December 8th falls on a Sunday this year therefore the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception will be observed on Monday, December 9th. Archbishop Coyne, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Norwich, has issued a dispensation from the obligation for the faithful present in the Diocese of Norwich on December 9th however all are invited and encouraged to honor Our Lady and Her Immaculate Conception on the feast by going to Mass. Masses will be celebrated at the Cathedral on Monday December 9th as follows:
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Monday, December 9th
7:00AM
12:00 (NOON)
7:00PM
++ O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, grant, we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain by virtue of the Death of your Son, which you foresaw, so, through her intercession, we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence...Amen.