BASILICA SCHEDULE: The Basilica is open for visitation and prayer during the weekdays: Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The daily mass is at 12:10 p.m. only. On the weekends, the Basilica is open on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the end of the 5:00 p.m. mass. On Sunday, the Basilica is open all day until the end of the 5:00 p.m. mass.

ASH WEDNESDAY: Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22nd. Ashes will be blessed and distributed at the 12:10 and 5:00 p.m. masses. The ashes we use are the burnt palms from last year’s celebration of Passion Sunday. We begin our Lenten journey aware of where we are going. We want to enter into the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus for us more fully. That is the purpose of our journey. It is why we mark our heads with His cross. It is why we fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday. Fasting is for people from ages 18 to 59 years of age, and abstinence from meat is for ages 14 years and older.

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