READ: Immaculate Conception: What is it and why ... The holy day of obligation to attend mass on Dec. 8, will also be transferred to Dec. 9. With the transfer of this year’s feast to Dec ...

"May we remind you that this year's celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception will be celebrated on 9 December ... required to attend the Holy Mass. Since the liturgical ...

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...

In 1863 a new Mass and Office were composed for the feast of the Immaculate Conception ... Christian Churches the feast of the Conception by St. Anne of the Most Holy Theotokos continues to be ...

Samaha, S.M. The feast of Mary's Immaculate Conception is celebrated ... already in the seventh century in Palestine as the Conception by St. Anne of the Theotokos (Mother of God) on December 9. But ...

The Immaculate Conception, a solemnity celebrated on December 8, is the patronal feast of the United States. In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus (link al documento que ...