Catholic Holidays 2023: In the world, Catholicism is one of the largest religions. Through the missionaries of Spanish and French, this religion was brought to the US in the 16th as well as 17th centuries. In the US, the Catholics represent the largest demographic religion, today. For the last one hundred years, this Catholic religion is found to be of great importance, but the face of the Catholic church has been changing over recent years.
Roman Catholic Holidays 2023
It is also a fact that one out of every five Americans still identifies himself as a Catholic. Besides, it can be seen that immigrants to the US are found to be every year increasing as they represent larger portions of the Catholic population. Here, Catholicism religion has been recognized as historically relevant in the US, and Catholics represent a large percentage of the American population.
Hence, it can be seen that Catholic Holidays are observed and found to be widely celebrated across the country. Catholic holidays in 2023 that will be celebrated with great importance is known as, Easter. From the list of Catholic holidays in the 2023 year, it can be seen that there are sixteen holidays. The solemnity of Mary called as, the mother of God, which is a Catholic holiday, will fall on Sunday 1st, January 2023.
In January, the other catholic holiday that will be observed is known as, Epiphany, which will fall on Friday, January 6th, 2023. In February, there are two Catholic holidays, namely Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras, and Ash Wednesday. These two holidays will be observed by Catholics on February 21st and February 22nd, 2023, respectively.
In April, two Catholic holidays will be observed by Catholics in the US. They are Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday. The two holidays will be observed on Sunday, April 2nd, and Thursday, April 6th, 2023, respectively. Further, in April, two more important Catholic holidays will be observed.
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They are known as, Good Friday and Catholic Easter Sunday. Both these holidays will be observed on Friday, April 7th and April 9th in 2023, respectively.
Easter Monday is a Catholic holiday that will be observed on Monday, April 10th, 2023. In May, Catholic holidays, like Ascension of Jesus and Pentecost will be observed on Thursday and Sunday on May 18th and 28th, respectively. In June a Catholic holiday named Corpus Christi will be observed on Thursday, June 8th, 2023. The next Catholic holiday will fall on Tuesday, August 15th,2023, and this day is known as, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the 1st of November 2023.
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All Saint’s Day will be observed as a Catholic holiday, which will fall on a Wednesday. In December 2023, two important Catholic holidays will be observed by the Catholics living in the US. They are The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Christmas Day. They will be celebrated on Friday, December 8th, and on Monday, December 25th, 2023, respectively.