Special Celebrations in 2023

Date	Celebration
2022.12.25 – 2023.01.01	Christmas Octave 2022 Christmas
2023.01.01	World Day of Peace 2023 peace
2023.01.18 – 2023.01.25	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023 ecumenism
2023.01.22	Sunday of the Word of God 2023 Bible
2023.01.29	70ᵗʰ World Leprosy Day leprosy
2023.02.02	World Day for Consecrated Life 2023 religious
2023.02.04	International Day of Human Fraternity 2023 inter-religious dialogue
2023.02.08	International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking 2023 trafficking
2023.02.11	World Day of the Sick 2023 sick
2023.02.22 – 2023.04.06	Lent 2023 Lent
2023.04.06 – 2023.04.09	Triduum 2023 Triduum
2023.04.30	World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2023 vocation
2023.05.21	World Communications Day 2023 communication
2023.05.24	Day of Prayer for the Church in China 2023 China
2023.07.09	Sea Sunday 2023 sea
2023.07.23	World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2023 elderly
2023.08.01 – 2023.08.06	World Youth Day 2023 (Lisboa) Portugal youth
2023.09.01	World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2023 ecology
2023.09.24	109ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2023 migrant
2023.09.27	World Tourism Day 2023 tourism
2023.10	16ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops synod Synod of Bishops, Preparatory Document “16th Ordinary General Assembly - 2023” (2021.09.07) Synod of Bishops, Vademecum “16th Ordinary General Assembly - 2023” (2021.09.07) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass for the Opening of the Synodal Path” (2021.10.10) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Mass for the Opening of the Synodal Path” (2021.10.10) Synod of Bishops, Congregation for Clergy, Curial Letter “To priests on the synodal journey” (2022.03.19)
2023.10.16	World Food Day 2023 food
2023.10.22	World Mission Sunday 2023 mission
2023.11.19	World Day of the Poor 2023 poverty
2023.12.25 – 2024.01.01	Christmas Octave 2023 Christmas

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