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List of 2012 Holy Days of Obligation

 

 

              

              

 

 

DATE:            October 1, 2011

 

TO:                             Pastors, Administrators and PLD’s

 

FROM:            Bishop Michael P. Driscoll, MSW, DD

 

RE:                  2011-2012 Holy Days

 

 

 

Catholics are obliged to attend Holy Mass on the following Holy Days of Obligation in 2011:

 

Tuesday, November 1, 2011                  Solemnity of All Saints

            Thursday, December 8, 2011                Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

            Sunday, December 25, 2011                 Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord

 

Catholics are obliged to attend Holy Mass on the following Holy Days of Obligation in 2012:

 

            Sunday, January 1, 2012                      Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

Wednesday, August 15, 2012                Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

Thursday, November 1, 2012                Solemnity of All Saints

Saturday, December 8, 2012                 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception*

Tuesday, December 25, 2012                Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

 

*The Monday-Saturday rule does not apply to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, since the Immaculate Conception is the patronal feast of the United States.

           

Observance of the Ascension of Our Lord, Thursday, May 17, 2012, is transferred to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 20, 2012.

 

 These dates have been added to the council calendar as welll

 

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