PAPAL CALENDAR FOR 2017
Bishops’ Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican Via dell’Umiltà, 30 – 00187 Rome Tel (calling from USA): 011.39.06.6900.1821 FAX (faxing from USA): 011.39.06.679.1448 e-mail: [email protected]
(edited March 10, 2017)
Please note that this calendar is not official, but created by this office.
2017
MARCH 2017
March 1 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
Ash Wednesday Papal Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina at 4:30 p.m. (Tickets must be requested directly from the Prefecture of the Papal Household.)
March 5 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 6-10 Holy Father’s Lenten Retreat
March 8 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
March 12 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 15 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 17 Papal Penance Service at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
March 19 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 22 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 26 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 29 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
APRIL 2017
April 2 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 5 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 9 PALM SUNDAY MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square – Diocesan Day for Youth
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 12 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 13 CHRISM MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
April 14 GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATION OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD, at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum at 9:15 p.m. (No tickets are necessary to attend.)
April 15 EASTER VIGIL PAPAL MASS at 8:30 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
April 16 EASTER SUNDAY PAPAL MASS at 10:15 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
Urbi et Orbi blessing at 12 Noon in St. Peter’s Square (No tickets are necessary to attend.)
April 17 Pasquetta (Holy Father’s blessing) at 12 Noon in St. Peter’s Square (No tickets are necessary to attend.)
April 19 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 23 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 26 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 30 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
MAY 2017
May 3 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
May 7 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
May 10 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
May 14 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
May 17 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
May 21 NO REGINA CAELI/PAPAL BLESSING
May 24 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
May 28 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
May 31 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
JUNE 2017
June 4 Papal Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter’s Basilica at 10:00 a.m. (Tickets are limited.)
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
June 7 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
June 11 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
June 14 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
June 18 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
Papal Mass for Corpus Christi at St. John Lateran at 7:00 p.m., followed by a Eucharistic Procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Tickets to the Mass are very limited. No tickets are necessary to participate in the Eucharistic Procession.)
June 21 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
June 25 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
June 28 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
June 29 Pallium Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Tickets must be requested directly from the Prefecture of the Papal Household. Please note that the Archbishops receiving the Pallium will have priority in the ticket distribution.
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
JULY 2017
*All Wednesday Papal audiences are suspended during the month of July.
July 2 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
July 5 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
July 9 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
July 12 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
July 16 NO ANGELUS/PAPAL BLESSING
July 19 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
July 23 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
July 26 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
July 30 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
AUGUST 2017 *No tickets are necessary to attend the Papal Audiences during the month of August.
August 2 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square (No tickets are necessary to attend.)
August 6 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 9 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square (No tickets are necessary to attend.)
August 13 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 15 Solemnity of the Assumption the Blessed Virgin Mary – Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 16 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
August 20 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 23 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square (No tickets are necessary to attend.)
August 27 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 30 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square (No tickets are necessary to attend.)
SEPTEMBER 2017
September 3 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
September 6 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
September 10 NO ANGELUS/PAPAL BLESSING
September 13 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
September 17 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
September 20 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
September 24 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
September 27 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
OCTOBER 2017
October 1 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
October 4 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
October 8 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
October 11 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
October 15 NO ANGELUS/PAPAL BLESSING
October 18 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
October 22 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
October 25 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
October 29 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
NOVEMBER 2017
November 1 Solemnity of All Saints
NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 5 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 8 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
November 12 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 15 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
November 19 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 22 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
November 26 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 29 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
DECEMBER 2017
December 3 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 6 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
December 8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
Laying of the Wreath in Piazza di Spagna at 4:00 p.m. – No tickets are required
December 10 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 13 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
December 17 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 20 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
December 24 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
Papal Mass for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord at 9:15 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.)
December 25 Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon (No tickets are necessary to attend.)
December 26 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 27 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
December 31 First Vespers of the Solemnity of the Mother of God and Te Deum at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.)