The season of Lent
PRAYER - FASTING - ALMSGIVING
March
9th 1st Sunday Lent
11th Lenten Penance Service ~ 6:30pm
14th Stations of the Cross / Soup Supper 5:30pm
16th 2nd Sunday Lent ~ St. Joseph Table
21st Stations of the Cross / Soup Supper 5:30pm
23rd 3rd Sunday of Lent 1st scrutiny
28th Stations of the Cross / Soup Supper 5:30pm
30th 4th Sunday of Lent 2nd scrutiny
April
4th Stations of the Cross/ Soup Supper 5:30pm
6th 5th Sunday Lent 3rd scrutiny
11th Stations of the Cross /Soup Supper 5:30pm
Rite of Election ~ March 1
Penitential Rite ~ March 16
St. Mary of the Valley participated in the Rite of Election on Saturday, March 1st in LaQuinta. Please pray for the following who took this next step toward receiving the Sacraments of Initiation: Nancy Breeden, Travis Dent, Morgan Garcia, Ryan Graham, Diane Sichel, Autumn Vanvacter, Chad Vanvacter, Ethan Vanvacter, and Israel Vazqauez. Kristian Gonzalez, Skylar Kupka and Endy Mendez, will celebrate the Rite of Election here at St. Mary’s on Saturday March 8th at the 4pm Mass.
Michael Phelps and John Westfall will celebrate the Penitential Rite here at St Mary’s on March 16th at the 9:30 Mass. Please keep these our Catechumens and Candidates in your prayers as they journey toward receiving their Sacraments.
What are the Lenten Regulations?
1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of abstinence from meat as well as days of fast, when only one full meal is allowed. On days of fast, two other meatless meals may be taken, according to one’s needs, but together they should not equal another meal.
2. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.
3. The obligation to abstain from meat begins at fourteen (14) years of age and never ends.
4. The obligation to fast begins at eighteen (18) years of age and ends at fifty-nine (59) years of age.
5. Although the faithful may excuse themselves, for a just cause, from these laws of fast and abstinence, there is an obligation to substitute another penance and no Catholic should lightly excuse themselves from these obligations in the Lenten season.
Parish Mission Statement
We are a Community of Believers in Jesus, the Christ, called to impact Family, Neighborhood and Society with the Gospel so that People's lives are filled with Hope.
Mass Times
ALL MASSES are in Yucca Valley at this time. No services in Joshua Tree
Sunday English: 8:00am, 9:30am Spanish: 11:00am
Monday: 9:00am
Tuesday: 9:00am
Wednesday No Mass
Thursday: 9:00am
Friday: 9:00am
Saturday Vigil Mass:
4:00pm
Adoration:
Friday's : 7:30am ~ 8:30am
Confession:
Saturday's at 9:30am or by appointment
Devotions:
Rosary: Sunday morning 9:00am
