The Catholic Church of St. Ann

45 Anderson St.

ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE
Masses with Distribution of Ashes
March 5, 2025
7 am St. Joseph Church
8 am St. Ann Church
12:15 pm Shrine Chapel
12:15 pm Holy Trinity Church
4 pm St. Ann (Liturgy of the Word, Ashes)
7 pm St. Ann Church
7 pm Holy Trinity Church
7 pm Shrine Chapel (EF, Latin)
7:30 pm St. Joseph Church(Spanish)

BEWARE OF SCAMMERS

It has come to our attention that, once again, there have been incidents of scam attempts claiming that Fr. Tom needs you to purchase gift cards for an emergency situation. Do not respond. 
Be suspicious of any messages that request money or gift cards over the phone, text or by email.  
Examine the originating email address and verify if it is the correct address of the person from whom the message claims.  
Sometimes the syntax is awkward or incorrect within the message of a scammer (use of tenses, grammar, punctuation…)
There may be a story that sets up an unusual need that is false. These are clues that you ought not to respond. Hit delete!

2025 Lenten Obligations
1. The days of both fast and abstinence are Ash Wednesday (March 5) and Good Friday (April 18).
2. The other Fridays of Lent (Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28; April (4, and 11) are days of abstinence.
3. Fasting in the Roman Catholic tradition means to limit oneself to one full meal with two smaller meals which together do not equal the size of your full meal. The obligation of fasting applies only to Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59.
Abstinence in the Roman Catholic tradition means to abstain from eating meat (beef, chicken, pork, turkey,
etc.). The obligation of abstinence applies to all
Catholics who have reached the age of 14.