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2016 Lenten Schedule
 Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil Mass, 8:00 P.M.
 
Easter Mass
6:30 A.M., 8:00 A.M.,
10:00 A.M.. and 12:00 P.M.
 
Shaver Lake Mass
Saturday 4:00 P.M.
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Easter Mass
6:30 A.M., 8:00 A.M.,
10:00 A.M.. and 12:00 P.M.

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*Lenten Schedule

Ash Wednesday:  
Masses at 7:00 AM & 6:00 PM
Ash Services at  12:00 PM & 4:15 PM

Daily Mass:
Monday-Thursday at 5:30 PM
Friday at 7:30 AM

Stations of the Cross:
Friday at 7:00 PM 


*Holy Week

Palm Sunday Masses:
​Saturday 4:00 PM
​Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & Noon

Confessions

Monday, March 21 6:00-7:00 PM
Tuesday, March 22 8:00-900 AM
​Wednesday, March 23 Noon-1:00 PM

Holy Thursday
Mass at 6:00 PM

Good Friday
Station of the Cross 2:00 PM
​The Passion of the Lord 3:00 PM

Taize Prayer Service 7:30 PM

Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil Mass 8:00 PM
​Shaver Lake
Saturday Mass 4:00 PM


Easter Sunday
Sunrise Service/Mass 6:30 AM
Masses at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & Noon


Holy Week
Lenten Guidelines & Schedules
Guidelines During Lent

ABSTINENCE is a penitential practice consisting of refraining from the consumption of meat (beef, chicken, pork etc.) and is to be observed by all Catholics who are 14 years of age and older.  Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence.

FAST & ABSTINENCE in addition to abstinence, fasting is to be observed by all Catholics between the ages of 18-59 years. On days of fasting, one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence.

NOTE: If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons, they are urged to practice other forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition.

Observing Lent


Lent begins on Ash Wednesday

During this season of preparation for Easter, our churches look stark and simple—no flowers at the altar, no festive banners or decorations. And our liturgies feel different, too. The organ is quiet except to accompany the singing of the assembly. The Gloria, our Sunday song of rejoicing, is not heard except on solemnities, and we will not sing the Alleluia, our joyful acclamation of praise, until the Easter Vigil. “Alleluia cannot always / Be our song while here below,” says an eleventh-century hymn. “Alleluia our transgressions / Make us for a while forego; / For the solemn time is coming / When our tears for sins must flow” (Alleluia dulce carmen, J. M. Neale, trans.).

These changes in the liturgy will catch our attention, and make us eager for the festive outpouring of joy that will return with Easter. This year, may the stripped-away liturgies of Lent remind us to strip away what is not essential in our lives to make space for the crucified and risen One, and thus to be ready to sing “Alleluia” once again when Easter returns. —Corinna Laughlin, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co. 

Ash Wednesday
7:00 am & 6:00 pm Mass
Noon & 4:15 PM Ash Services
About Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence

Lenten Dinners
5:00 PM Fridays during Lent.
Prepared by Italian Catholic Federation.

Stations of the Cross
7:00 PM Fridays during Lent
About Stations of the Cross

Resources for Lent
AmericanCatholic.org
USCCB
Vatican

Abstinence is a penitential practice consisting of refraining from the consumption of meat and is to be observed by all Catholics who are 14 years of age and older. Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence.

Fast and Abstinence: In addition to abstinence, a fasting is to be observed by all Catholics between the ages of 18 - 59 years of age. On days of fasting, one full meal is allowed. Two smaller meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids are allowed.

(If a person is unable to observe the above regulations due to ill health or other serious reasons they are urged to practice other forms of self-denial that are suitable to their condition).

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