HELP! Is all Saints day a Holy day of Obligation?

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In Canada, we only have 2 Holy Days of Obligation that are not transferred to Sunday’s Mass. They are Christmas and the Solemnity of the Mother of God on January 1. Without grave reasons, missing Masses on these days incurs the penalty of mortal sins.
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http://stjpm.com/holy-days-obligation/

I would classify that as “Very Liberal”
 
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Joe1 said:
The only mass for a weekday is at 9am. I can’t find any other mass time. Even under events for this week it doesn’t mention all Saints day
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Just because the bulletin or the website does not mention it, is not the same as it not happening.

If there was a daily Mass at 9 AM today (Nov. 1) then it had to be a Mass for All Saints, according to the laws governing the calendar and the choice of the Mass text. This is because All Saints is a Solemnity and it cannot be replaced by another Mass (like Ordinary Time weekday or Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart)

In any event, since you are in Canada, the obligation to attend Mass today has been lifted. So you did NOTHING WRONG by not attending today.

I hope you are able to find a local Mass in the afternoon or evening today. It is obvious that you want to celebrate All Saints Day and that’s a very good thing indeed!

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE on any day when something like this might happen, remember that it isn’t necessary for a parish to provide a description of the Mass in the bulletin. Just because it isn’t labeled for the day that doesn’t mean much in the end. That kind of information is useful and helpful but it’s not necessary. If some future day actually is a Holy Day of Obligation, so long as you attend Mass on the calendar day or the evening-before that Mass satisfies the obligation.
 
The bulletin problem arises due to many churches having additional Masses on the Holy Day. If the Holyday usually has a 10 am Mass and a 5 pm Mass and you look and only see the usual 8 am weekday Mass listed and it’s already 9 am, then confusion happens.
 
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JoshuaIsLord said:
Well I B DARN… Learn something new everyday. Holy Days of Obligation is not UNIVERSAL…
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There are 2 kinds of Holy Days of Obligation.

The universal ones are those listed in Canon Law, c. 1246. Those are the ones which most people are familiar. Again, those are the Universal Holy Days.

They start that way. Sometimes the entire celebration is moved to a Sunday, and sometimes only the obligation itself is moved to Sunday but the celebration is left on the weekday. That varies by country and even within a country, it varies by feastday or what day it happens to fall in any given year.

There are also local Holy Days of Obligation. These are the ones not listed in Canon Law, but instead are defined in the particular law for that country or for that diocese. This is often the patron saint feast of a given country.

In the U.S. our patronal feast is the Immaculate Conception. Since this is already a universal holy day, and therefore already in the list provided in canon law , it’s easy for us to forget that other countries might have other days of obligation that are not listed in canon 1246.
 
Not quite. Some Holy Days are transferred to the nearest Sunday (Epiphany and Ascension being good examples). For others, the feast is still celebrated on the week day, but the obligation has been lifted. This is the case for All Saints in the dioceses of Canada. We still celebrate the feast today (I am hoping to go to an evening Mass later on), but there is no obligation.
 
Yes, a good example would be the feast of Our Lady of Altagracia in my wife’s native Dominican Republican. It is both a civil holiday and a day of obligation, though it isn’t even celebrated at all on the universal calendar.
On the other hand, in Canada, our patron is St. Joseph, but his feast is not a day of obligation. Regardless, I find that Masses are well attended.
 
That’s interesting. Is that what the “suppress” term means in canon law? That you can still go and hear the readings, but no obligation?
Also, do the more heavily Catholic parts of Canada, like Montreal, ever do anything different?
 
Tis_Bearself said:
If there’s no Holy Day Mass then it’s likely the day was transferred.
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In Canada the feast of All Saints is celebrated but it’s not a Holy Day of Obligation. I’m surprised that there is no Mass in the OP’s parish.

Sadly, I have to work tonight so I can’t make it to Mass.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
That’s interesting. Is that what the “suppress” term means in canon law? That you can still go and hear the readings, but no obligation?
Also, do the more heavily Catholic parts of Canada, like Montreal, ever do anything different?
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The term “suppress” means that it is as if the thing does not exist. In this sentence (canon 1246) it does not mean suppress the feast, but suppress the obligation part of the feast. Come to think of it, though, depending on how the Latin is phrased, it might actually refer to the possibility of suppressing the entire feast altogether so that it does not exist at all in that country. Remember that any act requires the prior permission of the Holy See.

In practical terms, I don’t think feast days are ever entirely suppressed, only the obligations.

To continue with your question: it depends on how each particular day is treated.
  1. If the day is suppressed, then it would become a weekday of the season just like any other weekday. So today would be the 30th Wednesday of Ordinal Time (to use All Saints as an example).
  2. If the obligation only is suppressed, then the feast itself continues to be celebrated on that same day (prayers and readings etc). but there is no obligation to attend.
  3. If the celebration is moved then the entire celebration takes place on the new day and the original day reverts back to a weekday of the season (30th Wednesday of Ordinal Time)
  4. If the obligation only is transferred, then the celebration takes place on the same original date, but the obligation is fulfilled by attending the Sunday Mass (which does not change). This last one is essentially meaningless, but sometimes does happen, for example if Nov. 1 is a Saturday.
 
Phemie said:
In Canada the feast of All Saints is celebrated but it’s not a Holy Day of Obligation. I’m surprised that there is no Mass in the OP’s parish.

Sadly, I have to work tonight so I can’t make it to Mass.
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The OP said that there IS a 9:00 AM Mass scheduled. It is not labeled as “All Saints”
 
For some reason my Youth Minister says today is a Holy Obligation. What do I make of this?
 
Joe1 said:
For some reason my Youth Minister says today is a Holy Obligation. What do I make of this?
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Not sure what to say.

I don’t live in Canada, but from what I do know, the people who post here on CAF are indeed correct when they say it’s not an obligation there. I do know it’s true and know it from many reliable sources.

Is he from the U.S. ? Maybe he doesn’t know there’s a difference?
 
It’s a she and she and I go to the same Parish. We are from Canada
 
That’s ok. As you say and others say, it’s not a Holy Day of obligation. So I guess I’m fine
 
Even if it was a Holy Day of Obligation, which it isn’t, you are still in school and the Mass in your parish was at a time when you couldn’t attend. You can’t be blamed for not attending.
 
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