Months
Colors
Miscellaneous
100

This season usually starts the first of December

Advent

100

This is the color of vestments the priest wears during the season of Advent.

Purple

100

How many seasons are in the liturgical year and what are they?

There are 6. Ordinary Time, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Triduum, and Easter.
200

We are usually in the season of Lent during this month.

February, March, or April

200

This is the color of vestments the priest wears on Easter Sunday.

White

200

What is the liturgical year?

It is the seasons within the church that tell us what scriptures to read and when feast days are.

300

As the New Year begins in January, we are celebrating this season of the church.

Christmas

300

This is the color of vestments the priest wears during the season of Lent.

Purple/Violet
300

What is the Triduum season?

It is the three days before Easter (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday). They reflect Jesus' suffering, death, and resurrection.

400

We usually celebrate Easter in this month.

April or March

400
This is the color of vestments the priest wears on Christmas day.

White

400

When do the priests wear pink?

On the third Sunday of Advent

500

This is the longest season of the church year, lasting a total of nearly 7 months.

Ordinary Time

500

This is the color of vestments the priest wears on Pentecost Sunday, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles in the form of tongues of fire.

Red

500

What is Gaudete Sunday?

It's the Sunday of joy! We anticipate the joy of Jesus being born.
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