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Protecting God's Children Awareness Training Sessions

ECI Annual Retreat

The Intentional Catholic: Engaging in our Catholic Faith with Purpose
March 12-14, 2010
Transformations Spirituality Center, Nazareth

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The Parish Responds to the Economic Downturn

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Lenten Guidelines:

Abstinence - The law of abstinence requires a Catholic 14 years of age until death to abstain from eating meat on Fridays in honor of the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday.

Fasting - The law of fasting requires a Catholic from the 18th Birthday (Canon 97) to the 59th Birthday (i.e. the beginning of the 60th year, a year which will be completed on the 60th birthday) to reduce the amount of food eaten from normal.

The Church defines this as one meal a day, and two smaller meals which if added together would not exceed the main meal in quantity. Such fasting is obligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The fast is broken by eating between meals and by drinks which could be considered food (milk shakes, but not milk).

Those who are excused from fast or abstinence: Besides those outside the age limits, those of unsound mind, the sick, the frail, pregnant or nursing women according to need for meat or nourishment, manual laborers according to need, guests at a meal who cannot excuse themselves without giving great offense or causing enmity and other situations of moral or physical impossibility to observe the penitential discipline.

Lenten Resources:

February 17 marked the beginning of the Lenten season. Below are a list of different resources to enhance your Lenten journey.

Pope Benedict XVI Lenten Message

Bishop Paul J. Bradley- Ash Wednesday Homily

usccb.org/lent

Lenten practices connect us to our Baptismal promises

Lenten Day of Spiritual Renewal

Events around the Diocese

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Bishop Bradley to celebrate Stations of the Cross

Bishop Paul J. Bradley will join with three parishes this Lenten season to celebrate the Stations of the Cross. Below is the schedule.

February 26th: Holy Angels, Sturgis - Stations of the Cross: 7:00 p.m. (bilingual)

March 5th: St. Joseph, Watervliet - Stations of the Cross: 7:00 p.m.

March 26th: St. Margaret, Otsego - Stations of the Cross: 5:45 p.m. 

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Priests Offer Series of Lenten Talks

Msgr. Thomas Martin, rector of St. Augustine Cathedral and Chancellor for the diocese will present a series of talks on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. at St. Augustine Cathedral.

March 8	The New English Translation of the Mass
March 15	Priests – Servants of God/Shepherds of Souls
March 22	The Homily – Feeding the Spiritually Hungry

Fr. John Fleckenstein, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish and Director of Vocations for the diocese, will offer a series of talks on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. at St. Catherine of Siena church.

March 11	Holy Orders: The Priesthood
March 18	And the Two shall become One: Marriage
March 25	Healing Sacrament: Anointing of the Sick

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