Lent 2025

Stations of the Cross during Lent
St. Augustine’s Church
Tuesdays at 6pm – Fr. Paul Fedak
Followed by Confession
*Please note – no stations on Tuesday, April 15th
Fridays at 6pm – Fr. Edivar DaSilva
Followed by Confession
*Please note – on Good Friday, Stations at 3:00 pm

Diocese of Fall River – Lenten Regulations 2025

I. Law of Fast
A. All adults (18 and older) are bound by the law of fast up to the beginning of their 60th year.
B. On days of fast, those bound by the law are limited to a single full meal. This meal is meatless. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one’s needs; however, together these meals should not equal another full meal.
C. There are two prescribed days of fast: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

II. Law of Abstinence
A. Those who are 14 years of age and older are obliged to observe the law of abstinence.
B. On days of abstinence, those bound by the law abstain from meat.
C. On all Fridays of Lent, abstinence is prescribed. This, of course, includes Good Friday, Abstinence is also prescribed on Ash Wednesday.

III. Lenten Discipline
The Code of Canon Law very aptly summarizes the ecclesiastical discipline in Canon 1249: “All members of the Christian faithful in their own way are bound to do penance in virtue of divine law; in order that all may be joined in a common observance of penance, penitential days are prescribed in which the Christian faithful in a special way pray, exercise works of piety and charity, and deny themselves by fulfilling their responsibilities more faithfully and especially of observing fast and abstinence…”

IV. Funeral Masses
Funeral Masses are not to be celebrated on the Sundays of Lent and Easter, Holy Thursday, the Easter Triduum. (cf. NGIRM #380)

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Capital Improvements Update

Through fundraising and donations the
total collected so far = $139,184*

St. Augustine’s Church
Three New Flat Roofs – completed
Replace Mini Split in Chapel – completed

St. Elizabeth’s Church
New Irrigation System – completed
Asbestos Removal – completed
Insurance Claim Reimbursement- completed
Replacement of Tile Flooring – completed
Insurance Claim Reimbursement – completed
Reinstallation of Pews – completed
Insurance Claim Reimbursement – completed
Additional Flooring – completed
Carpeting – completed

Total paid out = ($109,223.76)

*Remaining balance of $29,960.24 to be used towards
new roof at St. Elizabeth’s Church

All continuing capital improvement donations
are greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Financial Support for the Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy
& the O’Connell House

This is the first 13-room residence in MA which provides comprehensive services to women who have been sex trafficked. These women may be pregnant and/or have a small child. It is a place where dignity will be restored and healing can occur. The unique 24/7 “Sister Care Model” delivers trauma-informed care which supports their complex needs with compassion, while being the loving nurturing presence the women so desperately need. Visit their website: http://theoconnellhouse.org or follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOConnellHouseMA

Checks can be made out to The O’Connell House, Inc. and mail to: The O’Connell House, P.O. Box 9568, Lowell, MA. 01853. 

Please keep them and all victims of human trafficking in your daily prayers!

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