Holy Days Of Obligation

[Divine_Mercy504]

Hello Pham!

I have searched and searched, but have been unable to find an official list of the Holy Days of Obligation. I have, however, found many that disagree with each other, and I don't know which ones are truly Holy Days of Obligation. Can someone help me out? Is the Annuiciation obligatory? Holy Thursday? Good Friday? Holy Saturday? Easter Sunday (I have found some lists that don't include Easter Sunday)? Thank you for any help!

In the Heart of Jesus,
Rachel

[StColette]

Try this

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On December 13, 1991 the members of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States of American 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:

1) January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
2) Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension
3) August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
4) November 1, the solemnity of All Saints
5) December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
6) December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ [list numbers are not in original]

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.

This decree of the Conference of Bishops was approved and confirmed by the Apostolic See by a decree of the Congregation for Bishops (Prot. N. 296/84), signed by Bernardin Cardinal Gantin, prefect of the Congregation, and dated July 4, 1992.

It should be noted that the Ascension is celebrated on Sunday in many dioceses of the US (in accordance with a decision to allow this transfer), reducing the practical number to 5 in many places.

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Some lists may not say Easter Sunday because well it's a Sunday and you are obligated to go every Sunday.