Lent - Saint Mary of the Lake

Lent 2021 at Saint Mary of the Lake

Saint Mary's Lenten Publication

A comprehensive listing of our Lenten programming can be accessed in our Lenten publication! Click here to view this publication.
Registration for events can be made on this webpage or by calling the parish office at 773-280-7700.

PRAY

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

The Stations of the Cross, which follow the path of Christ from Pontius Pilate's praetorium to Christ's tomb are a popular devotion in parishes during Lent. In the 16th century, this pathway was officially entitled the "Via Dolorosa" (Sorrowful Way) or simply Way of the Cross or Stations of the Cross.

Good Friday - APRIL 2ND
3:30 PM TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

FAST

LENTEN REGULATIONS ON FASTING

While fasting is traditionally a personal and private act of faith, there are days that the Church invites us all to fast as a community. We invite you to fast along with all of the members of the Church every Friday of Lent.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. The Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence in the United States. (All Fridays of the year are days of penance in some form).
The obligation of abstinence (refraining from eating meat) begins at the age of 14. The law of fasting (limiting oneself to one full meal and two lighter meals) obliges all between the ages of 18-59. No one should consider this obligation lightly.
Those individuals who have a medical condition in which fasting may be considered harmful are not obliged to fast, but should perform some other act of penance or charity.
Pastors and parents are to see to it that minors, though not bound by the law of fast and abstinence, are educated in the authentic sense of penance and encouraged to do acts of penance suitable to their age.
All members of the Christian Faithful are encouraged to do acts of penance and charity during the Lenten season beyond what is prescribed by the law.
As a general rule, a request for a dispensation from the obligation of abstinence on Fridays of Lent will not be considered unless some serious reason is present.

Please note that St. Patrick's Day celebrations do not dispense from the Lenten abstinence from meat. The attendance at social events, banquets, wedding rehearsals or receptions, or funeral wakes are not considered sufficient reason to request a dispensation.

GIVE

SUPPORT THE ABANDONED ELDERLY

For Lent 2021 the recipients of our communal almsgiving will be two organizations in Latin America that assist the elderly who have been abandoned by their families. Brother Pedro Betancur Home in Puerto La Libertad, El Salvador and the Isabel La Catolica Home in Mexico City are operated by two religious congregations.

We invite you to use the collection can in your Lenten Prayer Kit and return it with your donations on Easter Sunday. The monies raised through the Lenten donation cans will be used to purchase and deliver PPE to support the mission of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly (Mexico City) and the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Puerto La Libertad, El Salvador.