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Sunday, 18 February: First Sunday of Lent
Holy Family, Davenport: 9:30 Catechism, 10:15 Confessions, 10:35 Rosary, 11:00 High Mass. Holy Face devotion reparations; Fellowship Meal after Mass St Patrick, Iowa City: Rosary 2:05, Confessions 2:10, Low Mass with hymns 2:30. Catechism after Mass.
Why we fast during Lent:
7:15am Friday, 16 February: Friday after Ash Wednesday
Adoration and Confessions after Mass Current Church Laws Concerning Fasting and Abstinence The law of Abstinence forbids the use of meat, but not of eggs, the products of milk, or condiments made of animal fat.Fish and all cold-blooded animals may be eaten, e.g.- frogs, clams, etc. The law of Fasting allows only one full mealContinue reading “7:15am Friday, 16 February: Friday after Ash Wednesday”
12:05 Monday, 12 February – Seven Holy Founders, confessors
UPDATE: No 11:00 Adoration, Rosary, Confession
11 February- Quinquagesima Sunday
Holy Family, Davenport: Catechism 9:30, Confession 10:20, Rosary 10:35, High Mass 11:00; Holy Face Prayers, Fellowship Meal after Mass St Patrick, Iowa City: Rosary 2:00, Confessions 2:10, Low Mass 2:30; Catechism 3:45
Friday, St Cyril- doctor of the Church. MASS and ADORATION IS CANCELED TODAY
11:30am, Wednesday 14 February: Ash Wednesday
Confessions- 11:00; Blessing and Imposition of Ashes- 11:30; Angelus- 12:00; Holy Mass- 12:05. Sermon today follows our Mass, just after the Leonine Prayers, so workers may return to their shops at the time of the Dismissal. Confessions resume after the conclusion of the sermon. https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/LentAshWednesday.pdf
Monday, 5 February: St Agatha, virgin and martyr. MASS and ADORATION IS CANCELED TODAY
and on Friday
Current Church Laws Concerning Fasting and Abstinence
The law of Abstinence forbids the use of meat, but not of eggs, the products of milk, or condiments made of animal fat.Fish and all cold-blooded animals may be eaten, e.g.- frogs, clams, etc. The law of Fasting allows only one full meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some food in the morningContinue reading “Current Church Laws Concerning Fasting and Abstinence”