WELCOME

Schedule

Sunday Divine Liturgy 11:00AM

Daily Liturgy

Tuesday-Thursday 6:00PM

Friday 6:30PM

Saturday 11:30AM

Holy Days on Weekdays 6:30PM

Reconciliation:

Saturday 10:45AM-11:15AM

Sunday 10:00AM-10:30AM

or by appointment

1st Sunday of the Month
5:00PM in Colorado Springs
St. Joseph Catholic Church
1830 S. Corona Avenue.

Please call the office to alert us of any Pastoral Care needs or to register in the Parish:

(720)-833-0354

For mass intentions, kindly contact the parish office or Fr. Joe at least one week prior to the desired date.

The Season of Great Lent

Pastoral Guidelines for Great Lent: Fasting & Abstinence

Patriarchal guidelines:

• Great Lent lasts seven weeks, in preparation for Easter. It begins on Ash Monday and ends on the evening of Holy Saturday. It is based on abstinence from food from midnight to midday, as well as abstinence from meat and whites (milk, its derivatives and eggs).

• The Saturdays, Sundays and the following public holidays are exempt from fasting and abstinence: Saint Jean Maron (March 2), the Forty Martyrs (March 9), Saint Joseph (March 19), the Annunciation (March 25) and the Patron Saint of the parish, St. Rafka (March 23). Throughout Holy Week, from Monday to Holy Saturday, fasting and abstinence remain mandatory.

Eparchial guidelines:

• All physically capable Maronites are required to abstain from meat on Ash Monday and all Fridays of Lent.

• Ash Monday and Great Friday are also days of fasting (no food or drink except water and medicine from midnight to noon).

• Clergy, religious, and laity who wish to observe the more traditional Maronite practice of fasting and abstinence are encouraged to do so.