Feast Immaculate Conception Dec. 8 (Saturday) 2012

[CatherineOH]

How about Milwaukee, Minneapolis, KC, Denver, Portland, Seattle and LA :byzsoc:
(seems like I"m going to be in the air more than on the ground from All Saints to Christmas)?:takeoff:

 

[revert_jen]

Sorry, don’t know about those places, but there is a Saturday evening Mass at both Dulles and National (DC metro airports in Virginia).

I’d be surprised if there were no Mass at LAX because the airport is so big, but I can’t find any evidence of there being a chapel at all. Doesn’t mean there isn’t one though.

For Denver, though, apparently there is Mass: Church and State Battle at Denver Airport

Good luck!

–Jen

 

[CatherineOH]

I"ve only seen a prayer room at Denver.
I’ve not seen even that at LAX, but only have a few minutes layover there anyway.
I’m continuing to look.

 

[Digitonomy]

there is one possibility of a church close to the airport though… i’ll check in mass times online. masstimes.org/

You’ve already figured out the best source for this - just punch the airport into Google to get the Zip code, then punch that into masstimes, and you’ll get e.g. this for O’Hare:
masstimes.org/Churches.aspx?address=60666

Their information isn’t always 100% accurate or complete, but is an excellent start.

CatherineOH:

I’ll double check with our priest, but I should have no problems finding a parish with services in the evening.

I haven’t seen anyone comment on this part. The canonical requirement is to attend mass on holy days, and canon law defines a day as running from midnight to midnight, so any mass on Saturday, even if it’s not an Immaculate Conception mass, fulfills your canonical obligation. However, liturgically Sunday begins Saturday evening, so unfortunately an evening mass will almost certainly be the mass of Sunday.

 

[CatherineOH]

actually, I never thought of that.

I hardly use the mail so never thought about zipcodes.

 

[Elizium23]

If it is necessary travel, and travel for work is indeed necessary, then you’re automatically dispensed from your obligation. You shouldn’t beat yourself up over this. If you can make it to a Mass, great, but if you can’t, your obligation is dispensed.

If you’re still hesitant, you can ask your priest to formally dispense you.

For me in Canada, Dec. 8 is no longer a day of obligation, incidentally.

There is no such thing as “automatically dispensed”. What you mean is that there is no obligation at all.