2/10/13 - Saint Brigid Roman Catholic Church

Saint Brigid
Parish
967 Chancery Lane
Meadville, PA 16335
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Evening 5:30 P.M.; Sunday 7:00 and 9:00 A.M.
NURSERY
Infants thru age 4 - 9:00 A.M. Mass
BAPTISMS:
By appointment after Baptismal program.
CONFESSIONS In Chapel:
Saturday......................................................... 4:00 - 5:00 P.M.
First Friday ............................................................11:00 A.M.
WEDDINGS:
Arrangements must be made with the pastor 6 - 12 months in
advance.
SISTER PARISH: St. Peter Church, Casa Cural, Sotuta,
Yucatan MEXICO
STAFF HOURS:
Monday - Thursday…..…………………...8-Noon & 1-4 P.M.
Friday …………….…..………………………………...8-Noon
HOME COMMUNION CALLS
Mass @ St. Brigid
Father David Poulson will celebrate a healing
Mass at our Church on Monday, February 11 at
6 pm. God wants to heal us thru the powerful
sacrament of the Eucharist, this Mass will focus
on praying for physical, spiritual or emotional
healing both personally and in our families. All
members of the Community are invited to
attend so please mark your calendar and join us.
TELEPHONES: (814)
Parish Office.......................... .336-4459
Office Fax……………….814-284-0800
Seton School.......................... 336-2320
Youth Ministry ...................... 333-2274
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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[email protected]
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The sick or confined (or their next of kin) should phone the
parish office to have their names put on the Communion call
schedule.
PASTOR
Rev. Johnathan Schmolt
DEACON
Ken Reisenweber
SETON PRINCIPAL
Julia Strzalka
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Christine McGinnity
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Cindy Fiorillo
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Lynda Morgan
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Shari Bronson
MEADVILLE AREA CATHOLIC YOUTH MINISTRY
Sandy Clancy
SETON CATHOLIC DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT
Jamie Longo
Rummage Sale ~ April 24-25-26
We are accepting donations of furniture,
clothing, books, household items, toys…
Due to new regulations we cannot accept
electronics, tv’s, computers or refrigerators &
ranges. Any questions, call Kathy at 336-5879.
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St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania
WORSHIP
Monday – February 11
6:00 PM Healing Mass w/Fr. David Poulson
Tuesday – February 12 ~ No Mass
Ash Wednesday – February 13
7:00 AM
9:30 AM
12:05 PM
5:30 PM
6:30 PM
Alan Travaglini (Ann & Joe)
Connolly Fam. (Dr. John Wm Connolly)
(Seton Student Mass)
Chiyo Maziarz (Norm/Marie
LaBruzzo)
Louise Lamb (Kathy Sweeney)
Adoration & Benediction
Thursday – February 14
11:30 AM Mark Roueche (Dick Noonen/Jack Swartzman)
Friday – February 15
11:30 AM Lucille Mailliard (Chuck/Joan Swick)
7:00 PM Stations of the Cross
Saturday – February 16
11:30 AM Robert M. Evans (Estate)
Saturday Eve/Sunday Masses—February 16/17
4:00 PM Confessions in Chapel
5:30 PM People of St. Brigid
7:00 AM M/M Joseph Krolikowski (Edward/Barbara
Morfenski)
9:00 AM John Blasinski BD (Joanne/Dick Noonen)
IN THE HOSPITAL: Joyce Moffit & Tom Compton.
Please remember them in your prayers.
SUPPORT
READINGS
SYMPATHY: to the family of Bill Allen, father of
Cinda (Jerome) Blasinski.
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
335-5551
337-7323
333-5403
724-5174
333-2851
336-1792
Gn 1:1-19; Mk 6:53-56
Gn 1:20 — 2:4a; Mk 7:1-13
Jl 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1
-6, 16-18
Dt 30:15-20; Mt 16:13-19
Is 58:1-9a; Lk 9:22-25
Is 58:9b-14; Lk 5:27-32
Dt 26:4-10; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13
Catholic Social Services
Read Program
Hospice Grief Support
Prayer Line
Visitation (ill, elderly) 333-4315
Alzheimer’s Support Group/3rd Monday
@ Active Aging 6:30 PM
February 10, 2013
PARISH EVENTS
Sunday – February 10
8 AM-Noon Pancake Breakfast/St. Mary Center
10-10:30 Religious Ed Practice for Bishops Mass/Church
10-11:30 Religious Ed Classes P-6th Grade/Classrooms
10-11:15 AM Grades 7 & 8 @ St. Brigid Room 7
9-10:15 AM Grade 9 @ St. Mary Center
10-11:15 AM 1st Yr Confirmation @ Seton
10-11:15 AM 2nd Yr Confirmation @ St. Brigid Center
7:00 R.C.I.A. / Room 4
Monday– February 11
7 PM River of Life Charismatic Prayer Grp/Room 4
Tuesday – February 12
Noon-3:30 PM 55+ Club/Room 5
6:00 PM Seton Scouts/Room 1/2/3/Library
7:15 PM Seton Webelos/Room 2
Ash Wednesday – February 13
7 PM Choir Practice/Church
7 PM Catechism Study/Chapel
Thursday – February 14 ~ Valentine’s Day
Friday – February 15 (Abstain from meat)
4:30-6:30 PM Fish Dinners/Social Hall
Sunday – February 17
10 AM Refreshments in honor of Bishop Persico/Social Hall
10-11:30 Religious Ed Classes P-6th Grade/Classrooms
MACYM Avalanche Express Trip Grades 7-11
7:00 R.C.I.A. / Room 4
Monday– February 18
8:30 AM Altar Rosary Card Party Committee/Library
Ecumenical Lenten Lunches
Stone UM Church ~ Noon on Weds.
This Wednesday, Lenten lunches begin at
Stone United Methodist Church entrance
located at S. Main & Diamond Park.
Donation for lunch is $5 and benefits the
Meadville Area Soup Kitchen. These Lenten sessions are sponsored by the Meadville Area Ministerium.
Please plan to come to this and every
lunch through Lent. The theme this year
is “Living Faith”.
Feb. 13 ~ Dr. Abe Finton
Feb. 20 ~ Maggie Stoner
Feb. 27 ~ Dr. Denise Johnson
March 6 ~ TBA
March 13 ~ Rev. Jane Ellen Nickell
March 20 ~ Fr. Johnathan Schmolt
February 10, 2013
St. Brigid Church, Meadville, PA
STEWARDSHIP
Sacrificial Giving
Offering Last Week……………………………$5,526
Memorial in memory of Jim Peterson from Toni/David
Wagner; in memory of Jane Schaffner from Jeff/Pat
Deardorff.
Next weekend, will be Commitment for the 2013 Catholic
Services Appeal. Hopefully you have received and read the
information in the special CSA issue of Faith Magazine. We
ask all parishioners to review and reflect upon all CSA information. In addition to the support to our diocesan Church,
the CSA will help our parish. Be prepared to make your
pledge and please be as generous as you can.
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…..will be held today —
Sunday, Feb. 10th from
8-Noon in St. Mary Social Hall. $5 for Ages
12+; $3.50 for ages 6-11.
Enjoy pancakes, eggs,
sausage, juice, coffee/tea.
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus
Council 388.
MINISTRIES – FEBRUARY 16/17
ALTAR SERVERS
5:30 Needed
7:00 Needed
9:00 Corsi/Leech/Hess/
Sommers/Needed
READERS
Holzer
Haines
Toner
GREETERS
Spinnato/Keppel
D/L/S/M
Rel Ed Students
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
5:30 Kightlinger/Williams/Pitetti/McClimans
7:00 Holzer/Needed
9:00 Bisbee/LaScola/Reisenweber
FIRST Lenten Fish Dinner in our
social hall starts this Friday, 4:30
-6:30. Dinners: $8 Fish/Children
$4 Macaroni & Cheese or Grilled
Cheese/$1 Ice Cream Bar (dish/
cone). Come and enjoy a delicious Lenten dinner. We will
need volunteers for clean up at
6:30 PM this Friday. Come and help out!
As we begin our Lenten
journey, you are invited to
participate in Catholic Relieve Services’ Operation
Rice Bowl. Throughout
Lent we will pray, fast,
learn and give as a way to
reach out in solidarity with
those around the world.
Please be sure to take home a Rice Bowl. Visit
orb.crs.org for additional resources. We need all of
you to contribute. We invite you to do so today.
Mass with Bishop Persico @ St. Brigid
Bishop of Erie, Lawrence Persico, will celebrate Mass at
our Church on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 9:00 am. in
honor of our 150th Anniversary. A reception will follow
in our social hall. Everyone is invited to attend so please
mark your calendar and join us.
February Cursillo Events
Next Women’s Cursillo is Feb. 21-24 at OL of Mercy,
837 Bartlett Rd., Harborcreek. For more info or questions contact Jim/Wendy Hess at 333-6586. Please
consider taking a couple of days out of your busy
schedule to build a closer relationship with the Lord.
Our FIRST Fish Dinner begin on Friday, Feb. 15
from 4:30-6:30 PM in our social hall. Dinners:
$8A Fish/$4C Macaroni & Cheese or Grilled
Cheese/$1 Ice Cream Bar (dish/cone). Come and
enjoy a delicious Lenten dinner. We will need
volunteers for clean up at 6:30 PM each Friday.
Come and help out!
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St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania
February 10, 2013
5th Sunday of the Year
The Lord Who Will Never Leave Us
Meditation
Today the world has special need of people whose minds and hearts have been enlightened by the word of
the Lord and who can offer a credible witness that opens the hearts and minds of many others to desire
God and true life, life without end (see Benedict XVI, Door of Faith, 15).
On February 13, a more intense phase of the Year of Faith begins. Ash Wednesday “opens the door” to the
Lenten journey of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that leads the catechumens to the life-giving waters of
baptism and the rest of us to the renewal of our baptismal vows. On the Sunday before Lent, to encourage
us to turn away from sin and begin anew on the path of personal conversion and public witness, Luke
shows us Jesus refusing to leave sinful Peter. Indeed, Jesus calls Peter to “catch” others so they can have
life in all its fullness. Luke doesn’t say “fish” for people, as Matthew and Mark do, but “catch,” using a
special Greek word that means “catch alive,” that is, rescue from the wild for a new and better life. We
who have been “caught alive” to enjoy “life in all its fullness” are sent to rescue our brothers and sisters,
fellow sinners, from danger and lead them to fullness of life with Jesus.
Mission
Prepare for a special “Year of Faith” Lent by identifying the sins that keep me from a deeper friendship
with Christ and determining what specific form my Lenten conversion should take.
—Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
MISCELLANEOUS
Needed: Experienced caretaker/attendant plus some housework, shopping for 66-year-old woman. Driving
necessary; non-smoker. Mondays-Tuesdays and 2 evenings a month. $9.25 per hour. Call 724-7436 after 4
PM. THANK YOU FROM FR. TITO for all the gifts and cards during the Christmas season. ALUMINUM
CANS are being collected by Knights of Columbus Council 388 and recycling aluminum cans for Catholic
Education. Please rinse out cans, if possible. Containers are located in the parking lot entrance. All donations
are appreciated. 5K RACE FOR MERCY CENTER ~ Mercy Center for Women was founded in 1994 by
the Sisters of Mercy of Erie to provide long-term transitional housing and support services to homeless women
with or without children. We are committed to the healing and development of body, mind and spirit of all
women and children who seek our services. Whether they seek shelter, services, education or counsel, their
personal dignity is our primary focus. “Would you want to run a mile in my shoes?” It is an inspiring gesture
when those in the Erie community get involved to encourage women in need. The self esteem these women
gain from your support is tremendous. With your help we can continue to meet our goal of empowering women. On Sunday April 7, 2013, we will be having our first annual Miles for Mercy 5k at the Rotary Pavilion on
Presque Isle State Park. Pre-register by March 22nd to receive a t-shirt. Water and a light snack will be provided to participants after the race. Prizes will be given to the overall winners in both male and female divisions,
as well as winners in different age/gender categories. Help us start a new tradition by registering for this event!
If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca at 814-490-0017.
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St. Brigid Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania
February 10, 2013
CATHOLICISM
RELIGIOUS ED Pre-Grade 6
FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM
Journey around the world…and Deep into the Faith
Bishop’s Visit – Thank you to all the students who volunteered to participate in our presentation for the Bishop next
week at the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Practice again today, Feb.
10th at 10 a.m. in the Church.
With creator and host Father Robert Barron, you will
learn what Catholics believe and why
while being immersed in the art, architecture, literature,
beliefs and practices of the Catholic tradition.
This video series will be presented
Weekly thru March 20
St. Brigid Chapel on Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 PM.
Each video session is approximately 60 minutes,
followed by a 20-30 minutes discussion and sharing.
This terrific “year of faith” opportunity is free of charge.
Wednesdays thru March 20th
Hope you can join us.
SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Rice Bowls –Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday.
All students will receive a rice bowl so that they may save
money for the poor throughout the season of Lent.
Prayer Certificates –Congratulations to Carson Jones,
Bella McEnroe and Paul Leech for knowing The Prayer to
the Holy Spirit! Outstanding!
St. Valentines Day – Treats will be given out to all students today in celebration of the third-century bishop who
bravely died for his faith. The name Valentine means
“valiant” or brave. For hundreds of years, secret letters of
love and friendship sent on February 14th have been called
Saint Valentines’ notes.
“Lord, increase our faith.” Luke 17:1-10 The Ten Commandments help us live a holy life. The Sixth Commandment
is: You shall not commit adultery. (Respect your body; respect your friends’ bodies!)
Retreat for Grades 4-5-6
This retreat is a special time to learn more about
your faith and explore God’s love. All students
may bring 1 friend. It will be held Sat., February
16 @ 9 AM at St. Mary Center.
Scrip-Loaves & Fishes Update Thank you to all who
purchased scrip during the month of January, due to
your patronage $976.83 was raised for our school.
Parents are asked to escort students into the center
and sign them in. RSVP to St. Mary Church 3336161 by Feb. 10th.
See the “Keeping of Lent” insert in today’s
bulletin for more information on Lent.
Caribbean Cruise Raffle
Raffle winner entitled to 5 night/6 day, 3 Island Caribbean Cruise for two
including round trip airfare and port transportation.
Package dates are subject to availability and advanced notification.
Winner may change and use value of trip for any other travel vacation.
(Cruise must be booked by December 31, 2013)
Travel arrangements complimentary of
The Travel Experience, 255 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA.
Donation: $10 for one ticket, and 3 tickets for $20
Drawing Date: April 27, 2013
Proceeds Benefit Seton Catholic School
Welcome
Bishop Lawrence Persico
Celebrating our
9 AM Mass February 17th
in honor of our
150th Parish Anniversary
MACYM NEWS
NOTRE DAME VISION
February 10, 2013
REGULAR SESSIONS
FOR ALL M.A.C.Y.M.
This Sunday, February 10th, there are regular
sessions for all the M.A.C.Y.M. students.
SOUPER BOWL OF CARING
BRINGS IN $1,510
Thanks to the generous donations of
so many of our parish families,
M.A.C.Y.M. will present a check to the
Meadville Soup Kitchen in honor of
Bishop Persico for$1510.
It’s time to start planning the ND Vision
Trip. This summer hundreds of high school students will join together at the University of Notre
Dame to ask important questions about life, faith,
their own gifts, and the ways in which we are
each called to be the change we want to see in
the world.
If you think you would like to be one of these students than please contact the M.A.C.Y.M. Office
at 333-2274 or at [email protected]. To
learn more about ND Vision visit their web site as
NDVision.com.
There are 3 different weeks, M.A.C.Y.M.’s planning on attending the 2nd week. An informational
We send out a BIG THANK YOU
to those who gave so generously.
NO REGULAR SESSIONS
FEBRUARY 17TH
There will be no regular sessions next
week as Bishop Persico will be visiting
and we are also going to
Avalanche Express.
AVALANCHE EXPRESS
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
3:00 UNTIL 6:00 PM
The cost for each person is $20
(includes a $5 food voucher).
M.A.C.Y.M. students attending
have to pay half of the cost,
$10. Guests must pay $20. Each
participant must have a parentsigned waiver found on the reverse side of this newsletter.
Waivers & fees must be turned
into parish office by Wednesday,
February 15th.
Participants must provide their
own transportation.
QUESTIONS? CONTACT SANDY
AT 333-2274 OR 807-1029 or at
[email protected]
M.A.C.Y.M. CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH
 Regular Sessions for all M.A.C.Y.M.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH
Bishop Persico celebrating at St. Brigid
9:00 AM Mass
 Avalanche Express 3:00-6:00 PM
 No Regular Sessions

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH
 Regular Sessions
SUNDAY, MARCH 3
 Grades 7-8-9 Regular Sessions
 Day of Reflection 1st & 2nd Year
AVALANCHE EXPRESS/MEADVILLE PINES, INC. ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and RISK and RELEASE FROM LIABILITY
(Read this Contract carefully before signing)
This is a contract, part of which gives up rights which you may have regarding Avalanche Express/Meadville Pines, Inc.
1. I am aware that Avalanche Express/Meadville Pines, Inc., is not the only facility for snow tubing. In addition to other snow tubing facilities, nonorganized activities such as sledding are available.
2. Snow tubing is a purely voluntary, hazardous activity, and I am entering into this activity of my own free will and desire, and I accept all risk and
responsibility associated therewith.
3. If requested, the employees of Avalanche Express/Meadville Pines, Inc., will provide a list of snow tubing facilities in the general area.
4. I agree and understand snow tubing is a hazardous and dangerous activity. I further acknowledge that despite the use of all care by people involved, serious injury and even death can and does occur from snow tubing, the use of facilities and equipment, and related activities. These risks
include but are not limited to:
• The design of the facilities including variations in steepness, surface conditions, the presence of ice and icy conditions, bare spots,
and the configurations of the chutes, slopes, lift lanes, lift exit areas, run out area, and run out exit areas.
• Collisions with fences and/or barriers at or along portions of the snow tubing area or park, and at the end of the run out area, the
absence of such barriers and/or fences and the inability of barriers and/or fences to prevent or reduce injury.
• Collisions in the run out area and other areas of the snow tubing facility attendant, between snow tubing patrons who may or may
not be in or on a snow tube at the time of collision and many other types of collisions; collisions with fixed objects, snow and
ice chunks, manmade and naturally occurring obstacles or structures located within or outside the snow tubing facility, snow
making and other facility maintenance equipment.
• Changes in the speed at which snow tubers travel depending on surface conditions, the weight of the tuber, weather conditions, the
inter-linking of snow tubes together to go down the snow tube chutes, and the type of snow tube in use.
• The chance the patrons can fall out, be thrown out, or otherwise leave the tube.
• The chance that a snow tube can go from one chute to another, regardless of whether or not there is a barrier between chutes, and
the chance a snow tube can go beyond the designated run out area.
• The use of the snow tubing lift/tow, including falling out of the snow tube, coasting backwards, detaching from the lift, collision
with another tuber who has detached from the lift, becoming entangled with the equipment and other risks.
5. I understand that part of the thrill, excitement and risk of snow tubing is that the snow tubes all end up in a common run out area at various times
and speeds, and that it is my responsibility to avoid hitting another snow tuber, and it is also my responsibility to avoid being hit by another snow
tuber, but that notwithstanding these efforts, there exists a risk of collision.
6. I acknowledge and understand that I am accepting AS IS the snow tube and the facilities including its design and maintenance and any other
equipment, including lifts and tows.
7. I accept for use, as is, a snow tube for use in the snowtube park and take full responsibility for its care while in my possession. I agree to return
the snow tube to the proper area upon the expiration of my snow tubing ticket in the condition as received other than reasonable wear resulting from
its use. I understand that SKI BOOTS ARE NOT PERMITTED.
8. This document constitutes the final and entire agreement between Avalanche Express/Meadville Pines, Inc., and the undersigned with respect to
my use of this equipment. Avalanche Express/Meadville Pines, Inc., provides NO WARRANTIES, express or implied, and this equipment is accepted “as is.”
9. Snow boarding conditions vary constantly because of weather changes and snow tubing use. Be aware that snowmaking and snow grooming may
be in progress at any time. These are some of the risks of snow tubing. All of the inherent and other risks of snow tubing present the risk of serious
and/or fatal injury or property damage.
I understand and agree the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania govern this Agreement, and I further agree if any part of this Agreement is
determined to be unenforceable, all other parts hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
10. AGREEMENT NOT TO SUE. – I agree I will not sue Avalanche Express/Meadville Pines, Inc., its employees, agents or owners, and hereby
release the same from any and all liability of Avalanche Express/Meadville Pines, Inc., and any related party, and employee of the aforementioned
company and all other persons, firms, corporations, and other entities, their heirs, assigns, successors or successors-in-interest, resulting for any
reason, or any cause, to injury to myself or any member of my family, including injuries caused due to passive and/or active negligence, the design
of the facilities and all matters herein mentioned.
11. I further agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Avalanche Express/Meadville Pines, Inc., and any employees of the aforementioned
company, it heirs, assigns, successors and/or successors-in-interest, from any lawsuits, claims or actions arising out of participating in the sport of
snow tubing, which is defined to include walking to and from the tubing area, ascending and descending the chutes and lift area, or participating in
the sport in any way.
12. As parent or guardian of a minor child I agree to waive all claims including those for medical and related expenses arising out of injuries incurred by said minor.
13. As parent or guardian of minor child, I accept responsibility for any and all damage to person or property resulting from improper conduct by
said minor.
I understand, and acknowledge and covenant, I have read this Agreement it its entirety. I further acknowledge I understand same, and
have been provided with an opportunity to have fully explained to me any questions or concerns I may have regarding this Agreement. If I
have not read this Agreement, I shall not sign same, and I shall not participate in snow tubing activities. I recognize I am free to not participate in snow tubing, I can reject this Agreement on behalf of my minor child or myself and participate elsewhere or not at all. I
acknowledge I am voluntarily signing below, and I intend to be legally bound hereby. If I am signing on behalf of a minor child, I represent
and warrant that I am aware I am giving up rights of my minor child and/or spouse to sue, as well as giving up my own rights to sue.
Signature ___________________________________________________
Date _________________________________________________
Signature of Parent or Guardian (if under 18 yrs. old) __________________________________________________________________________
Minors Name _______________________________________________
Telephone ____________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
Birth date _____________________________________________
The Keeping of Lent
Meadville, Pennsylvania
The season of Lent begins this year on Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013 and concludes when the
Paschal Triduum of the Passion, Death, and Resur- Celebration of the Holy Eucharist with the blessing
and distribution of ashes.
rection of the Lord begins at the start of the Evening
Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday
evening, March 28, 2013. The following regulations
6:30 am, 8:00 am;
are promulgated and binding for all Latin Rite Saint Agatha:
Catholics in the Diocese of Erie for Lent and the
5:30 pm
Paschal Triduum, 2013.
Ash Wednesday Masses
Traditional Lenten practices of PRAYER, FASTING, and ALMSGIVING and other forms of selfdenial are recommended most warmly by the
Church. Daily Mass is particularly encouraged.
ASH WEDNESDAY, ALL FRIDAYS IN LENT,
and GOOD FRIDAY are days of abstinence from
meat for those 14 years of age and older.
ASH WEDNESDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY are
also days of fasting for those ages 18 to 58
inclusive. (On these days, those bound by the law of
fasting may take one full meal. Two smaller meals,
sufficient to maintain strength according to one’s
needs, are also permitted. Eating between meals is
not permitted, but liquids including milk and fruit
juices are allowed. When health or work is seriously
affected, the law does not oblige.)
ALL FRIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
(except solemnities) outside of Lent remain days of
penance. The United States Bishops highly recommend the traditional abstinence from meat, together
with fasting, for the cause of peace in the world.
However, some other practice of voluntary selfdenial or personal penance may be substituted.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Saint Agatha:
Lenten Holy Hour
Sundays 2:00-3:00 pm
Tuesdays 8:30-9:30 am
Saint Brigid:
Saint Mary of Grace: 7:00 am
Communal Penance
Services
Monday March 18th
Saint Agatha 7:00 pm
Sunday March 24th
Saint Mary of Grace 3:30 pm
Stations of the Cross
Saint Agatha:
Wednesdays 7:00 pm
(Beginning Feb. 20)
Saint Brigid:
Fridays 7:00 pm
Saint Mary:
Fridays 7:00 pm
Saint Brigid:
Wednesdays 6:00-7:00 pm
7:00 & 9:30 am;
12:05 & 5:30 pm
Saint Mary:
Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 pm
Monday, March 4, 2013
8:00 am-7:00 pm
Chrism Mass
Monday March 25th
4:00 pm
at
Saint Peter Cathedral
230 West 10th Street
Erie
Good Friday Service
Holy Thursday
March 28th
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
7:00 pm at Saint Agatha
Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament
will continue
until 11:00 pm
March 29th
Celebration of the
Passion and Death
of the Lord
Holy Saturday
(with the distribution of
Holy Communion)
Blessing of Easter Foods
12 noon at Saint Agatha
March 30th
Saint Agatha
12 Noon
The Great Easter Vigil
Saint Brigid
2:00 pm
Easter Sunday
of the
Lord’s Resurrection
Saint Mary of Grace
3:00 pm
9:00 pm at Saint Brigid
Sunday March 31st
Saint Agatha: 9:00 am and 11:30 am
Saint Brigid: 7:00, 9:00 am and 11:30 am
Saint Mary: 8:00 and 10:30 am