2nd Sunday of Lent Announcements for Sunday, February 21, 2016

Priest: Rev. Fr. James Bartoloma.

Mass Intention: Julie Malloney req. by Mary Uhlman.

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Remember the disciplines of Lent: Prayer, fasting & almsgiving.

Regardless of age, all are encouraged to follow the disciplines of Lent regarding Fasting and abstinence unless physically unable to do so.

Laws of Days of Abstinence: Current Practice
• Begins on one’s 14th birthday.
• Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent.
• Obliges abstention from all flesh meat.

Laws of Days of Penance: Current Practice
• Applies to all the Faithful.
• Lent and the Fridays outside of Lent.
• N.B. In the United States, on the Fridays outside of Lent, one is permitted to commute abstinence into another form of penance such as the Stations of the Cross. (Canon #1250)

Laws of Days of Fast: Current Practice
• Applies to everyone ages 18 to 59 inclusive.
• One full meal permitted and two other meals may be taken which, when combined are less than a full meal.
• Ash Wednesday and Good Friday

The Law of the Eucharistic Fast: Current Legislation
• Fast from all food and drink, except water or medicine for one hour before reception of the Holy Eucharist. Those who are able to maintain the earlier disciple of the three hour fast or the midnight fast are encouraged to do so.

Scheduling: Please be advised that 2016 Masses and Liturgical Services are CANCELED for Holy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday. Please adjust your schedules accordingly.
Upcoming Masses:

A Solemn High Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be offered at Our Lady of the Assumption, Strafford, on Monday April 4, this year the Solemnity of the Annunciation. Mass will begin at 7:00 PM, with the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary prayed beginning at 6:40 PM. A collection will be taken to help defray costs involved. Refreshments will follow the Mass in Assumption Hall. Celebrant is Father Dennis Carbonaro, pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption. Deacon is Father Gerald Carey, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Morton, and Subdeacon is Fr. Christopher Moriconi, Parochial Vicar, Saint Eleanor, Collegeville. The Homilist is Father Lawrence F. Kozak, Parochial Vicar, Saint Anastasia, Newtown Square.

A Solemn High Mass for Ascension Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA

A Solemn High Mass for Corpus Christi, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA

Events: If anyone has pertinent information that would be appropriate for our bulletin, please e-mail it to Fr. McKale at tlmcommunityofphila@gmail.com.

Mass Intentions: If anyone still has unfulfilled Mass intentions, Fr. McKale can pass them on to a priest that will satisfy the intention by offering a TLM or Divine Liturgy (Byzantine). Please specify if you have a preference. The donation is $10. If you would like a Mass card, please include an extra $5 for the card.