The holy season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17. Both Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, April 2, are days of abstinence from meat for all who are 14 years and older. They are also days of fast (one full meal and two small meals, with nothing eaten between the meals) for adults from 18 to 59 years of age. All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat for those 14 years and older.

Stations Of The Cross start February 19 as part of the Encounter Christ Retreat and continue each Friday at 7pm in the Church.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Before I invite you to participate in this year’s Catholic Sharing Appeal, I invite you to join me and your fellow parishioners to make a different commitment or pledge: a pledge to a more prayerful life this year. We can begin simply with the Lord’s Prayer. I also ask that you include

The Apostolic Penitentiary of the Vatican, which is the dicastery of the Roman Curia that oversees the practice of Indulgences, has issued a Decree granting different options to gain a Plenary Indulgence for the “Year of St. Joseph” that was proclaimed by Pope Francis on December 8, 2020 – the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The special Year in honor of the Guardian of the Redeemer will last from December 8, 2020 through December 8, 2021 and has been announced in honor of the 150th Anniversary of Pope Pius IX’s proclamation in 1870 of St. Joseph as the “Patron of the Universal Church” (Quemadmodum Deus).

The Fathers of Mercy