Q: Is Dec. 9 a day of obligation? Is this rule new? Is it just for America? (Rochester, New York) A: Normally, Dec. 9 is not a holy day of obligation, but it is this year in the United States due t ...

The Assumption ... "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal ...

Due to this, the holy day of obligation to attend mass on December ... her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, Saint Joseph, Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, and All Saints.

Every Sunday is recognized as a holy day of obligation. The Nativity of Jesus Christ (December 25), the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (January 1), and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

Pope Francis is seen opening a Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to welcome the jubilee of 2016. Getty Images After ... on New Year’s Day — also a holy day of obligation, the Solemnity ...

Jewish 9 Feast of the Ascension The fortieth day after Easter Sunday. As a holy day of obligation, Catholics commemorate the ... Jewish 15 Feast of the Assumption of Mary A Catholic celebration of ...

Baháʼí 27-28 Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh This commemorates the day when the founder and prophet of the Baha'i Faith died in 1892. Baháʼí 29 Feast of the Ascension The fortieth day after Easter Sunday. As ...

Every Sunday is recognized as a holy day of obligation. The Nativity of Jesus Christ (December 25), the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (January 1), and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is also a holy day of obligation for Catholics ... declarations of Mary's perpetual virginity, her assumption to heaven, and being the mother of God.

Some holy days – such as the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady or the Solemnity of All Saints – when they fall on Saturday or Monday have the obligation to attend Mass lifted. Such is not the ...

In the past, the obligation to attend Mass on a transferred holy day of obligation was not transferred along with the feast day when it fell on a Monday. A firefighter in Rome pays tribute to the ...