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

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.
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.