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A holy day of obligation is when all practicing catholics are required to attend mass.

Is good friday a holy day of obligation. Practicing catholics are expected to attend mass on these days. Hawaii is part of the united states but it is located in a part of the world where most of the surrounding dioceses belong to the conference of bishops of the south pacific cepac. Bishops in the united states have suppressed the feast of saint joseph and the feast of saints peter and paul as holy days of obligation.

It is only celebrated as a holy day of obligation on thursday in the ecclesiastical provinces of boston hartford new york newark omaha and philadelphia. Every sunday is considered a holy day of obligation. Christmas and easter which always falls on sunday are the highest ranking holy days and the immaculate conception is the feast for the united states.

In addition the feast of epiphany is always celebrated on a sunday in the u s. The observance of holy days of obligation is part of the sunday duty the first of the precepts of the church and are listed in canon 1246 of the 1983 code of canon law. Holy days of obligation are what catholics refer to as holidays within the liturgical calendar.

In hawaii since 1992 the only observed days of holy obligation except sundays are feast of the immaculate conception and christmas. Massachusetts rhode island connecticut new york new jersey pennsylvania and nebraska. There is one other wrinkle to the holy days of obligation in the united states.

In the united states christmas day december 25 and the immaculate conception december 8 are always days of obligation. Holy day of obligation holy days of obligation are the days in the catholic church on which faithful followers are obliged to attend mass. In most of the united states the ascension is transferred to the following sunday which would otherwise be the seventh sunday of easter.

Ascension thursday is a holy day of obligation in the entirety of the following states. As listed by the united states conference. Catholic people are obliged to attend mass on sunday and in the u s there are six other days that people who follow the roman catholic faith are obliged to attend mass and avoid work.

Good friday is not a holy day of obligation in the catholic church. Holy days of obligation are feast days on which catholics are required to attend mass and to avoid to the extent that they are able servile work. In 2020 the feast of the assumption falls on saturday august 15.