Lent 2016
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February 10, 2016 - March 24, 2016
Lent
Lent begins on February 10, 2016, with Ash Wednesday.
Lenten Weekday Mass Schedule
- 7 am English: Monday - Friday
- 12:10 pm English: Monday - Friday
- Friday:7:30 pm Vietnamese
Lenten Weekend Mass Schedule
- English: Saturday Vigil 5 pm - Sunday 7 am, 9 am, 11 am, 5:30 pm
- Vietnamese: Saturday Vigil 7 pm - Sunday 1 pm
- Spanish: Sunday 7:30 pm
Sacrament of Penance (Confession)
- Monday - Friday: 30 minutes prior to weekday Mass
- Saturday - 3:30 - 4:30
- Sunday - 8:15 am - 8:45 am ; 10:15 - 10:45 am ; 4:30 pm - 5:00pm
- Vietnamese and Spanish : 30 minutes prior to weekend Masses.
- Thursday, March 3: 4:30 - 5:15 pm
- Friday, March 4: 6 pm - 11 pm; except during 7:30 pm Mass
- Good Friday, March 25: 7 am = 7 pm, except during 3 pm liturgy.
Lenten Dinner
- 1st Lenten Dinner - Friday, February 19
- 2nd Lenten Dinner - Friday, March 18
Dinner: 6 to 9 pm $10 - adults, $5 - childrenStations of the Cross
- Wednesday & Friday after the 7 a, & 12:10 pm Mass- English
- Friday at 7 pm - Vietnamese followed by 7:30 pm Mass
- Sunday at 6:45 pm - Spanish
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Benediction
English : March 3: First Thursday of the Month12:10 pm Mass concluding with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
- 1 pm: Scriptural Rosary – The Joyful Mysteries.
- 2 pm: Scriptural Rosary – The Luminous Myster ies.
- 3 pm: Scriptural Rosary – The Sor rowful Mysteries.
- 4 pm: Scriptural Rosary – The Glor ious Mysteries.
- 4:30 -5:15 pm – Sacr ament of Penance (Confessions).
- 5:30 - 6 pm – Evening Prayer with Benediction & Reposition
Guidelines for Ash Wednesday & Good Friday Observance
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence (Canon 1251).
Fasting binds all persons who have completed their 18th birthday through those who have completed their 59th year, unless prevented by poor health. On days of fast, one full meal is allowed. Two other meals sufficient to mantain strenght, may be taken according to one's own needs. Eating between meals is not allowed althought fluids may be taken. (Canon 1252)
Abstinence binds all persons who have completed their 14th birthday, unless prevented by poor health. On days of abstinence during Lent, the consumption of meat of mammals or fowl is not allowed. The Church strongly encourages the observance of Friday abstinence throughout the year, but failure to do so is not regarded as sinful. ( Canon 1252)
Penitential Days: The divine law binds all the Christian faithful to do penance each in his or her own way. In order for all to be united among themselves by some common observance of penance, however, penitential days are prescribed on which the Christian faithful devote themselves in a special way to prayer, perform works of piety and charity, and deny themselves by fulfilling their own obligations more faithfully and especially by observing fast and abstinence, … (Canon 1249). The penitential days and times in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent (Canon 1250).