A reader asks: “Somebody told me that this past Jan. 1 was not a holy day of obligation. I was surprised to hear it and doubt that this is so. Can you clarify if Jan. ...
In place since March 2020 because of COVID-19, the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass in person in the Philadelphia Archdiocese is being lifted, effective Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption of ...
As Catholic parishes across the country are loosening pandemic Mass restrictions and several bishops are lifting the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Masses, Catholic leaders are looking at ways to encourage the faithful ...
The bishops of the province of Baltimore and the Archdiocese of Washington announced June 2 they would be lifting the dispensation of the Sunday and holy day Mass obligation that was granted at the beginning ...
With declining COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalizations, combined with the growing percentage of Americans who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, more Church leaders believe the time is right to rescind the dispensations from ...
Citing the "essential and central nature of the eucharistic sacrifice" in the life of the Catholic Church, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron Feb. 9 announced the general dispensation from Sunday Mass for Catholics in the ...
A reader asks, “Given the dispensation we are under, do we commit sin if we do not participate in the livestreamed Mass on Sunday?” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains that since the ...
Go online to find a comprehensive list of changes to Mass Schedules or Obligation in U.S. dioceses. Updated regularly by the Our Sunday Visitor Staff for parishes and churches around the United States.
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