Friday, August 15 is a Holy Day of Obligation in the Catholic Church where we commemorate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Holy Cross College will be offering Mass on August 15 at 12:25pm in St. Joseph Chapel.
We hope that you can join us!
In 1950, Pope Pius XII made an infallible, “ex cathedra” statement in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus officially defining the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “By the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory,” the pope wrote.
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven is a sign of hope for all because our bodies are also destined for resurrection and glory in Christ.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
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