The staff of Our Lady of Mount Carmel hopes that we can all enter this Lenten season in prayer, self-denial and love. We have schedule a wide variety of Lenten activities that we hope encourage you and enrich your spiritual journey.
Lent at OLMC 2021
Office of Concern
All Thursdays, 4PM to 6PMOffice of Concern
The Office of Concern is looking for volunteers to stock shelves and pack grocery bags from 4 PM to 6 PM. If interested in volunteering, please contact Elliot Guerra.
Stations of the Cross
Fridays in Lent, 7PMStations of the Cross
Join us for guided Stations of the Cross, including meditation and music. Anyone who wishes to pray the Stations of the Cross may do so any time the Church is open.
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Lenten Penance Opportunities
Fridays and By AppointmentLenten Penance Opportunities
There will be an opportunity for individual confessions before and after Lenten Stations of the Cross on Fridays beginning at 6:30PM or by appointment
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All are invited. No RSVP required
Walk In Dinner Program
March 30, 12PM-6PMWalk In Dinner Program
Serve our brothers and sisters dinner with our partners at Family Promise. Contact Elliot at eguerra@nullacademyolmc.org to serve or donate items!
Women's Lenten Prayer
Thursdays in Lent, 7PMWomen's Lenten Prayer
Join fellow women in prayer as Sr. Regina prays through "Our Lady of Sorrows."
LENTEN REGULATIONS REGARDING FAST & ABSTINENCE
The days of both Fast and Abstinence during Lent are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily His Resurrection. The other Fridays of Lent are days of Abstinence.
On a day of Fast, only one full meal is permitted and two smaller meals which, if added together, would not exceed the main meal in quantity. Those between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast.
On a day of Abstinence, no meat may be eaten. Those who have reached the age of 14 are obliged by the law of abstinence.
The obligation to observe the laws of Fast and Abstinence “substantially,” or as a whole, is a serious obligation.
The Fridays of the year, outside of Lent, are designated as days of penance, but each individual may substitute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial as penance.