Ash Wednesday - 5th March
10am - Mass. Sacred Heart Church
1.30pm - St Jude's School Service. St Philip Howard Ch 7.30pm - Mass. St Philip Howard Church

Fastng The law of fastng requires that a Catholic between the ages of 18 - 60yrs eats only one full meal in a day, with no food in-between meals. It is understood that two other meals, if one eats three meals a day, should not total one full meal. Suggest one might fast in a more complete way, i.e., eatng only a porton of a single meal. (CCC 2043)

Abstnence means not to eat meat. Its purpose is to be an act of sacrifice, that helps us grow in freedom to make much bigger sacrifices. It would not make sense to make the sacrifice of not eatng meat, and then eat a wonderful meal I might enjoy even more.