Feast of the Assumption Moved

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Yesterday at Mass it was announced that Friday is a Holy Day, The Feast of the Assumption of BVM, however in our Diocese the Feast has been moved to the weekend. Even though there is a Mass Friday morning it does NOT count as our obligation. I have to say I am disappointed. We have so few days of obligation and now we are losing another one.

Anyone here experiencing these new “movable” feasts?
 
I don’t think this one is movable. I believe you may be exempt from the Obligation if it falls on a Saturday or a Monday. If it falls on a Sunday, it replaces the Sunday, but I don’t think it can be moved from the 15th to the 17th. :eek:
 
mikejacobus said:
Yesterday at Mass it was announced that Friday is a Holy Day, The Feast of the Assumption of BVM, however in our Diocese the Feast has been moved to the weekend. Even though there is a Mass Friday morning it does NOT count as our obligation. I have to say I am disappointed. We have so few days of obligation and now we are losing another one.

Anyone here experiencing these new “movable” feasts?
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Of course Mass Friday morning counts towards your obligation - if you went to an Eastern Catholic Divine Liturgy on August 15 it would too, if memory serves. In such a case, as on a Sunday, the readings etc would be different to what the Latin Rite church sets for that same day but it would nonetheless count. Ergo you don’t need to have the ‘right’ prayers and readings for it to count.
 
mikejacobus said:
Yesterday at Mass it was announced that Friday is a Holy Day, The Feast of the Assumption of BVM, however in our Diocese the Feast has been moved to the weekend. Even though there is a Mass Friday morning it does NOT count as our obligation. I have to say I am disappointed. We have so few days of obligation and now we are losing another one.

Anyone here experiencing these new “movable” feasts?
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I don’t believe that the Feast of the Assumption is a “movable” Holy Day. Attending Mass on Friday satisfies the Holy Day Obligation.
 
LilyM said:
Of course Mass Friday morning counts towards your obligation - if you went to an Eastern Catholic Divine Liturgy on August 15 it would too, if memory serves. In such a case, as on a Sunday, the readings etc would be different to what the Latin Rite church sets for that same day but it would nonetheless count. Ergo you don’t need to have the ‘right’ prayers and readings for it to count.
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I’m attending a Byzantine Divine Liturgy on Friday Morning for My Obligation.
 
The Code of Canon Law says:
With the prior approval of the Apostolic See, however, the conference of bishops can suppress some of the holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday
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So it really depends on what the bishops in your country have decreed with the approval of Rome.

In a little booklet distributed in Lent in my parish, it had that the Assumption was, in this region, transferred to Sunday. But it appears (as always) that everyone is observing it on Friday. Not even the cathedral is observing it on Sunday. Go figure :rolleyes:
 
As I have always understood it it would be up to the entire Council of Bishops for the United States to decide to move a feast (as they have done with many of the others) they would petition the Holy See for permission to move it. It appears that Our Bishop is the only one in the area that had decided to move it. All neighboring Dioceses are celebrating on the 15th.
 
mikejacobus said:
Yesterday at Mass it was announced that Friday is a Holy Day, The Feast of the Assumption of BVM, however in our Diocese the Feast has been moved to the weekend. Even though there is a Mass Friday morning it does NOT count as our obligation. I have to say I am disappointed. We have so few days of obligation and now we are losing another one.

Anyone here experiencing these new “movable” feasts?
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Are you in the United States?

Holy days in the US are:

On December 13, 1991 the members of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States of America made the following general decree concerning holy days of obligation for Latin rite Catholics:
Code: 
In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as holy days of obligation in the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America, in conformity with canon 1246, are as follows:

January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God;
Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension;
August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
November 1, the solemnity of All Saints;
December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception;
December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 precept to attend Mass is abrogated.
This decree of the Conference of Bishops was approved and confirmed by the Apostolic See by a decree of the Congregation for Bishops (Prot. N. 296/84), signed by Bernardin Cardinal Gantin, prefect of the Congregation, and dated July 4, 1992. Source]

Since the Assumption falls on a Friday it remains a holy day of obligation. If it fell on a Saturday there would be no obligation.
 
Br.Rich_SFO said:
I don’t believe that the Feast of the Assumption is a “movable” Holy Day. Attending Mass on Friday satisfies the Holy Day Obligation.
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My answer applies to the U.S. I always forget to look at where the OP is posting from.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I am in fact from the United States, Northern Michigan.
 
SuscipeMeDomine said:
Are you in the United States?

Holy days in the US are:

On December 13, 1991 the members of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States of America made the following general decree concerning holy days of obligation for Latin rite Catholics:
Code: 
In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as holy days of obligation in the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America, in conformity with canon 1246, are as follows:

January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God;
Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension;
August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
November 1, the solemnity of All Saints;
December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception;
December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 precept to attend Mass is abrogated.
This decree of the Conference of Bishops was approved and confirmed by the Apostolic See by a decree of the Congregation for Bishops (Prot. N. 296/84), signed by Bernardin Cardinal Gantin, prefect of the Congregation, and dated July 4, 1992. Source]

Since the Assumption falls on a Friday it remains a holy day of obligation. If it fell on a Saturday there would be no obligation.
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That is not quite current.
SuscipeMeDomine said:
Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension
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Many episcopal provinces in the US translate the Solemnity of the Ascension to the 7th Sunday of Easter.

Additionally, Hawaii, though a member of the USCCB, observes only two holy days of obligation: the solemnities of the Immaculate Conception and the Nativity.

source (cf miscellaneous notes)

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at my church we have a 6:30 pm service on thursday, and on friday there is a service at 8 and 11 and the last one is at 2pm. this will be my first time to attend mass for the assumption of bvm as i was just confirmed 7-15-08. so i am looking forward to it.
 
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