American Ordo 2025

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
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Color:
white; or Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop. Optional memorial, white
Mass:
of Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter or of Saint Augustine of Canterbury
Readings:
(292)
Acts 16:22-34
John 16:5-11
Hours:
Week II of psalter and Easter proper
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Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Color:
white
Mass:
of Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Readings:
(293)
Acts 17:15, 22-18:1
John 16:12-15
Hours:
Week II of psalter and Easter proper Evening Prayer I of the Ascension [where celebrated the next day]
The Ascension of the Lord
Color:
Solemnity, white, Holy Day of Obligation
Mass:
of the Ascension of the Lord. Gloria, Creed, Preface of the Ascension
Readings:
(58)
Acts 1:1-11
Ephesians 1:17-23
or Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23
Luke 24:46-53
Hours:
proper to the solemnity of the Ascension
Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Color:
white
Mass:
of Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Readings:
(295)
Acts 18:9-18
John 16:20-23
Hours:
Week II of psalter and Easter proper
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Color:
Feast, white
Mass:
of the Visitation. Gloria, Readings proper, Preface II of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings:
(572)
Zephaniah 3:14-18a or Romans 12:9-16
Luke 1:39-56
Hours:
proper to the feast of the Visitation Evening Prayer I of the Seventh Sunday of Easter [in the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, Philadelphia] Evening Prayer I of the Ascension [in all other U.S. Ecclesiastical Provinces]
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Color:
white
Mass:
of the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter or of the Ascension
Readings:
(61)
Acts 7:55-60
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20
John 17:20-26
Hours:
Week III of psalter and the Seventh Sunday of Easter
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Color:
white; or Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs. Optional memorial, red
Mass:
of Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter or of Saints Marcellinus and Peter
Readings:
(297)
Acts 19:1-8
John 16:29-33
Hours:
Week III of psalter and Easter proper

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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