American Ordo 2026

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 66 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 Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
Color:
Green or White
Mass:
of ones choice
Readings:
(442) 1 Corinthians 10:14-22; Luke 6:43-49
Hours:
Week III of psalter; Evening Prayer I of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Color:
Green
Mass:
of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Gloria, Creed, Preface of Sunday
Readings:
(130) Sirach 27:30-28:7; Romans 14:7-9; Matthew 18:21-35
Hours:
Week IV of psalter and of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Color:
Red
Mass:
of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Gloria, Readings proper, Preface proper
Readings:
(638) Numbers 21:4b-9; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17
Hours:
Proper to the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Our Lady of Sorrows
Color:
White
Mass:
of Our Lady of Sorrows. Gospel proper. Preface of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings:
(444/639) 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31a (444); John 19:25-27 or Luke 2:33-35 (639)
Hours:
Proper to the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, Martyrs
Color:
Red
Mass:
of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian
Readings:
(445) 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Luke 7:31-35
Hours:
Week IV of psalter and of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian
Thursday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Color:
Green or White
Mass:
of ones choice
Readings:
(446) 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 7:36-50
Hours:
Week IV of psalter
Friday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Color:
Green
Mass:
of ones choice
Readings:
(447) 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 8:1-3
Hours:
Week IV of psalter

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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