{"id":38678,"date":"2024-12-04T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/?p=38678"},"modified":"2024-12-04T09:27:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T14:27:47","slug":"marian-awards-solemnity-of-the-immaculate-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/bishops-blog\/marian-awards-solemnity-of-the-immaculate-conception\/","title":{"rendered":"Marian Awards and the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recognizing Service to the Church<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-091441.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38679\" width=\"951\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-091441.png 838w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-091441-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-091441-768x619.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-04-091441-223x180.png 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year, we gather as a Diocesan family in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/parish\/cathedral-of-saint-mary-of-the-assumption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption<\/a> for the presentation of the Marian Medal &#8211; now Marian Awards &#8211; to recognize laity for their tireless and dedicated service to the Church. The ceremony includes Evening Prayer and Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction. Recipients of the award must be 55 years old or older and are nominated for the honor by their pastor. Behind the recognition for each of this year\u2019s 64 recipients is a unique story of how he or she makes a difference in their parish communities and throughout the Diocese. They were joined at the Marian Awards by family, friends, and many priests of the Diocese, especially those who nominated the awardees for this recognition. (You are invited to watch the ceremony <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ggCksHqnFLk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During my homily, I focused on three themes: joy, kindness, and gratitude. The joy of gathering to honor individuals whose service has greatly enriched their parishes and the diocese, reminding all present to &#8220;rejoice in the Lord always,&#8221; as Saint Paul exhorted. I also spoke of the kindness, generosity, and faith of the honorees, whose actions have served as models of love and dedication to God and the Church. Their service is not offered for recognition but out of genuine love for their faith communities. Their work often goes unnoticed. Recognizing these individuals allows us to publicly thank those who give so much of themselves to the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also drew upon St. Paul\u2019s words and encouraged the Marian Award recipients to continue living out their faith in service, trusting that God\u2019s peace and blessings would guard their hearts. In this season of Advent, which began last Sunday, I also called upon those who attended the Evening Prayer Service to embrace hope, vigilance, and a renewed commitment to bringing Christ\u2019s love into the world. Last year, during his homily for the first Sunday of Advent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2023\/answer-advent-call-vigilance-charity-confession-pope-suggests#:~:text=Pope%20Francis%20encouraged%20people%20to,%2C%20time%2C%20concrete%20assistance.%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pope Francis shared how charity was the pathway to Christ<\/a>. &#8220;A good program for Advent,&#8221; he suggested, would be &#8220;to encounter Jesus coming in every brother and sister who needs us and to share with them what we can: listening, time, concrete assistance.&#8221; As they prepare to open their hearts and minds to Christ during this Advent season, the Marian Award recipients serve as role models for others in their own journey of faith. I thank God for the honorees\u2019 examples of faithfulness and the blessings they bring to our diocesan family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1-1536x1229.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1-225x180.png 225w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/about\/about-history\/about-history-former-bishops\/\">Former Fall River Bishop James Connolly<\/a> introduced a Marian award to the Diocese in 1968 to recognize laity who have worked tirelessly in the service of their parish and the greater Church. Since then, more than 3,000 individuals have been recognized with this honor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/releases-and-statements\/64-from-across-diocese-to-receive-marian-award\/\">Click here to read the list of the 2024 Marian Award recipients.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How appropriate that we recognized the Marian Award recipients a week before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception a Holy Day of Obligation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a day for Catholics to celebrate the conception of the Virgin Mary without sin. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/prayer-and-worship\/liturgical-year\/advent\/upload\/twim-advent-immaculate-conception.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United States Catechism for Adults<\/a> states,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThrough the centuries the Church became ever more aware that Mary, \u201cfull of grace\u201d through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception\u201d (CCC, no. 491).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In anticipation that she was to bear the Son of God, Mary was preserved from the time of her conception from Original Sin. We call this the Immaculate Conception. No sin would touch her, so that she would be a fitting and worthy vessel of the Son of God.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Catechism also shares that many confuse this feast day as the conception of Jesus Christ, but it is the conception of Mary without sin in her mother\u2019s womb that we celebrate on this day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been confusion about whether the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a holy day of obligation since the traditional date falls on a Sunday this year. Because December 8 falls on a Sunday this year &#8211; the second Sunday of Advent &#8211; the Feast Day is celebrated on Monday, December 9. Even though the date of the feast is moved to December 9, it remains a&nbsp; holy day of obligation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why was the date changed? Good question. An article in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvnews.com\/2024\/11\/29\/is-dec-9-a-holy-day-of-obligation-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Our Sunday Visitor<\/a> provides a succinct explanation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSince the Sundays during special seasons such as Advent and Lent have a particular importance in our liturgical year, they take precedence over other feast days. The solution for competing solemnities is to transfer the liturgical celebration of the non-Sunday holy day to the first subsequent available date. Thus, in the year 2024, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated in our liturgy on Monday, Dec. 9.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Check your parish website or bulletin for Mass times on Monday, December 9. In addition to attending Mass, there are many meaningful ways for you and your family to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. 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