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The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Lent is the season of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. During this six-week period, we prepare to celebrate the Paschal Mystery: the passion, death, and resurrection of Our Lord.
All are encouraged to prepare their hearts and minds during the season of Lent by joining in prayer and participating in the liturgical and communal prayer experiences offered by the parish during this most holy season. -
Penitential Regulations
- Abstinence – Catholics 14 years of age and older must abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays of Lent (except solemnities below).
- Two Exceptions in 2022:
- St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | Saturday, March 19
- Catholics are dispensed from abstaining from meat the evening of Friday, March 18 if they begin the Solemnity of St. Joseph with a vigil Mass or Evening Prayer I.
- Annunciation | Friday, March 25
- Catholics are dispensed from abstaining from meat on March 25.
- St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | Saturday, March 19
- Fasting – Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 (inclusive) are required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
- On these days one full meal is allowed. Food may be taken at two other times during the day, in order to maintain strength according to each one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted. Liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed.
- Penance – Each weekday of Lent (except the solemnities above) is also an obligatory day of penance to be marked by prayer and increased devotion to spiritual practices.
- Some recommendations are daily Mass, Adoration, increased personal prayer time or spiritual study, self-imposed fasting or abstinence, works of charity, almsgiving, Stations of the Cross, the Rosary, retreats, and especially the sacrament of Reconciliation.
— From ArchSPM.org
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Liturgies & Events
Ash Wednesday
March 2, 2022
Ashes are a symbol of penance made sacramental by the blessing of the Church. The words of the blessing — “Remember, you are dust, and unto dust you will return”
— help us to develop a spirit of humility and sacrifice.
Masses will be held in the main upper church. Masses will also be livestreamed here on the website.
Masses:
7:00 AM, 8:15 AM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Stations
of the Cross
Led by a priest or deacon in the main upper church on Fridays during Lent for weekly Stations of the Cross.
These will also be livestreamed here on the website.
(Please note the new start time for 2022;
Does not include Good Friday)
Senior citizens are also invited to three opportunities with the school children at 2:00 PM on March 11, March 25, and April 8, 2022. Please note the children now have the option to be unmasked.Shortly following the 5:00 PM Mass
Fish Fry
March 4 and April 1, 2022
Sponsored by the Nativity Men's Club. April 1: 4:30-6:30 PM
Palm Sunday
April 10, 2022
Passion Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week.
At this liturgy, we recreate and celebrate Christ's messianic entrance into Jerusalem.
Palms will be distributed and blessed at all Masses.Masses:
Usual Sunday schedule
Penance Service
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
All parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend our Lenten Penance Service in the main upper church.
Several priests will be available to hear private confessions and help us prepare our hearts for the passion, death and Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.7:00 PM
Sacred Triduum
Thursday-Sunday, April 14-17, 2022
Click here for schedule and
information for the Sacred Triduum -
External Resources
- Best Lent Ever
- Word on Fire's Lenten Reflections (or see above left)
- Archdiocesan Lenten resources
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Articles
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March 5
Lent is perhaps our greatest annual opportunity to make a concerted effort to turn back to the Lord. Whether we are walking closely with him or have strayed far away, all of us are invited to turn again from our sins and earthly attachments and seek him ever more fervently.Read More
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