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
- Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Henderson, Kentucky
Friday, January 17 | Saint Anthony of Egypt (Saint Anthony the Abbot)
- Saint Anthony Parish, Axtel, Kentucky
Monday, January 20 | Saint Sebastian
- Saint Sebastian Parish, Calhoun, Kentucky
Tuesday, January 21 | Saint Agnes of Rome
- Saint Agnes Parish, Uniontown, Kentucky
Friday, January 24 | Saint Francis de Sales
- Saint Francis de Sales Parish, Paducah, Kentucky
Monday, January 27 | Saint Angela Merici
- Brescia University, Owensboro, Kentucky
- Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Maple Mount, Kentucky
Tuesday, January 28 | Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Saint Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, Bowling Green, Kentucky
February 2020
Tuesday, February 11 | Our Lady of Lourdes
- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Owensboro, Kentucky
Tuesday, February 18 | Papal approval of Father Jean-Baptiste Rauzan
- Fathers of Mercy, Auburn, Kentucky
March 2020
Thursday, March 19 | Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary
- Saint Joseph Parish, Bowling Green, Kentucky
- Saint Joseph Parish, Central City, Kentucky
- Saint Joseph Parish, Leitchfield, Kentucky
- Saint Joseph Parish, Mayfield, Kentucky
- Saints Joseph & Paul Parish, Owensboro, Kentucky
Wednesday, March 25 | Annunciation of the Lord
- Blessed Mother Parish, Owensboro, Kentucky
April 2020
Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 12) | Easter
- Resurrection Parish, Dawson Springs, Kentucky
Saturday, April 25 | Saint Mark
- Saint Mark Parish, Eddyville, Kentucky
May 2020
Saturday, May 9 | Blessed Karolina Gerhardinger
- School Sisters of Notre Dame (S.S.N.D.), Saint Louis, Missouri
Fifty Days after Easter (Sunday, May 31) | Pentecost
- Holy Spirit Parish, Bowling Green, Kentucky
June 2020
First Sunday after Pentecost (Sunday, June 7) | Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
- Holy Trinity Parish, Morgantown, Kentucky
Tuesday, June 9 | Saint Columba
- Saint Columba Parish, Lewisport, Kentucky
Sixty Days after Easter (Thursday, June 11) | Feast of Corpus Christi
- Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Owensboro, Kentucky
- Precious Blood Parish, Owensboro, Kentucky
Saturday, June 13 | Saint Anthony of Padua
- Saint Anthony Parish, Browns Valley, Kentucky
- Saint Anthony of Padua Parish, Grand Rivers, Kentucky
- Saint Anthony Parish, Peonia, Kentucky
Friday, June 19 | Saint Romuald
- Saint Romuald Parish, Hardinsburg, Kentucky
Nineteen Days after Pentecost (Friday, June 19) | Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Sacred Heart Parish, Hickman, Kentucky
- Sacred Heart Parish, Russellville, Kentucky
- Sacred Heart Parish, Waverly, Kentucky
Monday, June 22 | Saint Thomas More
- Saint Thomas More Parish, Paducah, Kentucky
Wednesday, June 24 | The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
- Saint John the Baptist Parish, Fordsville, Kentucky
Thursday, June 25 | Saint William of Vercelli
- Saint William Parish, Knottsville, Kentucky
- Saint William of Vercelli Parish, Marion, Kentucky
Monday, June 29 | Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
- Saint Paul Parish, Leitchfield, Kentucky
- Saint Paul Parish, Princeton, Kentucky
- Saint Peter of Antioch Parish, Waverly, Kentucky
- Saints Joseph & Paul Parish, Owensboro, Kentucky
- Saints Peter & Paul Parish, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
July 2020
Monday, July 13 | Saint Henry
- Saint Henry Parish, Aurora, Kentucky
Saturday, July 11 | Saint Benedict
- Saint Benedict Parish, Wax, Kentucky
Third Sunday of July (Sunday, July 19) or Friday, October 23 | Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer
- Holy Redeemer Parish, Beaver Dam, Kentucky
Wednesday, July 22 | Saint Mary Magdalene
- Saint Mary Magdalene Parish, Sorgho, Kentucky
Sunday, July 26 | Saints Joachim and Ann
- Saint Ann Parish, Morganfield, Kentucky
August 2020
Saturday, August 1 | Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Saint Alphonsus Parish, Saint Joseph, Kentucky
Monday, August 10 | Saint Lawrence
- Saint Lawrence Parish, Saint Lawrence, Kentucky
Saturday, August 15 | Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary
- Saint Mary Parish, Franklin, Kentucky
- Saint Mary of the Fields Parish, LaCenter, Kentucky
Friday, August 21 | Saint Pius X
- Saint Pius X Parish, Calvert City, Kentucky
- Saint Pius X Parish, Owensboro, Kentucky
Sunday, August 23 | Saint Rose of Lima
- Saint Rose of Lima Parish, Cloverport, Kentucky
Friday, August 28 | Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Saint Augustine Parish, Grayson Springs, Kentucky
- Saint Augustine Parish, Reed, Kentucky
September 2020
Saturday, September 5 | Our Lady of the Woods, Galloro
- Saint Mary of the Woods Parish, McQuady, Kentucky
- Saint Mary of the Woods Parish, Whitesville, Kentucky
Monday, September 14 | Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- Holy Cross Parish, Providence, Kentucky
Tuesday, September 29 | Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael
- Saint Michael Parish, Sebree, Kentucky
- Saint Michael the Archangel Parish, Oak Grove, Kentucky
Wednesday, September 30 | Saint Jerome
- Saint Jerome Parish, Fancy Farm, Kentucky
October 2020
Friday, October 2 | Feast of the Guardian Angels
- Holy Guardian Angels Parish, Irvington, Kentucky
Sunday, October 4 | Saint Francis of Assisi
- Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Glasgow, Scotland, Nigeria Province (O.S.F.)
- Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Guthrie, Kentucky
Wednesday, October 7 | Our Lady of the Rosary
- Rosary Chapel, Paducah, Kentucky
Friday, October 9 | Saint Denis and Companions
- Saint Denis Parish, Fancy Farm, Kentucky
Saturday, October 10 | Saint Francis Borgia
- Saint Francis Borgia Parish, Sturgis, Kentucky
Tuesday, October 13 | Saint Edward the Confessor
- Saint Edward Parish, Fulton, Kentucky
Sunday, October 18 | Saint Peter of Alcantara
- Saint Peter of Alcantara Parish, Stanley, Kentucky
Monday, October 19 | Saints Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions
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Home Mission Sisters of America (G.H.M.S.), Owensboro, Kentucky
Tuesday, October 20 | Saint Paul of the Cross
- Passionist Nuns of Saint Joseph Monastery, Whitesville, Kentucky
Friday, October 23 or Third Sunday of July (Sunday, July 19) | Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer
- Holy Redeemer Parish, Beaver Dam, Kentucky
Wednesday, October 28 | Saints Simon and Jude
- Saint Jude Parish, Clinton, Kentucky
Friday, October 30 | Blessed Marie Therese of Saint Joseph
- Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, Kirkwood, Missouri
November 2020
Wednesday, November 4 | Saint Charles Borromeo
- Saint Charles Parish, Bardwell, Kentucky
- Saint Charles Borromeo Parish, Livermore, Kentucky
Tuesday, November 10 | Saint Leo the Great
- Saint Leo Parish, Murray, Kentucky
Wednesday, November 11 | Saint Martin of Tours
- Saint Martin Parish, Rome, Kentucky
Tuesday, November 17 | Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
- Saint Elizabeth Parish, Curdsville, Kentucky
- Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, Clarkson, Kentucky
Last Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday, November 22) | Christ the King
- Christ the King Parish, Madisonville, Kentucky
- Christ the King Parish, Scottsville, Kentucky
December 2020
Monday, December 7 | Saint Ambrose
- Saint Ambrose Parish, Henshaw, Kentucky
Tuesday, December 8 | The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Immaculate Conception Parish, Earlington, Kentucky
- Immaculate Conception Parish, Hawesville, Kentucky
- Parish of the Immaculate, Owensboro, Kentucky
Saturday, December 26 | Saint Stephen
- Saint Stephen Cathedral, Owensboro, Kentucky
- Saint Stephen Parish, Cadiz, Kentucky
Sunday, December 27 | Saint John the Evangelist
- Saint John the Evangelist Parish, Paducah, Kentucky
- Saint John the Evangelist Parish, Sunfish, Kentucky