The traditional Catholic Liturgical Year is filled with great reverence, symbolism, and beauty just like the Latin Tridentine Mass. Each month and each day of the week is named for a special devotion. We can join in the richness of our Catholic faith by following the days, weeks, seasons and feastdays of the traditional calendar in a natural rhythm that brings us ever closer to God and our Holy Mother Church.
This is a list of the resources that I have found to be the most helpful for us, a Traditional Catholic Family of 10 on a tight budget. I hope you find some resources to help you along as you work on living the Liturgical Year within your home and observe your Rule of Life. I’d love to hear what you are using or plan to use. Leave a message in the comments.
(Updated links 1.2024 – We follow the pre-1955 Liturgical Calendar but have opted to keep calendars listed here that we have used to various degrees over the years. My inclusion of any group/publisher is not an endorsement of all their works or stances.)
- Liturgical Planners & Calendars – This is a list of the Catholic planners that I have adopted and use.
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Liturgical Calendar of the Traditional Roman Rite (pre55 according to rubrics of St. Pope Pius X) in List form. Past Year’s Liturgical Calendar Printable to print at home – (I used to reformat this calendar for my own preference but no longer take the time to do so. This calendar can be found, here.) Liturgical Calendar in list form to print for use in the home, school, planner, etc… TIP: print 2 per sheet and hole punch with a disc punch. Then insert it into your spiral/disc planner. See more details here. JOYFILLEDFAMILY – FREE to view/print
- Traditional Catholic Wall Liturgical Calendar to print at home was created using Saint Andrew Daily Missal published in 1945 and the Father Lasance missal published in 1945 with no revisions. The traditional holy week remains intact. Has color images of a saint or each month with a nice explanation. FREE to view/print
- This Traditional Catholic Wall Calendar follows the 1962 Temporal and Sanctoral cycles AND includes many elements from the pre-1955 liturgical calendar. It has a wealth of info packed into it. Fatima Center – $12.99
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Online Liturgical Calendar – The FSSP provides this simple listing for easy and quick reference of the 1962 LIturgical Calendar It is updated each year. (Currently, they only have Jan – Aug 2024 available) not for print
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Digital Liturgical Calendar – Digital download, ready to be used in your Outlook, Google Calendar, Mac Calendar and more! This calendar contains all the same information as their standard 1962 calendar, but with the added benefit of a short explanation of that day’s feast or saint! Start your day at your desk – or on your phone – with the Church’s teaching. Angelus Press – $4.99
- Digital Liturgical Calendar 1962 — If you use Google Calendar, you can add the 1962 liturgical calendar by going to this link and clicking on the “+” sign in the bottom right corner (it will say “Add to Calendar” when you mouse over it). This will populate all of the 1962 feast days to your Google Calendar, which you can sync with your smartphone calendar. FREE
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Online Ordo, Blessings, and Rites – This is a full 1962 liturgical calendar available for FREE. You can access this calendar on all devices: PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones. It includes all liturgical instructions for Mass and the Breviary. Built as a web app, the calendar is primarily built for handheld devices. The SSPX is proud to offer this as a service to the Church, for all, for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. Angelus Press – FREE
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Saints Calendar & 16 Month Daily Planner Spiral Bound – This is a favorite printable calendar/planner. I keep one at home for daily reference and my husband keeps one at work. TAN calendars contain special feasts and fascinating Catholic traditions. They are marked with days of Fasting, special Saints Days, and the Sundays of the Liturgical Year for both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Calendar. I generally don’t mix the calendars or recommend sources that combine them but this is good for reference and one of the most complete options that I have found. $18.95
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- Catholic Home Wall Calendar* for use for home educating, family with children, or anyone desiring to leave the liturgical life in the home. This Wall Calendar printable includes saints from the Traditional Calendar of the Latin Mass Liturgy with occasional Historical (H) feast days noted and has moveable pieces to follow the 1962 or pre-1955. – $15
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Student Planner – We use Crusaders for Christ Student Planner for our children in grades 5 and up. They provide a beautiful free printable with gorgeous images of the saints. It is not a true Liturgical Calendar but it does list saints included in the St. Andrew Daily Missal, Imprimatur 1951 and Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Imprimatur 1925. They include text from Fr. Lasance’s The Catholic Girls Guide, The Young Man’s Guide, and My Prayer Book (Imprimaturs 1905 and 1950 respectively).
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Student Planner Prayers – A list of prayers that I’ve included in our planners this year.
- Lenten Calendar – (2023 Lenten Calendar is being released to the *Lex Vivendi Community for Traditional Catholic Women) — This printable is my labor of love that is requested by my children every year, no matter how many times I try to get out of making it. +AMDG+
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Planner Covers – These are to be used for personal use only.