Septuagesima
Prepare for the season of Lent
February 16th to March 4th
We are invited by the Liturgy to contemplate the misery of fallen humanity and the fatal consequences of original and actual sin. The Fall (original sin), the Flood (resulting from the malice of actual sin), and the Sacrifice of Melchizedek (a foreshadowing of the Sacrifice of Christ by which He worked our salvation from sin).
Sunday, February 16th Septuagesima
Saturday, February 22nd Chair of St. Peter
Sunday, February 23rd Sexagesima
Sunday, March 2nd Quinquagesim
Laws of Days of Abstinence:
Current Practice
- Begins on one's 14th birthday
- Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent
- Obliges abstention from flesh meat
Laws of Days of Abstinence:
The Discipline of 1962
- Begins on one's 7th birthday
- Complete Abstinence: All Fridays of the year, Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday, and the Vigil of Christmas
- Partial Abstinence (meat and soup or gravy made from meat permitted once a day at the principle meal) : all the days of Lent, Ember Days of Wednesday and Saturday, and the Vigils of Pentecost and the Assumption.
- Abstinence from meat is dispensed on Holy Days of Obligation
Laws of Days of Fast:
Current Practice
- One full meal permitted and two other meals may be taken which, when combined, are less than a full meal
- Applies to everyone aged 18 to 59, inclusive.
- Ash Wednesday and Good Fridays
Laws of Days of Fast:
The Discipline of 1962
- One full meal permitted and two other meals may be taken which, when combined, are less than a full meal
- Applies to everyone aged 21 to 59, inclusive.
- Days of Lent from Ash Wednesday inclusive, Ember Days, and Vigils of Christmas, Pentecost and the Assumption.
St. Peter’s Chair Feast Day
Saturday, February 22nd
7:00 a.m. Low Mass
9:00 a.m. Low Mass
Members of the Confraternity of Saint Peter are invited to attend the Feast of Saint Peter's Chair at 9:00 am on Saturday, 22 February. Current members will renew their commitment and prospective new members will be enrolled. Members receive a plenary indulgence on this day. Breakfast follows Holy Mass in the social hall.
Lenten Season
March 5th to April 5th
Ash Wednesday
The Beginning of Lent March 5th
"You are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Genesis 3:19
Ash Wednesday Services
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
12:00 noon Low Mass
7:30 p.m. High Mass
March 9th First Sunday of Lent
March 12th Ember Wednesday in Lent
March 14th Ember Friday in Lent
March 15th Ember Saturday in Lent
March 16th Second Sunday of Lent
March 23rd Third Sunday of Lent
March 30th Fourth Sunday of Lent
Laetare Sunday
Stations of the Cross
Every Friday in Lent at 7:00 p.m., followed by Low Mass
A PLENARY INDULGENCE is granted on each Friday of Lent to the faithful who, after Communion, recite the “Prayer Before a Crucifix” before an image of Christ crucified.
Prayer Before a Crucifix
Behold, O kind and most sweet Jesus, I cast myself upon my knees in thy
sight, and with the most fervent desire of my soul, I pray and beseech thee
that thou wouldst impress upon my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope,
and charity, with true contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of
amendment; while with deep affection and grief of soul I ponder within
myself and mentally contemplate thy five wounds, having before my eyes
the words which David the prophet put on thy lips concerning thee: “My
hands and my feet they have pierced, they have numbered all my bones.”
The Feast of St. Joseph
Wednesday, March 19th
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
7:00 p.m. High Mass
Lenten Retreat
Friday, March 21st to Sunday, March 23rd
Details forthcoming
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tuesday, March 25th
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
7:00 p.m. High Mass
Passiontide
April 6th to April 19th
Sunday April 6th Passion Sunday
Monday of Passion Week
Tuesday of Passion Week
Thursday of Passion Week
Friday of Passion Week
Saturday of Passion Week
Holy Week Schedule
Palm Sunday
April 13th
8:00 a.m. Blessing of the Palms
High Mass
10:30 a.m. Low Mass
1:00 p.m. Low Mass
Holy Thursday
April 17th
6:00 p.m. High Mass
Adoration until Midnight
Good Friday
APRIL 18TH
Stations at 12:00 noon
Liturgy at
3:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday
apRIL 19TH
Holy Saturday is the day of mourning and waiting. No Mass is offered, and the altar is laid bare as we mediate on the Passion and Death of the Lord and await His Resurrection.
Easter Vigil
9:30 p.m. Easter Vigil
At or about midnight, the rites of the Easter Vigil conclude, the first Mass of Easter commences.
Easter Sunday,April 20th
8:00 a.m. Low Mass
10:30 a.m. High Mass
Paschaltide
April 20th to June 8th
Divine Mercy Sunday
April 27th
8:00 a.m. Low Mass
10:30 a.m. High Mass
1:00 p.m. Low Mass
3:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet,
led by Deacon Anderson
A plenary indulgence is granted to those who take part in the prayers and devotions held in honor of Divine Mercy, or who, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or in the tabernacle, recite one Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus. Those who for a just cause cannot get to church can gain the same indulgence by reciting one Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus before an image of the Divine Mercy.
St. Joseph the Workman
Thursday, May 1st
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
7:00 p.m. High Mass
Ascension Thursday
May 29th
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
7:00 p.m. High Mass
Saturday June 7th Vigil of Pentecost
Pentecost Sunday, June 8th
8:00 a.m. Low Mass
10:30 a.m. High Mass
1:00 p.m. Low Mass
Pentecost Monday
Pentecost Tuesday
Ember Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost
Ember Thursday in the Octave of Pentecost
Ember Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
Ember Saturday in the Octave of Pentecost
The Easter Season ends and the Time after Pentecost begins with First Vespers of Trinity Sunday.
