Updated 3.17.23
LENTEN REGULATIONS - Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.The norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Roman Catholic Church from age 14 onwards. If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily His Resurrection.
+LENT / HOLY WEEK+
+ There will be Stations of the Cross at 7 pm, every Friday during Lent.
+ The Knights of Columbus will be hosting Lenten Fish Dinners every Friday during Lent, from 6 pm – 7 pm in BJH.
+ Light is on Confession - In addition to the normal Confession schedule, there will be Confession on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm during Lent through and including Wednesday of Holy Week.
+ Holy Saturday Confession, 9 am – 10 am
+The Sacred Paschal Triduum & Easter Sunday Schedule+
+Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper+ (April 6) - Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7pm (There will be no morning Mass.)
+Friday of the Passion of the Lord+ (Good Friday) (April 7) - The Seven Last Words of Christ - 12pm; The Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord & Veneration of the Cross - 3pm
+The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night+ (Holy Saturday) (April 8) - The Easter Vigil Mass - 8:30pm (There will be no morning Mass.)
+Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord+ (April 9) Masses - 10 am & 12 pm (in English)
+See Confession schedule above+
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