Historical Note.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

In 1890, Pope Leo XIII established a Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (Feast Day 11 February).

In 1907, Pope Saint Pius X extended the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes to The Universal Church.

In 1913, Pope Saint Piux X raised the Feast of The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady (Feast Day 15 September) to the Rank of a Double of The Second-Class.

In 1911-1912, Pope Saint Pius X transformed the Church’s Liturgical Calendar in such a way as to give the Christological Cycle preponderance over the Sanctoral Cycle, and, thereby, restore all things in Christ.

Pope Benedict XV (Reigned 1914-1922) extended the Feast of Saint Ephrem (Feast Day 18 June) to the whole Church, at the same time giving him the Title of Doctor of The Church. He also ordered the use of the new Preface of Saint Joseph and the new Preface of The Dead.

Pope Benedict XV extended to the Universal Church the following Feasts:

The Feast of The Holy Family (Feast Day Sunday within The Octave of The Epiphany);

The Feast of Saint Gabriel (Feast Day 24 March);

The Feast of Saint Raphael (Feast Day 24 October);

Where desired, the Feast of The Blessed Virgin Mary,

    (Mediatrix of All Graces) (Feast Day 31 May);
Where desired, the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus 

    (Feast Day Thursday within Octave of The Sacred Heart).

Pope Pius XI (Reign 1922-1939) instituted the following Feasts:

The Feast of Christ The King 

    (Feast Day last Sunday of October);
The Feast of The Maternity of Our Lady 

    (Feast Day 11 October).

Pope Pius XI (Reigned 1922-1939) drew up a new Divine Office and a new Mass for the Feast of The Sacred Heart (Feast Day Friday after The Octave of Corpus Christi), which he enriched, in 1929, with a Privileged Octave of The Third Order.