Date: Friday, December 31, 2010
Location: Calvary Mortuary & Calvary Cemetery
New Year`s Day Friday January 1 Office closed/Holy Day No Burial
Martin Luther King Monday January 18 Cemetery Holiday* No Burial
President`s Day Monday February 15 Cemetery Holiday* No Burial
Ash Wednesday Wednesday February 17 Holy Day/No obligation Mass & Burial permitted
Holy Thursday Thursday April 1 Holy Day/No obligation No Mass/Burial permitted
Good Friday Friday April 2 Office Closed/Holy Day No Mass/No Burial
Holy Saturday Saturday April 3 Holy Day No Mass/Burial permitted
Memorial Day Monday May 31 Ourdoor Mass/National Holiday Burial by approval only
Independence Day Monday July 5 Office Closed No Burial
Labor Day Monday September 6 Office Closed No burial
All Souls Day Tuesday November 2 Holy Day/No Obligation Burial by approval only
Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 25 Office Closed No Burial
Immaculate Conception Wednesday December 8 Holy Day of Obligation No Mass/Burial permitted
Christmas Day Saturday December 25 Office Closed/Holy Day of Obligation No Mass/No Burial
An * indicates that Cemetery Offices with Mortuary facilities will be open for these holidays (Closed on NewYear`s, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day)
The Funeral Mass is not permitted on solemnities of obligation, on Holy Thursday and the Easter Triduum, and the Sundays of Advent, Lent, and the Easter Season. (See General Instructin of the Roman Missal, # 336 and the Order of Christian Funerals # 178). The Funeral liturgy outside Mass may be used when the funeral mass is not permitted. In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles there are four holy days of obligation: Assumption (August 15), All Saints (November 1), Immaculate Conception (December 8), and Christmas (December 25). When August 15 of November 1 fall on a Saturday or a Monday, the holy day is no longer considered a solemnity of obligation and the Funeral Mass may be celebrated.
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