What Obligation Days are There?

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What are the days of Obligation for people in the US? Texas, if a more specific place is needed. I’m getting rather confused…is this weekend’s saturday a day of Obligation because it’s the first saturday or something? What other Obligation days are there?

 

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All Sundays. Ascension Thursday, August 15 The Assumption, November 1 All Saints Day, .Immaculate Conception December 8 December 25 Christmas, January 1 the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
Liturgy

At their plenary assembly in November 1991, with follow-up mail balloting by absentees, the members of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops approved two motions which affect the observance of holy days of obligation in the dioceses of the United States. They decided that 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. The next month, Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, president of the NCCB, requested confirmation of this decision from the Vatican Congregation of Bishops.

This action was confirmed by the Congregation for Bishops on July 4, 1992 (Prot. N. 296/84), after that dicastery had received the advice of the Congregation for the Clergy and the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legal Texts. The letter of confirmation was signed by Bernardin Cardinal Gantin, Prefect, and Archbishop Justin Rigali, Secretary. Pope John Paul II approved and confirmed the same on the same date.

On November 17, 1992 Archbishop Pilarczyk announced this confirmation to the members of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in executive session. His decree promulgating this decision follows.

Ascension Thursday has been in some places to the next Sunday

 

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The Bishops of the US [UCCB - heres a link: http://www.usccb.org/ ]”]http://www.usccb.org/ ] decide which days will be Hoy Days of Obligation…and specifically this page usccb.org/liturgy/q&a/general/obligation.shtml ]

In any given year; there are some Holy Days of Obligation that may be dispensed with depending upon the day of the week they fall[like Monday]. In these cases; they [UCCB] may decide that Sunday fullfills the Sunday and the Holy Day obligation.

January 1 - Mary Mother of God

Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension;

August 15 - Feast of the Assumption

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.

 

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Ascension Thursday has been in some places to the next Sunday

Here’s the appropriate document which explains this. usccb.org/norms/1246.htm

In accord with the provisions of canon 1246§2 of the Code of Canon Law, which states: “… the conference of bishops can abolish certain holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday with prior approval of the Apostolic See,” the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States decrees that the Ecclesiastical Provinces of the United States may transfer the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter to the Seventh Sunday of Easter according to the following procedure.

The decision of each Ecclesiastical Province to transfer the Solemnity of the Ascension is to be made by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the bishops of the respective Ecclesiastical Province. The decision of the Ecclesiastical Province should be communicated to the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and to the President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

This decree was approved by His Holiness Pope John Paul II by a decree of the Congregation for Bishops signed by His Eminence Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and dated July 5, 1999.

As President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, I hereby decree that the effective date of this decree for all the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America will be September 8, 1999, Feast of the Birth of the Virgin Mary.

Given at the offices of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC, August 6, 1999, Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.

Most Reverend Joseph A. Fiorenza
Bishop of Galveston-Houston
President, NCCB
Reverend Monsignor Dennis M. Schnurr
General Secretary

 

[1ke]

I’m getting rather confused…is this weekend’s saturday a day of Obligation because it’s the first saturday or something?

The First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart Of Mary is a popular devotion, and many parishes hold a daily Mass on Saturday morning for those who are interested in doing the devotion, but it is not obligatory.

What, specifically, has led you to wonder if it is a day of obligation?