St. Gianna Catholic Church

      St Gianna Catholic Parish
8676 Orf Road
Lake St Louis, MO 63367
(636) 625-6012
           

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Today in the Liturgical Year                              Capital Campaign News Corner

St. Gianna Catholic Church welcomes you to our parish and website. 

As Catholics of St. Gianna Parish, in communion with our Archbishop, and our Holy Father, the Bishop of Rome, we are called by Jesus Christ to be His body, the Church, in our local community and to fully live the Gospel.

With faith, hope and charity, we strive to live our discipleship by fervent prayer, inspired worship, sound teaching, and sharing our faith with those in physical and spiritual need.

 

ARCHDIOCESAN LENTEN REGULATIONS
Then to all Christ said, "Whoever wishes to be my follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in my steps" (Lk 9:23).

The Church has always helped us fulfill these words of Jesus by prescribing very definite penance for all Catholics. Accordingly, the Pope and the American bishops have outlined obligatory fast and abstinence as follows:

Ash Wednesday (February 17) and Good Friday (April 2) are days of abstinence for all Catholics over the age of 14.

On these two days, fast as well as abstinence is also obligatory for those from the ages of 18 to 59.

Abstinence means abstinence from meat. Fast means one full meal a day, with two smaller meals and nothing between meals (liquids are permitted).

No Catholic will lightly excuse himself or herself from this obligation.

All other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.

Here again Catholics will not hold themselves lightly excused, but if there is a serious health problem, this obligation would not apply.

We should strive to make all days of Lent a time of prayer and penance.
 

ASH WEDNESDAY Schedule: 6:30 & 8:00 am and 7:00 pm

FRIDAYS during Lent Schedule: Stations of the Cross, 6:30 pm, Mass 7:00 pm

 

I want to call your attention to the Manhattan Declaration that is sponsored by Orthodox, Catholic and evangelical Christians who have united to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good:

1. the sanctity of human life,

2. the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife,

3. the rights of conscience and religious liberty.

I encourage you to sign up on their website www.manhattandec1aration.org.
Our former archbishop, Justin Cardinal Rigali, is one of the principal supporters of this initiative.

Pope Benedict XVI declares a "Year for Priests," June 19, 2009-June 19, 2010.

A prayer for our priests:

Dear Lord, we pray that the Blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession strengthen them for their ministry. We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words, "Do whatever He tells you" (Jn 2:5).

May your priests have the heart of St. Joseph, Mary's most chaste spouse. May the Blessed Mother's own pierced heart inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross. May your priests be holy, filled with the fire of your love seeking nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls. Amen.

St. John Vianney, pray for us.

For more information on this "Year for Priests", please visit Catholic Culture here.


 

 

 

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