Lenten Opportunities
LENTEN SOUP AND BREAD - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:00 PM
Soup and Bread dinner followed by a speaker, Tom Garlitz, from the Peace and Social Justice Office of the Diocese. Tom will speak to the adults. The children will have an activity in the classroom similar to Family Faith Nights.
RSVP required - check Bulletin for details.
VESPERS/EVENING PRAYER
Sundays of Lent
February 21st, 28th ~~ March 7th, 14th (with Benediction), 21st, 28th
6:00 PM - Chapel
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Friday Evenings of Lent
7:00 PM - Church
Living Stations - March 19th
RECONCILIATION
Saturdays - 3:30-4:30 PM
(There will be NO Reconcilation on Holy Saturday, April 3rd)
Parish Lenten Reconciliation Service
Sunday, March 14th
3:00 PM --- Church
VISITS TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
The Joachim Center Chapel is open Monday through Thursday from 7:00 AM to 8:30 PM and on Friday from 7:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. All are welcome to stop in for a visit to the Blessed Sacrament.
ROSARY
The Rosary is prayed in the Chapel of the Joachim Center on Monday (7:00 PM), Wednesday (9:00 AM), Friday (8:30 AM) and Saturday (7:30 AM).
LITTLE BLACK BOOK. . .
. . is your companion for Lent. It is a book that can travel with you and be a constant companion for you.
The goal is to find six minutes of quiet time every day for the next 50 days! The book can be carried anywhere.
Can you find six minutes!
LENTEN REGULATIONS and the EASTER TRIDUUM
1. Everyone 14 years of age or over is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent.
2. Everyone 18 years of age and under 59 years of age is bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
3. On these two days of fast and abstinence, only one full meatless meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one`s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted on these two days, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices are allowed. When health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige.
4. To disregard completely the law of fast and abstinence is seriously sinful.
5. Lent is the principal season of penance in the Christian year. All of the faithful are strongly urged to develop and follow a program of voluntary self-denial (in addition to following the Lenten regulations), serious prayer and a performance of charity and mercy.
OPERATION RICE BOWL
Operation Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten solidarity program that calls all participants to:
PRAY with their families and faith communities,
FAST in solidarity with those who are hungry,
LEARN about the joys and challenges in the lives of our brothers and sisters around the world, and
GIVE sacrificial contributions to those in need around the world.
You may return your filled Rice Bowl to church on Palm Sunday, March 28th.