Sunday, June 15, 2025
A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 117

In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover the fascinating, complicated, and often forgotten history of Holy Days of Obligation in the United States.

  1. Honor the Forgotten (Former) 36 Holy Days of Obligation
  2. A History of Holy Days of Obligation & Fasting for American Catholics: Part 1
  3. A History of Holy Days of Obligation & Fasting for American Catholics: Part 2

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2 comment(s):

del_button June 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Anonymous said...

Can we eat meat on the Friday after Pentecost?

del_button June 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Matthew said...

No. No meat ever on Frisays unless the Friday is a Holy Day of Obligation in that place (outside of Lent only) - and even that is a modern exception to the universal rule of never on a Friday.

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