Attending mass on vacation in another country

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Are the rules for which days are holy days of obligation for where you currently are or where you are from? For example, if I were on vacation in Mexico, would I follow the rules for where I am in Mexico or diocese in the US?
 
And again: Mass on January 1 - #13 by Tis_Bearself
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You’ve already asked this and received your answer before. Why ask again?
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PaulfromIowa said:
http://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2008/05/22/holydays-of-obligation/
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Pretty comprehensive article. I do wish they covered when traveling for work, since in America HDO’s vary wildly. My husband has been in a situation on both ends…where he was traveling during an HDO and there were literally no masses for miles because it wasn’t an HDO there AND traveled when a day was a non-HDO in our dioceses and was where he was working. Then got picked on by co-workers. I used to work across state lines where HDO differed. It was a massive pain in the butt when I had to try and find a Mass near my home that worked with my schedule because the churches near my work (where I often went to Daily Mass) didn’t offer anything…since the feast was moved to a Sunday. Often, I’d just go to a reguar non-HDO daily mass and hope for the best. It was all I could do.

Not only that you have complicated situations where Bishops will offer dispensations for all Catholics (IE the Bishop who allowed Irish Catholics to celebrate St. Patty’s day on a Lentin Friday) that are incredibly confusing…especally to travelers.
 
It doesn’t cover everything, because it fails to include the canon regarding travelers.

§2. Travelers are not bound:

1/ by the particular laws of their own territory as long as they are absent from it unless either the transgression of those laws causes harm in their own territory or the laws are personal;

2/ by the laws of the territory in which they are present, with the exception of those laws which provide for public order, which determine the formalities of acts, or which regard immovable goods located in the territory.

But you’ve asked this question MULTIPLE times over the last few weeks. WHY do you keep asking it? It’s already been answered more than one time.
 
Xanthippe_Voorhees said:
especally to travelers.
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The article quoted above does not include the canons that pertain to travelers, unfortunately.

§2. Travelers are not bound:

1/ by the particular laws of their own territory as long as they are absent from it unless either the transgression of those laws causes harm in their own territory or the laws are personal;

2/ by the laws of the territory in which they are present, with the exception of those laws which provide for public order, which determine the formalities of acts, or which regard immovable goods located in the territory.

And:
12 §2. All who are actually present in a certain territory, however, are exempted from universal laws which are not in force in that territory.
 
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Xanthippe_Voorhees:
especally to travelers.
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The article quoted above does not include the canons that pertain to travelers, unfortunately.

§2. Travelers are not bound:

1/ by the particular laws of their own territory as long as they are absent from it unless either the transgression of those laws causes harm in their own territory or the laws are personal;

2/ by the laws of the territory in which they are present, with the exception of those laws which provide for public order, which determine the formalities of acts, or which regard immovable goods located in the territory.

And:
12 §2. All who are actually present in a certain territory, however, are exempted from universal laws which are not in force in that territory.
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Which is totally crystal clear and NOT confusing at all.

My point wasn’t that canon law doesn’t cover it, but that when Bishops change things around–especially in neighboring dioceses it can be really hard for the average person to know what to do.

For instance, the St. Patrick’s day debacle caused a TON of confusion because you had people who celebrated St. Pat’s at their workplace for lunch, but could not do so at home. Because techincally, it was a public order.
 
I asked the question multiple times because the first satisfactory answer I got was the article from canon law made easy.
 
To expand on what 1ke said…

Canon law makes allowances for travelers who likely do not know the obligations for the territory they visit and who may have difficulty finding Masses when traveling to areas which do not have the obligations of their home territory.

Loosely, the rule for travelers is that your obligation to attend Mass on a given day is the lessor obligation of both the home territory and the visited territory.

So if both territories have obligations to attend Mass on a given day then you have an obligation to attend Mass. If either your home territory or the territory where you are visiting suppresses (or transfers to Sunday) the obligation to attend Mass, then you do not have an obligation to attend Mass on that day. Obviously a traveler may attend Mass whether they have an obligation or not, if they are able to do so.

The article in Canon Law Made Easy would apply to people who are not just travelers but to those who are considered to hold quasi-domicile in a territory other than their permanent home territory.
 
Man what is wrong with you? What do you think I’m doing asking it for fun? I’m just trying to follow the rules and thought that this would be a good place to find out how I can do it. You seem like you care nothing about love and only about self-righteousness. Honestly stop commenting on any posts regarding this topic, you’re not helpful and seem like you are just trying to pick a fight behind a keyboard. Thank you to everyone on here who was actually helpful.
 
Not sure what you are complaining about.

1ke, explained that the article from Canon Law Made Easy was misleading. The article made it seem as if short term travelers are subject to more requirements than they really are.

Are you angry because you might NOT be obligated to attend a HDO Mass when you travel?
 
Not directly answering the OP’s question…

I traveled overseas with my father once and we attended Sunday Mass in Singapore. When it came time for the “Kiss of Peace” we were the only ones shaking hands. Local custom was to simply bow to those sitting around you.

Darn Americans!
 
And in America it is called “'kiss of peace”?

Unique Americans.
 
Sounds really nice. Can you imagine the griping that would cease if we just did that instead of what we do now? Sounds lovely, ad appropriate.
 
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