Greetings all...
Lent is almost upon us! Here are our happenings for Lent in the Cranberry Catholic Collaborative. May you all have a prayerful and blessed Lenten season!
ASH WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26
8:00 a.m. Mass at Sacred Heart
9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Rose of Lima
12:00 p.m. Mass at Sacred Heart
7:00 p.m. Mass at Saints Martha & Mary
All Masses include Distribution of Ashes
FASTING and ABSTINENCE
ASH WEDNESDAY and GOOD FRIDAY are days of fast and abstinence. FRIDAYS OF LENT are also days of abstinence. FASTING is to be observed by all 18 years of age and older, who have not yet celebrated their 59 th birthday. On days of abstinence, no meat is allowed. Note that when health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige.
ADDITIONAL CONFESSION TIMES
March 8th - 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Lenten Mission at Sts. Martha and Mary
March 30th - 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima
April 6th - 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Sts. Martha and Mary
April 7th - 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart
STATIONS OF THE CROSS during LENT
Every Friday at Sacred Heart at 6:00 p.m. followed by Mass
Every Friday at Saints Martha & Mary at 6:00 p.m. followed by soup in the Parish Hall
Every Friday at St. Rose of Lima at 6:00 p.m. followed by soup in the Parish Hall
OPEN TO THE SPIRIT. MOVED BY THE SPIRIT
A Lenten Mission: Three programs of spiritual renewal, sponsored by the Cranberry Catholic Collaborative. Each program will focus on the movement of the Holy Spirit in one of the Catholic sacraments: Sunday, March 8th at St. Rose of Lima at 3:00 p.m. - We are reborn in the Spirit at our BAPTISM. We begin our journey of christian life, living like Christ. Monday, March 9th at Saints Martha & Mary at 7:00 p.m. - We receive forgiveness for our sins through the power of the Holy Spirit at the Sacrament of RECONCILIATION. We become instruments of forgiveness for others. Tuesday, March 10th at Sacred Heart at 7:00 p.m. - We are strengthened and united as one body in through the action of the Holy Spirit who makes Jesus present in the EUCHARIST and in our daily lives. Each program includes a talk by Father Bill Kremmell, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and a director of retreats and parish missions. Father Bill has also written a book on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, entitled "It's All about God's Love."
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