SAINT MARY MAGDALEN LENT CALENDAR 2020 February April 25 Shrove Tuesday: 7pm Palm Burning in the Grotto 03 Adoration: Starts at 8:30am Mass through 12Midnight TUE FRI Night Watch: Adoration 12Noon through 12Midnight 26 Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent) School Stations of the Cross: 2:15pm in the Church WED 7am Mass Fish Dinner: 5-7pm in the school Cafeteria 8:30am Mass Lenten Message Series Stations of the Cross (English): 7pm in the Chapel 10am School Mass “Wild Hope” Begins Stations of the Cross (Spanish): 7pm in the Annex 12pm Mass 04 Reconciliation: in the chapel 3-4pm & 6-7pm** 4pm Religious Education (Quest) Service SAT 60,000 Meals Service Event: RESCHEDULED10-12Noon & 1-2pm 7pm Mass (with the Adult Choir)* 05 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord: Sat: 5pm & 7pm Spanish Mass (with the Coro) in the PLC SUN 7pm**; Sun: 8am, 10am, 12Noon and 5:30pm Masses 28 School Stations of the Cross: 2:15pm in the Church FRI Fish Dinner: 5-7pm in the school Cafeteria Stations of the Cross (English): 7pm in the Chapel Holy Week Stations of the Cross (Spanish): 7pm in the Annex 06 Reconciliation: in the chapel 1-2pm & 6-7pm** MON 29 Reconciliation: in the chapel 3-4pm & 6-7pm** SAT 07 Reconciliation: in the chapel 1-2pm (English) TUE Seder Meal: 7pm in the PLC March 08 Sacred Chrism Mass: 6:30pm at St. James Cathedral WED Tenebrae Prayer Service: 7pm in the Church 03 Anointing of the Sick: during the 8:30am Mass TUE 09 Holy Thursday THU 8:30am Morning Prayer in the Church School Stations of the Cross: 2:15pm in the Church 06 7pm Mass (Mass of the Lord’s Supper)* FRI Fish Dinner: 5-7pm in the school Cafeteria 7pm Spanish Mass in the PLC Stations of the Cross (English): 7pm in the Chapel 8pm-12am Watching in the Chapel (silent prayer) Stations of the Cross (Spanish): 7pm in the Annex (Night Prayer at 11:45pm) 07 Reconciliation: in the chapel 3-4pm & 6-7pm** SAT 10 Good Friday FRI 8:30am Morning Prayer in the Church 13 School Stations of the Cross: 2:15pm in the Church 3pm Passion of the Lord Service FRI Fish Dinner: 5-7pmCANCELED in the school Cafeteria 4pm Spanish Passion Play in the PLC Stations of the Cross (English): 7pm in the Chapel 5pm Spanish sermon on the Last 7 Words of Jesus Stations of the Cross (Spanish): 7pm in the Annex 6pm Spanish Divine Mercy Prayer in the PLC 7pm Passion of the Lord Service* 14 Reconciliation: in the chapel 3-4pm & 6-7pm** SAT 7pm Spanish Passion of the Lord Service 15 Anointing of the Sick: after the 12Noon Mass 11 Holy Saturday SUN SAT 8:30am Morning Prayer in the Grotto (Blessing of Easter food following) Fish Dinner: 5-7pm in the school Cafeteria 20 10am Children’s Easter Egg Hunt by the Annex FRI Stations of the Cross (English): 7pm in the Chapel 8pm Easter Vigil Bilingual Mass*(begins on the track) Stations of the Cross (Spanish): 7pm in the Annex No 5pm Mass, 7pm Mass or Reconciliation today. 21 Reconciliation: in the chapel 3-4pm & 6-7pm** SAT 11 Easter Sunday SAT 6:30am Sunrise Mass (Outdoors by Gym, bring a chair) 24 Communal Reconciliation Service: with individual 8am Traditional Mass in the Church TUE confession 10am and 7pm in the Church** 10am Mass with the Adult Choir in the Church* 10am Contemporary Mass in the PLC 25 The Annunciation of the Lord: 7:30 & 8am Mass WED 12Noon Contemporary Mass in the Church 12Noon Spanish Mass in the PLC 27 School Stations of the Cross: 2:15pm in the Church No 5:30pm Mass today. FRI Fish Dinner: 5-7pm in the school Cafeteria * Interpreted for the deaf 13 Parish Office Closed **In Spanish Stations of the Cross (English): 7pm in the Chapel MON Stations of the Cross (Spanish): 7pm in the Annex PLC - Parish Life Center 28 Reconciliation: in the chapel 3-4pm & 6-7pm** SAINT MARY MAGDALEN CATHOLIC CHURCH SAT 861 MAITLAND AVE.•ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL GUIDE TO LENT ALMSGIVING • PRAYING • FASTING WHAT IS LENT? The 40-day period from Ash Wednesday culminating with Easter Sunday. It is marked by praying, fasting, abstinence and other acts of penance. PRAY FAST ABSTAIN

WHAT IS FASTING? WHAT IS ABSTINENCE? No Snacks + X

One meal a day and two smaller meals Abstinence is refraining from eating meat. which if added together would not exceed Meat is considered to be the flesh and one full meal. organs of mammals and fowl.

DAYS OF FASTING? DAYS OF ABSTINENCE?

Ash Good Ash All Fridays Good Wednesday Friday Wednesday of Lent Friday

WHO ARE REQUIRED? WHO ARE REQUIRED? Catholics from age Mandatory for everyone

older than 18 to 59 14 The sick are excused from fasting. years old Those outside the age limits and those whose state in life (e.g. pregnant women, manual laborers, the ill) may be excused from fasting and abstinence, but are encouraged to take up some other penitential act or form of charity or piety.

WHY FAST? It opens us up As it is a sacrifice, Fasting is a and allows us to we participate in sacrifice oriented let God tell us the Cross of Jesus towards worship of what is best for us. for the salvation of man. God and not ourselves.