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November 2025 Liturgical Calendar - View the Church’s daily liturgical celebrations, feasts, and memorials. Click on each date for prayers, reflections, and resources to help you live the liturgical year.

November 2025 Feast Day Calendar - Discover the lives of the saints. Click on a saint’s name to read their story and learn about their feast.


November Devotion:  Pray for the Faithful Departed, the Holy Souls in Purgatory

• Pray for the Holy Souls: We are encouraged to pray for the deceased, as they are unable to pray for themselves. 
• Offer Masses: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is considered a very powerful way to aid the souls in purgatory and shorten their time of purification. 
• Pray specific prayers:
  The Chaplet of St. Gertrude https://thecatholiccrusade.com/chaplet-of-saint-gertrude/
  The Litany for the Faithful Departed 
• A general prayer for the dead, such as "Eternal Rest, grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen". 
• Visit a cemetery: During the first week of November (Nov. 1-8), devoutly visiting a cemetery and praying for the departed can earn a plenary indulgence applicable to the souls in purgatory. 
• Pray the Creed and an "Our Father": On All Souls' Day (November 2nd) or the surrounding Sunday, you can visit a church or oratory and recite an "Our Father" and the Creed to gain a plenary indulgence for the dead. 

Additional Prayers for the Month of November

• Pray for your patron saints: In addition to praying for the dead, you can ask for the intercession of your patron saints, your guardian angels, and other saints who have inspired you. 
• Reflect on November feasts: November includes significant feasts like the Solemnity of All Saints (November 1) and All Souls' Day (November 2). Other feast days, such as those for saints like St. Martin de Porres (November 3) and St. Charles Borromeo (November 4), offer additional opportunities for devotion. 

Pope Leo XIV’s Monthly Prayer Intention
Each month, Pope Leo XIV invites the faithful to unite in prayer for a particular need of the Church and the world.

• November 2025 - For the prevention of suicide.
  Let us pray that those who are struggling with suicidal thoughts might find the support, care and love they need in their community, and be open to the beauty of life.

Resources to help you pray with our Holy Father:

• Click to Pray – Monthly Intentions

• Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (USA)