Lent
Lenten Regulations: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. For more frequently asked questions about Lent, visit www.usccb.org.
Lenten Missions and Bible Studies
• every Tuesday during Lent
Adult Faith Formation Series
10:00-11:30 a.m., Mary, Mother of Jesus Church, Woodworth
• every Thursday during Lent
Lenten Reflection Series
6:00 p.m. in Ducote Hall at St. Frances Cabrini Church, Alexandria.
Thursday, March 23
Lenten Mission service
5:30 pm. at Sts. Francis and Anne Church, Kolin. Fr Brian Seiler will be our guest speaker. Our Penance service will follow the Mission service.
Fish Fries
Friday, March 3
St. Paul the Apostle, Mansura
DRIVE THRU OR PICKUP
St. Paul's Knight of Columbus council #4010 will host a Fish Fry Dinner in St. Paul's Cafeteria. $10 per plate includes fish, white beans with rice and coleslaw. Homemade cakes available.
Every Friday:
St. Rita Church, Alexandria
DINE IN OR DRIVE THRU
St. Rita's annual Lenten Friday Fish Fries begin on Ash Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at the Holy Family Center. Every Friday during Lent from 4:30-6:30 p.m., $10 a plate, US Catfish, french fries, hush puppies, coleslaw, eat in or drive thru. (Please note no Fish Fry on Good Friday.)
Mary, Mother of Jesus Church, Woodworth
Every Friday during Lent from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Pineville
Fridays during Lent, Feb. 24, March 3, 10, 17: Sacred Heart of Jesus will be selling fish plates in Mac’s Grocery parking lot on Hwy 28E in Pineville from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. or until sold out. Cost is $12 per plate and includes 1/2 pound Louisiana catfish, 1/2 pound french fries, 3 hush puppies.
Sts. Francis and Anne Church, Kolin
Friday evenings during Lent starting at 4:30 p.m. Cooked and served by members of Boy Scout Troop 626 from Kolin. Plates will be $12 each and include catfish, fries, coleslaw and roll. Everyone is invited to dine in or carry out!
Stations of the Cross during Lent
Fridays during Lent:
8:00 a.m. – Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church, MANSURA
12:05 p.m. – St. Joseph Church Outdoor Prayer Garden (weather permitting), Marksville
2:00 p.m. – St. Rita Church, Alexandria
5:30 p.m. – St. Rita Church, Alexandria
5:30 p.m. – St. Frances Cabrini Church Activities Building
Stations and Benediction at 5:30 p.m. followed by Lenten supper.
5:30 p.m. – St. Joseph Church Outdoor Prayer Garden (weather permitting), Marksville
5:30 p.m. – St. Paul the Apostle Church, Mansura
5:30 p.m. – St. Mary's Church, Winnsboro
6:00 p.m. – Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Alexandria
6:00 p.m. – Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Pineville
6:00 p.m. – Mary, Mother of Jesus Church, Woodworth
6:00 p.m. – Church of the Little Flower, Evergreen
Mondays during Lent:
9:30 a.m. – St. Charles Chapel, Goudeau
TBA – St. Rita Church, Alexandria
Penance services
March 23
Sts. Francis and Anne Church, Kolin
Penance service following Lenten Mission that begins at 5:30 p.m.
March 30
St. Rita Church, Alexandria
Penance Service, 6:30 p.m.
April 5
Mary, Mother of Jesus Church, Woodworth
Communal Service with individual confession at 6:00 p.m.
Other Devotions and activities
Confessions: Church of the Little Flower, Evergreen
Father Shoury will sit for the sacrament of reconciliation and confessions every Friday after Stations of the Cross and Monday at St. Charles Church after the 9:30 a.m. Mass.
Adoration: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pineville
Every weekday morning before Mass. Adoration begins about 6:25 a.m., Mass at 7:00 a.m. unless otherwise specified.
Confessions: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pineville
Beginning the first Saturday-Sunday after Ash Wednesday, times for confession before each Mass will be: 7:30-7:50 a.m., 9:30-9:50 a.m. and 11:00-11:20 a.m.
