Passover begins about a month after Purim
Judaism.See also:The origins of Purim
Purim is a Jewish holiday, it's not a part of Catholicism.
The Jewish holiday of Purim falls in the Jewish month of Adar, which is February-March time according to the secular calendar. See http://www.answers.com/purim
Adar is the last month of the Jewish calendar. Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 14th of Adar. They are not one and the same thing.
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The book that is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim is called Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther) which tells the story of Jewish salvation during the time of King Achashverosh (Ahasuerus), ruler of the Persian-Median Empire approximately during the 4th century BCE.
The festival is called Purim
Purim is the Jewish holiday celebrated on the 14th of the month of Adar. It usually falls out sometime in March on the secular calendar. It is a festival celebrating the hidden miracle of the Persian Jews being saved from extermination by Haman.