DAILY MASS
Mon-Fri: 6:30am and 8:00am
Sat: 8:00am only
SATURDAY VIGIL
Sat: 5:00pm
SUNDAY MASS
Sun: 7:00am, 8:45am, 10:30am, 12:15pm
On Wednesday, February 14, we begin our annual journey through Lent.
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday evening. Lent begins with ashes, the solemn reminder of repentance and the Church’s call to conversion.
For forty days, we are to remember and become what baptism made us—the adopted children of God. As the gospel reminds us on Ash Wednesday, Lent is a time for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Through these three disciplines, we grow in holiness and closeness to our Lord, Jesus Christ.
If you have any palm branches from last year, you can bring them to the Gathering Area of the church and place them in boxes marked for palm branches. Please bring them no later than early Tuesday morning, February 13th.
Lent is also a time in which our catechumens and candidates are preparing themselves for entrance into our faith community and Church on the Easter Vigil. Please remember these people in your prayers during Lent.
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During Lent,
we encourage everyone to come to daily Mass at 6:30 a.m. or 8:00 a.m.
On the Fridays of Lent, we will have Stations of the Cross at 7:00 p.m.
On Good Friday, the Stations of the Cross will be at 12 noon.
Also, from Monday through Saturday morning, you can visit the Blessed Sacrament in our Eucharistic Chapel. At this time, exposition will only be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday following the 8 a.m. Mass.
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During the season of Lent, our holy father, Pope Francis, and the American bishops have outlined obligatory fast and abstinence for the following days.
Ash Wednesday, February 14th
and Good Friday, March 29th
are days of abstinence for all Catholics over the age of 14
On these two days, fast as well as abstinence is also obligatory for those from the ages of 18 to 59. Abstinence means abstinence from meat. Fast means one full meal a day, with two smaller meals and nothing between meals (liquids are permitted).
No Catholic should lightly excuse himself/herself from this obligation. All other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat. Here again, Catholics should not hold themselves lightly excused, but if there is a serious health problem, this obligation would not apply.
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Also, you are invited to go to DynamicCatholic.com/Lent and become part of Best Lent Ever with daily spiritual reflections for every day of Lent.
At every hour of every day Mass is being celebrated somewhere in the world. In fact, the word “Catholic” means “universal.” At Mass we receive nourishment for our daily lives. The demands of work and family obligations can put great stress on our time and those we love. Take time out to join us for Mass as we seek the truth and light of Jesus Christ.