Lent 2010
Return to God with Your Whole Heart
Fasting and Abstinence
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of universal fast and abstinence. Fasting is obligatory for all who have completed their 18th year and have not yet reached their 60th year. Fasting allows a person to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may be taken, not to equal one full meal. Abstinence (from meat) is obligatory for all who have reached their 14th year.
If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily His Resurrection.
Fridays in Lent are obligatory days of complete abstinence (from meat) for all who have completed their 14th year.
Daily Mass at 8 am
Thursday morning’s liturgy is a Communion Service
Saturday Mornings
February 20, 27 and March 6, 13, 20, 27
Rosary at 7:30 am
Mass at 8 am followed by Stations of the Cross
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Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturdays at 4 pm in the Reconciliation Room
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Sundays, February 21, 28 and March 7, 14, 21, 28
from 3 to 7 pm in the Church
Evening Prayer
Mondays, February 22 and March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
7 pm in the Church
Lenten Study & Reflection Groups
Mondays, February 22 and March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
After Evening Prayer in the Cape Cod Room
(Other groups may meet at different times and locations)
See Adult Faith Formation / Lenten Study Groups
Sunday Afternoon at the Movies for Lent
February 28 and March 21
from 12:30 pm in the Parish Center (after the 11 am Mass)
See Adult Faith Formation / Faith & Films Studies
Parish Mission
“Living in the Mystery” -
Presented by Father Phil Horrigan
Sunday, March 7 through Wednesday, March 10 at 7:30 pm pm in the Church
See Adult Faith Formation / Missions & Retreats
Parish Reconciliation Service
Friday, March 26
at 7 pm in the Church
The beauty of Taizé music and prayer combined with the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Participate in Operation Rice Bowl
 Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. As part of our community’s observance of Lent, we ask all families to participate in Catholic Relief services’ Operation Rice Bowl, a program of prayer, fasting, learning and giving.
Please be sure to take home a Rice Bowl packet and follow this simple yet powerful Lenten practice. Open up the bowl and place it on your dining room table, kitchen counter, to remind you of the needs of so many people in the world for food and water. Make a conscious effort to donate all or a portion of the money you save by your Lenten sacrifices or empty your change into it every night throughout Lent. Then, convert all that change into bills or write one check, put it into the special ORB envelope and drop it in the collection basket on Holy Thursday or at any of the masses on Easter Sunday.
Holy Week 2010
Monday, March 29
Evening Prayer at 7 pm in Church
Holy Thursday, April 1
Morning Prayer at 8 am in Church.
Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 pm in Church followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11 pm.
Good Friday, April 2
Morning Prayer at 8 am in Church.
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 3 pm in Church.
Holy Saturday, April 3
Morning Prayer at 8 am in Church.
Blessing of Easter Baskets at 12 Noon in Church.
Easter Vigil at 7:30 pm in Church.
There is NO 5 pm Saturday Mass.
Easter Sunday, April 4
Mass Schedule at 8 am, 9:30 am and 11 am in Church.
Feel free to call with questions or concerns!
Parish Office
847-864-0333
fax: 847-864-0354
stmary1012@stmaryparish-evanston.org
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