Category Archives: Instruction

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”

A pre-Lent ‘Game Plan’ Worksheet: your action plan already for when Ash Wednesday comes (Feb 14)

A Pre-Lent ‘Game Plan’ Worksheet for my action plan for when Ash Wednesday comes: ________Habit or Vice to ‘give up’… and / or ________Habit or Virtue to ‘take on’. e.g. Morning offering – or nightly examen ________Devotion or Liturgical activity to ‘make time for’ or attend. e.g. Stations ________Service, sacrifice or mortification to offer to God. e.g. serve atContinue reading “A pre-Lent ‘Game Plan’ Worksheet: your action plan already for when Ash Wednesday comes (Feb 14)”

12:05pm, Monday 4 December: St Peter Chrysologus

11:00am Adoration and Confessions Saint Peter Chrysologus was a bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death in 450. He was born in Imola, Italy in 380 and was baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola. He is known as the “Doctor of Homilies” for the concise but theologically richContinue reading “12:05pm, Monday 4 December: St Peter Chrysologus”

Sunday, 26 November- 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Family, Davenport: 9:30 Catechism at the Administrative Center 1315 Pleasant St; 10:20 Confessions (Come upstairs to the back of the church during the conclusion of the 9:00 Anyway); Rosary 10:35 (during the chit chat Anyway); High Mass 11:00; Holy Face devotion and Fellowship Meal downstairs, after Mass- when items will be blessed in theContinue reading “Sunday, 26 November- 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost”

7:15am, Friday 17 November: St Gregory the Wonderworker

Adoration and Confessions following Mass Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus or Gregory of Neocaesarea, was a Christian bishop of the 3rd century. He was born in Neocaesarea, northern Asia Minor, into a prominent pagan family. After his elementary education, he and his brother went to Beirut to study law. His miracles,Continue reading “7:15am, Friday 17 November: St Gregory the Wonderworker”