Join us on this Holy Day of Obligation:

• Vigil Mass Wednesday, December 31 at 5:30 PM
• Morning Mass Thursday, January 1 at 8 AM and 10 AM

The feast concludes the octave (eight-day) celebration of Christmas Day. On this day, the Church focuses on honoring Mary’s motherhood of Jesus and her role in humanity’s salvation. Honoring Mary as the Mother of God dates back to the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D.

“At the beginning of the New Year, then, let us place ourselves under the protection of this woman, the Mother of God, who is also our mother. May she help us to keep and ponder all things, unafraid of trials and with the joyful certainty that the Lord is faithful and can transform every cross into a resurrection. Today too, let us call upon her, as did the People of God at Ephesus. Let us stand and, facing Our Lady, as did the people of God in Ephesus, let us together repeat three times her title of Mother of God: ‘Holy Mother of God, Holy Mother of God, Holy Mother of God!’ Amen.”

―Pope Francis 2022