MARY MOTHER OF GOD
Solemnity
January 1
Until 1960 the Roman calendar celebrated on January 1 the Circumcision of the LORD(we commemorate it in Sext)and the Octave of the Nativity. In the revised calendar of 1960, January 1 was called the Octave of the Nativity. In the Roman calendar of 1969 the feast became the Solemnity of Mary,