August 15th 2017 The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Why Catholic
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017 we celebrate—The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — a Holy Day of Obligation. Holy Days of Obligation are NOT —optional —they are obligatory it is a sin to miss Mass on these days On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a
