Monday - Friday, lunes - viernes: 8 AM - Noon & 1 PM - 4 PM

Office Phone: (509) 962-9819
Address: 401 S Willow St Ellensburg, WA 98926
Fax: (509)962-9846
Emergencies: (509) 901-3885
Email: standrewparish@yahoo.com
Bulletin: bulletinellensburg@gmail.com
Charity Requests:  509-962-9819

Pastor (Párroco): Fr. David Jiménez
CONTACT OUR STAFF

Bishop Joseph Tyson
Diocese of Yakima
5301-A Tieton Dr., Yakima, WA  98908
509-965-7117
www.yakimadiocese.org

Lent is the 40-day season of penance in preparation for the celebration of the greatest event
in human history: the redemption of the human race by Jesus Christ.
Lent begins Ash Wednesday, February 26, and ends on Thursday, April 9,
followed by the Sacred Triduum, April 9-11, and Easter Sunday, April 12. 

Ash Wednesday  ---  February 26, 2020
Masses celebrated at 8 AM, 6 PM & 7:15 PM (Spanish)
Liturgy of the Word at 12:10 PM
CCM will also celebrate Mass at 7 PM in the theatre on the second floor at CWU

Please join us for Stations of The Cross on Fridays during Lent at 5:30 in the church.

The Knights of Columbus will offer a Fish & Chips dinner at 6 PM in the social hall following Stations of the Cross.  Cost is by donation.

Be sure to pick up your Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl from the bulletin table.

 

Lenten Disciplines

“All Christians, by the nature of their lives, are obliged to live in a spirit of penance whereby our exterior acts of prayer, self-denial and charity bear witness to the inner values of our Faith.”

The Church specifies certain practices of penance during the season of Lent.

1.  Self-imposed observance of fasting on all weekdays of Lent is strongly recommended.

2.  Catholics are obliged to fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, 
     February 26 and Good Friday, April 10. 

3.  The Fridays of Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

4.  Catholics age 14 and older are bound by the law of abstinence.

5.  The law of abstinence forbids the eating of meat.

6.  The law of fasting is obligatory for Catholics from the age of 18 through age 59.

7.  The law of fasting prescribes that only one full meal be taken per day; the other meals,
      if needed, should be significantly smaller, but in accord with one’s health needs.
      Fasting assumes avoidance of food between meals.

The “substantial observance” of these laws is a grave obligation; that is:

1.  Anyone who neglects all forms of penance, or deliberately shows contempt for 
     the Church’s penitential discipline, may be guilty of serious sin.

2.  Occasional failure to observe penitential regulations is not seriously sinful.

3.  Proportionately grave circumstances – sickness, dietary needs, social obligation –
     excuse from the obligation of fast and abstinence, but not from seeking out other
     forms of penance.