What are some noteworthy feast days that occur during Lent?
Since the date of Easter is reckoned as first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox, and since Ash Wednesday precedes by 46 days (a leap year adds a bonus day), the beginning of falls anywhere from February 4 through March 10. This means that some of the following may fall before or after Lent: February 22, the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter. Liturgical colors are white. Not a solemnity, so the faithful still abstain if the feast falls on a Friday. March 17, the memorial of St. Patrick. Liturgical colors remain violet. Some bishops will dispense from the obligation to abstain when St. Patricks falls on a Friday. March 19, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Liturgical colors are white. If the solemnity falls on a Friday, the faithful are not obligated to abstain. If the solemnity falls during Holy Week or the Easter Octave, normally the celebration would be transferred to Monday or Tuesday after the Easter Octave. (For the 2008 liturgic
