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There are three things here as we conform our attitude before we approach the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar today; God’s merciful call to us all; the response of the devout soul to that call; the prayer built upon both the call and the response.

The forty-day journey of Lent leads to Calvary on Good Friday, and from there to the resurrection. It is a journey towards Easter, but it brings us first to the cross. It is a difficult journey on which, like Jesus and with Jesus, we will be put to the test.

From the time of the early church, Lent had three foci: (1) the final, intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil, (2) a period leading to restoration for those alienated from the church, the Christian community, (3) a time of preparation for all the faithful leading up to the annual celebration of the paschal mystery of the death and resurrection of Christ.

Ash Wednesday Services will remain as scheduled for Wednesday, 02.17.2021 at 6:30 AM | 8:20 AM | 5:30 PM. St. Ann Catholic School & YCC will be CLOSED on Wednesday, 02.17.21.

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday.

Due to the dangerously cold temps & inclement weather there is no 6:30 AM or 8:05AM Mass, no school, YCC closed and CYO activities and practices are canceled for Tuesday, Feb. 16.

Be, my protector, O God, A mighty stronghold to save me. For you are my rock, my stronghold! Lead me, guide me, for the sake of your name. - Psalm 31: 3-4 God’s invitation to the mass today recalls King David: a man after God’s own heart

Scholastica, the first Benedictine nun, lived between 480 and 543. A native of Norcia, in the province of Perugia, Italy, she was a disciple of her brother, St. Benedict, who encouraged her in perfection of holiness, in learning the wisdom of the heart.

Due to inclement weather the following are canceled or closed for today, 2.8.2021. Masses at 6:30 AM & 8:05 AM canceled. St. Ann Catholic School & Young Child Center closed.

Christianity offers a positive approach to being a human, it gives us dignity by relating us to a trustworthy Creator who is a friend of life.

The saints are sent to us by God as so many sermons. We do not use them, it is they who move us and lead us, to where we had not expected to go.

Don’t miss this! Devotions like walking the Stations of the Cross during Lent, receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday, kissing the cross on Good Friday and getting our throats blessed on St. Blaise day are essential parts of our Catholic heritage.