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2026 Lenten Calendar & Planner

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Prepare Your Heart and Home for a Fruitful Lent

Our family always begins to breathe a little differently when February rolls in and the liturgical season of Septuagesima approaches. It is a tender and purposeful sweet spot in the Church’s year, a time of interior preparation before the ashes, before the stricter fast begins, and before Holy MotherChurch formally calls us into the long, holy embrace of Lent. It is my favorite season.

In the Traditional Roman Rite, Septuagesima is not merely optional. It is a sacred season that preludes the penitential mortifications of Lent and invites us to calm the noise of the world so that our hearts may be ready for the solemn warnings and graces that are to come.

For 2026, here are the key dates to mark on your calendar:

  • Septuagesima Sunday: February 1, 2026
  • Ash Wednesday: February 18, 2026

These dates remind us that preparation matters, that Lent is a grace-filled journey and not merely a list of do’s and don’ts.

Why a Lenten Planner Is a Treasure for the Home

Several years ago, I created our family’s Lenten Planner and Calendar because I felt the need — not for something complicated, but for something visible that would help us live the season rather than just look at it on the calendar.

And over the years, it has become one of the most requested printables in our home. My children insist we pull it out every Lent, and honestly, I do too. What began as a simple desire to stay organized has blossomed into a beloved family practice.

This calendar and planner are the work of a lay Catholic for personal observance of Lent and private devotions and it has been used in countless homes to help families follow the Church’s liturgical rhythm faithfully.

Living the Liturgical Year in the Family at Home

Our faith is not meant to be contained between Sundays or prayer times. It is meant to shape our days, our meals, our chores, our family rhythms, and our very hearts.

This planner helps your home live the liturgical life by

  • providing a daily calendar rooted in Tradition
  • marking feasts and saint days as opportunities for intercession
  • giving space to plan intentions and reflections
  • helping you keep track of resolutions and sacrifices throughout the season

When we display Lent in our home….where it can be seen every day….it softly teaches both young and old what it means to follow Christ’s call to conversion.

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Includes variations of the 2026 Calendar & several Lenten Planning Sheets!

O most benign Jesus! who didst so desire to suffer for us, grant, that we may willingly suffer for love of Thee; that we may hate and flee from the detestable pleasures of the world and the flesh, and practice penance and mortification, that by so doing we may merit to be released from our spiritual blindness to love Thee more and more ardently, and finally possess Thee forever.

What’s Included in the 2026 Planner

This year’s Lenten Planner & Calendar includes:

  • 2026 Lenten Calendar with images of saints and details of the Liturgical Day. This is for printing and display.
  • Liturgical & Feast Day Planner — helps you prepare for holy days throughout Lent, Easter, and Pentecost
  • Lenten Examination — a gentle guide for self-reflection
  • Lenten Plan Pages — spaces to document family and personal resolutions
  • Lenten Calendar (Dated & Blank) — so you can adapt it to your needs
  • Lenten Weekly Log — to help track prayer, fasting, and acts of charity
  • Lenten Calendar in List Format — for easy reference from Septuagesima onward

Saints are listed on feria days so that we can remember to invoke their intercession on their feast days, and historical feast days are clearly marked to help us immerse ourselves in the rich heritage of the Church.

Printing & Display Suggestions

This planner prints beautifully in large formats:

  • 11×17
  • 24×36 poster size

A large calendar is perfect for your kitchen wall, school room, prayer corner, or anywhere you want to be reminded of the sacred season unfolding before your eyes. My children always love to place a sticker marker over the day as it passes.

Stores like Staples and WalMart offer inexpensive printing options, including blueprint style prints, so that these calendars can be visible and accessible throughout the season.

Lenten Calendars of the Past

New Offer This Year — Personal Planning Call

For those who desire deeper guidance as they prepare for Lent, I am offering a complimentary 15-minute personal call with your planner purchase (by 2.19.26).

Simply email me your purchase confirmation along with two days and times that work for you for a brief phone meeting. I will do my very best to accommodate your schedule, especially before Ash Wednesday or within the first week of Lent.

I look forward to speaking with you and helping you prepare for a peaceful and fruitful season.

During this call, I would be happy to help you

  • build a realistic Lenten plan
  • balance family life and devotion
  • address a Rule of Life
  • clarify fasting and penance
  • answer questions
  • encourage you personally

Offering & Accessibility

This planner is available for a minimum offering, an amount that makes it possible for families to have this resource without pressure.

If you are able to give more, your generosity is appreciated. If you are unable to give at this time, please reach out.

You may download and print the planner for personal family use.

You may share the link to this post, but please do not link directly to the downloadable files.

If you need any assistance, feel free to email me.

May this planner help you and your family not just count the days of Lent but to live them with intention, peace, and joy — growing closer to Christ in every moment.

Download. Print. Plan. Live Lent Well.

If you are reading this and have not yet begun to observe the seasons of the Church, please do not worry.

Begin where you are.

Do not be discouraged by what you feel you “should have” done by now. Do not compare your journey to anyone else’s. Our Lord looks only at your heart and your desire to love Him.

Start today.

Seek to make this Lent the best one you can.
Live it as though it were your last.

Do not fret about showing up in the eleventh hour. Remember that the workers who came late into the vineyard were welcomed with the same generosity. God’s mercy is never delayed for those who turn to Him sincerely.

What matters is not when you begin.
What matters is that you begin.

Offer Him what you have.
Give Him your effort.
Give Him your yes.

Even small sacrifices offered with great love are precious in His sight.

Let this Lent be marked not by perfection, but by fidelity.
Not by fear, but by trust.
Not by discouragement, but by love of God.

And if you stumble, begin again.

Below are FREE Lenten Resources

Lenten Resources for Children:

Lenten Spiritual Reading & Sermons:

2025 Lenten Calendar & Planner

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2026 Lenten Calendar & Planner

Septuagesima in 2025 starts on Sunday, February 16.  Septuagesima is the season that preludes to the penitential mortifications of Lent and is a time to prepare. Ash Wednesday is March 5 this year. 

The Church, therefore, has instituted a preparation for the holy time of Lent. She gives us the three weeks of Septuagesima, during which she withdraws us, as much as may be, from the noisy distractions of the world, in order that our hearts may be the more readily impressed by the solemn warning she is to give us, at the commencement of Lent, by marking our foreheads with ashes.The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger, Septuagesima

This Lenten Calendar was created several years ago and my children insist that we have it every Lent. It’s not grand by any means but it goes to show that a simple visual can have a great impact on all ages. I encourage you to find what your family can be fond of as you set to grow closer to Christ in Lent.

Pictured: Lenten calendar from a previous year

Please do not think that your Lenten plans must be extravagant or lengthy. There are many fruits to be found in a simple rhythm during all seasons, especially in the most penitential season of the year.

The institution of Lent is thus brought before us with everything that can impress the mind with its solemn character and with its power to appease God and purify our souls. Look beyond the little world that surrounds us and see how the entire Christian universe is, at this very time, offering forty days’ penance as a sacrifice of propitiation to the offended Majesty of God. – Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B.’s The Liturgical Year.

As always, you are invited to use this Lenten Calendar for your personal use.

This Lenten Calendar is set for a minimum offering. You may offer more if you wish but it is not required or expected. If you desire to print this calendar but are unable to pay, do not hesitate to reach out.

  • You may download and print the calendar for your personal use.
  • You may also link to this post but please do not link directly to the file download.
  • Email me at JOYfilledfamily{at}gmail{dot}com if you need my assistance.  
  • This year’s calendar prints best as 11×17 or 24×36.
    • Staples offers inexpensive printing options. The colored prints can be printed on 65-63 lb 11×17 for less than $2. The BW Calendar can be printed as a 24×36 “Blue Print” ($3.80) or colored for under $10– It’s thin paper but large and easy to read.

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Includes variations of the 2025 Calendar & several Lenten Planning Sheets!

O most benign Jesus! who didst so desire to suffer for us, grant, that we may willingly suffer for love of Thee; that we may hate and flee from the detestable pleasures of the world and the flesh, and practice penance and mortification, that by so doing we may merit to be released from our spiritual blindness to love Thee more and more ardently, and finally possess Thee forever.

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2025 Lenten Calendar Guide:

  • This calendar follows the Liturgical Calendar of the Traditional Roman Rite (with rubrics from St. Pope Pius X)
  • Saints are listed on Feria Days so we can invoke their intercession on their patronal feast day.
  • Saints listed with “H” are from the Historical Calendar
  • Each saint featured by a picture is identified by the name immediately above the image
  • This calendar is the work of a lay Catholic for one’s personal observance of Lent and private devotions

2025 Planner:

  • Liturgical Planner | Lent Feastday Planner – printed and used to help you plan for holy days & feastdays in the Lenten, Easter, Pentecost, and Time after Pentecost, season – 6 pgs
  • Lent Examination  – 1 pg
  • Lent Plan to document your resolutions – 2 pgs
  • Lent Calendar – one dated and one blank to use as needed – 2 pgs
  • Lent Weekly Log to track resolutions – 8 pgs
  • Lent Calendar 2025 – list form for easy reference. 3 pgs

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Below are FREE Lenten Resources

Lenten Resources for Children:

Lenten Spiritual Reading & Sermons:

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2024 Lenten Planner & Calendar

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Ash Wednesday is February 14 this year. Septuagesima in 2024 starts on Sunday, January 28.  Septuagesima is the season that preludes to the penitential mortifications of Lent and is a time to prepare.

The Church, therefore, has instituted a preparation for the holy time of Lent. She gives us the three weeks of Septuagesima, during which she withdraws us, as much as may be, from the noisy distractions of the world, in order that our hearts may be the more readily impressed by the solemn warning she is to give us, at the commencement of Lent, by marking our foreheads with ashes.The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger, Septuagesima

This Lenten Calendar was created several years ago and my children insist that we have it every Lent. It’s not grand by any means but it goes to show that a simple visual can have a great impact on all ages. I encourage you to find what your family can be fond of as you set to grow closer to Christ in Lent.

Pictured: Lenten calendar from a previous year

Please do not think that your Lenten plans must be extravagant or lengthy. There are many fruits to be found in a simple rhythm during all seasons, especially in the most penitential season of the year.

The institution of Lent is thus brought before us with everything that can impress the mind with its solemn character and with its power to appease God and purify our souls. Look beyond the little world that surrounds us and see how the entire Christian universe is, at this very time, offering forty days’ penance as a sacrifice of propitiation to the offended Majesty of God. – Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B.’s The Liturgical Year.

As always, you are invited to use this Lenten Calendar for your personal use.

This Lenten Calendar is set for a minimum offering. You may offer more if you wish but it is not required or expected. If you desire to print this calendar but are unable to pay, do not hesitate to reach out.

  • You may download and print the calendar for your personal use.
  • You may also link to this post but please do not link directly to the file download.
  • Email me at JOYfilledfamily{at}gmail{dot}com if you need my assistance.  
  • This year’s calendar prints best as 11×17 or 24×36.
    • Staples offers inexpensive printing options. The colored prints can be printed on 65-63 lb 11×17 for less than $2. The BW Calendar can be printed as a 24×36 “Blue Print” ($3.80) or colored for under $10– It’s thin paper but large and easy to read.

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Includes variations of the 2024 Calendar & several Lenten Planning Sheets!

O most benign Jesus! who didst so desire to suffer for us, grant, that we may willingly suffer for love of Thee; that we may hate and flee from the detestable pleasures of the world and the flesh, and practice penance and mortification, that by so doing we may merit to be released from our spiritual blindness to love Thee more and more ardently, and finally possess Thee forever.

⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅

2024 Lenten Calendar Guide:

  • This calendar follows the Liturgical Calendar of the Traditional Roman Rite (with rubrics from St. Pope Pius X)
  • Saints are listed on Feria Days so we can invoke their intercession on their patronal feast day.
  • Saints listed with “H” are from the Historical Calendar
  • Each saint featured by a picture is identified by the name immediately above the image
  • This calendar is the work of a lay Catholic for one’s personal observance of Lent and private devotions

2024 Planner:

  • Liturgical Planner | Lent Feastday Planner – printed and used to help you plan for holy days & feastdays in the Lenten, Easter, Pentecost, and Time after Pentecost, season – 6 pgs
  • Lent Examination for the duration of Advent 2024 – 1 pg
  • Lent Plan to document your resolutions – 2 pgs
  • Lent Calendar – one dated and one blank to use as needed – 2 pgs
  • Lent Weekly Log to track resolutions – 8 pgs
  • Lent Calendar 2024 – list form for easy reference. 2 pgs

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Below are FREE Lenten Resources

Lenten Resources for Children:

Lenten Spiritual Reading & Sermons:

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