebrations draw tourists from around the world.
Catholic festivals typically involve special masses, processions, and traditional foods tied to the occasion.
- Ash WednesdayLent's opening day
- AdventChristmas preparatory season
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- Holy ThursdayLast Supper commemoration day
- Corpus ChristiLatin for Christ's body
feast · Pentecost · Epiphany · Good Friday · Stations of the Cross · Lent · procession · rosary · saint · incense · Mardi Gras · All Souls' Day · patron saint · vestment · Palm Sunday · altar · chalice · hymn
Catholic festivalsnational holidays
Official countrywide observances
Independence Day · Labor Day · bank holidays · Thanksgiving · Memorial Day