March A.D. 2017

Dominical Letter: A; Golden Number 4; Epact: ii; Roman Indiction: 10; A.U.C MMDCCLXX; Anno Dómini MMXVII; Anno mundi 5777 (until Rosh Hashanah)

Sunday Glorious Mysteries	Monday Joyful Mysteries	Tuesday Sorrowful Mysteries	Wednesday Glorious Mysteries	Thursday Joyful Mysteries	Friday Sorrowful Mysteries	Saturday Glorious Mysteries
Lent begins on March 1st, Ash Wednesday. As noted the weekdays (Ferials) of Lent are traditionally observed with the Lenten Fast; one full meal and two collations. Days of abstinence are marked with a fish. All of the days of Lent should be observed with extra prayer, meditation, spiritual reading, and good works. * Catholics are required to Confess their serious sins once each year, and to receive Holy Communion at least once between the First Sunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday. § A plenary indulgence is granted under the usual conditions on each Friday of Lent and Passiontide to those who after Holy Communion piously recite the prayer before a crucifix, "Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus"; on other days of the year the indulgence is partial. (Enchiridion #22)			1 March Ash Wednesday Stn: St. Sabina Blessing of Ashes Purple 1st Cl.	2 March Ferial [Fast] Stn: St. George St. Chad, B Purple 3rd Cl.	3 March Ferial [Fast] St. Aelrud of Rievaulx, A Stn: Sts. John & Paul First Friday Purple 3rd Cl.	4 March Of Our Lady Com: Feria St. Casimir, C Patron of Poland First Saturday White 3rd Cl.
5 March First Sunday of Lent Stn: St. John Lateran Purple 1st Cl.	6 March Feria [Fast] Sts. Perpetua & Felicitas, MM Stn: St. Peter's Chains Purple 3rd Cl.	7 March St. Thomas Aquinas, DC Com Feria Stn: St. Anastasia White 3rd Cl.	8 March Ember Day Stn: St. Mary Major John of God, C Purple 2nd Cl.	9 March Feria [Fast] Stn: St. Lawrence Purple 3rd Cl.	10 March Ember Day Stn: 12 Apostles Forty Holy Martyrs Purple 2nd Cl.	11 March Ember Day Stn: St. Peter Purple 2nd Cl.
12 March Second Sunday of Lent Stn: St. Mary in Dominica St. Gregory I, P.C.DC * DST Begins * Purple 1st Cl.	13 March Feria [Fast] Stn: St. Clement Anniversary of the Election of Pope Francis Purple 3rd Cl.	14 March Feria [Fast] St. Balbina Purple 3rd Cl.	15 March Feria [Fast] Stn: St. Cecilia Purple 3rd Cl.	16 March Feria [Fast] Stn: St. Mary trans-Tiber Purple 3rd Cl.	17 March St. Patrick, B.C Com: Feria Stn: St. Vitalis Dispense Abstinence White 3rd Cl.	18 March Feria [Fast] Stn: Sts. Marcellinus & Peter St. Cyril of Jerusalem, B.C.DC Purple 3rd Cl.
19 March Third Sunday of Lent Stn: St. Laurence extra muros Purple 2nd Cl	20 March St. Joseph (Trans) Spouse of the BVM Patron of the Church Com: Feria Stn: St. Mark White 1st Cl.	21 March St. Benedict, A Patron of Western Monasticism Com: Feria Stn: St. Prudentia White 3rd Cl.	22 March Feria [Fast] Stn: St. Xystus Purple 3rd Cl.	23 March Feria [Fast] Stn: Sts. Cosmas & Damien Purple 3rd Cl.	24 March St. Gabriel, Archangel Com: Feria Stn: St. Lawrence in Lucina White 3rd Cl.	25 March ANNUNCIATION of the Blessed Virgin Mary Com: Feria Stn: St. Susanna White 1st Cl.
26 Lætare Sunday Stn: Holy Cross in Jerusalem Rose/Purple 3rd Cl.	27 March Feria [Fast] St. John Damascene, DC Purple 3rd Cl.	28 March Feria [Fast] St. John of Capistrano, C Purple 3rd Cl.	29 March Feria [Fast] Purple 3rd Cl.	30 March Feria [Fast] Purple 3rd Cl.	31 March Feria [Fast] Purple 3rd Cl.	Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday March 12 at 2:00 A.M. Set clocks forward.
Sunday Glorious Mysteries	Monday Joyful Mysteries	Tuesday Sorrowful Mysteries	Wednesday Glorious Mysteries	Thursday Joyful Mysteries	Friday Sorrowful Mysteries	Saturday Glorious Mysteries