The following are the holy days celebrated and observed with obligation in the Archdiocese of Boston for 2025: -- Solemnity of Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God, Wednesday, Jan. 1. -- Solemnity of 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 ...

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 ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation.

While it is not a holy day of obligation, it is a feast day celebrating the arrival of the Magi to see a newborn Jesus Christ. The last Sunday of Christmas on the Catholic liturgical calendar is ...

News. King Charles III has already made a decision about Harry, Meghan and Prince Andrew for the good of all Here we tell you a little more about the Day of the Holy Innocents. Here we present the ...

Tomorrow, Dec. 28, is Holy Innocents’ Day, in remembrance of the baby boys in Bethlehem—niños inocentes, as we refer to them in Spanish—slaughtered on orders of King Herod after hearing about 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 ...

On this day, devotees observe a fast. Some may completely refrain from water or food, while others may consume Saatvik food. Observing a fast on the revered, holy day has several spiritual benefits.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, said on Friday that Pope Francis is known by the children of Holy Family Church ... is calling every day at 7 p.m.” “It ...

That the Church honors the Holy Innocents along with St. John the Apostle and St. Stephen the first martyr in the first days after Christmas should not surprise us. The correlation between ...

Then, on New Year’s Day — also a holy day of obligation, the Solemnity of Mary — the Holy Door at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major outside the Vatican in Rome will be opened.