Saturday, August 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. It is never a holy day of obligation when it falls on Saturday, and in any case this year due to the Covid-19 virus pandemic Bishop Michael Duca has dispensed all Catholics in the Diocese of Baton Rouge from any obligation to attend Mass anyway. Yet let us keep this feast in a more prayerful way, for where Mary has gone we hope to follow!