DAY IN 2024 | DAY / CELEBRATION |
1st January * | Solemnity of Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and World Day of Peace |
18th – 25 January | Week of Prayer for Christian Unity |
21st January | Sunday of the Word of God |
28th January | World Leprosy Day |
2nd February | World Day for Consecrated Life |
4th February | Day of Life |
10th February * | St Paul the Apostle, our father in faith and patron saint of Malta |
11th February | World Day of the Sick |
14th February | Ash Wednesday |
25th February | Blessed Adeodata Pisani |
19th March | Anniversary of the Papal Inauguration of His Holiness, Pope Francis |
21st March | Anniversary of the Solemn Installation of Archbishop Charles Scicluna |
22nd March | Our Lady of Sorrows |
29th March | Good Friday |
31st March | Easter Sunday |
7th April | Divine Mercy Sunday |
14th April | Day of Charity within Week of Charity |
21st April | World Day of Prayer for Vocations |
1st May | St Joseph the Worker |
9th May | Feast of Saint George Preca |
12th May | Mother’s Day |
12th May | World Communications Day |
15th May | International Day of Families |
19th May | Day of the Holy Name of God |
14th June | World Day of Blood Donors |
16th June | Father’s Day |
26th June | World Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking |
1st July | Blessed Nazju Falzon |
28th July | World Day of Elderly Persons and Grandparents |
4th August | Anniversary of Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi’s Episcopal Ordination |
15th August * | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
1st September | World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and Beginning of the Season of Creation |
29th September | World Day of Migrants and Refugees |
1st October | International Day of the Elderly |
4th October | Closure of the Season of Creation |
10th October | World Mental Health Day |
20th October | World Mission Day |
27th October | Bible Day |
13th November | Day of Christian Teaching |
17th November | World Day of the Poor |
20th November | World Children’s Day |
21st – 22nd November | Diocesan Assembly |
24th November | Youth Day |
24th November | Anniversary of Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s Episcopal Ordination |
24th November | Christ the King |
1st December | World AIDS Day |
1st December | Beginning of Advent |
3rd December | International Day of Persons with Disabilities |
5th December | International Volunteer Day |
25th December * | Christmas Day – The Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ |
*Holy Day of Obligation
“Sunday … is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church. On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass.”
Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2192