Lenten Information
Lenten Opportunities in 2011
Lenten Calendar in 2011 - Catholic Parishes of Gates Chili
DIVINE MERCY NOVENA and DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Divine Mercy Novena will begin on Good Friday, April 22, and end April 30. Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated on
Sunday, May 1, 2011, with a Mass at 3:00 pm.
Come and accept our Lord Jesus' promise made to St. Faustina "The soul that will go to confession and receive Holy
Communion will obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment."
"Divine Mercy Sunday" is another name or title for the second Sunday of Easter. Pope John Paul II declared that "This
second Sunday of Easter from now on throughout the Church will also be called Divine Mercy Sunday." Divine Mercy
Novena will begin at St. Pius X on April 22, 2011, after the 2:00 p.m. Good Friday Service. Novena books will be
available. Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated at St. Pius X on May 1, 2011, with a 3:00 p.m. Mass. Four priests
will be available to hear confessions beginning at 2:00 p.m. Fr. Dollen to preside.
Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1, 2011
1:00 p.m. - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
2:00 p.m. - Confessions
3:00 p.m. - Chaplet of Divine Mercy
3:15 p.m. - Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE EASTER VIGIL?
On Holy Saturday, April 23, we will be initiating our
RCIA members fully in the Catholic Church at this main
Mass celebrating Easter, followed by a Reception to which
everyone is invited!! 7pm Mass and Reception following!!!!
(no 5pm Mass that evening.) As you know from being at
Mass, we have 2 Elect (Catechumens) to celebrate Baptism/
Confirmation/Eucharist at Easter Vigil: Nancy
Amell, Gary Mascioletti.
We have Candidates who
are preparing to be "received into Full Communion with
the Catholic Church" and be Confirmed: Tom Everetts,
Ken Ailison, Gary Short. Christopher Rumiano, Mike
Glade, Mary Parisi, Becky Mascioletti will also be Confirmed
that evening.
This is a special moment for the
whole Church as people the world over chose to become
Catholic and deepen their FAITH AS Catholics. Do join us in
this special feast!!
RESURRECTION RECEPTION
After the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 23, 2011, we invite all to join in the main celebration of Easter at the 7:00 pm
Mass; then stay to continue the celebration. If you can bring a finger food
or help with the reception, please call the Parish Office at (585) 247-2566, extension 107 and let us know. After a long Lent, we need to
celebrate with each other!!
DIVINE MERCY NOVENA and DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Divine Mercy Novena will begin on Good Friday, April 22, and end April 30. Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated on
Sunday, May 1, 2011, with a Mass at 3:00 pm.
Come and accept our Lord Jesus' promise made to St. Faustina "The soul that will go to confession and receive Holy
Communion will obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment."
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LENTEN CHURCH LAWS
Abstinence from eating meat is observed on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the
Fridays of Lent by Catholics 14 years and older.
Fasting is observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics who
are 18 years of age but not yet 59. Those bound by this rule may take only
one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted as necessary to maintain
strength as needed. Eating between meals is not permitted.
Obviously, church laws of abstinence and fasting ask for a minimum effort.
The Lenten season encourages us to freely impose on our daily lives a
measure of fasting and abstaining from life's daily comforts and excesses.
The spiritual purpose of fasting and abstaining is to allow our hearts,
through discipline of our bodies, to be freed from attachments that might
block us from hearing and responding to the call of God in our hearts.
DAILY OFFERING PRAYER
Eternal Father,
I offer you everything I do this day:
My work, my prayers, my apostolic efforts;
My time with family and friends;
My hours of relaxation;
My difficulties, problems, distress, which I shall try to bear with patience.
Join these, my gifts, to the unique offering that Jesus Christ your Son renews today in the Eucharist.
Grant, I pray,
That vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
My life this day may be of service to You and to Your children
And help consecrate the world to You.
Amen.