Category: News and Events

Ash Wednesday falls on February 18 this year, marking the beginning of Lent. Masses and the distribution of ashes will be offered at 6:30 AM, 12:15 PM, and 5:30 PM.

Lent is the liturgical time lasting 40 days before Easter when Catholics prepare to commemorate Jesus’s Resurrection through prayer, penance, and fasting.

Can You Eat Meat on Ash Wednesday?

No, Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation. However, it is one of the most well-attended Masses throughout the entire liturgical year. It marks an earnest beginning to the Lenten season, inviting the faithful to witness to their Catholic faith, and mortality, by receiving ashes on their foreheads.

Is Ash Wednesday a Holy Day of Obligation?

No, Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation. However, it is one of the most well-attended Masses throughout the entire liturgical year. It marks an earnest beginning to the Lenten season, inviting the faithful to witness to their Catholic faith, and mortality, by receiving ashes on their foreheads.

Our parish Faith Formation program is creating a Bible Library for our middle school students, and we are asking for your support. We hope to provide each class with 34 Catholic Teen Bibles that match the curriculum being taught in our program.

If you feel called to help, you may purchase a Bible as a donation to our Faith Formation program for $26.72 from Amazon. You may also give your donation in honor or in memory of a loved one. Bibles donated in memory of someone special will include a personalized dedication sticker placed inside, listing your loved one’s name and the name of the donor.

To participate, simply click here (https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/XHZY9JPZJ8Q0?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ggr-subnav-share_G1G9PA4TVTG6P4JTG4G6)

or scan the QR code below.

Your purchased Bible will ship directly to the church office, making the process easy and seamless. Thank you for helping place the Word of God into the hands and hearts of our young people!

Did you know that only around 17 OLR parishioners donate to the parish using on-line giving? Using the Abundant on-line giving web application (or the phone app) allows you to automatically schedule your donations whether it’s weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or quarterly. This can assist you in making your contribution to the parish even when you can’t be here. You can have the payment come from your credit card or directly from your bank account.

Website: https://abundant.co/ourladyoftherosary/give

or scan the QR code below.

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ’s will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ’s death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.

Many know of the tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent, but we are also called to practice self-discipline and fast in other ways throughout the season. Contemplate the meaning and origins of the Lenten fasting tradition in this reflection. In addition, the giving of alms is one way to share God’s gifts—not only through the distribution of money, but through the sharing of our time and talents. As St. John Chrysostom reminds us: “Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2446).

If your child will be starting first grade in the
2025-2026 school year, it is time to register them
for Faith Formation Classes.

You can come by
the church office on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays,
from 10 am-3:00 pm to register them. *Please
bring a copy of your child’s Birth Certificate and
Baptismal certificate for registration.

First Communion will be held on May 17 at 10:00 AM.

Confirmation will be held on May 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM.