LENT 2024 AT ST. MARY’S
REPENT AND BELIEVE
DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES AT ST. MARY'S
Ashes will be distributed at the 8:00 am and 5:30 pm Masses and at a Lenten Service with the distribution of ashes at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, February 14, 2024
LENT CHALLENGE
As part of the Synod process have coffee with one or two friends or family members who don’t go to Church to have a conversation about faith. This is strictly a sharing, not meant to be a debate or to pressure them to go to Mass. Questions that may help form the conversation:
1. How would you describe your journey of faith?
2. What have been the highs and lows of that journey?
Afterwards a brief summary (not sharing details or violating confidentiality) may be submitted to the parish to be included with the information shared at the consultations.
Form to provide brief summary may be found here
MASS SCHEDULE
Morning Mass at 8:00 am Monday - Thursday
Saturday Vigil at 4:00 pm
Sunday Mass at 8AM, 10AM, 12PM and 5:00PM
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Confessions
Tuesday - 6:00 - 6:45 pm
Saturday - 2:30 - 3:30 pm
LIVING JOY - LENT EDITION
It all starts by following nine simple steps:
Every success in life is meaningless without joy. Joy is God’s dream for you. Heaven is called a “wedding banquet.” And Jesus’ whole mission was to share that joy with you. He said it himself. “I’ve told you these things so my joy may be in you.” Think about that. The joy of GOD in YOU. The experience of that joy eternal starts now. And it doesn’t start with a change in your circumstances but a change in you.
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EVERYONE CAN BE IN A SMALL GROUP
Small Groups is where our large church gets small. Groups are 6-10 people who meet to discuss faith, and support one another in their relationship with Christ. This is the place to care for others and be cared for; a place to impact our community and the world. Small Groups are a great place to explore, ask questions, and grow.
Join us for the Lenten Small Group Series - REBUILT FAITH (see below)
LEARN MORE ABOUT SMALL GROUPSLEARN MORE ABOUT LEADING A SMALL GROUPLEAD A SMALL GROUP FOR LENT
LENT SMALL GROUP BOOK SERIES
REBUILT FAITH
Do you question whether God really exists? Have you considered walking away from your faith because you’ve been hurt by someone in the Church or because you struggle with some of its teachings? Or maybe you’ve already left? Are you carrying around guilt for something you’ve done and don’t feel you are worthy of God’s love?
Rebuilt Faith proposes five simple steps to learn (or relearn) more about your Catholic faith and deepen your relationship with God.
In Rebuilt Faith, you will learn that rebuilding and renewing your faith starts with a nagging feeling that you want something more—more connectedness, more community, and more purpose. That’s the spark that leads to a flame that burns brightly around Jesus, the foundation of living and growing in faith.
Invest in yourself by taking your faith to the next level and allowing God to help you come to know his grace, favor, and loving kindness in a new and personal way. Not only will you strengthen your own connection to God but also the connection between him and the entire Body of Christ.
JOIN A LENTEN SMALL GROUP
THE CHURCH AT HOME - LENT EDITION
In this booklet you will find a number of resources meant to help you continue the practice of the faith. Even though separated, we are still united by our love and faith in Jesus Christ and as members of the Body of Christ.
DOWNLOAD THE CHURCH AT HOME FULL COLOR BLACK AND WHITE PRINTER VERSION
JOIN US FOR THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS - FRIDAYS IN LENT
We will pray the Stations of the Cross each Friday at 6:00 pm. Join us each week for the Stations of the Cross in the parish church.
LENTEN BIBLE STUDY FOR YOUNG ADULT WOMEN
Walking with Purpose is a Catholic Young Women’s Bible study that aims to bring young women to a deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We offer personal study and small group discussion that link our everyday challenges and struggles with solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church.
Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm beginning February 17 via Zoom.
Sponsored by Newman Catholic Ministry at UMass D.
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BUSY PERSON’S RETREAT
You can download the Busy Person’s Journal any time and make an appointment to see a spiritual director, if you wish, by contacting Fr Bill or Deacon Frank.
Time: Your time!
Download Praying With ScriptureDownload Retreat Guide and Journal
Lenten Regulations
DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER
LENTEN REGULATIONS 2024
1. Law of Fast
A. All adults (18 and older) are bound by the law of fast up to the beginning of their 60th year.
B. On days of fast, those bound by the law are limited to a single full meal. This meal is meatless. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one's needs; however, together these two meals should not equal another full meal.
C. There are two prescribed days of fast: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
2. Law of Abstinence
A. Those who are 14 years of age and older are obliged to observe the law of abstinence.
B. On days of abstinence, those bound by the law abstain from meat.
C. On all Fridays of Lent, abstinence is prescribed. This, of course, includes Good Friday. Abstinence is also prescribed on Ash Wednesday.
3. Lenten Discipline
The Code of Canon Law very aptly summarizes the ecclesiastical discipline in Canon 1249: "All members of the Christian faithful in their own way are bound to do penance in virtue of divine law; in order that all my be joined in a common observance of penance, penitential days are prescribed in which the Christian faithful in a special way pray, exercise works of piety and charity, and deny themselves by fulfilling their responsibilities more faithfully and especially by observing fast and abstinence..."
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St Mary’s Catholic Church
789 Dartmouth Street
South Dartmouth, MA 02748
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