A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity/A Table of Movable Feasts

by Clarence E. Woodman

A Table of Movable Feasts.

Year of our Lord.	Ash Wednesday.	Easter Sunday.	Ascension.	Whitsunday.	Corpus Christi.	First Sunday of Advent.
1888	Feb. 15	Apl. 1	May 10	May 20	May 31	Dec. 2
1889	Mar. 6	Apl. 21	May 30	June 9	June 20	Dec. 1
1890	Feb. 19	Apl. 6	May 15	May 25	June 5	Nov. 30
1891	Feb. 11	Mar. 29	May 7	May 17	May 28	Nov. 29
1892	Mar. 2	Apl. 17	May 26	June 5	June 16	Nov. 27
1893	Feb. 15	Apl. 2	May 11	May 21	June 1	Dec. 3
1894	Feb. 7	Mar. 25	May 3	May 13	May 24	Dec. 2
1895	Feb. 27	Apl. 14	May 23	June 2	June 13	Dec. 1
1896	Feb. 19	Apl. 5	May 14	May 24	June 4	Nov. 29
1897	Mar. 3	Apl. 18	May 27	June 6	June 17	Nov. 28
1898	Feb. 23	Apl. 10	May 19	May 29	June 9	Nov. 27
1899	Feb. 15	Apl. 2	May 11	May 21	June 9	Nov. 30

NOTE.—Easter Day (on which all the other movable feasts depend) is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon or next after the Twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.

Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after.

Septuagesima Sexagesima Quinquagesima Quadragesuma

$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Sunday is $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

Nine Eight Seven Six

$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Weeks before Easter.

Rogation Sunday Ascension Day Whitsunday Trinity Sunday

$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ is $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

Five Weeks Forty Days Seven Weeks Eight Weeks

$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ after Easter.

The Calendar as at present used was reformed, in the year of our Lord 1582, by Pope Gregory XIII., who ordered the Historical or Civil year to be thenceforward reckoned from the first day of January. It was not adopted by English-speaking people until January 1, 1753. The Ecclesiastical year still begins on the First Sunday in Advent.

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A Rule

FOR FINDING EASTER OF ANY YEAR IN THIS CENTURY OR THE NEXT.

1st. Divide the date of the year by 19, and call the remainder a;

2d. Divide the date of the year by 4, and call the remainder b;

3d. Divide the date of the year by 7, and call the remainder c;

4th. Divide 19a + $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$23 [for this Century]
24 [for next Century]$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ by 30, and call the remainder d;

5th. Divide 2b + 4c + 6d + $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$4 [this Century]
5 [next Century]$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ by 7, and call the remainder e;

Then Easter will be the 22d + d + e of March;
⁠or the d + e - 9 of April.

Exceptions.—1st. When Easter would fall on April 26th, put it back to the 19th. 2d. When it would fall on April 25th, put it back to the 18th, unless d = 29, and e = 5.

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