Lent begins next week!

Next Wednesday, February 17 is Ash Wednesday, the start of this six week retreat that helps us prepare for Easter. Wondering about ashes and fasting and when not to eat meat and all of that? You can click here for a wide Variety of Lenten Information.

Of course, more will be posted here as we journey together in the season.

While Ash Wednesday is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation, Catholic Churches are typically packed as many of us respond to that interior call to mark the beginning of something new (like making New Year's resolutions, in a sense). Here at St. Andrew, we'll have a lot of masses on February 17:
6:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM.
There will also be a Liturgy of the Word with Distribution of Ashes (i.e., no Holy Communion) at Noon that day. Anyone is welcome to receive ashes.