• The order of the Mass: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/
• Words used during Mass: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/upload/words-in-the-roman-missal.pdf
• Parts of the Mass: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/upload/parts-of-the-mass.pdf
• General Instruction of the Roman Missal: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/general-instruction-of-the-roman-missal/index.cfm

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Holy Days of Obligation:

• January 1: The solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
• Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter: The Solemnity of the Ascension
• August 15: The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• November 1: The Solemnity of All Saints
• December 8: The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
• December 25: The Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Advent

• Color: Purple: Begining of the Church's Liturgical Year.

When: It is the 4 weekends before Christmas
 

• Christmas (More than 1 day, it is a season)

• Color: White

Vigil Christmas Mass through Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

When: December - January
Ordinary Time

• Color: Green

• Christmas Time and Easter Time highlight the central mysteries of the Paschal Mystery, namely, the incarnation, death on the cross, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The Sundays and weeks of Ordinary Time, on the other hand, take us through the life of Christ. This is the time of conversion. This is living the life of Christ.
• Ordinary Time is a time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more deeply into history until all things are finally caught up in Christ. The goal, toward which all of history is directed, is represented by the final Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.

When: Usually January - Lent and After Pentecost until Advent

LENT

• Color: Purple
  When: Ash Wednesday through Triduum Masses

Triduum 

Color: Red/White

• The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum—from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ's Paschal Mystery.

• The single celebration of the Triduum marks the end of the Lenten season, and leads to the Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord at the Easter Vigil.
• The liturgical services that take place during the Triduum are:
• Mass of the Lord's Supper
• Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
• Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord

When: During Holy Week
EASTER (more than 1 day, it is a season)

• Color: WHITE

• There are 50 days of Easter from Easter Sunday to Pentecost.

  When: Spring