Lent & Easter
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Palm Sunday Services Holy Week and Easter Services
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Saturday Vigil Masses, April 1
5:00pm SFFC Gym and Room 130
Sunday Masses, April 2
8:00am SFFC Gym and Room 130
10:00am SFFC Gym and Room 130
10:10am Parish Hall & Seton Room
12:00pm SFFC Gym and Room 130
12:10pm Parish Hall & Seton Room
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Our Friday Lenten Series begins the Friday after Ash Wednesday. The evening begins with Children's Stations of the Cross at 5:15 p.m. at 7:00 p.m. we have Stations of the Cross, with different reflections each week, followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Evening Prayer.
Certain days during Lent are periods of fasting and abstinence. The U.S. guidelines issued by the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops can be found by clicking on Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving.
Lent is a time for joyous celebrations. Click on How to Observe Lent to find some information on Spiritual renewal, some suggestions on how to be more involved with the Lenten process, prayer for meals and an individual prayer for Lent.
Stations of the Cross Schedule -
Ash Wednesday Schedule
February 22, 2023
Masses with distribution of ashes
7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., Noon and 6:00 p.m.
Prayer Service with distribution of ashes
4:30 p.m. (Children’s Liturgy) and 7:30 p.m.
All Masses and prayer services are in the gym at the
Faith Formation Center at
3100 W. Spring Creek Pkwy
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Holy Thursday, April 6
8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer in parish hall
(No Morning Mass)
7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Last Supper (SFFC Gym)
Good Friday, April 7
7:00 a.m. Stations of the Cross in parish hall
8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer in parish hall (No Masses)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Reconciliation (Parish Activty
Center)
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Reconciliation (Parish Activity
Center)
For your convenience and due to lack of parking, we’ve added stations in the parish hall at 3:30 p.m.
Please do not park in Medical Center parking lot for 3:00 p.m. stations.
3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross (SFFC Gym)
3:30 p.m. Parish Hall
7:30 p.m. Liturgy of Our Lord's Passion (SFFC Gym)
Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil), April 8
8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer in parish hall
(No Morning Masses)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Reconciliation (Parish Activity
Center)
11:30 a.m. Blessing of Easter Food Baskets in
Parish Hall
No 5:00 p.m. Mass
7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass in SFFC Gym -
Please Join us for Mass this Easter
Sunday, April 9, 2023(Please note: for viewing entire table on your phone, please rotate to the landscape view.)
Time Place 8:00am SFFC Gym and Room 130 8:00am Parish Hall & Seton Room 10:00am SFFC Gym and Room 130 10:00am Parish Hall & Seton Room 12:00pm SFFC Gym and Room 130 12:00pm Parish Hall & Seton Room st - SFFC (Seton Faith Formation Center) is located at 3100 W. Spring Creek Pkwy., Plano, TX 75023
- Parish Hall is in Parish Activity Center located at
2700 W. Spring Creek Pkwy., Plano, TX 75023
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Reconciliation Times
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Confessions During Lent:
- Fridays - 9:15am to 10:00am and 12:30pm to 1:30pm in the Parish Activity Center (except Good Friday, April 7, see below)
- Saturdays - 9:00am to 10:00am in the Parish Activity Center (except Holy Saturday, April 8, see below)
Parish Reconciliation Service- Monday, March 20 at 7:00pm in Parish Hall
Reconciliation- Wednesday, April 5 - Noon - 2:00pm in Parish Activity Center
Holy Week:- Good Friday, April 7 in the Parish Activity Center: 9:00am to 10:00am and 12:30pm to 1:30pm
- Holy Saturday in the Parish Activity Center- 9:00am to 10:00am
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Wednesdays, March 29th and April 5th
7:00pm to 9:00pm in Parish Activity Center
All churches in the Dallas Diocese will have Reconciliation on March 29th and April 5th
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Click the image below to view and/or
print the Lent Supplement
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U.S. Guidelines for Abstaining and Fasting
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Abstinence - NO Meat...over 14 years.
Fast and Abstinence - 1 full meal (18 through 59) no meat (over 14 years) and two smaller meals with nothing in-between during the course of the day.
Days of Abstinence - Ash Wednesday, all Fridays of Lent, and Good Friday for all who have reached their 14th birthday, no meat can be taken.
Days of Fast - Ash Wednesday and Good Friday for all who have celebrated their 18th birthday and have not reached their 60th birthday, a limit of one full meatless meal.
Weekdays of Lent - No obligation to fast, however, voluntary acts of self-denial are recommended.
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