LENTEN REGULATIONS
Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. In addition, all Catholics 14 years old and older must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays of Lent.
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EASTER TRIDUUM
Holy Thursday- March 29 7:30PM (Pol.)
Mass of the Lord’s Supper Procession to the Altar of Adoration Adoration until 10PM Good Friday,
Good Friday – March 30 3PM (Eng.) Chaplet of Divine Mercy (Novena)
6PM (Cro.) Liturgy of Good Friday
7:30PM (Pol.) Liturgy of Good Friday Transfer of the Blessed Sacrament Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10PM Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil –
Saturday March 31 Blessing of Food
In the parish hall at:
12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM
In church:
7:15
Saturday March 31, Easter Vigil Mass (in Polish)
7:30PM
Resurrection Procession after the Mass followed by Święconka in the parish hall
RESURRECTION SUNDAY April 1
9AM Holy Mass (Cro.)
11AM Holy Mass (Pol.)
7PM Holy Mass (Eng.)
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FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH – April 6
ALL DAY ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT from 10AM until 6:45PM. Holy Masses at 11AM (Eng.) and 7PM (Pol.).
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS
On Tuesdays in Lent Stations of the Cross will be in English during Adoration. On Fridays there will be Stations of the Cross in Polish at 7:30 p.m. and in Croatian at 8:00 p.m. Gorzkie Żale (Polish) will be at 10:40 a.m. Sunday before Mass.
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RICE BOWL
CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten faith-in-action program. It offers opportunities for your family to engage daily in the spiritual pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Rice Bowl proceeds help fund projects to increase food security in over 40 countries and to fund local poverty and hunger alleviation programs
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GOOD FRIDAY PONTIFICAL COLLECTION This collection helps support the work of the Franciscans in the Holy Land.
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CONFESSIONS BEFORE EASTER
On Friday, March 16th, Saturday, March 17th and Monday, March 19th, from 6-8pm, Fr. Michalski and Fr. Żak will be hearing confessions.
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