Table of Feasts and Fasts
Holydays of Obligation
All Sundays of the Year
Circumcision, Jan. 1st
Ascension Day
Assumption, Aug. 15th
All Saints, Nov. 1st
Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8th
Christmas Day, Dec. 25th
Days of Abstinence
All Fridays of the Year
Exception: Holydays of Obligation are never days of Fast or Abstinence.
Days of Fast and Abstinence
Ash Wednesday
Wednesdays1 and Fridays of Lent
Ember Days
Vigils of Pentecost, Assumption, All Saints and Christmas
Days of Fast Only
The Days of Lent besides those just mentioned
There is no Fast or Abstinence on Sundays and Holydays.
Notes
By special Indult granted to the Hierarchy of the United States: consequently the Universal Law specifying Saturday is not enforced in this country.
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