Ash Wednesday (3/5) Masses are at 6:30am, 9:00am,
12:00noon, and 7:00pm.
Lent Begins Next Week!
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of abstinence from meat (and any meat-based food) and days of fasting. The law of fasting allows a person to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The law of fasting binds all Catholics from their 18th birthday until their 59th birthday. The law of abstinence binds all Catholics 14 years of age and older. All the other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.
Stations of the Cross are prayed every Friday at 7:00pm in Church.
Seafood Dinners are served every Friday from 5:00-7:30pm in the lower hall.
This Week at St. Mary Parish...
- At Mass this weekend, be sure to pick up your Lent Bag with reflection books and resources, as well as the refrigerator card with all the important events, dates, and times for happenings during Lent and Easter.
- Children's Liturgy of the Word will NOT be held THIS Sunday (3/2) at either the 9:30am or 11:30am Masses.
- Anointing of the Sick will take place immediately after the 9:00am Mass Tuesday (3/4).
- Next Weekend (3/8&9), The Holy Land Shepherds ministry will be here all weekend selling olive wood carvings to support the Christians in the Holy Land. They will be set up in rooms 101/102 and will accept cash, check, or credit card.
Caz Martin Kolanko
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Parish Reminders...
- The Church is normally open Mon - Fri, 7:30am-9:00pm. Sat, 9:00am until after the 4:30pm Mass. Sun, 7:00am until after the 5:30pm Mass.
- Parish Office Hours are: Mon, Weds, Thurs 9:00am-8:00pm and Tues, Fri 9:00am-5:00pm.
- The Parish Office is LOCATED IN THE CHAPEL until the middle of March due to the office refresh project.
- Votive candles are available to light for prayer intentions inside the Church (the Grotto is closed for the winter).
- The Prayer Intention Book is located inside the Church by the Mary Statue.
- The Rosary is prayed before and after the 9:00am Mass, Mon-Fri.
- Confessions are heard every Mon, 6:30-7:30pm.
- Eucharistic Adoration is available Mon, 6:30-7:30pm and Thurs, 11:00am-6:00pm.
- The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick takes place on the first Tues of the month immediately after the 9:00am Mass.