Friday, August 11, 2006

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Aug 15

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A Holy Day of Obligation


Take a day trip with family or friends to a Marian shrine, such as the Assumption Chapel, a.k.a. “Grasshopper Chapel,” in Cold Spring, near St. Cloud (8:00 p.m. Mass, call (320) 685-3280), or the new Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe near La Crosse, Wis.

You can receive a plenary indulgence for visiting a church or shrine on its titular feast and other designated days and praying there an Our Father and a Creed, in addition to fulfilling the usual conditions.

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