Catholic religious Holidays 2023
What are the Catholic Holy Days of Obligation for 2023?Holy Days of Obligation - 2023. All Sundays.. Sunday, January 1, 2023 - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.. Sunday, May 21, 2023 - Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord.. Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.. Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - Solemnity of All Saints.. Friday, December 8.. What is the Catholic year of 2023?The 2023 liturgical year begins on the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2022. During the year 2023: a. Since a Sunday does not occur between December 25, 2022, and January 1, 2023, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is celebrated on Friday, December 30, with only one reading before the Gospel.
Is Epiphany a holy day of obligation 2023?These are also known as Holydays (or Holy Days) of Obligation. With effect from the first Sunday of Advent in 2017, two holydays were reinstated, namely: The Epiphany of the Lord – 6 January (transferred to the adjacent Sunday when it falls on Saturday or Monday)
What are the 10 Holy Days of Obligation?In 1918, considering the difficulty of observing religious feasts that are not civil holidays, canon law designated 10 holy days: Christmas, Circumcision of Christ (now celebrated as the Solemnity of Mary), Epiphany, Ascension, Corpus Christi, Assumption, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, All Saints' Day, the ...
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