Feasts and Fasts.
Holy Days on which there is a strict Obligation to hear Mass, and refrain from servile Work.
All Sundays in the year. — The Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord, 1st of January. — The Ascension of our Lord. — Assumption of B. V. M., 15th of August.— Feast of All Saints, 1st of November. — The Immaculate Conception of B. V. M., 8th of December. — Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, 25th of December.
Fasting Days.
Fridays in Advent. — Every day in Lent, Sundays excepted. —The Ember days, which occur four times in the year, viz.: the Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays— 1. Immediately after the first Sunday in Lent; 2. In Whitsun week; 3. Immediately after the 14th of Sep-
