Feast of the Sacred Heart
The Feast of the Sacred Heart is a solemnity in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.[2] According to the General Roman Calendar since 1969, it is formally known as the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latin: Sollemnitas Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu) and celebrated on the second Friday after Trinity Sunday ()[3] Some Anglican Franciscans keep the feast under the name of the Divine Compassion of Christ.[4][5]
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Friday after the second Sunday after Pentecost
June 16
June 7
June 27
June 12
Sacred Heart Sunday
Date[edit]
The solemnity is celebrated on the second Friday following Trinity Sunday.[13] The earliest possible date is May 29, as in 1818 and 2285. The latest possible date is July 2, as in 1943 and 2038. Therefore, it is the last feast date of the year dependent on the date of Easter.
In places where the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is perpetually transferred from Thursday to Sunday (such as the United States and United Kingdom), it will appear on the local calendar as the Friday after the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.[13][3]