2011
January 1, 2011 – Saturday, Mary, Mother of God Feast, (not a holy day of obligation), World Day of Prayer for Peace
January 2 – Sunday, Epiphany of the Lord; blessing of chalk to be used to write the Epiphany markings over the doorposts of the parishioners’ homes
January 9 – Sunday; Feast of the Baptism of the Lord—last day of Christmas Season (National Vocations Awareness Week)
January 15/16 – Seminarian Education Appeal
January 17 – Monday; Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 18-20 – January Institute in Cheyenne
January 18-25 – Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
January 22 – Roe vs. Wade; Day of Penance
February 2 – Wednesday; Presentation of the Lord (Blessing of Candles); World Day of Consecrated Life
February 3 – Thursday; Feast of St. Blaise; blessing of throats
February 8 – Tuesday; Day of Prayer and Reflection for priests of Thermopolis Deanery at St. Francis Church, Thermopolis; starts at 10 a.m. and ends around 3 p.m.
February 11 – Friday; Our Lady of Lourdes; World Day of the Sick
March 4 – Friday; World Day of Prayer
March 9 – Ash Wednesday
March 9 – April 24 – Operation Rice Bowl
March 13 – First Sunday of Advent; Daylight Savings Time begins
March 22 – Tuesday; Spring CCW Deanery Meeting will be held in Riverton
March 30 – Wednesday; Communal Penance Service, St. Francis Church, Thermopolis at 7:00 p.m.
March 31 – Thursday; Communal Penance Service, St. Anthony Church, Cody at 7:00 p.m.
April 2/3 – Catholic Relief Services collection
April 6 – Wednesday; Communal Penance Service, St. Mary Magdalen, Worland at 7:00 p.m.
April 7 – Thursday; Communal Penance Service, Sacred Heart Church, Greybull at 7:00 p.m.
April 12 – Tuesday; Communal Penance Service, St. Barbara Church, Powell at 7:00 p.m.
April 14 – Thursday; Chrism Mass/Day of Recollection; at St. Patrick Church, Casper; Day of Recollection begins at 10 a.m. Chrism Mass is at 5:15 p.m.
April 17 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
April 21 – Holy Thursday; Mass of the Lord’s Supper Supper; Commission the Extraordinary Ministers of Communion at the Mass for a 3-year term; (Lent officially ends with Vespers Prayer), Beginning of the Triduum
April 22 – Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
April 23 – Holy Saturday; Easter Vigil
April 24 – Easter Sunday
April 30/May 1 – Sat/Sun; Living and Giving in Christ: Unity through Diocesan Ministries (formerly known as the annual Bishop’s Appeal)
May 8 – Sunday; Mothers Day; May Crowning
May 15 – Sunday; World Day of Prayer for Vocations
May 30 – Monday; Memorial Day
June 5 – Seventh Sunday of Easter/Ascension of the Lord
June 12 – Pentecost Sunday
June 19 – Sunday; Fathers Day
June 25/26 – Peter’s Pence collection
June 26 – Sunday; Feast of Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
July 4 – Monday; Independence Day
July 16/17 – Catholic Home Missions Appeal
August 15 – Monday; Feast of the Assumption of BVM (not holy day of obligation)
August ???? – New Pastors’ Retreat at Ring Lake Ranch Retreat Center, Dubois, WY. This is for all pastors that are new to Wyoming to get an orientation to the culture and religious practices of the people in Wyoming. Contact: Father Bob Fox at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Casper at (307) 265-5586, or 472-5710. Check out their website: www.ringlake.org
September 5 – Monday; Labor Day
September 18 – Catechetical Sunday
September 24-25 -- National Retirement Fund for Religious collection
September 30 – Friday; American Indian Day
October 2 – Respect Life Sunday
October 4 – Feast of St. Francis of Assisi—blessing of pets & animals
October 9 – Vocation Awareness Sunday
October 21-23, 2011 – Friday-Sunday; Eucharistic Marian Conference in Jackson
October 23 – World Mission Sunday (Propagation of the Faith collection)
November is American Indian Heritage Month (declared by President George W. Bush in 1990)
November is “Adoption Awareness Month”
November 1 – Tuesday; All Saints
November 6 – Sunday; Daylight Savings Time Ends
November 19/20 – Campaign for Human Development collection
November 20 – Feast of Christ the King
November 24 – Thanksgiving Day
November 27 – 1st Sunday of Advent (Cycle B); begin use of New Translation of New Roman Missal
December 8 – Thursday; Feast of Immaculate Conception
December 10-11 – St. Joseph’s Society for Clergy Retirement collection
December 12 – Monday; Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 25 – Sunday; Christmas Day
December 30 – Friday; Feast of Holy Family
