Assumption Lenten Practices/Activites

Ash Wednesday Masses and distribution of ashes at Assumption:

7:30 AM
NOON
6:00 PM

Daily Mass will be celebrated in the Church through Wednesday April 16:

 Tuesday  5:00 PM
 Wednesday  7:30 AM
 Thursday  7:30 AM
 Friday 7:30 AM
 Saturday 7:30 AM

No daily Masses will be offered on Mondays at 7:30 AM OR on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence forCatholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 to age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. 

The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onward.

Those who are excused from fasting and abstinence include women who are pregnant, nursing mothers, heavy physical laborers. the physically or mentally ill, as well as individuals suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes.

A REFLECTION ON LENTEN FASTING

Stations of the Cross/Benediction will be offered weekly at 5:00 PM in the Church, onFridays beginning March 7  through April 11.

Good Friday, April 18
The Way of the Cross
 12:00 PM 

Celebration of the Lord's Passion. 
 6:00 PM 
 

March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11
Immediately following Stations of the Cross
5:30-ish - 7:00 PM
Phelan Hall

Dinners are hosted by the Knights of Columbus, Sir Michael Fitzgerald Council #5221.

Not only does the Sacrament of Reconciliation free us from our sins but it also challenges us to have the same kind of compassion and forgiveness for those who sin against us. We are liberated to be forgivers. We obtain new insight into the words of the Prayer of St. Francis: "It is in pardoning that we are pardoned."

Jesus entrusted the ministry of reconciliation to the Church. The Sacrament of Penance is God's gift to us so that any sin committed after Baptism can be forgiven. In confession we have the opportunity to repent and recover the grace of friendship with God. 

It is a holy moment in which we place ourselves in his presence and honestly acknowledge our sins, especially mortal sins. With absolution, we are reconciled to God and the Church. The Sacrament helps us stay close to the truth that we cannot live without God. 

In Him we live and move and have our being.
Acts 17:28

Standard Schedule

Tuesday 5:30 PM after daily Mass
Wednesday 8:00 AM after daily Mass
Thursday 8:00 AM after daily Mass
Friday 8:00 AM after daily Mass
Saturday 4:00 - 4:45 PM 

By Appointment

     eMail request to Fr. Callistus Iyorember at [email protected]

DATE TBD
6:00 PM
Church

Multiple confessors from the Pinal County vicariate will be available.