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Msgr. Kelly Catholic High School
Beaumont, TX

Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School
Beaumont, TX

St. Anne Catholic School
Beaumont, TX

St. Anthony Cathedral Catholic School
Beaumont, TX

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School,
Port Arthur, TX

St. Mary Catholic School, Orange, TX

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Holy Days of Obligation
July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

August 15, 2011, Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, falls on a Monday in 2011, and is not a holyday of obligation. The feast of the Assumption is a day of obligation when it falls on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday and not a day of obligation when it falls on Monday or Saturday.
November 1, 2011, Feast of All Saints, is a holyday of obligation because it falls on Tuesday in 2011. The Feast of All Saints is a day of obligation when it falls on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday and not a day of obligation when it falls on Monday or Saturday.
December 8, 2011, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is a holyday of obligation in 2011 and is always a day of obligation, except in years when December 8 falls on Sunday. Then the solemnity is observed on December 9, but is not a day of obligation.
Christmas, December 25, 2011, is a holyday of obligation.
Christmas is always a day of obligation.
January 1, 2012, The Octave day of Christmas: Feast of The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, falls on a Sunday in 2012 and is a holyday of obligation in 2012. This feast is a day of obligation when it falls on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Sunday but not a day of obligation when it falls on Monday or Saturday.
The Feast of The Ascension of the Lord is transferred to the Seventh Sunday of Easter. This change is in effect every year for dioceses in the Province of the Archdiocese of Galveston/Houston. Diocese of Beaumont is in the Province of the Archdiocese of Galveston/Houston.

N.B. Ritual Masses (Funeral Masses and Wedding Masses) may not be celebrated on solemnities. Holy Days of Obligation are solemnities. [GIRM370,371,380]