Only 3 Holy Days of Obligation this year?

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Is that correct? šŸ˜¦ Why have they ā€œmovedā€ so many to Sunday??
 
The days of obligation depend upon where you live.

There are only two Holy Days in **most **US diocese this year, other than Sundays. For those diocese that retain Ascension on Thursday, there will be 3 Holy Days other than Sundays this year.

The remaining Holy Days are All Saints on Tuesday, Nov 1, and Immaculate Conception on Wedneday, Dec 8.

January 1 and August 15 are still feast days, but the obligation to attend Mass is abbrogated in the US. Ascension is transferred to Sunday in most US diocese, but not all.

Christmas falls on a Sunday this year.
 
1ke said:
The days of obligation depend upon where you live.

There are only two Holy Days in **most **US diocese this year, other than Sundays. For those diocese that retain Ascension on Thursday, there will be 3 Holy Days other than Sundays this year.

The remaining Holy Days are All Saints on Tuesday, Nov 1, and Immaculate Conception on Wedneday, Dec 8.

January 1 and August 15 are still feast days, but the obligation to attend Mass is abbrogated in the US. Ascension is transferred to Sunday in most US diocese, but not all.

Christmas falls on a Sunday this year.
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Isnā€™t it sad how they keep chipping away at these things? Soon, I fear, they will do away with all weekday obligations.
 
1ke said:
January 1 and August 15 are still feast days, but the obligation to attend Mass is abbrogated in the US. Ascension is transferred to Sunday in most US diocese, but not all.
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Just a point of clarification so no one misinterprets. The obligation for January 1 and August 15 is abrogated in the U.S. for this year because Jan. 1 was a Saturday and Aug. 15 is a Monday. If they are on another day besides Saturday or Monday, they would still be obligatory.

From the USCCB website:

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:

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.​

Note, this decree predates the one which left it up to each individual bishop to decide whether or not to transfer the Solemnity of the Ascension from Thursday to the following Sunday. I think only 6 dioceses (or so) have not transferred the Ascension.
 
Paul2274 said:
Because we have to accommodate the lazy catholics! :rolleyes:

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No one is prevented to attend Mass on the abrogated Holy Days. Only the confusion was removed weather Catholic must schedule vacation days to avoid servile work on this days, which is part of the celebration of the Holy Days of obligation.
 
SanctaMommy said:
Isnā€™t it sad how they keep chipping away at these things? Soon, I fear, they will do away with all weekday obligations.
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I donā€™t think itā€™s ā€œsadā€ at all. And, I think people mischaracterize it as ā€œlazy Catholics.ā€ In many places, it is a real burden on Catholics to attempt to get to a Holy Day of Obligation due to work schedules or limited Mass availability. The Church recognizes that the states no longer support religious holidays, whereas at one time they did. There are many factors at work here, and I think the bishops have responded appropriately.

Itā€™s a reality where many of us live that it is difficult for one priest to celebrate both Sunday and Holy Day masses when they fall on either side of Sunday. We have one priest and no deacon serving 3 parishes that are spread 50 miles apart from one another. Holy Days are difficult as it is.
 
I agree with 1ke.

Thereā€™s nothing preventing us from going to Mass on those days. Just because itā€™s not a holy day of obligation, doesnā€™t mean parishes are closed. I go to Mass as often as possible. I go four days during the week and on Sunday typically.

Whether the day is an obligation or not, the ā€œlazyā€ Catholics or those who donā€™t want to be there will miss the day anyway.
 
1ke said:
I donā€™t think itā€™s ā€œsadā€ at all. And, I think people mischaracterize it as ā€œlazy Catholics.ā€ In many places, it is a real burden on Catholics to attempt to get to a Holy Day of Obligation due to work schedules or limited Mass availability.
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I have to make sure I reserve my vacation time to make my obligation. No longer can I count on work closing so I can make it to Church. We also have one priest managing two parishes.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Just a point of clarification so no one misinterprets.
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Me too šŸ˜ƒ
Joe_5859 said:
Note, this decree predates the one which left it up to each individual bishop to decide whether or not to transfer the Solemnity of the Ascension from Thursday to the following Sunday. I think only 6 dioceses (or so) have not transferred the Ascension.
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Six Ecclesiastical Provinces, Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha and Philadelphia (some 35 dioceses), have retained the Solemnity of the Ascension on Thursday.

Also, by special indult, the Diocese of Hawaii maintains only two Holy Days of Obligation: Immaculate Conception and Christmas.

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tee_eff_em said:
Me too šŸ˜ƒ

Six Ecclesiastical Provinces, Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha and Philadelphia (some 35 dioceses), have retained the Solemnity of the Ascension on Thursday.

Also, by special indult, the Diocese of Hawaii maintains only two Holy Days of Obligation: Immaculate Conception and Christmas.

tee
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šŸ˜Š Thanks for that correction. At least I was correct that the number 6 had some significance. :o Thatā€™s what I get for going from memory.
 
3? Here in Canada we only have 1 this year (New Yearā€™s, which has already passed).
 
Well at mass tonight, the priest still called tomorrow a Holy Day of Obligation.
 
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