![]() ![]() And the province of Newark decided just last year to move the celebration to Sunday. Some moved the date in later years, such as the ecclesiastical province of Baltimore, for example, which decided to change the date in 2002. Note: In the archdioceses and dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia, the Ascension of the Lord always falls on Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter and is a Holyday of Obligation. United States: Holy Days of Obligation Christmas (December 25) Ascension (Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter) Mary Mother of God (January 1) Immaculate. In all other archdioceses and dioceses, the Ascension of the Lord is transferred. Most provinces decided to move the celebration to Sunday those mentioned earlier, which are mostly in the Northeast, retained the Thursday celebration. Note: In the archdioceses and dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia, the Ascension of the Lord always falls on Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter and is a Holyday of Obligation. the conference of bishops can abolish certain holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday with prior approval of the Apostolic See,’” allowed each ecclesiastical province in the United States to determine whether to move celebration of the Ascension to the Sunday following the Sixth Week of Easter. However, in subsequent action in 1999, the bishops’ conference “in accord with the provisions of canon 1246, §2 of the Code of Canon Law, which states: ‘. 25, the Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. 15, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Nov. 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the Ascension Aug. ![]() Conference of Catholic Bishops) stated in a 1991 decree that in addition to Sundays, there are several days to be observed as holy days of obligation: Jan. ![]() The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (now called the U.S. Whenever January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, or August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, or November 1, the solemnity of All Saints, falls on a Saturday or a Monday, the obligation to attend Mass is lifted. ![]()
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