Noteworthy Liturgical Dates from the Particular Calendar, 2020–2021

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The following notes highlight areas of the Diocese of Lansing’s particular calendar that are unusual or need clarification during the 2020–2021 Liturgical Year.

December 8, 2020 (Tuesday) Church in the Lectionary, numbers Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception 701–706. of the Blessed Virgin Mary - The Liturgy of the Hours is taken from - Holyday of obligation* (dispensed) the Common of the Dedication of a Church December 9, 2020 (Wednesday) o I. In the Church that was Solemnity/Feast of the Dedicated [at the Cathedral Anniversary of the Dedication of Saint only], or Mary Cathedral (The Cathedral of the o II. Outside the Church that was Immaculate Conception) Dedicated [in the Diocese]. - Observed with the rank of a Solemnity - The Te Deum is said. (Gloria and Creed) within the - Note should be made that though the Cathedral, and as a Feast (Gloria) in Dedication of Saint Mary Cathedral all parishes and institutions in the outranks the optional memorial of Diocese of Lansing Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, due - Orations are taken from the Roman attention may be paid to this important Missal, Common of the Dedication of saint in the homily and in the universal a Church: prayers where it is favorable to the o I. In the Church that was devotion of the faithful. Dedicated [at the Cathedral only], or December 10, 2021 (Friday) o II. Outside the Church that was Our Lady of Loretto Dedicated [in all parishes and - A 2019 decree from the Congregation institutions in the Diocese of for Divine Worship and Discipline of Lansing]. the Sacraments affixed the optional - A wide selection of proper scriptural memorial of Our Lady of Loreto (10 texts are found in the Common of the December) to the General Roman Anniversary of the Dedication of a Calendar. Noteworthy Liturgical Days, 2020–2021 Diocese of Lansing December 25, 2020 (Friday) February 17, 2021 (Wednesday) The Nativity of the Lord Ash Wednesday - Always a holy day of obligation* - Funeral Mass permitted (dispensed) - Ritual Mass not permitted - Funeral Mass not permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted February 20, 2021 - For 2020 only, a priest may say four Rite of Election Masses on December 24 and four - 9:30am – Christ the King, Ann Arbor Masses on December 25 (a total of - 2pm – Holy Family, Grand Blanc eight). February 21, 2021 December 27, 2020 (Sunday) Rite of Election The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and - 3pm – St Thomas Aquinas, E. Lansing Joseph - Funeral Mass permitted (GIRM 380) March 28-April 3, 2021 - Ritual Mass permitted Holy Week - Funeral Mass permitted only Monday– December 31, 2020 (Thursday) Wednesday Seventh Day within the Octave of the - Ritual Mass not permitted Nativity of the Lord - Funeral Mass permitted April 1, 2021 (Thursday) - Ritual Mass permitted Thursday of the Lord’s Supper (Holy - Evening Masses observe Mary, the Thursday) Holy Mother of God - Only one (evening) Mass per church, unless for pastoral reasons the local January 1, 2021 (Friday) Ordinary permits another Mary, the Holy Mother of God - Only the sick may receive Holy - Holyday of obligation* (dispensed) Communion outside Mass - Funeral Mass not permitted - Funeral outside of Mass permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted April 2, 2021 (Friday) January 24, 2021 (Sunday) Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Sunday of the Word of God Friday) - Pope Francis has declared the Third - Only one Celebration of the Passion of Sunday of Ordinary Time the Sunday the Lord per church, unless due to the of the Word of God and is to be size or nature of the community the “devoted to the celebration, study and Diocesan Bishop permits another dissemination of the word of God” - Only the sick may receive Holy (Aperuit Illis). Communion outside the celebration of the Lord’s Passion February 2, 2021 (Tuesday) Presentation of the Lord - Funeral Mass permitted - Ritual Mass permitted

Noteworthy Liturgical Days, 2020–2021 Diocese of Lansing April 3, 2021 (Saturday) Diocese of Lansing as per a rescript Holy Saturday given by the Congregation for Divine - Holy Communion only given as Worship and Discipline of the Viaticum Sacraments (July 3, 2018).

The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night August 15, 2021 (Sunday) - The entire celebration of the Easter The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Vigil takes place at night; based on - Evening Prayer is from EP II of the local twilight, the 2021 Easter Vigil Assumption may not begin before 9:00 p.m. October 31, 2021 (Sunday) April 4–11, 2021 Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Easter and its Octave - Evening Masses observe the Sunday - Easter Sequence permitted throughout rather than the upcoming solemnity of the octave All Saints - Funeral Mass permitted Monday– - Evening Prayer is from EP I of All Saturday Saints - Ritual Mass not permitted November 1, 2021 (Monday) May 16, 2021 (Sunday) All Saints The Ascension of the Lord - Not a Holyday of Obligation this year - Funeral Mass not permitted - Funeral Mass not permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted - EF observance of the Ascension is on the preceding Thursday November 2, 2021 (Tuesday) Commemoration of All the Faithful May 23, 2021 (Sunday) Departed Pentecost Sunday - Funeral Mass permitted - Funeral Mass not permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted - All priests permitted to offer three Masses: May 24, 2021 (Monday) o one for the faithful departed Mary, Mother of the Church o one for the priest’s intentions - Readings for this memorial remain o one for the intentions of the available on the USCCB website Holy Father - Funeral Mass permitted - Ritual Mass permitted November 21, 2021 (Sunday) Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King July 30, 2021 (Friday) of the Universe Solanus Casey - Funeral Mass permitted - The optional memorial of Blessed - Last Sunday of Ordinary Time Solanus Casey may be observed in the

* Please check as to whether the suspension of obligation remains in place.

Noteworthy Liturgical Days, 2020–2021 Diocese of Lansing 2021–2022 Preview

The following is a preview of dates from the 2021–2022 calendar:

December 8, 2021 (Wednesday) The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Holy day of obligation - Funeral Mass not permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted

December 9, 2021 (Thursday) Solemnity/Feast of the Anniversary of the Dedication of Saint Mary Cathedral (The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception) - Observed with the rank of a Solemnity (Gloria and Creed) within the Cathedral, and as a Feast (Gloria) in all parishes and institutions in the Diocese of Lansing - Orations are taken from the Roman Missal, Common of the Dedication of a Church: o I. In the Church that was Dedicated [at the Cathedral only], or o II. Outside the Church that was Dedicated [in all parishes and institutions in the Diocese of Lansing]. - A wide selection of proper scriptural texts are found in the Common of the Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church in the Lectionary, numbers 701–706. - The Liturgy of the Hours is taken from the Common of the Dedication of a Church o I. In the Church that was Dedicated [at the Cathedral only], or o II. Outside the Church that was Dedicated [in the Diocese]. - The Te Deum is said. - Note should be made that though the Dedication of Saint Mary Cathedral outranks the optional memorial of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, due attention may be paid to this important saint in the homily and in the universal prayers where it is favorable to the devotion of the faithful.

December 10, 2021 (Friday) Our Lady of Loretto - A 2019 decree from the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments affixed the optional memorial of Our Lady of Loreto (10 December) to the General Roman Calendar.

Noteworthy Liturgical Days, 2020–2021 Diocese of Lansing

December 25, 2021 (Saturday)

The Nativity of the Lord - Always a holy day of obligation* o Note that there are two different obligations (one for Christmas and one for Sunday) and that a single Mass does not fulfill both obligations. When other holy days fall on Saturdays or Mondays the obligation is usually lifted, but this does not apply to the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord or to the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. - Funeral Mass not permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted - Evening Prayer on the 25th is from EP II of Christmas - Saturday evening Masses are taken from Christmas, Mass During the Day

Nativity of the Lord Holy Family

Date Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Dec. 24 Dec. 25 Dec. 26

Time After 4pm Throughout the Masses day during the day The Vigil Mass+ Mass Before Dawn Mass or Mass During the Night or During the Day Holy Family

+ Either before or after First Vespers (Evening Prayer I) of the Nativity.

December 31, 2021 (Friday) Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord - Funeral Mass permitted - Ritual Mass permitted - Evening Masses observe Mary, the Holy Mother of God

January 1, 2022 (Saturday) Mary, The Holy Mother of God - Not a Holyday of Obligation in 2022 - Funeral Mass not permitted - Ritual Mass not permitted

Jeremy J. Priest, Director, Office of Worship, Diocese of Lansing 228 North Walnut Street, Lansing, Michigan 48933 Tel. (517) 342-2476 Fax. 517.342.2515 E-mail: [email protected]