But holy days of obligation are a different matter. Too-often they feel like obligations with barely any holiness and no feasting. That it is so easy to turn them into an acronym ...

With holy days of obligation, the church is marking out for us special celebrations that are uniquely central to our faith. We honor all saints and pray that we may join them in heaven.

A summary of why the Church has holy days of obligation might be helpful. In its history, the Church raises certain feast days to the status of a solemnity, meaning a high feast day.

Holy Days of Obligation are days within the Church’s liturgical year that are feast days and therefore mean that Catholics must attend Mass on those days. They may be celebrated during Sunday ...

CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2024 / 09:45 am. The Vatican has clarified that Catholics in the United States must still attend Mass on holy days of obligation even when they are transferred to Mondays or ...

And, for reference, all the holy days of obligation in 2017.

Actually, it doesn’t mean this at all. In the contemporary context, there is a straightforward justification for transferring Ascension and some other holy days of obligation that fall on ...

The Vatican has clarified that Catholics in the United States must still attend Mass on holy days of obligation even when they are transferred to Mondays or Saturdays, correcting a long-standing ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation. January 1 marks the Solemnity of Mary, a day the honors the role of Mary as the Mother of God ...