From the very beginning of the Lenten season, the Church proclaims that Lent is about relationships.  In the first reading of the Mass on Ash Wednesday, the Lord says in the Book of the Prophet Joel, “Return to me with your whole heart… return to the Lord, your God.”

Our Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are not intended to prove our own holiness or to win God’s love for us.  God is already loving us and saving us.  He loves us first.  Then, in response to his unconditional love, we joyfully enter into activities of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in order to thank God and to open ourselves more fully to God’s gift of grace.

LENT BEGAN ASH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

As you think of what you will do this Lent, try to see how your observances connect with your relationship with God.  Our parish observances include:

CONFESSIONS

Wednesday & Friday evenings from 6:00pm—7:00pm

Saturday afternoons from 2:30pm—3:30pm

DAILY MASS
Monday through Saturday, 7:00am & 9:00am

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
The Adoration Chapel is open 24 hours a day/7 days a week

STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Each Friday evening during Lent at 7:00pm with the exception of Good Friday when it will take place at 3:00pm.

WHEN YOU PRAY SERIES—Monday Evenings, 7:00pm—8:30pm 

SOUP’S ON – March 21, 5:00pm – 7:00pm

FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRYS—April 4, 5:30pm—7:45pm

FAST AND ABSTINENCE DURING LENT

As part of our Lenten journey, we observe the following:

Fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday:  Adults (18 – 59) are bound by this law – one full meatless meal, with two other smaller meatless meals (if needed to maintain strength) not to equal together the full meal.

Abstinence from meat on Fridays of Lent, including Good Friday:  Anyone age 14 or older is not to eat meat on these days.

Children younger than age 14:  While not bound by these laws of fast and abstinence, our Code of Canon Law encourages parents “to see to it that minors are educated in the authentic sense of penance.” (Canon 1252)