Holy Days of Obligation

Friday, November 1, 2024

All holy men and women, pray for us!

The Solemnity of All Saints is “our” celebration: not because we are good, but because the sanctity of God has touched our life. The Saints are not perfect models, but people through whom God has passed.  We can compare them to the Church windows which allow light to enter in different shades of color.  The saints are our brothers and sisters who have welcomed the light of God in their heart and have passed it on to the world, each according to his or her own “hue”.  But they were all transparent; they fought to remove the stains and the darkness of sin, so as to enable the gentle light of God to pass through. This is life’s purpose: to enable God’s light to pass through; it is the purpose of our life too.

His Holiness, Pope Francis
November 1, 2017

All Saints Day is a Holy Day of Obligation.  Mass is offered at:

• Vigil Mass on Thursday at 5:00 PM
• 7:00 AM
• 9:00 AM
• 12:05 PM
• 7:00 PM

• Monday, January 1:  Mary, Mother of God  (in 2024 is NOT a day of obligation)
• Thursday, May 9:   Ascension of the Lord
• Thursday, August 15:  Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Friday, November 1:  All Saints
• Monday, December 9:  Immaculate Conception  (in 2024, transferred to the 9th, NOT a day of obligation)
• Wednesday, December 25:  The Nativity of the Lord