PAPAL CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER 2017 – APRIL 2018
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 December 15, 2017)
Please note that this calendar is not official, but created by this office.
2018
JANUARY 2018
January 1 World Day of Peace
Papal Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica – (Tickets are required and are limited.)
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 3 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
January 6 Papal Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are required.)
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 7 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 10 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
January 14 Papal Mass for World Day of Migrants and Refugees at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are required)
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 15-22 Papal visit to Peru
January 17 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
January 21 NO PAPAL ANGELUS
January 24 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
January 25 Papal Vespers for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle at 5:30 p.m. in Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (Tickets are required.)
January 28 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 31 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
FEBRUARY 2018
February 2 Papal Vespers for Religious at 5:30 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are required.)
February 4 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
February 7 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
February 11 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
February 14 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
Ash Wednesday Papal Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina at 5:00 p.m. (Tickets must be requested directly from the Prefecture of the Papal Household.)
February 18 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
February 19-23 Holy Father’s Lenten Retreat
February 21 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
February 25 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
February 28 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
MARCH 2018
March 4 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 7 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 11 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 14 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 18 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 21 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 25 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
March 28 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 29 CHRISM MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
March 30 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 required.)
March 31 EASTER VIGIL PAPAL MASS at 8:30 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
APRIL 2018
April 1 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 required.)
April 2 Pasquetta (Holy Father’s blessing) at 12 Noon in St. Peter’s Square (No tickets required.)
April 4 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 8 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 11 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 15 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 18 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 22 Papal Mass on the occasion of Priestly Ordinations in St. Peter’s Basilica – To be determined
Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 25 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 29 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required