ASH WEDNESDAY, March 6
TH (Fast and Abstinence) – Distribution of Ashes after the 6:30 AM and 8:30 Mass, the 4:00 PM Prayer Service, and after the 6:30 PM (Bilingual) Mass.
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE:
Parish Lenten Penance Service with invited priests will be on Tuesday of Holy Week, April 16
TH at 6:30 PM
Confessions is also offered every Saturday at 7:30 AM and 3:00 to 3:34 PM, First Thursday and First Friday evenings.
GORZKIE ŻALE (Lenten Lamentations):
In Polish – Sunday: After 11:00 Mass.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS:
In English with St. Mary’s Students, (on School Days only) – Friday 1:30
In Polish – Friday 6:30 PM.
Lenten Retreat:
In English: March 25-27 led by Kim Harmon and Deacon Stephen T. Kohut.
In Polish: March 21-24, led by Fr. Paweł Król.
Lenten Regulations for Fast and Abstinence
1) Abstinence on all Fridays of Lent, and on Ash Wednesday. No meat may be eaten on days of abstinence. Catholics 14 years and older are bound to abstain from meat. Invalids, pregnant women or nursing mothers are exempt.
2) Fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Fasting means having only one full meal. To maintain one's strength, two smaller, meatless, penitential meals are permitted according to one's needs, but they should not together equal one full meal. Eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. Liquids, including milk and juices are allowed.
Catholics from age 18 through age 59 are bound to fast. Again, invalids, pregnant women or nursing mothers are exempt.