Are you ready for Lent? Make it count! Make it count for you and your spiritual needs as well as the needs of others. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in preparation for Easter. The 40 days period symbolizes Jesus's time in the desert before he began his ministry. Ashes are to be worn in humility, not as a show of holiness, but as an outward expression of our inward desire to grow and change. The Christian call or vocation is to a life of daily conversion. (Mark 1:15) These outward signs or sacramentals communicate outward expressions that reinforce and manifest our inner realities. The ashes should remind us that we have inwardly committed to changing our lives and following Jesus.

Remember You are Dust and to Dust You Shall Return - Genesis 3:19

Let us ask our Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Sorrows, to help us to make a good Lent as we begin our Bona Opera (Good Works) today. Mary shared in the suffering and redemptive passion of her Son. May her intercession help us in our spiritual combat against sin! May Mary, the first and greatest disciple of the Lord, accompany us throughout this Lenten season as we prepare to celebrate the joy of the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday.

Remembering you in prayer today!

PAX -  Father Anthony, OSB

Mass Schedule

Mass with Blessing and Distribution of Ashes

February 14, 2024

Receive the Sacrament of Confession Today
 Confession is available 30 minutes before all Masses on Ash Wednesday

Mass
12:05 p.m.
St. Boniface Parish
Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church

Mass 
4:15 p.m.
St. Meinrad Parish
St. Meinrad Catholic Church

St. Boniface Parish and St. Meinrad Parish in Spencer County announce the Mass schedule for Ash Wednesday and Stations of the Cross during Lent. All times are Central Time.

On Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Mass with the blessing and distribution of ashes is scheduled for 12:05 p.m. at Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church in Fulda, and at 4:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. at St. Meinrad Catholic Church. 

On Wednesdays during Lent, beginning March 8, students from select F3 (family faith formation) classes will gather in Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church in Fulda at 6:30 p.m. to pray the Stations of the Cross. The public is welcome. On Palm Sunday, April 2, stations are prayed privately. Parish churches are open daily from dawn to dusk.

Lenten communal penance services for the Tell City Deanery will be held Wednesday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 5, at 3 p.m. at Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church in Fulda, and on Sunday, March 12, at 2 p.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church, Tell City.

Also, communal penance services are scheduled at these churches on:

• Sunday, March 5, at 3 p.m., St. Ferdinand Catholic Church, Ferdinand;
• Sunday, March 19, at 4 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, Dale;
• Tuesday, March 28, at 5:30 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, Jasper;
• Wednesday, March 29, at 11 a.m., Holy Family Catholic Church, Jasper. All times are Central.

During Lent, confessions are also available Wednesday 11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m. and 4:30-5 p.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church in Tell City.

Confessions are available weekly at these locations: Wednesday, 3:30-4 p.m. at St. Meinrad Catholic Church; Saturday, 11:15 a.m. at St. Meinrad Catholic Church; and Saturday 3:15-3:45 p.m. at Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church in Fulda.

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