Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Keeping the day of obligation as African Catholics
15 August is the beautiful celebration in the Church of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. As Pope Francis has said, this is a day we are invited to rejoice as “Mary ascends, and the Word of God reveals to us what characterised her as she does so: service to her neighbour and praise to God.” Read all
15 August is the beautiful celebration in the Church of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. As Pope Francis has said, this is a day we are invited to rejoice as “Mary ascends, and the Word of God reveals to us what characterised her as she does so: service to her neighbour and praise to God.”