Lent at St. Bernard 2025
Ash Wednesday
8:00 am Mass with Ashes
12:00 pm Prayer Service with Ashes
7:00 PM Mass with Ashes
Weekdays: Mass at 8:00 a.m. Come for Morning Mass, Monday-Friday at 8:00 a.m.
The Magnificat Lenten Companion. Pick up a copy of this publication with daily reflections. One per household, please.
Stations of the Cross. This devotional prayer will take place on Friday mornings immediately after the Morning Mass. (This has worked out well for the past three years)
Tuesday at the Movies: On Tuesday, April 1, join us for the showing of two DVD’s “Double Feature” about two people soon to be canonized. Blessed Carlo Acutis will be canonized on the weekend of April 25-27. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frasatti will be canonized on the weekend of July 28-August 3.
First Showing: 1:00 pm.
Second Showing 6:30 pm
Light refreshments will follow each showing. Seating is limited. There will be a sign-up list for both presentations. (We will use the large conference room where the acoustics are good.)
Rice Bowls. These will be available if you would like to use them for ‘sacrificial giving’ during Lent.
Sacrament of Penance. We will increase the time available on Saturday afternoons. We will add 30 minutes to the time for ‘confessions’. For the Saturdays of Lent, we will offer the Sacrament of Penance from 3:30-4:30 p.m.\
Lenten Fast & Abstinence Regulations
A gentle reminder that Church law requires abstinence from meat, meat soups or other dishes made from meat (for those 14 and older) on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent. In addition, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are fast days. Adults between the ages of 18 and 59 should eat less: that means, take no solid food between meals and only one meal that day should be a full one. Those with special health restrictions should always follow their doctor’s advice before fasting.