at St. Mary’s

DAILY MASS DURING LENT is celebrated at 9:00 AM Monday through Saturday 7:00 AM on Thursday

EXPOSITION AND ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT WITH BENEDICTION is held on Mondays from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in the Church.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS are held in the Church every Friday at 7:00 PM.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Lent is a special time to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Priests are available for confession each Saturday afternoon from 4:00 to 4:45 PM in the chapel or by appointment. Call the Parish Office at 627-0385 to make an appointment.

Lenten Prayer Groups, led by Sr. Teresa, meet on Thursday, at 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM, in the Msgr. Sharpe Library, beginning on February 23rd.

The Rosary Society Annual Day of Recollection is scheduled for Thursday, March 16th. Details to follow.

A Holyday of Fast and Abstinence*

Mass at 9:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, and 7:00 PM

Liturgy of the Word Service at 4:00 PM Ashes will be distributed at all Masses and the 4:00 PM Prayer Service. Today, the Church begins the season of Lent, a time of preparation for the ascent to the holy mountain of Easter. We are invited to listen more intently to the Word of God and devote ourselves to prayer, fasting, and alsmgiving so that we are prepared through a spirit of repentance to renew our baptismal promises on Easter. As the priest imposes the ashes on each person, he says one of the traditional formulas:

Repent, and believe in the Gospel. or Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

*FAST AND ABSTINENCE - Those who have reached their fourteenth year are bound to abstain entirely from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent. All Catholics between the ages of eighteen and fifty-nine are also bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. This means to limit oneself to a single full meal and avoid food between meals. Two other light meals, which together do not equal a full meal, may be taken during the day.