Holy Days of Obligation
In 2024, the following will be observed as Holy Days of Obligation:
- Thursday, August 15 – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Friday, November 1 – Solemnity of All Saints
- Monday, December 9 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception*
- Wednesday, December 25 – Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
- Wednesday, January 1, 2025 – Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Please Note: A Funeral Mass may be celebrated on any day except solemnities, which are days of obligation, Holy Saturday, the Easter Triduum and Sundays during the seasons of Advent, Lent and Easter (cf. GIRM 380).
Finally, a reminder that the Solemnity of the Ascension is observed on Sunday, May 12, 2024. The Solemnity replaces the Seventh Sunday of Easter.
* In a memorandum received from the Holy See in October, the Dicastery for Legislative Texts responded to the question posed by the USCCB concerning when a holy day of obligation occurs on a Sunday in Advent, Lent, or Easter and the observance is transferred to Monday, does the obligation to participate in Mass also transfer? The Dicastery responded, “The feast must be observed as a day of obligation to which it is transferred.” Therefore, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (Monday, Dec. 9, 2024) is to be observed as a holy day of obligation.