Lenten Schedule

 Daily Lenten Mass Schedule

 Confession Schedule
All Saturdays of Lent at 10:00 am and after the 6:00 pm Mass and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week at 7:30 pm

Stations of the Cross
Fridays after the 8:30 am and Noon Mass
Mondays at 7:00 pm on March 21, 28 and April 4.

Rosary and Miraculous Novena
Daily before the 8:30 am Mass and Thursdays at 6:15 pm in the Daily Mass Chapel

Eucharistic Adoration
Fridays from 9:00 am to 11:30 am in the Chapel

Intercessory Prayer
Saturdays from 7:00 - 8:00 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel

Centering Prayer
Tuesdays at 9:15 am in the Upper Room

Charismatic Prayer Group
Thursdays  at 7:45 pm in the Daily Mass Chapel

Living Rosary
Second Monday at 7:00 pm in Church

Wednesday Morning Bible Study
10:00 am in room 2

Living Stations at St. Ferdinand
March 27, 8:00 pm Church
April 22, 8:00 pm Church

Parish Lenten Meager Meal
Monday, March 14, 7:30 pm in Oldenski Hall.

 Seder Meal
 Monday, April 18, 7:00 pm in Oldenski Hall

Lenten Regulations

     During the season of Lent, it is helpful to recall the discipline of the Church with regards to fast, abstinence and other forms of penance.

· Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. The Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence in the United States.

· The obligation of abstinence (refraining from eating meat) begins at the age of 14. The law of fasting (limiting oneself to one full meal and two lighter meals) obliges all between the ages of 18-59. No one should consider this obligation lightly.

· Those individuals who have a medical condition in which fasting may be considered harmful are not obliged to fast, but should perform some other act of penance or charity.

· Pastors and parents are to see to it that minors, though not bound by the law of fast and abstinence, are educated in the authentic sense of penance and encouraged to do acts of penance suitable to their age.

· All members of the Christian Faithful are encouraged to do acts of penance and charity during the Lenten season beyond what is prescribed by the law.

· As a general rule, a request for a dispensation from the obligation of abstinence on Fridays of Lent will not be considered unless some serious reason is present. The attendance at social events, banquets, wedding rehearsals or receptions are not considered sufficient reason to request a dispensation.