A.D. 1956 May

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

Tuesday, May 1

  • Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles
  • The Fifth Tuesday of Easter

Wednesday, May 2

  • The Fifth Wednesday of Easter
  • Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373

Thursday, May 3

  • The Fifth Thursday of Easter

Friday, May 4

  • The Fifth Friday of Easter
  • Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

Saturday, May 5

  • The Fifth Saturday of Easter

Sunday, May 6

  • The Sixth Sunday of Easter

Monday, May 7

  • The Sixth Monday of Easter
  • Rogation Day

Tuesday, May 8

  • The Sixth Tuesday of Easter
  • Dame Julian of Norwich, c. 1417
  • Rogation Day

Wednesday, May 9

  • The Sixth Wednesday of Easter
  • Eve of the Ascension
  • Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, 389
  • Rogation Day

Thursday, May 10

  • Ascension Day

Friday, May 11

  • The Sixth Friday of Easter

Saturday, May 12

  • The Sixth Saturday of Easter

Sunday, May 13

  • The Seventh Sunday of Easter

Monday, May 14

  • The Seventh Monday of Easter

Tuesday, May 15

  • The Seventh Tuesday of Easter

Wednesday, May 16

  • The Seventh Wednesday of Easter

Thursday, May 17

  • The Seventh Thursday of Easter

Friday, May 18

  • The Seventh Friday of Easter

Saturday, May 19

  • The Seventh Saturday of Easter
  • Eve of Pentecost
  • Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988

Sunday, May 20

  • The Day of Pentecost (Whitsunday)
  • Alcuin, Deacon, and Abbot of Tours, 804

Monday, May 21

  • The Monday After Pentecost

Tuesday, May 22

  • The Tuesday After Pentecost

Wednesday, May 23

  • The Wednesday After Pentecost
  • Ember Day

Thursday, May 24

  • The Thursday After Pentecost
  • Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870

Friday, May 25

  • The Friday After Pentecost
  • Bede, the Venerable, Priest, and Monk of Jarrow, 735
  • Ember Day

Saturday, May 26

  • The Saturday After Pentecost
  • Eve of Trinity Sunday
  • Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
  • Ember Day

Sunday, May 27

  • Trinity Sunday

Monday, May 28

  • The Monday in the First Week After Pentecost

Tuesday, May 29

  • The Tuesday in the First Week After Pentecost

Wednesday, May 30

  • The Wednesday in the First Week After Pentecost
  • Eve of the Visitation

Thursday, May 31

  • The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • The Thursday in the First Week After Pentecost