Friday, March 4, 2011

ASH WEDNESDAY: POPE TO PRESIDE AT MASS IN SANTA SABINA

VATICAN CITY, 4 MAR 2011 (VIS) - At 4.30 p.m. on March 9, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, Benedict XVI will preside at a moment of prayer in the church of St. Anselm on Rome's Aventine Hill. There will follow a penitential procession to the basilica of Santa Sabina attended by cardinals, archbishops, bishops, the Benedictine monks of St. Anselm, the Dominican Fathers of Santa Sabina and lay faithful.

  Following the procession, the Pope will preside at a Eucharistic celebration in the basilica of Santa Sabina, with the traditional rite of blessing and the imposition of the ashes.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 5, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Thanks for not forgetting lay faithful!

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  2. Reverend Doctor Victoria A. HowardMarch 6, 2011 at 6:44 AM

    Ash Wednesday is one of my favorite holidays. The grim reminder of Death has become a joy to me now that Heaven is so concrete for me. Now, while enjoying life, I look forward to the day I get to see Jesus.

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