Abstinence from meat (beast or fowl) is to be observed by all Catholics fourteen years old and older on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent. This obligation prohibits the eating of meat, but not eggs, milk products, or condiments of any kind, even though made from animal fat.
Fasting means limiting oneself to one full meal on a given fast day. Catholics who are eighteen years of age but not yet fifty-nine are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. On fast days, two additional smaller meals are permitted if necessary to maintain strength. However, the two smaller meals together may not equal one full meal. Moreover, eating solid foods between meals on fast days is not permitted.
(recieved from Magnificat's Lenten Companion for 2009)
The reason we abstain from meat (mammal or fowl) is because it is an act of penance observed universally. What else can you do to do penance for your sins and those of the whole world? Read on here.
Want to know what the Church teaches about Penance, you can start at paragraph 1434 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) and work your way through to 1440. The link takes you too an online CCC. It can be searched by word or theme. Try it out.
Lent at a Glance
Ash Wednesday Mass times ~ 7am, 12 pm, 7 pm (Spanish ~ 12 pm in Social Hall, 8:30pm)
Distribution of Ashes 2-8 pm.
Lenten Penance Service is Tues, April 5th at 7 pm
Daily Mass Schedule for Lent
English: Mon, Tues, Fri at Noon; Wed at 6:30 am & 7 pm; Thurs at 7 pm
Spanish: Mon at 7:30 pm; Thurs at 8 pm
Stations of the Cross: Every Friday during Lent at 7 pm except
Living Stations: Mar 11 & Mar 25 at 8:00 pm
Palm Sunday Mass Schedule
English: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 12 pm, 5:00 pm
Spanish: 6:00 am, 2:30 pm, 7:30 pm
Holy Thursday Bilingual Mass at 7:30 pm
Good Friday 3:00 pm Lord’s Passion 6:30 pm
Easter Vigil (Bilingual) at 8:30 pm on Sat, Apr 23rd
Easter Sunday Mass Schedule
English: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 12 pm
Spanish: 6 am, 2:30 pm, 7:30 pm
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