Holy Days of Obligation 2006

• Sunday, January 1, 2006, Mary, Mother of God
  Is a day of obligation.
• Sunday, May 28, 2006
  The Ascension—This always replaces the
  Seventh Sunday of Easter according to a
  vote of the Florida Conference of Catholic
  Bishops in the year 2000 and an indult
  granted by the Holy See to the United States
  Conference of Catholic Bishops in the same
  year.
  Is a day of obligation, because it is a
  Sunday.
• Tuesday, August 15, 2006
  The Assumption of Mary
  Is a day of obligation.
• Wednesday, November 1, 2006
  All Saints
  Is a day of obligation.
• Friday, December 8, 2006
  The Immaculate Conception of Mary
  Is a day of obligation.
• Monday, December 25, 2006
  The Nativity of the Lord
  Always a day of obligation.
• Monday, January 1, 2007
  Mary, Mother of God
  Not a day of obligation in 2007
  (See explanation, below.)

Concerning Holy Days in the United States -
In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as holy days of obligation in the Latin Rite dioceses of the USA include the following solemnities:

• Mary, Mother of God (Jan. 1); the Ascension
• the Assumption of Mary (Aug. 15);
• All Saints (Nov. 1)
• the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8)
• Christmas (Dec. 25)
• Whenever January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Aug. 15, the solemnity of the Assumption, Nov. 1, the solemnity of All Saints, falls on a Saturday or on a Monday, the obligation to attend
  Mass is lifted.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops decree, December 13, 1991

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