All Saints Day is a holy day of the Catholic Church October 31, 2017By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments All Saints Day, a solemnity set aside by the Catholic Church to honor saints known and unknown, will be celebrated Nov. 1. A holy day of obligation on which Catholics are expected to attend Mass, the feast has its roots in the early centuries of the church, when Christians honored martyrs. The obligation to attend Mass on All Saints Day in the Archdiocese of Baltimore is maintained every year except for those in which the feast falls on a Saturday or Monday. This year, the feast falls on a Wednesday. All Souls’ Day is observed Nov. 2. Although not a holy day of obligation, Catholics are encouraged to attend Mass that day to remember the faithful departed. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore will celebrate All Saints Day Masses at 7:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. and will celebrate All Souls’ Day Masses at 7:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. Check with your parish for Mass schedules those days. Also see The fisherman and the pharisee June 25, 2025 Visiting Upstate New York’s National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs June 22, 2025 How a Norbertine nun’s visions led to the feast of Corpus Christi June 19, 2025 Fox Nation announces second season for ‘Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints’ June 18, 2025 Pope sets Sept. 7 for joint canonization of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati June 13, 2025 Fathers of the Church: The Greek (or Eastern) Fathers June 10, 2025 Print