Liturgical Year Celebrations

	Cycle		Ordinary Time		Ash			Ordinary Time		1^St Sunday
Year	Sun	Wkd	Start	Weeks	Wed	Easter	Pentecost	Start	Weeks	Of Advent	Comment

2000	B	2	Jan 10	1 to 9	Mar 8	Apr 23	Jun 11	Jun 12	10 to 34	Dec 3	Leap year
2001	C	1	Jan 9	1 to 8	Feb 28	Apr 15	Jun 3	Jun 4	9 to 34	Dec 2
2002	A	2	Jan 14	1 to 5	Feb 13	Mar 31	May 19	May 20	7 to 34	Dec 1
2003	B	1	Jan 13	1 to 8	Mar 5	Apr 20	Jun 8	Jun 9	10 to 34	Nov 30
2004	C	2	Jan 12	1 to 7	Feb 25	Apr 11	May 30	May 31	9 to 34	Nov 28	Leap year
2005	A	1	Jan 10	1 to 5	Feb 9	Mar 27	May 15	May 16	7 to 34	Nov 27
2006	B	2	Jan 9	1 to 8	Mar 1	Apr 16	Jun 4	Jun 5	9 to 34	Dec 3
2007	C	1	Jan 9	1 to 7	Feb 21	Apr 8	May 27	May 28	8 to 34	Dec 2
2008	A	2	Jan 14	1 to 4	Feb 6	Mar 23	May 11	May 12	6 to 34	Nov 30	Leap year
2009	B	1	Jan 12	1 to 7	Feb 25	Apr 12	May 31	Jun 1	9 to 34	Nov 29
2010	C	2	Jan 11	1 to 6	Feb 17	Apr 4	May 23	May 24	8 to 34	Nov 28
2011	A	1	Jan 10	1 to 9	Mar 9	Apr 24	Jun 12	Jun 13	11 to 34	Nov 27

a. Sunday Cycle C is during years divisible by 3, and Weekday Cycle 2 is during even numbered years.

b. The first part of Ordinary Time starts the day after (generally the Monday after) the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord,

and ends on Mardi Gras, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.

c. In most dioceses Ascension Thursday is celebrated on the Sunday before Pentecost

d. The Sunday after Pentecost is Trinity Sunday, and the second Sunday after Pentecost is the Solemnity of the Body and

Blood of Christ (Corpus Sanguisque Christi).

e. The second part of Ordinary Time starts on Monday after Pentecost, and ends on Saturday before the First Sunday of Advent.

f. The Liturgical year starts the First Sunday of Advent, at which time there is a change in the Sunday and Weekday cycles.