Ash Wednesday March 6, 2019 Mass Times 8:30 am, 5:00 pm & 6:30 pm During the Lenten Season the Church asks Catholics to abide by the following regulations: 1. Catholics who have celebrated their 14th birthday are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, all Fridays in Lent and Good Friday. 2. In addition to abstaining from meat, Catholics who have celebrated their 18th birthday, until they celebrate their 59th birthday, are to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Those who are bound to this regulation may eat only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted if necessary to maintain strength according to one’s needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. |
Parishioners are invited to pray Stations of the Cross at 6:30 pm on Tuesdays during Lent followed by the Sacrament of Penance. And please mark your calendars for the moving Shadow Stations presented by SEAS very own youth. You don’t want to miss this -Sun., April 14 and Wed., April 17 at 7pm _______________________________________________ The Sacrament of Penance is celebrated every Saturday beginning at 4 PM. The Sacrament also will be celebrated at 6:30 PM on Tuesdays during Lent. Tuesday of Holy Week (April 16) will be the last regularly scheduled celebration of Penance until the Easter season. Communal celebrations of Penance with several priests available will be celebrated at 6:30 PM on the following Wednesdays: March 13, 20, and 27. |
Lenten Fast and Abstinence
During the Lenten Season the Church asks Catholics to abide by the following regulations:
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are to be days of fasting (one main meal) and abstaining from meat. The fast obliges all those who are eighteen years of age until their 59th birthday.
The Fridays of Lent are days of abstaining from meat. This law obliges all those who have reached their fourteenth birthday.
For you will that our self-denial should give you thanks,
Humble our sinful pride,
Contribute to the feeding of the poor,
And so help us imitate you in your kindness.
Lenten Mass Preface
During the Lenten Season the Church asks Catholics to abide by the following regulations:
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are to be days of fasting (one main meal) and abstaining from meat. The fast obliges all those who are eighteen years of age until their 59th birthday.
The Fridays of Lent are days of abstaining from meat. This law obliges all those who have reached their fourteenth birthday.
For you will that our self-denial should give you thanks,
Humble our sinful pride,
Contribute to the feeding of the poor,
And so help us imitate you in your kindness.
Lenten Mass Preface
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A variety of resources to help Catholics observe Lent are being provided by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Resources include a new set of daily suggestions for reading, reflection, prayer and action, and a downloadable reflection calendar. The downloadable Lent calendar with quotes from Pope Francis, Scripture, and Church fathers, is available in both English and Spanish. The daily suggestions and downloadable calendar offer teachings and suggestions for taking an active approach to the three traditional pillars of Lenten observance: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. See www.usccb.org/lent. |
Easter Sunday Masses
8:00 AM and 10:15 AM on April 21,2019
8:00 AM and 10:15 AM on April 21,2019
