Lent Season

Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. - Psalm 51

Lenten Regulations

ABSTINENCE from meat is to be observed by all Catholics 14 years old and older on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent.

FASTING is to observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59. Those who are bound by this law may take only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted if necessary to maintain strength according to one’s needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted.

Catholics should not lightly excuse themselves from these minimal prescribed penitential practices.

Lenten Weekday Services

The schedule of Masses and confessions during the weekdays of Lent is the same as in Ordinary Time. There are Stations of the Cross on weekdays at 11:40 am. There is exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on the Fridays of Lent after the 12:10 Mass until Benediction after the Stations of the Cross at 5:10 pm. First Friday Latin Masses will resume in May.

 Lent Worship Schedule 2010.pdf 10.24 Kb 

Lenten Stations of the Cross & Soup Suppers

The Cathedral Parish will resume its Lenten Soup Suppers on Friday, February 19. The evening will open with Stations of the Cross and Benediction at 5:10, followed by a soup supper in the Undercroft. As in other years the people of the parish are being asked to donate yeast or sweet breads for the supper. They can be dropped off in the Undercroft near the kitchen.

The following guidelines can be used:
A-D February 19
E-I February 26
J-M March 5
N-R March 12
S-U March 19
V-Z March 26

 A Lenten Reflection

For more resources on Lent please visit the USCCB website .