Septuagesima
Prepare for the season of Lent
February 1st to February 17th
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).
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.
Lenten Season
Ash Wednesday
The Beginning of Lent Wednesday February 18th, 2026
"You are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Genesis 3:19
Ash Wednesday Services
6:30 am Blessing of Ashes & Mass
9:00 am Mass
Noon Ashes only
7:30 pm High Mass
St. Peter’s Chair Feast Day
Monday, February 23rd
6:30 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.
Stations of the Cross
Every Friday in Lent at 7:00 p.m., followed by Low Mass
starting Friday February 20th in the Church
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
Thursday, March 19th
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
7:00 p.m. High Mass
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wednesday, March 25th
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
7:00 p.m. High Mass
Holy Week Schedule
Palm Sunday
March 29th
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 2nd
6:00 p.m. High Mass
Adoration until Midnight
Good Friday
APRIL 3rd
Stations at 12:00 noon
Liturgy at
3:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday
apRIL 4TH
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 5th
7:00 a.m. Low Mass
8:00 a.m. Low Mass
10:30 a.m. High Mass
Paschaltide
April 5th to April 30th
Divine Mercy Sunday
April 12th
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
Friday, May 1st
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
7:00 p.m. High Mass
Ascension Thursday
May 14th
6:30 a.m. Low Mass
7:00 p.m. High Mass
Saturday May 23rd Vigil of Pentecost
Pentecost Sunday, May 24th
7:00 a.m. Low Mass
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.
