Pope Leo XIV's Catechesis on the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium.
These catecheses should be used for the formation of all liturgical ministers.
We encourage all members of the clergy and liturgical minister
to reflect on these important catecheses.
Liturgical Calendar
July - August 2026
For more detailed information on the liturgical calendar,
please see PDF below:
July 2026
Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus
July 1
St. Junípero Serra, Priest, Obligatory Memorial
Secondary Patron in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Weekday - 13th Week in Ordinary Time
July 3
Feast St. Thomas the Apostle
At the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at 12:10pm.
Independence Day
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 6-8
Weekday - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 9
St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest & Companions, Martyrs (optional memorial)
Let us pray for the Chinese Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Weekday - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 11
St. Benedict, Abbot (Memorial) - White
Let us pray for the Benedictine Order serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
July 12
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 13
Weekday - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 14
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin (Memorial) - White
We join in prayer with the Native American community in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and also the parish community of St. Kateri Tekakwitha in Santa Clarita.
July 15
St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) - White
July 16
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (optional memorial) - White
Let us pray for the Carmelite Order serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
July 17 - 18
Weekdays - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 19
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 20 - 21
Weekdays - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 19-25, 2026
Natural Family Planning Awareness Week
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
Weekdays - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 25
Feast of St. James, Apostle
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2026
Theme: "I will never forget you" (cf. Is 49:15)
For more information, click here
July 27-28
Weekdays - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 29
Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus (Memorial)
Weekday - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 31
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest (Memorial)
Let us pray for the Jesuit Order serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
St. Junípero Serra, Priest, Obligatory Memorial
Secondary Patron in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Liturgical Color: White
- Mass proper is found in the Proper of Pastors
- Use Preface of Holy Pastors
Weekday - 13th Week in Ordinary Time
July 3
Feast St. Thomas the Apostle
- Liturgical Color: RED
- Mass proper is found in the Proper of Saints
- Sprinkling rite may be used for the feast of an apostle
- Gloria is said or sung
- Creed is not said.
- Use Preface I or II of the Apostles
- Solemn Blessing #17 may be used.
At the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at 12:10pm.
- Patriotic celebration in the Cathedral Plaza starting at 11:00am.
Independence Day
- Mass proper is found in the Proper of Saints.
- Liturgical Color: White
- When the Mass for Independence Day is used, the Gloria should be either said or sung.
- Creed is not said.
- Readings may be taken from Lectionary Vol. IV #882-886, #887-891
- Pastoral Note: For the general intercessions, one may use the adaptation of the prayer composed by Archbishop John Carroll for the inauguration of George Washington, as found in Book of Blessings, no. 1965. See also Handbook of Blessings, 176.
- Music: The following hymns such as America the Beautiful, My Country 'Tis of Thee, God Bless America, Faith of Our Fathers, Battle Hymn of the Republic, as well as those found in various hymnals may be reserved for use during the Recessional or Postlude.
- Independence Day may also be appropriately acknowledged in the Homily, Universal Prayer, and closing hymn during the liturgy.
- Solemn Blessing found in the Mass proper for Independence Day.
- The Anticipatory Mass celebrated after 4PM will be the Mass for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Pastoral Note: For the general intercessions, one may use the adaptation of the prayer composed by Archbishop John Carroll for the inauguration of George Washington, as found in Book of Blessings, no. 1965. See also Handbook of Blessings, 176.
- Music: The following hymns such as America the Beautiful, My Country 'Tis of Thee, God Bless America, Faith of Our Fathers, Battle Hymn of the Republic, as well as those found in various hymnals may be reserved for use during the Recessional or Postlude.
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 6-8
Weekday - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 9
St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest & Companions, Martyrs (optional memorial)
Let us pray for the Chinese Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
- Common for Several Martyrs may be used.
- Liturgical Color: RED
- Preface I or II of the Saints; Holy Martyrs, or Holy Pastors may be used.
Weekday - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 11
St. Benedict, Abbot (Memorial) - White
Let us pray for the Benedictine Order serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
July 12
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 13
Weekday - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 14
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin (Memorial) - White
We join in prayer with the Native American community in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and also the parish community of St. Kateri Tekakwitha in Santa Clarita.
July 15
St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) - White
July 16
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (optional memorial) - White
Let us pray for the Carmelite Order serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
July 17 - 18
Weekdays - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 19
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 20 - 21
Weekdays - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 19-25, 2026
Natural Family Planning Awareness Week
- In July in the United States, the observance of Natural Family Planning Week takes place beginning on the Sunday before July 25 and ending on the following Saturday.
- For more information, click here.
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
- Mass proper found in the Proper of Saints
- Liturgical Color: White
- Gloria is said or sung.
- Creed is omitted.
- A new Preface before the Eucharistic Prayer for the Feast was promulgated in Latin.
- The proper liturgical text in English of the Preface may be found on the USCCB website.
Weekdays - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 25
Feast of St. James, Apostle
- Mass proper found in the Proper of Saints
- Liturgical Color: RED
- Gloria is said or sung.
- Creed is omitted.
- Preface I or II of the Apostles are used.
- Solemn Blessing #17 may be used.
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2026
Theme: "I will never forget you" (cf. Is 49:15)
For more information, click here
July 27-28
Weekdays - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 29
Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus (Memorial)
- The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments expanded the Memorial of St. Martha to become the Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus.
- Liturgical Color: White
- The Gospel for this memorial is proper (Lectionary no. 607). The first reading may be taken from the weekday, the reading found at the link below, or from the Common of Holy Men and Women, nos-737-742.
- The interim mass formularies in English and Spanish are found here.
Weekday - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 31
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest (Memorial)
Let us pray for the Jesuit Order serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
August 2026
Month Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
August 1
St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor (Memorial)
Let us pray for Redemptorist Order, founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori, serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
August 2
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 3
Monday - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 4
St. John Mary Vianney, Priest (Memorial), Patron Saint of Parish Priests
Let us pray for all priests serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
August 5
Wednesday - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 6
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
- Mass proper is found in the Proper of Saints
- Readings can be found here from the USCCB website.
- Liturgical Color: White
- Gloria is sung.
- Creed is not said today.
- Solemn Blessing #9 or #13 may be used.
Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Parishes may include the following intersession:
For an end to the violence perpetrated by harsh words, deadly weapons, or cold indifference. May our homes, our nation, and countries around the world become havens of peace, let us pray to the Lord.
August 7
Friday - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 8
St. Dominic, Priest (Memorial)
Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominican Order)
Let us pray for all Dominican priests, religious brothers and sisters, & lay associates serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
August 9
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 10
St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
- Liturgical Color: Red
- Common of one Martyr
- Preface of Holy Martyrs I or II
- Gloria is sung.
August 11
St. Clare, Virgin (Memorial) - White
August 12
Wednesday - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 13
Blessed Michael McGivney, Priest (Optional Memorial) - White
Founder of the Knights of Columbus
- In a letter dated September 25, 2020, to the Supreme Knight of the K of C, the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments wrote: “it will be possible for gatherings of the Knights to celebrate a votive Mass in honor of Father McGivney with the permission of the local ordinary and respecting the rules of precedence laid out in the Table of Liturgical Days.”
- Click Here for the Votive Mass of Bl. Michael McGivney.
St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr (Memorial) - Red
Founder of the Militia of Mary Immaculate
August 14 (Friday Evening Mass)
Vigil for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(not a Holy Day of Obligation this year)
- Liturgical Color: White
- Mass propers found in the Proper of Saints "At the Vigil Mass"
- Readings may be found here: VIGIL
- Sprinkling Rite may be used.
- Gloria is said or sung.
- Creed is said.
- Solemn Blessing no. 15 may be used.
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(not a Holy Day of Obligation this year)
- Liturgical Color: White
- Mass propers found in the Proper of Saints "At the Mass during the Day"
- Readings may be found here: MASS DURING THE DAY
- Funeral Mass is not permitted. Funeral Liturgy Outside the Mass may be used.
- Ritual Mass (ex. Weddings) is not permitted. The Liturgy of the Word only is used even with weddings.
- Please click here for information on Funeral Liturgies Outside the Mass and How to celebrate Marriage Outside the Mass.
- Sprinkling Rite may be used.
- Gloria is said or sung.
- Creed is said.
- Solemn Blessing no. 15 may be used.
May the Lord continue to guide him in his priestly ministry with courage, perseverance, and charity.
August 16
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 17 - 19
Weekdays - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 20
St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor, (Memorial) - White
August 21
St. Pius X, Pope (Memorial) - White
August 22
Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial) - White
August 23
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 24
St. Bartholomew, Apostle (Feast) - Red
August 25-26
Weekdays - 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 27
St. Monica (Memorial) - White
Click Here for the Novena Prayer.
August 28
St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor (Memorial) - White
Let us pray for the Augustinian Order serving in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and in a special way, our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.
August 29
The Passion of St. John the Baptist (Memorial) - Red
- Mass proper found in Proper of Saints
- Readings may be found here: USCCB website
- Liturgical Color: RED
- No Gloria.
- No Creed.
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 31
Weekday - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
- We are taking inquiries for July - December 2026
- Weeknights (7-9pm)
- Saturdays (9am-3pm)
- Please contact the following people for inquiries:
- Adrian Aralar (Liturgy Formation in English)
- 213-637-7547
As we begin the month of July, let us take time to reflect on an often-overlooked aspect of our ministry—the logistics of music setup.
Please take a few moments to read the article below.
Please take a few moments to read the article below.
EVENTS ACROSS THE ARCHDIOCESE
