American Ordo 2024

The American Ordo is an online guide to the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours for each day in the U.S. Liturgical Calendar. For more than 65 years, the Priests of the Sacred Heart have maintained and produced the American Ordo Liturgical Calendar as a resource for pastors in Catholic parishes in the United States. This online liturgical calendar lists feasts, colors, Masses and readings for every day of the year.

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Catholic Priests in compliance with the 2024 American Ordo Liturgical Calendar
Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
Color:
violet [Saint Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the Church]
Mass:
of December 21. Preface II of Advent
Readings:
(197) Song of Songs 2:8-14 or Zephaniah 3:14-18a Luke 1:39-45
Hours:
Week III of psalter and proper for December 21 Evening Prayer I of the Fourth Sunday of Advent
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Color:
violet
Mass:
of the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Creed, Preface II of Advent
Readings:
(12) Micah 5:1-4a Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45
Hours:
Week IV of psalter and of the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Color:
violet, [Saint John of Kanty, Priest]
Mass:
of December 23. Preface II of Advent
Readings:
(199) Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 Luke 1:57-66
Hours:
Week IV of psalter and proper for December 23
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Color:
violet
Mass:
of December 24. Preface II of Advent
Readings:
(200) 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 Luke 1:67-79
Hours:
Week IV of psalter and proper for December 24 Evening Prayer I of the Nativity of the Lord
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas)
Color:
white, Solemnity, [Holyday of Obligation]
Mass:
proper texts and readings for at the Vigil, during the Night, at Dawn and during the Day. Gloria, Creed, Preface of the Nativity, proper form of Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Readings:
at the Vigil: (13) Isaiah 62:1-5 Acts 13:16-17, 22-25 Matthew 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Readings at Night: (14) Isaiah 9:1-6 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 Readings at Dawn: (15) Isaiah 62:11-12 Titus 3:4-7 Luke 2:15-20 Readings during the Day: (16) Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-6 John 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14
Hours:
proper to the solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord.
Saint Stephen, The First Martyr
Color:
red, Feast
Mass:
of Saint Stephen
Readings:
(696) Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Matthew 10:17-22
Hours:
proper to Saint Stephen
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Color:
white, Feast
Mass:
of Saint John
Readings:
(697) 1 John 1:1-4 John 20:1a, 2-8
Hours:
proper to Saint John

Father Charles Yost, SCJ (1932 - 2017)

For 53 years, the American Ordo Liturgical Calendar was compiled and edited by Fr. Charles Yost, SCJ. He assumed the exacting, detail-oriented responsibilities in 1964 when he was a professor and librarian at Sacred Heart Monastery. It became a labor of love, to which he was devoted until his death at age 85 in July, 2017.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1958, Fr. Yost continued his education earning master’s degrees in theology and library science from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Fr. Yost’s ministries included service as a missionary in Indonesia, an academic, a fundraiser, a parish priest and superior of the Priests of the Sacred Heart retirement community.

Even in retirement Fr. Yost continued to serve our religious congregation in various capacities, including overseeing the preparation of the American Ordo. Fr. Yost actually compiled information for the liturgical calendar about six years in advance and then updated the material periodically to reflect changes from Rome in order to keep the Ordo completely current.

We are deeply grateful for Fr. Yost’s diligence and watchful eye. His generous spirit and his love the Church inspire our dedication to continue to produce the American Ordo Liturgical Calendar to his high standards.

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