Masses on Monday, December 9 - 8:30 am (School children in attendance) and 7:00 pm. 

Cardinal Gregory has decreed that all Roman Catholics of the Archdiocese of Washington, no matter where they may be, and all other Roman Catholics actually present in the Archdiocese on the feast day, are dispensed from the obligation to attend Mass on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Monday, December 9, 2024 (cf. can. 87 §1).

No one is required to make use of this dispensation. It is certainly preferable that those who can do so attend Mass on December 9. Those who do make use of the dispensation are encouraged to engage in other acts of prayer, charity, and Christian witness, all in keeping with the preeminent example of our country’s Patron, the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is the Immaculate Conception.

Read a copy of the decree here.