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A special section has been created on the Diocese of Portland's website featuring resources to assist you during your lenton journey, including Mass times, parish, prayer, and retreat  opportunities; Bible study and faith sharing meals, Scripture reflections; Stations of the Cross; schedules for reconciliation; Lectio Divina; giving opportunities; Holy Week details and information and more.

To visit this site, which will be updated continually before and after lent,
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In honor of St. Patrick, a secondary patron of the Diocese of Portland, and in recognition that St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) falls on a Friday during Lent this year, Bishop Robert Deeley is authorizing individuals who choose to eat meat on that day (i.e., a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner) to commute, that is, transfer their abstinence from meat to another day within that same week. Parishioners are able to make use of this commutation on St. Patrick’s Day for any reason, even if they are not necessarily attending a parish event that day.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023, and continues until the beginning of the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, April 6, 2023.

Fast & Abstinence

Ash Wednesday & Good Friday – Both Wednesday, February 22, 2023, and Friday, April 7, 2023, are days of fast and abstinence (from meat) in the universal Church.

Every Friday of Lent – All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence (from meat) in the Church in the United States.

The Law of Abstinence (from Meat) – Binds Catholics aged 14 and older.

The Law of Fasting – Binds Catholics aged 18 and over, until the beginning of their 60th year (through age 59).