Lent 2012

Lent is Around the Corner

The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22nd. Ashes will be distributed at the 9:00 AM and the 12:00 Noon Masses and at the 4:30PM and 7:00 PM Services.  A reminder too that our parishs Annual Retreat will take place on February 27th  to 29th  at 7:30 PM. Father Richard Long will be our retreat master.  Add these dates to your calendar.

Stations of the Cross With

 Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Join us for the Stations of the Cross on each of the following Fridays: March 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th, 23^rd and 30^th at 9:30 AM (following the 9:00 AM Mass).  You can also share in the Stations on Friday evenings at the Eucharistic Adoration Hour (7:30-9:30 PM) in the Convent Chapel. 

The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation provides us with an encounter with our Compassionate God. Lent is an especially opportune time to experience Gods mercy in this sacramental way. The parish offers weekly celebrations of the sacrament on Saturday (except on Holy Saturday, April 7^th) from 4:15 PM to 4:45 PM.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation will also be celebrated at the following times:

+  Monday of Holy Week, April 2^nd   hours to be announced.

+  Good Friday, April 6^th, following the 3:00PM service at about 4:15PM.

+ Holy Saturday, April 7^th, from 10:30AM to 12:00 Noon.

Rules of Fast and Abstinence

During the season of Lent the Church calls us to fast and abstain. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are fast days. Fast means that those between the ages of 18 and 59 limit themselves to one full meal and eat nothing between meals. The other meals on a fast day are light meals. All the Fridays of Lent, as well as Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, are also days of abstinence, which means that those 14 years of age and older are to abstain from eating meat.