ASH WEDNESDAY, February 22ndAshes will be distributed during the 7:30 am, 8:45
(School Mass) and 5:45 pm Masses, (no
ashes after Mass) and also during the 7:00 pm
Spanish Mass (no ashes after Mass).
Abstinence: Everyone fourteen years of
age and older is bound to abstain from meat
on ASH WEDNESDAY, the FRIDAYS OF
LENT and GOOD FRIDAY.
Fast Everyone eighteen years of age and older but under
the age of sixty is also bound to fast on ASH WEDNESDAY
and GOOD FRIDAY. When health or ability to work would
be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. In the spirit of
penance, the faithful should not lightly excuse themselves
from this obligation.