Which Mass should I go to?

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On Thursday, my calendar from my church says it is the Holy Day of Obligation of the Ascension of the Lord. But my church did not say anything about it at the announcements nor anything on their website about different Mass times for it. So I guessed the Mass for it would take place on Sunday because that was the exception in the box of my calendar.
But today, my family and I are going to a different church for Mass and I don’t know if they are the same as my church (celebrating the Ascension of the Lord on Sunday). So would it be a sin of some sort because I didn’t fulfill my obligation to attend a Holy Day of Obligation if I were not to go to Mass at my home church?
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The Ascension is transferred to Sunday in most ecclesial provinces in the US. If you are simply going to another parish in your diocese, you are fine. The decision is not a local one.
 
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On Thursday, my calendar from my church says it is the Holy Day of Obligation of the Ascension of the Lord. But my church did not say anything about it at the announcements nor anything on their website about different Mass times for it. So I guessed the Mass for it would take place on Sunday because that was the exception in the box of my calendar.
But today, my family and I are going to a different church for Mass and I don’t know if they are the same as my church (celebrating the Ascension of the Lord on Sunday). So would it be a sin of some sort because I didn’t fulfill my obligation to attend a Holy Day of Obligation if I were not to go to Mass at my home church?
Thank you
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What you need to do is check your DIOCESEAN web site. Unless you are in a diocese (and there aren’t many of us; I happen to live in Vermont which is the diocese of Burlington and we do) which keeps Ascension on Thursday (Yes, that meant I went to Mass this past Thursday), you are fine. As !ke noted, the decision to transfer the feast (that means even if the diocese moved the feast of the Ascension to the Sunday, it is STILL a Holy Day, as Sundays are all Holy Days) goes through the BISHOP and the DIOCESE and NOT by Church to Church. If YOUR parish church is in the diocese of say Richmond VA (where the feast of the Ascension is transferred to the Sunday) then ALL the churches in that diocese have transferred the feast, not simply yours.

I hope that helps!
 
Thank you for your help. My family now decided to go to our home parish today but I will certainly use this for future reference.
 
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