All masses on Ash Wednesday are cancelled for both St. John and St. Terence.
Wednesday, February 17
St. John St. Terence
8:00 AM 12:00 PM Noon
6:00 PM
Adoration on Ash Wednesday will begin following the 8AM Mass. The Blessed Sacrament will be reposed after the recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 5 PM, allowing for the evening Mass at 6 PM.
Lenten Regulations
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of Fast and Abstinence from meat. All the Fridays of lent are days of Abstinence from meat.
Fasting – There is a limit of one full meal on these days for all between the ages of 18 and 59.
Abstinence—All who have reached their 14th year are bound to abstain totally from meat.
Ways to Enrich your Lenten Experience
· The faithful are encouraged during Lent to attend daily Mass, receive Holy Communion, participate in penance services, and receive sacramental absolution; to take part in public and private exercises of piety, give generously to works of religion and charity, perform acts of kindness toward the sick, aged, and the poor; to practice voluntary self-denial, especially regarding food, drink, and worldly amusements; and to pray more fervently, particularly for the intentions of the Holy Father.
· Funeral Masses may not be celebrated on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, or Holy Saturday, nor on the Sundays of Lent. When pastoral reasons require that a funeral be celebrated on these days, only a Funeral Outside of Mass may be held.