Going to Mass on Aug. 15th?

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Kielbasi:
Why would they be upset about it? There will still be masses on August 15, and they can still attend if they wish.

By “older”, I take it you mean retired, and not nearly as difficult for someone without a job to make it to church on a weekday as opposed to younger folks who need to be at work on the Assumption, an ordinary work day for the majority of people.
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I guess there is no reason for any Holydays, since people “can still attend if they wish.” More often than not, they won’t.

As to your second argument, I don’t buy it. With transportation available for so many people in this modern age, there is no reason why 99.9% of Catholics cannot find a Holyday Mass at a somewhat convenient location at some time during the day.

And for those Catholics who still cannot make it, then there is no obligation - simple as that!

I live in a mid-size town, and there is a weekday Mass within 30 minutes drive at the following times:
  • 6:00am
  • 7:30am
  • 8:15am
  • 11:15am
  • 12:05pm
  • 4:30pm
  • 5:00pm
  • 5:30pm
And the Catholic population in my diocese is approximately 6%.
 
JC Nixon:
I did the Total Consecration last year, culminating on Dec 8, Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It was a wonderful journey to Jesus through Mary. I look forward to renewing it this year!

I was away from the Church for many years, but always had a devotion and love for Mary. I am sure it was her motherly love and intercession that brought me home again.

I will be attending Mass, as I do every day.
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Thanks for sharing. I look forward to fulfilling this on the feast of the Assumption. I’ve been doing the preparation faithfully. The reading is interesting.
 
Originally Posted by MrS
Assumption Grotto in Detroit???

Yes, do you commute? I know people come from long distances to this parish. I just found it 3 months ago and it is only 15 minutes from my home.__________________Hello there! I am gassing up and comin’ down! Can’t wait - its been such a long, long, time.
Could you PM me the schedule? I would be ever so very thankful! smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/12/12_7_21.gif
 
Here you go!

I hope to meet you when you come down. I plan on being there from early morning (6:30/7:00am) until evening. You may want to take advantage of parking at DeLasalle and just hop on a bus. That lot has got to be jammed. Use Yahoo Maps! 14600 Common Road, Warren, MI 48093-0480

assumptiongrotto.com/misc_events/8-15-05.htm

Assumption Grotto Church
Monday, August 15th 2005
Feast of the Assumption
Schedule of Events

*Seminarians & Deacons will lead the 9:00 a.m. Rosary at the Grotto
Rosaries:
9:00, 11:00 a.m.
Stations of the Cross: 2:15 p.m.
Living Rosary & Blessing of the Sick
3:00 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
Living Rosary, Blessing of the Sick and Benediction at the Grotto

Consecration to Mary
5:00 p.m. in the Church
Rosary 6:15 p.m. at the Grotto

Masses:

6:30 a.m. in Church

9:30 a.m. in Church followed by the Consecration to Mary

12:00 Noon in the Grotto followed after Mass with the Blessing of the Herbs and the Miraculous Medal, talk and enrollment

7:00 p.m. Fr. Eduard Perrone & Concelebrants at the Grotto.

Knights of Columbus Honor Guard,

Lourdes Candlelight Procession after Mass

Confessions:

11:00 a.m., 1:30 & 3:45 p.m.

Blessing of Herbs & Miraculous Medal after 12:00 noon Mass

REFRESHMENTS
Italian Dinner Mostaccioli with Meatball, salad, bread, butter and beverage served in the gym from 1:00-5:30 p.m.
Adults: $7.00, Children under 10: $4.50.
Snack Bar Fast food and beverages served in the gym until 5:30 p.m.

GIFT SHOP AND SHRINE BOOTHS
The Gift Shop is open throughout the day and offers a selection of religious literature, rosaries, etc. On the Shrine
grounds are booths that offer candles to be lit at the Grotto, Shrine Patron enrollment cards and Lourdes Water. Both
Gift Shop & Shrine booths will be closed after the 7:00 p.m. Mass.

FREE SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE FROM DE LASALLE HIGH SCHOOL
Park your car at De LaSalle High School, 14600 Common Rd. Warren (east of Schoenherr between 12 & 13 Mile
Roads). Times listed below may vary slightly due to traffic so allow your self plenty of arrival time.

From De LaSalle to Grotto:10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30 a.m., 2:15, 5:00 p.m.

From Grotto to De LaSalle; 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:45, 5:30, 9:15 p.m. after the Lourdes Candlelight Procession.

PILGRIMAGE BUSES
Please contact the Shrine Office at (313) 839-8626 to make arrangements for bus parking
 
PS - I just made it public in case anyone else wants to come down (or up).

😃

I’ll be running around with camera and cam-corder.
 
Wow, I was in the Detroit area for the feast 2 years ago. I intended to attend mass at the National Shrine of Little Flower in Royal Oaks, but the power outage hit the evening before and the gas stations weren’t pumping gas. I ended up staying in Flint, something I hadn’t planned on doing.

It sounds like the Assumption Shrine is THE Place to be! May God bless all of you who are lucky enough to be within a reasonable travel to attend.

Enjoy!

CARose
 
Our Parish will have a special 6 PM Mass on Monday the 15th - not an obligation, but, a joy!
 
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Lux_et_veritas:
. Now, I will follow through with the Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary that will take place on August 15th according to that prescribed by St. Louis de Montfort.
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To Jesus through Mary is my tagline because both my daughters and myself are Consecrated!
It’s has been wonderful to not worry about praying for something or someone but putting my trust in her judgement.
And who better to take care of my children? They are Hers now!
 
I’ll be going to Mass on the 15th.

I also would like to know if there’s a way to petition that our Holy Days be restored.

It seems that we have lost that tendency to be “a people called apart” when we accommodate our ways to the ways of the world.

Fifty years ago, you KNEW when someone was Catholic. In this day and age of tolerance and diversity training, it would seem that those who practice their faith should be allowed to do so without feeling like you have to crawl under the table and hide it.

I’m in my early thirties with a recent renewal of faith. It’s fascinating to learn something new every day about the Catholic faith and ways to express our faith in God. And yet, it is so sad to see things in the Church “taken away” so to speak. Is this an effort to make it easier to be Catholic? I don’t want it to be easier… I want it to be genuine!

If Ascension Thursday is on Sunday, and a Holy Day of Obligation falls on Monday or Saturday or Friday, I don’t have to go, or if someone says nevermind - how will I know what I’ve missed??!! Why do they make special 7:00 pm masses on Ash Wednesday - which is NOT a HDO, but no special Mass for days that ARE?

Anyway - thanks for the venting space. I’ll be looking for the best way to voice my questions in my parish!
 
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CARose:
Wow, I was in the Detroit area for the feast 2 years ago. I intended to attend mass at the National Shrine of Little Flower in Royal Oaks, but the power outage hit the evening before and the gas stations weren’t pumping gas. I ended up staying in Flint, something I hadn’t planned on doing.

It sounds like the Assumption Shrine is THE Place to be! May God bless all of you who are lucky enough to be within a reasonable travel to attend.

Enjoy!

CARose
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I hear the power outage got this parish too.

It is THE place to be - just look at the name of the parish: Assumption Grotto!

This parish has really gotten me started on appreciating Mary, which I had too little of prior. What else can you expect from someone who was raised on 1970’s dumbed-down, Marian de-emphasized catechism?

I’m looking at sitting in on the RCIA class this fall there to get caught up to speed.
 
netmil(name removed by moderator):
To Jesus through Mary is my tagline because both my daughters and myself are Consecrated!
It’s has been wonderful to not worry about praying for something or someone but putting my trust in her judgement.
And who better to take care of my children? They are Hers now!
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What a sweet way to look at it.

Anything special going on at your parish or was it moved there too? Some parishes are creating the Masses and ignoring the convenient shift.
 
I also would like to know if there’s a way to petition that our Holy Days be restored.
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They don’t need to be restored as they are all still there.

Its just that the folks aren’t obligated to attend mass on as many of those days as in the past.

Anyone who wants to can still attend any day that they prefer.

And many still do attend, you know.
 
I was wondering this morning if the obligation was dispensed for the 15th. Nothing was said at Mass, so maybe that means that our church will hold extras Masses anyway. They did that for All Saints last year. One could always hope. :gopray2:
 
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DJMarshall85:
Also, I think it is a matter of laziness on the side of some American Roman Catholics. Don’t you think that spending an extra 1 and a 1/2 hours seperate from Sunday, in order to memorialize some great event and worship Our Lord, is worth a little extra trouble?
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Every parish I’ve gone to the Holy Day Masses were lucky to be more than 25 minutes long. I’d say the longest Holy Day Mass I’ve ever been to was something like 40 minutes. Maybe 1 1/2 hours for some people if they have to include travel time or the like.
 
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puzzleannie:
if you are not attending Mass on that day, are you still taking part in Feast, the Murray Hill celebration in the old Italian neighborhood?
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I don’t think I’ll make it up to Little Italy, but my own parish is having a festival the 13-14. We gather with flowers at 82 & 176 at and process up Broadview Road to our church carrying a satue of Mary. There’s a solemn mass at 4:00 with blessing of the flowers. After mass, she will be placed in the Family Center, and we can leave our flowers at her feet. There will then be a flag raising ceremony in front of our parish school, and our suburbs Mayor will speak. Then two days of festivities. I don’t know about the mass schedule for Monday, except that there will be a special mass at 7:00 for the Marines from the Brookpark battalion that were killed last week by a roadside bomb. There was a big memorial at the IX center earlier this evening.

I don’t need to go to the Murray Hill event next weekend. I went to “The Fest” at Borromeo, and that was a pretty big event. Dr Ray Guarendi was there, and I really enjoyed it up until the closing mass, which was a bit too avant-garde for me.

The fest: a-full-life.com/default.aspx
agenda: a-full-life.com/tab.aspx?tabid=663
more: a-full-life.com/tab.aspx?tabid=660
 
No, since it’s not considered a holy day there’s no extra mass in the evening. And I’ll be at work in the morning. I was thinking of hunting around for a church that maybe had a daily mass later in the day though. It’s still a holy day to me 🙂 and heck it wouldn’t hurt me to get to a mass I wasn’t obligated to go to, I’m sure.
 
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Kielbasi:
Why would they be upset about it? There will still be masses on August 15, and they can still attend if they wish.

By “older”, I take it you mean retired, and not nearly as difficult for someone without a job to make it to church on a weekday as opposed to younger folks who need to be at work on the Assumption, an ordinary work day for the majority of people.
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It seems a little odd that “older” parishioners would be so upset, considering that the dogmatic definition (and probably the accompanying obligation) is relatively new, younger than some of them. Though I suppose if it was particularly special to you growing up, it would make sense.

Where I can understand and sympathize is if (for such a signifigant feast - obligation or not) a parish does not still make the effort to ensure having a special Mass. Just because there is no formal obligation doesn’t mean that many devout people still won’t want to attend Mass. Pastors ought to do everything possible to offer additional possibilities (within reason), then, to ensure that Masses are available. It really isn’t that hard to have one Mass sometime on a Monday, even if that is the pastor’s “day off”. Or to add one evening Mass for people who can’t come in the morning twice a year when these feasts happen to fall on Monday.
 
Of course!

Mass is at six pm to facilitate this for the working folks. I organise my rosters to make attendance possible. Even so if I am working on a Holy Day of Obligation I am not damned because it is a necessary work that I do, I have an easy conscious on that score, and anyway I would say an extra prayer for being so brave on missing out on such a wonderful event…🙂

I am looking forward to seeing our little chapel turned into a floral tribute to Our Lady, it is always so on major feast days and the glow of candles and a packed congregation, it will be lovely!👋
 
Here in England, if a solemnity falls on a saturday or monday, they move the feast to the sunday, hence this year we will celebrate the assumption on the 14th. Don’t they do this in the States? It seems such a reasonable solution.
 
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