Are these all Holy Days of Obligation?

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I really need help with this!

This is confusing to me. Google has been turning up weird and differing answers for this question. I want to go to mass on all the required days, of course, but I never have before and I want to make sure I don’t miss one.

I know there’s more than just these, by the way. But I’m going to be out of town around this time (mid/late March) and have to make arrangements to go to each mass.

Am I required to attend mass on all these days?

Holy Thursday (Thursday, March 20, 2008)
Good Friday (Friday, March 21, 2008)
Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 22, 2008)
Easter (Sunday, March 23, 2008)
Divine Mercy Sunday (Sunday, March 30, 2008)

Thank you so much!
 
Naturally, Mass attendance is required on Easter and on the Feast of Divine Mercy, as these are Sundays. The others are not Holy Days of Obligation, so Mass attendance, while encouraged, is not required. (Technically speaking, there is no Mass on Good Friday - the only day of the year on which Mass may not be offered.)

Hope that helps.
 
The following are the ONLY required Holy Days within the USA. Holy Days are different for Eastern Catholics, but the additional days need only be followed if you are Eastern Catholic by rite. Holy Days may be different outside of the US.

In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as holy days of obligation in the Latin Rite dioceses of the USA include the following solemnities:

Mary, Mother of God (Jan. 1);
The Ascension; (transferred to Sundays within the USA)
The Assumption of Mary (Aug. 15);
All Saints (Nov. 1);
The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8);
Christmas (Dec. 25).

Whenever January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, or August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption, or November 1, the solemnity of All Saints, falls on a Saturday or on a Monday, the obligation to attend Mass is lifted.
 
mediatrixx said:
Am I required to attend mass on all these days?

Holy Thursday (Thursday, March 20, 2008)
Good Friday (Friday, March 21, 2008)
Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 22, 2008)
Easter (Sunday, March 23, 2008)
Divine Mercy Sunday (Sunday, March 30, 2008)
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Holy Days of Obligation in the United States:

January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption
November 1, the solemnity of All Saints
December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
 
peary said:
Holy Days of Obligation in the United States:

January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption
November 1, the solemnity of All Saints
December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
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You forgot Christmas!
 
Thank you all SO MUCH! I was panicking. This makes it much easier for me than hunting around Google. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
 
peary said:
Holy Days of Obligation in the United States:

January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption
November 1, the solemnity of All Saints
December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
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Don’t forget Christmas and the Ascension. Also, it is not every diocese in the U.S. that transfers the Ascension to the following Sunday. In my diocese, they still have extra Masses on the traditional Thursday, because that is when they are celebrating the holyday. Some one can correct me if I am wrong, but I think the bishops of each region decide whether to keep the Feast on Thursday, or transfer it to Sunday.
 
tradcathconvert said:
Don’t forget Christmas and the Ascension. Also, it is not every diocese in the U.S. that transfers the Ascension to the following Sunday. In my diocese, they still have extra Masses on the traditional Thursday, because that is when they are celebrating the holyday. Some one can correct me if I am wrong, but I think the bishops of each region decide whether to keep the Feast on Thursday, or transfer it to Sunday.
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You are indeed correct.
 
Stop worrying about this. Pick up the church bulletin after Mass on Sunday and check out the Mass schedule for the week. There will be a notation to indicate a holy day of obligation.
Note that holy days of obligation are at least partially under the control of the nation council of bishops. This means that a day may be a holy day of obligation in one country but not another. For this reason the local parish bulletin is your best guide.

Matthew
 
drafdog said:
Stop worrying about this. Pick up the church bulletin after Mass on Sunday and check out the Mass schedule for the week. There will be a notation to indicate a holy day of obligation.
Note that holy days of obligation are at least partially under the control of the nation council of bishops. This means that a day may be a holy day of obligation in one country but not another. For this reason the local parish bulletin is your best guide.

Matthew
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Personally, I am of the opinion that ALL of the holy days of obligation should be transferred to a regular Sunday Mass instead of certain days.
 
<<Am I required to attend mass on all these days?

Holy Thursday (Thursday, March 20, 2008)
Good Friday (Friday, March 21, 2008)
Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 22, 2008)
Easter (Sunday, March 23, 2008)
Divine Mercy Sunday (Sunday, March 30, 2008)>>

Why would you NOT want to attend Holy Week services?

(Note, the question deals with WANTING to, not being kept from attending by work or other providential hinderance.)
 
Note also that holy days of obligation vary from country to country. In Canada only Mary, Mother of God (Jan 1) and Christmas (Dec 25) are obligatory.
 
twf said:
Note also that holy days of obligation vary from country to country. In Canada only Mary, Mother of God (Jan 1) and Christmas (Dec 25) are obligatory.
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Maybe that’s why the Canadian church is in such deep doo doo LOL
 
And if you are a resident of the United States, you are obligated to attend the Holy Days of the country that you might be traveling in when they occur. Gotta be alert to where you are and what is going down.
 
Well, I don’t like it but, Diocese of Honolulu, which is all of Hawaii, does not have Jan.1 nor Nov.1 as Holy Days of Obligation!:mad:

Sometimes I wonder if Hawaii really is a state.🤷

BTW, how did this windup in this TC forum?
 
bpbasilphx said:
<<Am I required to attend mass on all these days?

Holy Thursday (Thursday, March 20, 2008)
Good Friday (Friday, March 21, 2008)
Holy Saturday (Saturday, March 22, 2008)
Easter (Sunday, March 23, 2008)
Divine Mercy Sunday (Sunday, March 30, 2008)>>

Why would you NOT want to attend Holy Week services?

(Note, the question deals with WANTING to, not being kept from attending by work or other providential hinderance.)
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I do want to. It just might not be possible. 🙂
 
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