Solemnity & Feast

[diggerdomer]

Lord in the General Calendar. In addition to Sundays there are ten solemnities, called solemnities of precept, which are holy days of obligation –

Four in honour of the Lord:

1. 
   *]Nativity (25 December)
   *]Epiphany (6 January)
   *]Ascension (Thursday in the Sixth Week of Easter)
   *]Body and Blood of Christ (Thursday after Trinity Sunday)

1. 
   The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) is not a holy day of obligation in the U.S. in and of itself. It’s always celebrated on a Sunday here, so that’s what makes it obligatory.
   
   Also, in the U.S. (most dioceses, unfortunately imho) the Ascension is not observed on Thursday as a holy day of obligation. Rather, it’s celebration is transferred to a Sunday.
   

   Three in honour of saints:
   

   1. 
      *]St. Joseph (19 March)
      *]Saints Peter and Paul (29 June)
      *]All Saints (1 November)

   1. 
      In the U.S., only All Saints is considered a Holy Day of Obligation (and the exception here is that the state of Hawaii, as approved by Rome, only has two holy days of obligation: Christmas and the Immaculate Conception)

 

[Bbigam]

The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) is not a holy day of obligation in the U.S. in and of itself. It’s always celebrated on a Sunday here, so that’s what makes it obligatory.

Also, in the U.S. (most dioceses, unfortunately imho) the Ascension is not observed on Thursday as a holy day of obligation. Rather, it’s celebration is transferred to a Sunday.

In the U.S., only All Saints is considered a Holy Day of Obligation (and the exception here is that the state of Hawaii, as approved by Rome, only has two holy days of obligation: Christmas and the Immaculate Conception)

I know in this last paragraph you were referring specifically to the days in honor of saints - but just to clarify for those who may be confused, in the US Holy Days of Obligation are:

Immaculate Conception (always)
Christmas - always (and everywhere worldwide)
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - when not on Saturday or Monday
Assumption of Mary - when not on Saturday or Monday
All Saints - when not on Saturday or Monday
Ascension - only in a few provinces; most transfer it to Sunday
And all Sundays (always, everywhere, worldwide)