Feast Days
The Servite calendar: the days on which the Order keeps the Virgin of Sorrows, the saints and blesseds of its own family, and the great feasts of the Church. Dates shown for 2026.
Days marked Servite are proper to the Order. Provinces and fraternities keep local observances too.
January
1
Mary, Mother of God
The year opens where the Order stands: with Mary.
12
St. Anthony Pucci
ServiteServite parish priest of Viareggio for forty-five years, canonised in 1962.
15
Bl. James of Villa
ServiteFebruary
2
The Presentation of the Lord
Mary's first sorrow: the prophecy of Simeon, that a sword would pierce her own soul.
3
Bl. Joachim of Siena
ServiteA Servite of the first generation, formed by St. Philip Benizi.
17
The Seven Holy Founders
ServiteThe seven Florentine merchants who withdrew to Monte Senario in 1233. Canonised as one.
19
Bl. Elizabeth Picenardi
ServiteA Servite tertiary of Mantua who gathered other women into the life.
March
19
St. Joseph
25
The Annunciation of the Lord
Mary's fiat: the beginning of every Servite's own 'let it be done to me'.
27
Our Lady at the Foot of the Cross
ServiteMovable · Friday before Palm Sunday
The Order's own Passiontide feast of the Virgin's compassion.
May
4
St. Peregrine Laziosi
ServitePatron of the sick and suffering, healed of cancer on the eve of amputation.
8
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother and Mediatrix of Grace
Servite11
Bl. Benincasa
ServiteA Servite hermit of Montepulciano.
12
Bl. Francis of Siena
Servite30
Bl. James Philip Bertoni
ServiteJune
19
St. Juliana Falconieri
ServiteFoundress of the Servite Third Order, from which the Secular Order descends.
26
Bl. Thomas of Orvieto
ServiteJuly
1
Bl. Ferdinand Maria Baccilieri
ServiteFounder of the Servite Sisters of Galeazza, beatified in 1999.
3
Bl. Ubald of Borgo
Servite13
St. Clelia Barbieri
ServiteFoundress of the Minim Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows, part of the wider Servite family.
August
15
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
23
St. Philip Benizi
ServiteThe Order's 'second founder' and fifth Prior General, who fled election as pope.
28
St. Augustine
The Order lives under his Rule.
31
Bl. Andrew Dotti
ServiteSeptember
1
Bl. Joan of Florence
ServiteCompanion and successor of St. Juliana Falconieri.
5
Bl. Maria Maddalena Starace
ServiteNextFoundress of the Compassionist Sisters, beatified in 2007.
6
Bl. Bonaventure of Forlì
Servite15
Our Lady of Sorrows
ServiteThe principal feast of the Order, and the reason for its name.
22
Dedication of the Basilica of Monte Senario
ServiteThe mountain above Florence where the Seven Founders settled, and where the Order began.
October
3
Bl. Maria Guadalupe Ricart Olmos
ServiteA Servite nun of Valencia, martyred in 1936.
25
Bl. John Angelo Porro
ServiteNovember
16
All Saints of the Order
ServiteThe whole Servite family, canonised and uncanonised, kept in one day.
17
Remembrance of the Servite Dead
ServiteAll deceased friars, sisters, relatives and friends of the Servite family.
December
8
The Immaculate Conception
10
Bl. Jerome of Sant'Angelo
Servite12
Our Lady of Guadalupe
15
Bl. Bonaventure of Pistoia
Servite25
The Nativity of Our Lord
Would you like to keep these days with us? You are welcome to join the fraternity for any of them.
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