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March is the Month the Church Dedicates to St. Joseph

He is the Patron Saint of the Dying (Or for a Happy Death)

March 1: Feria

March 2: FIRST FRIDAY/The Holy Winding Sheet of our Lord (Friday after the II Sunday of Lent).

March 3: FIRST SATURDAY/Feria

March 4: III Sunday of Lent, Double of the I Class; Commemoration of St. Casimir, Prince of Poland, Confessor; Commemoration of St. Lucius I Pope and Martyr.

March 5: Feria

March 6: Ss. Perpetua and Felicity Martyrs, Double.

March 7: St. Thomas Aquinas Confessor and Doctor of the Church, Double.

March 8: St. John of God Confessor, Double.

March 9: St. Frances of Rome Widow, Double; The Five Holy Wounds (Friday after the III Sunday of Lent).

March 10: The Forty Holy Martyrs, Simple.

March 11: IV Sunday of Lent, Double of the I Class.

March 12: St. Gregory I Pope, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, Double.

March 13: Feria

March 14: Feria

March 15: Feria

March 16: Feria; The Precious Blood (Friday after the IV Sunday of Lent).

March 17: St. Patrick Bishop and Confessor, Double.

(THE PASSIONTIDE WITH THE HOLY WEEK)

March 18: I Sunday of the Passion (Passion Sunday), Double of the I Class; Commemoration of St. Cyril Bishop of Jerusalem, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.

March 19: St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor, and Patron of the Universal Church, Double of the I Class.

March 20: Feria

March 21: St. Benedict Abbot, Greater Double.

March 22: Feria

March 23: Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Greater Double; Commemoration of the Feria.

March 24: St. Gabriel the Archangel, Greater Double.

March 25: II Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday), Double of the I Class.

March 26: Monday in the Holy Week (Jesus curses the fig tree).

March 27: Tuesday in the Holy Week (Cleansing of the temple).

March 28: Wednesday in the Holy Week (Judas Iscariot plans his treachery).

March 29: Maundy Thursday.

March 30: Good Friday.

March 31: Holy Saturday (Fasting & COMPLETE Abstinence).

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