December 9 is a holy day of obligation · Torches of Guadalupe journey to begin 

THIS YEAR, THE SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, a holy day of obligation usually celebrated on December 8, will be celebrated on Monday, December 9 because December 8 is the Second Sunday of Advent. (Sundays of Advent outrank any other feasts on the Church calendar.) December 9 remains a holy day of obligation. Please consult your parish bulletin or website for mass schedules and details.  Alromonte, Bartolomeo, "The Immaculate Conception."

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IN ANTICIPATION OF THE FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, parishes across the Diocese will once again participate in a series of traveling torch lightings, or “Las Antorchas Guadalupanas,” during the month of November, which will culminate in a diocesan-wide pilgrimage celebration in Lakewood.

Now in its ninth year, the annual celebration of Las Antorchas Guadalupanas, Torches of Our Lady of Guadalupe, for 2024 will begin with the 5:30 p.m. Mass Oct.26 in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, where the torches will be lit and the torch captains who will be in attendance, will receive a blessing.
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