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Holy Week Schedule

Tuesday, March 18
7:30 AM Mass
7:30 PM Mass

Wednesday, March 19

7:30 AM Mass

7:30 PM Mass

Holy Thursday, March 20
Morning Prayer, 8:00 AM
Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7:30 PM
Adoration until 11:00 PM

Good Friday, March 21
Morning Prayer, 8:00 AM
Ecumenical Service 12 :15 PM at First Methodist Church (corner of Euclid & Cedar)
Solemn Liturgy of the Passion and Death of the Lord, 3:00 PM
Living Stations of the Cross with St. Francis Youth Group, 7:30 PM

Holy Saturday, March 22
Morning Prayer, 8:00 AM
Easter Vigil Celebration, 8:00 PM

Easter Sunday, March 23
Masses: 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30 AM

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2008 Archdiocesan Lenten Regulations

1. The days of both Fast and Abstinence during Lent are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The other Fridays of Lent are days of Abstinence.

On a day of Fast only one (1) full meal is permitted. Those between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast.

On a day of Abstinence no meat may be eaten. Those who have reached the age of 14 are obliged by the law of Abstinence.

2. The obligation to observe the laws of Fast and Abstinence “substantially”, or as a whole, is a serious obligation.

3. The Fridays of the year, outside of Lent, are designated as days of penance, but each individual may substitute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial as penance.

4. The time for fulfilling the Paschal Precept (Easter Duty*) extends from the First Sunday of Lent, February 10^th, 2008 to the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, May 18^th, 2008.

*Canon 920, 1: All the faithful, after they have been initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving Communion at least once a year.