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2008 Worship Schedule for Lent

ASH WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 6, 2008
School Mass - 8:30 a.m.
Bilingual Mass 6:00 p.m. 

FRIDAY STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Each Friday @ 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY ADORATION
February 8, 15, 22, 29, March 14 - 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
March 7 - Twenty-four Hour Adoration
Fri. 9:00 a.m. to Sat. 8:00 a.m. 

RECONCILIATION
Confessions will be heard at the following times or by appointment:
Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m.
First Friday, March 7: after 8:30 a.m. Mass
Saturdays, February 9 - March 15: 3:30-4:30 p.m.

COMMUNAL RECONCILIATION SERVICES
St. Mary (Siloam Springs): February 21, 7:00 p.m.
St. Stephen (Bentonville): February 28, 7:00 p.m.
St. Joseph (Tontitown): March 4, 7:00 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Joseph (Fayetteville) at St. Thomas: March 5, 7:00 p.m.
St. Vincent de Paul (Rogers): March 6, 7:00 p.m.
St. Bernard (Bella Vista): March 10, 2:00 p.m.
St. Raphael English (Springdale): March 11, 7:00 p.m.
St. Raphael Spanish (Springdale): March 13, 7:00 p.m.

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
Rite of Sending: February 3, 11:30 a.m.
Rite of Election: February 9, 1:00 p.m. St. Vincent in Rogers
1st Scrutiny: February 23, 5:00 p.m.
2nd Scrutiny: March 2, 11:30 a.m.
3rd Scrutiny: March 9, 9:00 a.m.
Retreat for the Elect: March 22, 9:00 a.m.
Easter Vigil: March 22, Dark @ 8:00 p.m.

DISCIPLINES FOR FASTING, ABSTINENCE & PENANCE 
As the season of Lent is a short time away, it is helpful to recall the discipline of the Church with regards to fast, abstinence, and other forms of penance.

1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. The law of fasting allows one full meal and two smaller ones. The law of abstinence prohibits the eating of meat.

2. The Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence in the United States.

3. The obligation of abstinence begins at age 14. The law of fasting obliges all between the ages of 18-59.

4. Pastors and parents are to see to it that minors, though not bound by the law of fast and abstinence, are educated in the authentic sense of penance and encouraged to do acts of penance suitable to their age.

5. All members of the Christian faithful are encouraged to do acts of penance and charity during the Lenten season beyond what is prescribed by the law.

 



T.C. Long