Lent 2024
St. Joseph & St. Patrick Parishes Lent 2024 Schedule
Dear Friends,
We are entering into the Holy Season of Lent in preparation for the celebration for the Lord’s Paschal Mystery, His Passion, Death, and Resurrection at Easter. I hope that you and your family will find this page useful. On it you will find many opportunities for your spiritual growth - evening Mass, Stations of the Cross, confession schedules, special celebrations and of course KC. Fish Fries.
We have before us seven weeks to turn away from sin and to be faithful to the Gospel. By means of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving we witness the Lord’s call to holiness. The church gives us the following Lenten regulations: all Catholics between the ages of 14-59 are required to observe the guidelines of fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. We are encouraged to keep the fast of Good Friday up to the beginning of the Easter Vigil on Saturday at 8 p.m. Fasting means having only one full meal without meat to maintain one’s strength. Two smaller, meatless and penitential meals are permitted according to one’s needs but together they should not equal one full meal. Eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat for those 14 years and older.
Let us pray that through the observance of Lent not only may our hearts be renewed, but our families and our parish as well.
In Christ’s peace,
Father Dooley
Ash Wednesday
February 14, 2024
St. Joe’s, Mass 12:10 p.m. 7:15pm
St. Pat’s Mass 5:45 p.m.
Sacred Triduum
(Holy Three Days)
celebrated at
St. Joseph, Winterset
Holy Thursday
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
March 28th 7:00 p.m.
Adoration till 10 pm
Good Friday
Veneration of the Cross
March 29th 7:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil
March 30th 8:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday Masses
March 31st
St. Patrick 8:00 a.m.
St. Joseph 10:00 a.m.
Special Celebrations
Solemnity of the Annunciation: Monday,
March 25th Mass at St. Joe 9 a.m.
Chrism Mass: Friday March 22nd at 5 p.m.
Cathedral of St. Ambrose, DSM
Vespers (Evening Prayer) Sun. at St Joe, 4 p.m.
Lenten Clothing Drive: Leave clothing in St. Joseph’s/St. Patrick’s Entryway
Food Pantry Drive: St. Joe’s Mar. 2nd & 3rd
Knights of Columbus Fish Fry
At St Joseph on Friday
Feb 16 & 23, Mar. 1, 8, 15, & 22
Serving 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Stations of the Cross
At St. Joseph
Friday, Feb. 16th 6:15 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 23rd 6:15 p.m.
Friday, Mar. 1st 6:15 p.m.
Friday, Mar. 8th 6:15 p.m.
Friday, Mar 15th 6:15 p.m.
Friday Mar. 22nd 6:15 p.m.
Stations of the Cross
At St. Patrick
(Following Evening Mass)
Thursday, Feb. 15th 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 22nd 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, Feb 29th 6:15 p.m.
Thursday Mar. 7th 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, Mar. 14th 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, Mar. 21st 6:15 p.m.
Confession Schedule
Thursdays St. Pat’s During Holy Hour 4:30 p.m. Fridays St. Joe’s after Stations of the Cross
Saturdays 3:30 p.m. before Mass at St. Joe’s
Sundays 7:15 a.m. before Mass at St. Pat’s
After most Masses, or by request
Eucharistic Adoration
Tuesdays 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at St. Joseph’s
Thursdays 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. St. Pat’s
Weekly Daily Mass Schedule
Tuesday Evening Mass
St. Joseph, 6:15 p.m.
Wednesday Morning Mass
St. Joseph, 8:00 a.m.
Thursday Evening Mass
St. Patrick, 5:45 p.m.
Friday Morning Mass
St. Joseph 8:00 a.m.
First Saturday Masses at St. Joseph
March 2nd at 9:00 a.m.