of the color violet in the Roman Rite. The Sunday is considered a day of relaxation from normal Lenten rigours; a day of hope with Easter at last within sight. Traditionally, weddings (otherwise banned during Lent) could be performed on this day, and servants were released from service for the day to visit their mother church, the place in which they received the sacrament of baptism (hence 'Mothering Sunday'). Laetare Sunday is the date on which the recipient of University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal is announced. Date Laetare Sunday is exactly 21 days before Easter Sunday, a moveable feast based on the cycles of the moon. The date can be any between 1 March and 4 April inclusive; occurrence in April is considered to be uncommon; the last occurrence was on 3 April 2011 and the next will be on 4 April 2038, after which it will not occur again until 1 April 2057 – occurrences in April are printed in the below list in . The earliest occurrence of Laetare Sunday in the twenty-first century was on 2 March 2008, and the latest will be on 4 April 2038. Laetare Sunday occurs on these dates: 2019 – 31 March 2020 – 22 March 2021 – 14 March 2022 – 27 March 2023 – 19 March 2024 – 10 March 2025 – 30 March 2026 – 15 March 2027 – 7 March 2028 – 26 March 2029 – 11 March 2030 – 31 March 2031 – 23 March 2032 – 7 March 2033 – 27 March 2034 – 19 March 2035 – 4 March 2036 – 23 March 2037 – 15 March 2038 – 2039 – 20 March 2040 – 11 March 2041 – 31 March 2042 – 16 March 2043 – 8 March 2044 – 27 March 2045 – 19 March 2046 – 4 March 2047 – 24 March 2048 – 15 March 2049 – 28 March 2050 – 20 March 2051 – 12 March 2052 – 31 March 2053 – 16 March 2054 – 8 March 2055 – 28 March 2056 – 12 March 2057 – 2058 – 24 March 2059 – 9 March 2060 – 28 March 2061 – 20 March 2062 – 5 March 2063 – 25 March 2064 – 16 March 2065 – 8 March 2066 – 21 March 2067 – 13 March 2068 – 2069 – 24 March 2070 – 9 March 2071