NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

Memorial Day – Mon, 25 May 2026: 8:45 AM at ST. PATRICK
Independence Day – Saturday, 4 July 2026: 4pm at Sacred Heart & 6pm at St. Patrick
Labor Day – Mon, 7 September 2026: 8:45 AM at ST. PATRICK

HOLY DAYS:

Mary, Mother of God: January 1, 2026

Wednesday, 31 December 2025 – 4:00pm at St. Patrick
Thursday, 1 January 2026 – 10:00am at Sacred Heart

Easter Triduum 2026

Holy Thursday:

7:30pm at St. Patrick

Good Friday:

3:00pm: The Lord’s Passion at St. Patrick
7:30pm: The Lord’s Passion at Sacred Heart

Holy Saturday Blessing of Easter Foods:

1:00pm at Sacred Heart

Easter Vigil:

8:45pm at Sacred Heart

Easter Sunday:

9:00 am at St. Patrick
11:00  am at Sacred Heart

Ascension Thursday

Ascension Thursday is now called “Feast of the Ascension” because it has been permanently moved to the 7th Sunday of Easter. This year (2026) it falls on Sunday, 17 May 2026.  The day commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven (see Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2)
The only places in the USA where the “Feast of the Ascension” is celebrated on Thursday are within the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the State of Nebraska; all other ecclesiastical provinces in the USA (including region 6, which comprises all the dioceses of Ohio & Michigan) have, with the approval of Rome, transferred this solemnity to the Seventh Sunday of Easter.

Assumption of Mary: 15 August 2026 —

Because the holy day falls on a Saturday or a Monday, the obligation to attend Mass is abrogated this year..

All Saints Day: Sunday, 1 November 2026

Because the Solemnity of All Saints falls on a Sunday, the obligation to attend Mass is as would be typical for a Sunday.

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception: 8 December 2025

As Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is the patroness of the USA, her feast (December 8th) is ALWAYS a Holy Day of Obligation – and does not comply with the Monday/Saturday exemption allowed for other obligatory holy days.   Thus, Masses on the Holy Day will be:

Monday, 8 December 2025 – 8:45am at St. Patrick
Monday, 8 December 2025 – 6:30pm at Sacred Heart

Christmas Eve/Day: 24/25 December 2025 → NOTE LOCATION FOR EACH MASS

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 – 4:00pm at St. Patrick
Wednesday, 24 December 2025 – 10:00pm at Sacred Heart
Thursday, 25 December 2025 – 10:00am at Sacred Heart

What is, and what is not, a Holy Day of Obligation?

On December 13, 1991 the members of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States of America made the following general decree concerning holy days of obligation for Latin Rite Catholics:
In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as holy days of obligation in the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America, in conformity with canon 1246, are as follows:
• January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
• August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• November 1, the solemnity of All Saints
• December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
• December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Whenever January 1 (the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God) or August 15 (the solemnity of the Assumption) or November 1 (the solemnity of All Saints) falls on a Saturday or on a Monday, the precept to attend Mass is abrogated.

When Immaculate Conception (Dec 8) falls on a Sunday of Advent, the celebration of the Sunday of Advent takes precedence—and the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception it transferred to the following day (Monday).  And, when the date of the celebration is transferred, so to is the obligation to attend Mass transferred to the Monday.

In short:

Immaculate Conception (Dec 8) and Christmas (Dec 25) are ALWAYS Holy Days of Obligation, regardless of the day of the week on which they might fall.

As for the remaining Holy Days, whenever January 1, August 15, or November 1 fall on:

• Monday or Saturday, it is NOT obligatory
• Tues, Weds, Thurs, or Friday, IT IS OBLIGATORY