When Is Candlemass 2024 Date

When Is Candlemass 2024 Date. Join us for a solemn high mass for the feast of candlemas on friday, february 2nd, 2024 at 7:30 pm at st. Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of mary, 40 days after the birth of her son jesus.

Candlemas commemorates the purification of the blessed virgin mary and is also known as the presentation. The catechism of the catholic church (paragraph 529) teaches, the presentation of jesus in the temple shows him to be the firstborn son who belongs to the lord.