Lenten Schedule 2019

Masses and Services (Ash Wednesday, Thursdays, Holy Week, and Easter)
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)
Eucharistic Adoration
Stations of the Cross
The Parish Mission
Retraite Pascale
Our Lenten Work of Love

Masses and Services

Ash Wednesday

7:00 AM	Our Lady of Sorrows Church
9:00 AM	Our Lady of Sorrows Church
12:15 PM	St. Anthony Church (English)
6:30 PM	St. Anthony Church (Creole)
7:00 PM	Our Lady of Sorrows Church

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence from meat for all Catholics 14 years of age and older.

Thursday Evening Masses

Confessions will precede Mass, beginning at 6:15 PM.

Each week, the homily will focus on the Lenten challenge to move from where we are to where God wants us to be:
 

March 14	To move from anxiety to trust
March 21	To move from Heedless to Heartfelt
March 28	To move from Clamor to Calm
April 4	To move from Stubbornness to Docility
April 11	To move from Earthly to Heavenly

Holy Week & Easter

Passion (Palm) Sunday, April 14	Masses Mass in Creole	Regular Schedule 6:30 PM	OLS and SA St. Anthony
Monday of Holy Week, April 15	Mass Mass	7:00 AM 8:00 AM	OLS SA
Tuesday of Holy Week, April 16	Masses Confessions	7:00 AM 8:00 AM 7:00 PM	OLS SA OLS
Wednesday of Holy Week April 17	Mass	7:00 AM 6:30	OLS SA (Creole)
Holy Thursday, April 18	Mass of the Lord's Supper Adoration until Night Prayer, ending at	7:00 PM 10:45 PM	SA
Good Friday, April 19	Morning Prayer Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and Death The Way of the Cross	10:00 AM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 7:00 PM	OLS OLS SA (Creole) OLS
Holy Saturday April 20 (No confessions)	Morning Prayer & Blessing of Food Solemn Easter Vigil	10:00 AM 7:30 PM	OLS SA only
Easter Sunday, April 21	Masses	8:00 9:30 AM 11:00 AM 12:30 PM 6:30 PM	OLS SA (English) OLS OLS SA (Creole)

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)

In addition to the usual Saturday confession schedule, the Sacrament of Reconciliation will also be available before the 7:00 PM Thursday Masses:
 

Thursdays beginning 3/14	6:15 - 7:00 PM	OLS
Saturdays	after 9:00 AM Mass	OLS
	2:45 PM	SA
	3:45 PM	OLS
Tuesday, April 16	7:00 PM	OLS

Eucharistic Adoration

Every Thursday is a day of Eucharistic Adoration at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. The Blessed Sacrament is exposed following the 7:00 AM Mass, until Reposition at 6:00 PM.

Morning funerals may interrupt adoration time. Call the Parish Office (587-4372) to verify.

Note: On Holy Thursday (April 18) adoration will take place at the Altar of Reposition at Saint Anthony Church following the Masss of the Lord's Supper, and will conclude with Night Prayer at 10:45 PM.

Stations of the Cross (The Via Crucis)

Fridays	7:00 PM	Our Lady of Sorrows (English)
Fridays	7:00 PM	St. Anthony (Creole)

 

March 8	The Way in Sacred Scripture
March 15	Everyone's Way of the Cross
March 22	Pro-Life Meditations
March 29	The Way of St. John Paul II
April 5	Everyone's Way of the Cross
April 12	Way in Sacred Scripture
April 19	The Way of St. Alphonsus (OLS Only)

 

Parish Mission

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Lumen Christi Cohort Mission

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