The Hallmark Liturgical Calendar, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, May 27, 2024

Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org

Did you celebrate Trinity Sunday yesterday? At the Vatican, the same feast was on the liturgical calendar, but the focus was on the First World Children’s Day.

On January 1 we celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of God. But if you read the newspapers the next day, the stories from Rome will be about the World Day of Peace.

Not quite two weeks ago the Vatican observed the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. We have carried news stories on the World Day for Migrants and Refugees, the World Day of the Sick, the World Day of Communications, the World Day of the Poor, and International Friendship Day. If the UN declares a “Day of X,” chances are good that the Vatican will join in the celebration (balking, perhaps, at ideological observances such as Pride Month). If the UN doesn’t set aside a special day for some good cause, the Vatican might take the lead. …

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