Days which were formerly holydays of obligation and are now kept with some solemnity. In Great Britain they are:They are the same in Ireland, excepting that the Immaculate Conception is a holyday of obligation.
- Easter Monday
- Easter Tuesday
- Whit Monday
- Whit Tuesday
- Purification of Blessed Virgin Mary (2 February)
- Saint Matthias (24 February)
- Saint Gregory the Great (12 March)
- Saint Joseph (19 March)
- Annunciation (25 March)
- Saint George (26 April)
- Saints Philip and James (1 May)
- Finding of the Cross (3 May)
- Saint Augustine (27 May)
- Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (24 June)
- Saint James, Apostle (25 July)
- Saint Anne (26 July)
- Saint Lawrence (10 August)
- Saint Bartholomew (24 August)
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8 September)
- Saint Matthew (21 September)
- Saint Michael, Archangel (29 September)
- Saints Simon and Jude (28 October)
- Saint Andrew, Apostle (30 November)
- Immaculate Conception (8 December)
- Saint Thomas, Apostle (21 December)
- Saint Stephen (26 December)
- Saint John the Apostle (27 December)
- Holy Innocents (28 December)
- Saint Thomas of Canterbury (29 December)
- Saint Silvester (31 December)
New Catholic Dictionary
