February
A short month that turns a corner. February opens with the light of Candlemas, keeps Our Lady of Lourdes and the Chair of St. Peter — and most years, Ash Wednesday arrives to begin the long road of Lent.
February’s great days are Presentation of the Lord (Feb 2), and Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle (Feb 22).
February’s major feasts
Every feast in February
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.
Dates shown for 2027, following the General Roman Calendar; some optional memorials and national feasts vary by country. You can also browse the full Church year.
Keeping February at home
Candlemas falls forty days after Christmas — many parishes bless the year’s candles, and families light one at home as a last echo of the Nativity’s light. St. Blaise follows the next day, with the blessing of throats.
In most years Lent begins this month. Ash Wednesday opens forty days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving — a good moment to choose, as a household, one small thing to give up and one good thing to take on.
Where to go next
The whole calendarFeasts of the Church yearToday’s feast, what’s coming up, and every season and month.
Right nowToday in the ChurchThe feast, season, and a short prayer for the day you’re in.
The whole yearThe liturgical calendarEvery feast as a single mark in the color the Church wears that day.More prayersPrayers for the seasonShort prayers to pray together, day by day, at home.Follow the Church year
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