April
About this day
The Proper of Saints gives the Mass and Office texts for celebrations kept on fixed dates. In April they include Saint Mark (April 25) and Saint Catherine of Siena; those falling in Holy Week or the Octave of Easter are not kept that year.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Wed 7 Apr 2027 — Year B · I
- Wed 7 Apr 2027 Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest
- Tue 13 Apr 2027 Saint Martin I, Pope and Martyr (optional)
- Wed 21 Apr 2027 Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (optional)
- Fri 23 Apr 2027 Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr (optional)
- Fri 23 Apr 2027 Saint George, Martyr (optional)
- Sat 24 Apr 2027 Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr (optional)
- Wed 28 Apr 2027 Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest (optional)
- Wed 28 Apr 2027 Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr (optional)
- Thu 29 Apr 2027 Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
- Fri 30 Apr 2027 Saint Pius V, Pope (optional)
Music
Mass
- Apr 25 – St Mark – Propers (2017 a) [25 April 2017 SAINT MARK. Mass. Glory 4] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Apr 25 – St Mark – Propers (2017 b) [25 April 2017 SAINT MARK. Mass. Glory 8] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Apr 29 – St Catherine of Siena – Propers [29 April 2014. St. Catherine of Siena] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Apr 25 – St Mark – Propers (Organ) [4. APRIL. Propers. org. SANC. 08.09.10] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Saint Bernadette (16 April) – Communion [COM. St. Bernadette. 02.18.22] DetailsCommunion
- Apr 29 – St Catherine of Siena – Entrance, Communion [Propers. III. 29 April. St. Catherine] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Communion
- Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
Divine Office: Vespers (Evening Prayer)
- Apr 21 – St Anselm – Vespers [Vespers. 21 April 2016. St. Anselm. Wk 4. THUR] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
In this group
- Saint Francis of Paola, Hermit
- Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest
- Saint Martin I, Pope and Martyr
- Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
- Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr
- Saint George, Martyr
- Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
- Saint Mark, Evangelist
- Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest
- Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr
- Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
- Saint Pius V, Pope