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This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on March 6. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week, there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms.

Click the article title to find our where and when on Holy Thursday you can go to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

Click the article title to see the schedule for Holy Week and Easter.

We invite interested parishioners to participate in the Washing of the Feet ceremony during the Holy Thursday liturgy. The Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper takes place at 7:00 p.m. on March 29 at St. Anthony Church. There will be a rehearsal for the twelve participants prior to Holy Thursday. If you would like to participate, please call Barbara Dohrenwend at 587-0759.

You are invited to an hour-long program on the scriptural and liturgical events of Holy Week, led by Msgr. Vince Gartland at St. George Church, 1370 River Road, Titusville, on Sunday, March 25 at 6:00 PM. For more information, click the article title.

The Rosary Altar Society is conducting its Annual Palm Cross Sale, which proceeds benefit Our Lady of Sorrows School. For more information, click the article title.

This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 14. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. There will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends, beginning January 20 and 21, to hold the palms.

to those who received the Easter Sacraments at the Solemn Vigil. Click the article title for details.

Please join us for a special liturgy for the blessing of Easter foods. This traditional custom will take place on Saturday, April 15, at Our Lady of Sorrows immediately after Morning Prayer, which begins at 10:00 AM.

Join your fellow parishioners after Stations of the Cross on Good Friday to help decorate Our Lady of Sorrows Church to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord. Many hands will make light work, so bring your family and friends!

Click the article title to see a list of local area churches with the hours of visitation and adoration on Holy Thursday.

Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. In these times of crisis, the wars, unrest, and instability have been especially hard on Christians. The Pontifical Good Friday Collection provides humanitarian aid to refugees, among other things (see the full article). Please be generous!

This means that all Catholics 18 to 59 years of age are restricted to one full meal. Two lesser meals are permitted. All Catholics over 14 years of age must abstain from meat (and soup or gravy made from meat).

We invite interested parishioners to participate in the Washing of the Feet ceremony during the Holy Thursday liturgy. The Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper takes place at 7:00 PM on April 13 at St. Anthony church. There will be a rehearsal for the twelve participants prior to Holy Thursday. If you would like to participate, please call Barbara Dohrenwend at 587-0759.

Click the article title to see the schedule of Lenten activities for the week of April 2.

If you plan to write a check for your donation to the Lenten Work of Mercy (for Mt. Carmel Guild), please make your check payable to OLS-SA, and put "Lenten Work of Mercy" on the notation line. The parish will total the donations and send Mount Carmel Guild one check for all monies received.

Bishop David M. O'Connell is happy this year to give a dispensation from the Lenten abstinence requirement for those attending a St. Patrick's Day celebration in a parish or other Catholic organization, but ask our Catholics attending that dinner/event to transfer the Lenten abstinence sacrifice to Thursday, March 16.

You are invited on a Faith Pilgrimage to the Churches of Mercer County for Lenten evening Mass. Click the article title for more information.

...and to dust you will return." This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on March 1. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. There will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends, beginning February 4 and 5, to hold the palms.

This means that Catholics aged 18 - 59 are obliged to fast (only one full meal) and that those over 14 years of age must abstain from meat (and soup or gravy made from meat).