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Ash Wednesday Services


​Join us at The Chapel of St. Therese of Lisieux as we begin the Lenten season by celebrating the Eucharist and distribute ashes on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at either of two services: 12:00 noon or 7:00 p.m.

Our Lenten Obligations

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may also be taken, but not to equal a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.

If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on 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.


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Are there exemptions other than for age from the requirement to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday?

Those that are excused from fast and abstinence outside the age limits include the physically or mentally ill including individuals suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes.  Also excluded are pregnant or nursing women.  In all cases, common sense should prevail, and ill persons should not further jeopardize their health by fasting.

  • Home
    • Calendar
    • Feed Your Funny Bone Fundraiser
    • 2025 Holy Week Schedule
    • Ordination of Rev. Charles Vohs to Bishop
    • Ordination of Deacon Kathryn Mainor-Goodness
    • Activities/Events >
      • 2025 Spring Food Drive for Project Hand Up
      • Addressing Housing Needs in West Warwick
      • IMPORTANT! February 16th Mass Via Zoom Only!
      • 2024 Christmas Food Drive
      • 2024 Transgender Day of Remembrance
      • 2024 Thanksgiving Food Drive
      • Blessing of the Animals
      • 2nd Annual Arts & Crafts Fair
      • Holy Week Schedule
      • Spring Food Drive for Project Hand Up
      • 2024 Mardi Gras Pot Luck Dinner
      • Prayer Chain
      • 2023 Holiday Food Drive
      • 2023 Thanksgiving Food Drive
      • First Annual Arts & Crafts Fair
      • St. Margaret's Society March Meeting
      • March Fellowship Outing
      • Marian Memorial Prayer Garden
      • Lenten Penintential Service
      • Spring Food Drive
      • Supporting Anxious Kids and Teens: Tips and Resources for Adults Caring for Children
  • About Us
    • More Than a Church
    • How We Are Catholic
    • Business Spotlight in The Reminder
  • Mass & Sacraments
    • 2025 Holy Week Schedule
    • IMPORTANT! February 16th Mass Via Zoom Only!
    • Christmas Mass Schedule
    • Holy Week Schedule
    • Reconciliation
    • Baptism
    • Confirmation
    • Marriage
    • Sacrament of the Sick
    • Holy Orders
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  • St. Therese of Lisieux
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    • Palm Sunday 2024
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