Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Date:

Saturday, August 22, 2026 (All day)

Sunday, August 22, 2027 (All day)

Tuesday, August 22, 2028 (All day)

Wednesday, August 22, 2029 (All day)

Thursday, August 22, 2030 (All day)

Friday, August 22, 2031 (All day)

Sunday, August 22, 2032 (All day)

Monday, August 22, 2033 (All day)

Tuesday, August 22, 2034 (All day)

Wednesday, August 22, 2035 (All day)

Friday, August 22, 2036 (All day)

Saturday, August 22, 2037 (All day)

Sunday, August 22, 2038 (All day)

Monday, August 22, 2039 (All day)

Wednesday, August 22, 2040 (All day)

Thursday, August 22, 2041 (All day)

Friday, August 22, 2042 (All day)

Saturday, August 22, 2043 (All day)

Monday, August 22, 2044 (All day)

Tuesday, August 22, 2045 (All day)

Wednesday, August 22, 2046 (All day)

Thursday, August 22, 2047 (All day)

Saturday, August 22, 2048 (All day)

Sunday, August 22, 2049 (All day)

On August 22nd, Catholics worldwide celebrate an extraordinary coronation – not of an earthly monarch, but of a humble girl from Nazareth who became the Queen of Heaven and Earth. The Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a relatively recent addition to the Catholic calendar, established in 1954 by Pope Pius XII. But why would the Church crown the mother of Jesus as a queen? Click HERE to learn why.