Other Major Feasts 

All feasts of Apostles 

All feasts of Evangelists 

Saint Stephen 

The Holy Innocents 

Saint Joseph 

Saint Mary Magdalene 


Saint Mary the Virgin 

Saint Michael and All Angels 

Saint James of Jerusalem 

Independence Day 

Thanksgiving Day 


Fasts 

Ash Wednesday 

Good Friday 


Feasts appointed of fixed days in the Calendar are not observed on the 
days of Holy Week or of Easter Week.  Major Feasts falling in these 
weeks are transferred to the week following the Second Sunday of Easter, 
in the order of their occurrence. 

Feasts appointed on fixed days in the Calendar do not take precedence of 
Ash Wednesday. 

Feasts of our Lord and other Major Feasts appointed on fixed days,
which fall upon or are transferred to a weekday, may be observed on any 
open day within the week.  This provision does not apply to Christmas 
Day, the Epiphany, and All Saints' Day. 


4. Days of Special Devotion 

The following days are observed by special acts of discipline and
self-denial: 

Ash Wednesday and the other weekdays of Lent and of Holy Week,
except the feast of the Annunciation. 

Good Friday and all other Fridays of the year, in commemoration of the 
Lord's crucifixion, except for Fridays in the Christmas and Easter 
seasons, and any Feasts of our Lord which occur on a Friday. 


5. Days of Optional Observance 

Subject to the rules of precedence governing Principal Feasts, Sundays,