A Lenten Message

      We begin our annual Lenten journey on Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023 and end on Holy Thursday, April 6^th. The Traditional Lenten practices are prayer, fasting, and alms giving. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence. Please check the schedule for Ash Wednesday in the Bulletin.

• Fasting means only one full meal a day may be taken. Two smaller meals can be eaten to maintain physical strength but together they should not equal another full meal in quantity. Snacking between meals is not permitted. Catholics ages 18-59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Those who are not specifically obligated to fast are encouraged to join in the discipline of fasting to the extent that they are able.

• Abstinence forbids the eating of meat or poultry. Those who have reached the age of 14 or older are obligated to abstain on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. Those who are not specifically obliged to abstain from eating meat are urged to join in the discipline of abstaining to the extent that they are able.

• All Fridays of the year are designated as days of penance during which we are encouraged to practice self-denial out of gratitude for the suffering and death that Jesus accepted for us.

• The time for fulfilling the Easter Duty extends from the First Sunday of Lent (February 26th) to Holy Trinity Sunday (June 4^h).
• Friday, March 17^th is the solemnity f St. Patrick, the Patron of the Archdiocese. His Eminence has granted a dispensation from the obligation to abstain from meat to all Roman Catholics. However, the faithful are urged to choose another day of penance during the week as part of the Lenten observances or to creatively make a gift to one of our food pantries or soup kitchens to ensure the poor will eat.

• There will be Stations of the Cross every Friday at 7:30pm beginning on Friday, February 24^h. On Friday, March 24^th, Stations of the Cross will begin at 7:30pm followed by Nocturnal Adoration.
• There will be Nocturnal Adoration beginning on Friday, March 24th from 8:00pm until Saturday, March 25th at 8:30am in the Church followed by Saturday morning Mass . A sign up sheet will be available in the Church vestibule for anyone who would like to participate. Please find some time to spend with the Lord.
• Regular Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will remain the same on Wednesdays, after the 8:30am Mass until 10:00am.
• Monday, April 3rd, is Reconciliation Monday. Confessions will be heard from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 6:00pm to 9:00pm here in our Church and in all other parishes of the Archdiocese of New York and the dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Center.

Let us journey together towards the glory of Easter!
                                              - Father Sebastian

NEXT FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION
APRIL 23, 2023
PLEASE LEAVE ALL NON-PERISHABLE FOOD DONATIONS IN THE CHURCH VESTIBULE.
Some examples of items needed:
CANNED FRUIT, CANNED TUNA, VEGETABLES, SOUP, MILK, CEREALS, PASTA,
BREADS, SODA, TEA, COFFEE, PRETZELS, CHIPS, COOKIES, CAKES, CANDY
YOUR DONATIONS WILL HELP AREA RESIDENTS IN NEED.
THE FOOD WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

HOLY ROSARY CHURCH
170 Bradhurst Avenue
Hawthorne New York  10532
(914) 769-0030

ANNUAL HOLY ROSARY BAZAAR
MEGA POT OF GOLD
Is this your lucky year?
The 2023 Holy Rosary Bazaar will be held from
Thursday, June 15th to Saturday, June 17th
(with a rain date of Sunday, June 18th).
This year we are offering a Mega Pot of Gold with a Grand Prize of $12,000.00. 
Ticket prices are $100 and only 325 tickets will be sold.

If you purchase and pay for your ticket by March 15th,
you will be entered into a $500 Special Early Bird Raffle. 
The winning ticket will be drawn on April 1st (we fool you not!).
Don’t miss your chance to be entered in the $500 Early Bird Drawing!  

Contact Holy Rosary Rectory and purchase your ticket by March 15th
for your chance to win the Early Bird Special Pot of Gold Drawing. 
Tickets will also be sold after the weekend Masses. 
Good luck!