Feast Days

The Catholic Church designates one day out of the year for every canonized saint. This day is known as the saint’s feast day. Catholics have traditionally remembered the saints on their individual feast days with special mention, prayers, and a scripture reading.

This page contains a list of saints’ feast days associated with parishes, religious communities, and institutions of the Diocese of Owensboro. Click on the name of the feast to learn more about the saint or event associated with that day.

Start browsing the list by month/year or by parish, religious community, and institution using the links below, or continue directly to the complete feast day list by scrolling down the page.  

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January 2020

Friday, January 3 | Holy Name of Jesus

Friday, January 17 | Saint Anthony of Egypt (Saint Anthony the Abbot)

Monday, January 20 | Saint Sebastian

Tuesday, January 21 | Saint Agnes of Rome

Friday, January 24 | Saint Francis de Sales

Monday, January 27 | Saint Angela Merici

Tuesday, January 28 | Saint Thomas Aquinas


February 2020

Tuesday, February 11 | Our Lady of Lourdes

Tuesday, February 18 | Papal approval of Father Jean-Baptiste Rauzan


March 2020

Thursday, March 19 | Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary

Wednesday, March 25 | Annunciation of the Lord


April 2020

Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 12) | Easter

Saturday, April 25 | Saint Mark


May 2020

Saturday, May 9 | Blessed Karolina Gerhardinger

Fifty Days after Easter (Sunday, May 31) | Pentecost


June 2020

First Sunday after Pentecost (Sunday, June 7) | Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

Tuesday, June 9 | Saint Columba

Sixty Days after Easter (Thursday, June 11) | Feast of Corpus Christi

Saturday, June 13 | Saint Anthony of Padua

Friday, June 19 | Saint Romuald

Nineteen Days after Pentecost (Friday, June 19) | Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Monday, June 22 | Saint Thomas More

Wednesday, June 24 | The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

Thursday, June 25 | Saint William of Vercelli

Monday, June 29 | Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul


July 2020

Monday, July 13 | Saint Henry

Saturday, July 11 | Saint Benedict

Third Sunday of July (Sunday, July 19) or Friday, October 23 | Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer

Wednesday, July 22 | Saint Mary Magdalene

Sunday, July 26 | Saints Joachim and Ann


August 2020

Saturday, August 1 | Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Monday, August 10 | Saint Lawrence

Saturday, August 15 | Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

Friday, August 21 | Saint Pius X

Sunday, August 23 | Saint Rose of Lima

Friday, August 28 | Saint Augustine of Hippo


September 2020

Saturday, September 5 | Our Lady of the Woods, Galloro

Monday, September 14 | Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Tuesday, September 29 | Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael

Wednesday, September 30 | Saint Jerome


October 2020

Friday, October 2 | Feast of the Guardian Angels

Sunday, October 4 | Saint Francis of Assisi

Wednesday, October 7 | Our Lady of the Rosary

Friday, October 9 | Saint Denis and Companions

Saturday, October 10 | Saint Francis Borgia

Tuesday, October 13 | Saint Edward the Confessor

Sunday, October 18 | Saint Peter of Alcantara

Monday, October 19 | Saints Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions

Tuesday, October 20 | Saint Paul of the Cross

Friday, October 23 or Third Sunday of July (Sunday, July 19) | Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer

Wednesday, October 28 | Saints Simon and Jude

Friday, October 30 | Blessed Marie Therese of Saint Joseph


November 2020

Wednesday, November 4 | Saint Charles Borromeo

Tuesday, November 10 | Saint Leo the Great

Wednesday, November 11 | Saint Martin of Tours

Tuesday, November 17 | Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Last Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday, November 22) | Christ the King


December 2020

Monday, December 7 | Saint Ambrose

Tuesday, December 8 | The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saturday, December 26 | Saint Stephen

Sunday, December 27 | Saint John the Evangelist