Calendar for Lent 2022

Ash Wednesday Masses (March 2nd)

• 7:00am • 12:15pm • 6:00pm 
• Ashes will be distributed at all Masses

Daily Mass

• 7:00am Monday – Friday

Adoration after Daily Mass

• 7:30--8:30am Tuesday--Friday

Weekly Holy Hour with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

• 6:00--7:00pm every Tuesday evening
• Confessions will be available during the Holy Hour

Stations of the Cross

• 5:00pm on Ash Wednesday and on every Friday in Lent

Lenten Fish Fry Dinners 

• March 11th, 18th, & 25th
• Serving Hours: 5:30pm-8:00pm
• Fish Fry Dinners are returning this year! 
• Fish Plate is $10 - includes 2 pieces of catfish, french fries, coleslaw, and green beans.
• Soft drink, water, beer, wine, and desserts are sold separately. 
• If you would like to donate cupcakes, cookies, cakes, or ant sweets for the Dessert Table, please bring to the school cafeteria after 3:00pm on the date of the Fish Fry Dinner. 
• Come join the fun and volunteer in this parish fellowship event: please contact the parish office (504-499-2659) or come to the cafeteria on Friday afternoon. Set up begins at 3:00pm. 

Archdiocesan Evenings of Confession – Wednesdays 5:00 – 6:30pm

• March 23rd • March 30th • April 6th  
• The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available at every church in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
   

The guidelines for Catholics on fasting and abstinence are as follows: 

• Fasting is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59. Those who are bound to fast may take only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted if necessary to maintain strength according to each one’s needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. 
• Abstinence from meat is to be observed by all Catholics 14 years or older on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and on all Fridays of Lent. 
• The determination of certain days as obligatory days of penance should not be understood as limiting the occasions for Christian penance. 

Holy Week Schedule:

Palm Sunday (April 9th & 10th)

• Saturday Mass -- 4:00pm
• Sunday Masses -- 9:00am, 11:00am, 6:00pm

Monday (April 11th) - Wednesday (April 13th)

• Holy Mass -- 7:00am

Holy Thursday (April 14th) 

• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer  – 7:00am
• Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 7:00pm 
• Vigil with the Lord Jesus - From the end of Mass until 11:00pm
• Church open for prayer – 6:00pm—11:00pm

Good Friday (April 15th)

• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer – 7:00am
• The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord – 3:00pm
• Stations of the Cross - 5:00pm
• Church open for prayer – 7:00am--6:00pm

Holy Saturday (April 16th) 

• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer – 7:00am
• The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night – 8:00pm
• Church open for prayer – 7:00am--9:00am

Easter Sunday (April 17th) 

• Holy Mass – 9:00am, 11:00am
• (No 6:00pm Mass on Easter Sunday)

Sacrament of Reconciliation during Holy Week

• Tuesday of Holy Week – 6:00—7:00pm
• Wednesday of Holy Week – 6:30—6:50am
• Holy Thursday – 7:30--8:00am
• Good Friday – 7:30--8:30am, 1:00--2:00pm
• Holy Saturday – 7:30--8:00am