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We remember many of the individuals highlighted in the stories of faith that precede each chapter on specific days throughout the year. As the year passes, these days present unique opportunities to walk the journey of faith with these individuals as we reflect on and deepen our understanding of our faith.

The following list identifies chapters of the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults during the year that correspond to special celebrations related to individuals featured in the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults’ stories of faith plus other recommendations for feasts, solemnities, and special times of the Church year and significant secular events or memorials. The chapter number is in parentheses. Feasts, memorials, and solemnities are in bold.

January

Catholic Schools Week (28)

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1)
St. Katharine Drexel (13)
St. Frances Cabrini (16)
St. John Neumann (20)

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (24)
National Vocations Awareness Week (20, 21)

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1)
Sr. Thea Bowman (8)

National Migration Week (16)

St. Frances Cabrini (16)

Poverty in America Awareness Month (31)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (11)

1	Feast of Mary, Mother of God (12)
	World Day of Peace (24)
4	St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1)
5	St. John Neumann (20)
19	Mother Joseph (died) (31)
23	Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (29)
25	Conversion of St. Paul (Isaac Hecker) (4)
27	Blessed Francis Seelos (beatification) (20)

February

African-American History Month

Sr. Thea Bowman (8)
Pierre Toussaint (7)

Catholic Press Month (32)

John Boyle O’Reilly (15)
Bishop John Francis Noll (32)
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (35)

Lent

World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life (11)

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1)
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (Mother Alphonsa) (6)
Sr. Thea Bowman (8)
St. Katharine Drezel (13)
St. Frances Cabrini (16)
Mother Joseph (31)
Mother Henriette Delille (34)

World Marriage Day (21)

Blessed Maria and Luigi Quattrocchi (28)

11	World Day of the Sick (19)

March

3	St. Katharine Drexel (13)
30	Sr. Thea Bowman (8)

April

Passover (17)
Easter (8)
World Day of Prayer for Vocations (20)

10	Fr. James Fitton (27)
17	Orestes Brownson (died) (5)
22	Earth Day (31)
23	Cesar Chavez (died) (24)
29	Venerable Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (beatified) (17)

May

National Day of Prayer (36)
National Day of Prayer for Vocations (20)
Mother’s Day (12)

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1)
Catherine de Hueck Doherty (25)
Blessed Maris and Luigi Quattrocchi (28)
Dorothy Day (29)

1	St. Joseph the Worker (Dorothy Day) (29)

June

Father’s Day (28)

Blessed Maria and Luigi Quattrocchi (28)

3	Blessed John XXIII (died) (3)
15	Fr. Patrick Peyton (ordained) (22)
22	St. Thomas More (21)
29	St. Peter (10)
30	Pierre Toussaint (died) (7)

July

1	Blessed Junipero Serra (11)
6	St. Maria Goretti (33)
9	Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (Mother Alphonsa) (died) (6)
14	Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (9)

August

6	Pope Paul VI (died) (30)
10	John Boyle O’Reilly (died) (15)
15	Feast of the Assumption (12)
28	St. Augustine (18)

September

Hispanic Heritage Month (September/October)

Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (17)
Cesar Chavez (24)
St. Juan Diego (12)
Blessed Junipero Serra (11)

Labor Day (31)

Cesar Chavez (24)

3	Blessed John XXIII (beatified) (3)
15	Fr. James Fitton (27)

October

Month of the Rosary (22)
Respect Life Month (29)

World Mission Sunday (10, 11)

Blessed Junipero Serra (11)

11	Blessed John XXIII (also the anniversary of the opening of Vatican II) (3)
21	Blessed Maria and Luigi Quattrocchi (beatified) (28)

November

Advent (13, 14)
Thanksgiving (17)

1	All Saints’ Day (13)
13	St. Frances Cabrini (16)
14	Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (died) (19)
29	Dorothy Day (died) (29)

December

1	World AIDS Day (19)
8	Feast of the Immaculate Conception (12)
9	St. Juan Diego (12)
	Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (died) (35)
12	Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (12)
14	Catherine de Hueck Doherty (25)
22	Fr. Isaac Hecker (died) (4)
	Fr. Demetrius Gallitzin (27)
25	Christmas (7)