Obligatory Holiday
Obliged public holidays (lat. Festa fori "public feasts") are Sundays and feasts in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church on which the faithful are obliged to attend a Holy Mass .
“On Sunday and on the other required holidays, the faithful are obliged to take part in the celebration of the Mass; Furthermore, they have to abstain from those works and activities that hinder the worship service, the joy of Sunday or the relaxation owed for mind and body. "
This obligation is also called Sunday obligation or mandatory attendance. It can also be fulfilled by celebrating the evening before mass. For the pastor of a community there is an application obligation on required holidays , that is, he is obliged to celebrate a Holy Mass for the faithful entrusted to him.
The festa chori , which are only liturgically celebrated as “feasts” , have to be distinguished from the festa fori , which are celebrated by the whole community with holiday rest .
Germany
In all dioceses in the area of the German Bishops' Conference , the following mandatory holidays apply in addition to Sundays:
- Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ (December 25th)
- Boxing Day (December 26th)
- Solemnity of the Blessed Mother Mary (January 1st)
- Easter Monday
- Ascension of Christ
- Whit Monday
The following four public holidays are not mandatory in all dioceses in Germany:
- Appearance of the Lord (January 6)
- Solemnity of the body and blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), (Thursday of the second week after Pentecost)
- Assumption of Mary (August 15)
- All Saints' Day (November 1st)
They are according to the following table:
| Diocese | Appearance of the Lord | Corpus Christi | Assumption of the Virgin Mary | All Saints Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aachen | • | • | ||
| augsburg | • | • | • | • |
| Bamberg | • | • | • | • |
| Berlin | • | • | • | |
| Dresden-Meissen | • | • | • | |
| Eichstatt | • | • | • | • |
| Erfurt | • | • | • | |
| eat | • | • | ||
| Freiburg | • | • | • | |
| Fulda | • | • | • | • |
| Goerlitz | • | • | • | |
| Hamburg | • (Mecklenburg part) | • (Mecklenburg part) | • (Mecklenburg part) | |
| Hildesheim | • | • | ||
| Cologne | • | • | ||
| Limburg | • | • | • | • (Rhineland-Palatinate share) |
| Magdeburg | • | • | • | |
| Mainz | • | • | • | |
| Munich and Freising | • | • | • | • |
| Muenster | • (North Rhine-Westphalian share) | • (North Rhine-Westphalian share) | ||
| Osnabrück | ||||
| Paderborn | • (North Rhine-Westphalian and Hessian share) | • (North Rhine-Westphalian share) | ||
| Passau | • | • | • | • |
| regensburg | • | • | • | • |
| Rottenburg-Stuttgart | • | • | • | |
| Speyer | • | • (Saarland share) | • | |
| trier | • | • (Saarland share) | • | |
| Wurzburg | • | • | • | • |
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, St. Joseph and the apostles Peter and Paul are not church holidays in any diocese.
Austria
The following holidays are required in the dioceses of the Austrian Bishops' Conference :
- Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ (December 25th)
- Solemnity of the Mother of God Mary (January 1st)
- Appearance of the Lord (January 6th)
- Ascension of Christ
- Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
- Assumption of Mary (August 15)
- All Saints' Day (November 1st)
- Immaculate Conception of Mary (December 8th)
Individual evidence
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↑ CIC, c 1247 ( Memento of the original dated June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. CIC, c 1248 §1 ( Memento of the original dated June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CIC, c 534 ( Memento of the original dated December 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Holy Times, particular norm No. 15 of the German Bishops' Conference on c. 1246 § 2 CIC: Holiday regulation (church holidays) . October 5, 1995 (PDF; 10 kB)
