20 April 2025 – The Resurrection of the Lord is celebrated on Easter Sunday at all Masses during the Day.
All Sundays are Holy Days of Obligation.
19 April 2025 – Holy Saturday: the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night should begin at least 45 minutes after sunset. Please check with your local parish as to your scheduled time.
1 June 2025 – The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord has been permanently transferred in the Dioceses of New Jersey, replacing the Seventh Sunday of Easter. All Sundays are Holy Days of Obligation.
(There are several regions in the United States that retain celebrating the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord to the Thursday following the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Pennsylvania is one of those regions.)
15 August 2025 – The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on Friday with the possibility of anticipated Masses on Thursday evening.
1 November 2025 – The Solemnity of All Saints is celebrated on Saturday with the possibility of anticipated Masses on Friday evening. When this Solemnity occurs on a Saturday or a Monday, it remains a Solemnity, but the obligation to participate in Mass is removed. Regularly scheduled Parish Saturday Vigil Masses celebrate November 2: the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls).
8 December 2025 – The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (National and Diocesan Patronal Feast) is celebrated on Monday.
Even when celebrated on Saturday or Monday, or when transferred, this solemnity remains obligatory.
25 December 2025 – The Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord is celebrated on Thursday with the possibility of anticipated Masses on Wednesday evening.
1 January 2026 – The Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God is celebrated on Thursday with the possibility of anticipated Masses on Wednesday evening. When this Solemnity occurs on a Saturday or a Monday, it remains a Solemnity, but the obligation to participate in Mass is removed.
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- St. Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church (27 February)
- St. John De Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church (10 May)
- and St. Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (17 September).
OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL – SAINTS MARTHA, MARY, AND LAZARUS
On January 26, 2021, a CDWDS Decree indicated that July 29—the Obligatory Memorial of Saint Martha—will hereafter include her sister and brother, Saints Mary and Lazarus. (They had already been included on this date in the 2004 Roman Martyrology.) Moreover, in some particular calendars, the three are already celebrated together.
“Therefore, the Supreme Pontiff, Pope FRANCIS, considering the important evangelical witness they offered in welcoming the Lord Jesus into their home, in listening to him attentively, in believing that he is the resurrection and the life, and accepting the proposal of this dicastery, has decreed that 29 July be designated in the General Roman Calendar as the memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus” (Prot. N. 35/21).
The Memorial should appear under this title in all calendars and Liturgical Books for the celebration of Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours. New prayers have been issued but must be translated by the various episcopal conferences worldwide.
NEW OPTIONAL MEMORIALS
In addition, a February 2, 2021 Decree by the same Congregation announced that the following are to be inscribed in the General Roman Calendar as Optional Memorials:
