the universal calendar in force today
General Roman Calendar for 2026
The General Roman Calendar as it stands today, without national or diocesan additions: each day of the year with its celebration, rank, and liturgical colour.
Prayer books and the liturgical year
A reading path from Manualist Press for keeping the year: the Roman calendar in its three forms, a planner for novena dates, examinations of conscience from four prayer books printed between 1868 and 1925, and two of our books.
The year, day by day
Each calendar is computed by the same engine and listed in full for 2026.
the 1960 rubrics
1962 Roman Missal Calendar for 2026
The calendar of the 1962 Missale Romanum under the 1960 rubrics, the form used for the traditional Latin Mass: each day with its feast, class, and colour.
the 1954 baseline
Pre-1955 Roman Calendar for 2026
The Roman calendar as it stood in 1954, before the reforms of 1955: each day with its feast, rank, and colour under the older rubrics.
Tool
Novena date planner
Count nine days back from a feast, or forward from a start date, for any year.
Free readings from older prayer books
Examinations of conscience, transcribed as they were printed.
1925 · 5 pages
Blessed Be God - A Complete Catholic Prayer Book
A compact examination covering commandments, precepts, capital sins, and works of mercy.
1911 · 5 pages
With God - A Book of Prayers and Reflections
A general confession examination.
1884 · 7 pages
The Roman Hymnal
A compact examination arranged by the commandments of God and the Church.
1868 · 1 pages
The Purgatorian Consoler
A brief nightly examination.
The books
On prayer, and on the three-day retreat. Each page has the opening chapters to read.
