Repent and believe in the Gospel.
or
Remember that you are dust,
and to dust you will return.
Either one of these formulas are used as the ashes are placed on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday. Ashes will be administered on Wednesday at the 5:30 PM Mass at St. Anthony’s, and at the 7:30 PM Mass at Our Lady of the Hills.
Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the special season of Lent, a time of grace, a time for us to grow in our love of God and our love of neighbor through prayer, fasting and almsgiving (works of mercy). Make this a good Lent. Pray as you never prayed, fast, make sacrifices, perform acts of charity and go out of your way to help others.
The annual Fish Fry dinners will be held at St. Anthony’s on the Fridays of Lent, starting Friday, February 16 and ending on Friday, March 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Come and enjoy a delicious fish dinner!
Stations of the Cross will be prayed in St. Anthony’s Church at 6:00 PM on the Wednesdays of Lent.
Remember that Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are fast days (three meals and no eating in between meals) and Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence (no meat).
