Holy holidays! : the Catholic origins of celebration /
Tobin, Greg.
New York, N.Y. ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-232) and index.
Winter. Advent ; Christmas ; New Year's, Epiphany, and Presentation ; St. Valentine's, St. Patrick's, and St. Joseph's Days ; The liturgical and spiritual year -- Spring. Lent ; Holy Week and the Triduum ; Easter Sunday and season ; Mother's Day and the month of Mary ; The Gregorian calendar -- Summer. Ascension, Pentecost, and Father's Day ; Ordinary time ; Sacred and secular summer holidays ; The "Lord's Day" and keeping it holy -- Fall. Halloween ; Angels and Saints ; Thanksgiving and Christ the King Sunday ; How the Second Vatican Council changed the Church-- and its calendar.
Fasts and feasts
Church calendar
Calendar