I remind everyone that this coming Tuesday, August 15, is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, which is a holy day of obligation – every Catholic is obligated to attend Mass on this day.  This feast celebrates Mary being taken up into heaven, body and soul, upon her death.  The following description is taken from the Franciscan Media webpage:
 
On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory.” The pope proclaimed this dogma only after a broad consultation of bishops, theologians and laity. There were few dissenting voices. What the pope solemnly declared was already a common belief in the Catholic Church.

We find homilies on the Assumption going back to the sixth century. In following centuries, the Eastern Churches held steadily to the doctrine, but some authors in the West were hesitant. However by the 13th century there was universal agreement. The feast was celebrated under various names–Commemoration, Dormition, Passing, Assumption–from at least the fifth or sixth century. Today it is celebrated as a solemnity.
Since Mary is closely associated with all the mysteries of Jesus’ life, it is not surprising that the Holy Spirit has led the Church to believe in Mary’s share in his glorification. So close was she to Jesus on earth, she must be with him body and soul in heaven.
 
Here is a schedule of the available Mass times throughout the clustered parishes of the county:
 
            Monday, August 14 (Vigil Mass)
                        5:00pm           Holy Angels, Roselle
                        5:30pm           St. Elizabeth, Glidden
                        5:30pm           Holy Spirit, Carroll
                        6:30pm           St. Mary, Willey
                        6:30pm           Sacred Heart, Templeton
                        7:00pm           Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
 
            Tuesday, August 15
                        7:00am           St. Lawrence, Carroll
                        7:30am           St. Augustine, Halbur
                        8:00am           St. Bernard, Breda
                        8:00am           St. Joseph, Dedham
                        8:00am           Holy Family, Lidderdale
                        8:25am           Holy Spirit, Carroll
 
                        5:30pm           St. Lawrence, Carroll
                        5:30pm           Annunciation, Coon Rapids
                        7:00pm           St. John the Baptist, Arcadia