During 2026, one holy day of obligation replaces a Sunday in Ordinary Time. Another holy day of obligation occurs adjacent to a Sunday, and the obligation to attend Mass is abrogated:
August 15, 2026, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs on Saturday. In accord with the complementary norm to canon 1246 §2 confirmed for the dioceses of the United States of America, because it is a Saturday, the obligation to attend Mass on this date is abrogated this year. Evening Prayer I and the “Vigil Mass” of the Assumption are celebrated on Friday evening. The “Mass during the Day” may be celebrated at any time on Saturday; however, Saturday evening Masses that regularly anticipate the Sunday should be for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, which is a day of precept (cf. “The Liturgical Celebration of Consecutive Feast Days” May-June 2016 Newsletter, Notitiae 20 [1984], 603-605). Evening Prayer II on Saturday evening is of the Assumption (I, 3), as it is higher in rank in the Table of Liturgical Days than the Sunday in Ordinary Time (II, 6) (Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the General Roman Calendar, no. 61).
Funeral Masses are allowed on Saturday because of the abrogation of the obligation (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, no. 380), but other Masses for the Dead and ritual Masses are not permitted. Weddings celebrated within Mass must use the prayers for the Assumption, and the selection of readings should follow the guidance given in the Order of Celebrating Matrimony, no. 34.
November 1, 2026, the Solemnity of All Saints occurs on Sunday. It replaces the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time. On Saturday and Sunday, Evening Prayer I and II is for All Saints. Saturday evening Masses that regularly anticipate the Sunday Mass should observe the Mass of All Saints.
From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Divine Worship
