Advent
Waiting, longing, prophecy, repentance, and readiness for Christ.
VioletCatholic time
The year as a beautiful path with Christ.
Seasons, colours, saints, Sundays, fasting, feasting, Scripture, and family practices help faith become a lived rhythm instead of scattered information.
Season wheel
The Church teaches through time.
Advent Violet Christmas White or gold Ordinary Time Green Lent Violet Easter White or gold Pentecost Red
Christmas
The Word made flesh, the Holy Family, Mary, and the light of Christ.
White or goldOrdinary Time
Steady discipleship through the teaching, miracles, parables, and mission of Jesus.
GreenLent
Prayer, fasting, almsgiving, confession, and return to God.
VioletEaster
Fifty days of Resurrection joy, alleluia, baptismal life, and hope.
White or goldPentecost
The Spirit gives courage, unity, gifts, and mission.
Red2026
Current-year movable dates.
Ash Wednesday Wed 18 February 2026
Lent begins.
Palm Sunday Sun 29 March 2026Holy Week begins with palms and the Passion.
Easter Sunday Sun 5 April 2026The Resurrection of the Lord.
Ascension Thu 14 May 2026Celebrated on Thursday or transferred in many places.
Pentecost Sun 24 May 2026The Holy Spirit sends the Church.
Major fixed dates
Feasts and saints to mark at home.
Try it this week
Make the calendar visible.
Put the current season colour somewhere simple: a candle, cloth, ribbon, wall calendar, prayer corner, or family note. Read the Sunday Gospel before Mass and choose one action that matches the season.
Read the guideUnderstand how Sundays, seasons, saints, and feasts form Catholic life. Use the readingsLet the lectionary connect your week to the prayer of the Church. Shape the homeLet your prayer corner change gently with the Church year. Learn a saintGive children and adults a concrete face of holiness each week.