Holy Days of Obligation
All Saints, All the Time
Thursday, July 10th, 2008In recent years, it seems that Catholic families have been reclaiming All Saints’ Day on November 1st–not only for the great feast it is in itself, but as an opportunity to provide wholesome, spiritually edifying entertainment for our children as an alternative to pagan Halloween celebrations. And so many communities have been sponsoring All Saints’ Days parties and [...]
Should Holy Days Be “Obligatory”?
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008In my parish, which is one of the largest I’ve ever seen, we have six Masses that satisfy the Sunday obligation–one Saturday evening Mass and five on Sunday. Remarkably, the large church is mostly full for all of the Masses. In fact, if one doesn’t get to the 10:30 a.m. Mass a little early, one [...]