August
August is crowned by the Assumption — Our Lady taken up, body and soul, into heaven. The month also keeps the Transfiguration, the Queenship of Mary, and Augustine with his mother Monica.
August’s great days are Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Aug 15).
August’s major feasts
Every feast in August
The celebrations of the General Roman Calendar, day by day — solemnities and feasts of the Lord, and the memorials of the saints. Tap any day to open it.
- Aug 1Alphonsus Mary LiguoriMemorial · Bishop
- Aug 4John Mary VianneyMemorial · Priest
- Aug 8Dominic De GuzmanMemorial · Priest
- Aug 11Clare of AssisiMemorial · Virgin
- Aug 14Maximilian Mary Raymund KolbeMemorial · Priest
- Aug 20Bernard of ClairvauxMemorial · Abbot
- Aug 21Pius XMemorial · Pope
- Aug 22Queenship of the Blessed Virgin MaryMemorial
- Aug 27Monica of HippoMemorial
- Aug 28Augustine of HippoMemorial · Bishop
- Aug 29Passion of Saint John the BaptistMemorial
Dates shown for 2026, following the General Roman Calendar; some optional memorials and national feasts vary by country. You can also browse the full Church year.
Keeping August at home
The Assumption is a holy day of obligation and the high Marian feast of summer — in many places kept with the blessing of herbs and flowers, and a festive table in Our Lady’s honor.
Late August brings St. Monica and her son St. Augustine on back-to-back days — a quiet encouragement for every parent who prays, with patience, for a child.
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