Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs

Receive more graces from the liturgical year, the year of God’s grace, as you learn the importance of the Church’s rich history.

As you re-introduce in your own home the traditional Christian customs known by Catholics throughout the ages, your family will live the faith in a more integrated way, and come to love the liturgy that is our heritage and tradition.

CONTENTS
Preface
Foreword
List of Abbreviations

PART I
1. Sundays
2. Weekdays
3. Ember Days
4. Rogation Days

PART II
5. Advent
6. Feast of the Nativity
7. Christmas Hymns and Carols
8. Christmas Symbols and Customs
9. Christmas Foods
10. Christmas Week
11. Feast of Circumcision
12. Feast of the Epiphany
13. Pre-Lent
14. Lent
15. Holy Week
16. Easter
17. Easter Songs and Customs
18. Feast of the Ascension
19. Feast of the Pentecost
20. Feast of the Holy Trinity
21. Feast of Corpus Christi
22. Thanksgiving

PART III
23. Veneration of Saints
24. Main Feasts of Mary
25. Other Feasts of Mary
26. All Saints and All Souls
27. Saints' Days I
28. Saints' Days II
Dictionary of Terms
Index