Solemntity of Mary

January 1st

Easter Sunday - The Resurrection of Jesus

Easter Sunday. This year it is March 23rd, 2008.

Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

40 Days after Easter
This year it is celebrated on Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Pentecost

50 Days after Easter. This year it is on May 11th, 2008.

Feast of the Assumption of Mary - August 15th

Masses on August 15th at 7:30AM., 11:30AM, and 7:00PM.
There is no vigil on August 14th

That feast of the Assumption celebrates Mary's entrance into heaven, body and soul. Mary is the first among the faithful to be fully redeemed because of her perpetually sinless state. Mary, because of her relationship to her Son, shares, through privileged anticipation, in the grace of the resurrection of the dead. Mary does not have to endure the suspension of eternal life until the resurrection of the dead.

The assumption of Mary was declared a dogma of faith to be believed by faithful Catholics, by Pope Pius XII on Nov. 1, 1950. The feast is a holy day of obligation for Catholics in the United States.

Feast of All Saints

Saturday November 1st, 2008

Today the Church honors all the saints of heaven--God's holy ones--those known and unknown to us. This solemnity celebrates all who have been examples of faith throughout the ages, those whose lives mirrored the Paschal Mystery of Christ. As we heard in the Proclamation of the Date of Easter on Epiphany, it is in the lives of the saints that the Church proclaims the Passover of Christ. Today's solemnity honors all the saints, in particular those who are not individually recognized throughout the year.
Because the solemnity of All Saints falls on a Saturday, it is not a holy day of obligation this year in the U. S. Regular Saturday morning Mass will be at 8:30 a.m.

Click Here for list the artwork of Saints we have at St. Thomas.

Immaculate Conception of Mary

December 8th, 2008
Immaculate Conception of Mary. Anne and Joachim are her parents.

Christmas - Feast of the Nativity

December 25th, 2008