February 2013

The holy season of GREAT LENT begins with the blessing and imposition of ASHES on Wednesday, February 13th. This gesture of humility and penance echoes Old Testament penitential practices and prepares each one of us to increase our humility and good works during Lent. We remember also that in the PNCC, Wednesdays and Fridays are days of FAST and ABSTINENCE from the consumption of meats and during which two smaller meals are eaten which if combined, would not exceed the amount of the main meal of the day. Serious dietary necessities of a medical nature automatically dispense from the fast, but other offerings of a sacrificial nature, (for example increased works of charity) must then take its place.

Distribution of Ashes will take place at 9am on Wednesday, February 13th and again at Holy Mass at 7:15pm.

Stations of the Cross are offered every Wednesday evening of Great Lent at 7 PM. Please consider joining us for this time-honored Lenten devotion and go the Way of the Cross with Our Lord as He prepared to mount the Cross of Calvary.