Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 18, 2026, is Ash Wednesday and it begins the Season of Lent. During this holy season, we travel together toward all the glories that await us at Easter.
You are invited and, indeed, encouraged to come to Mass tomorrow to listen to the scriptures, receive the Eucharist, and accept the imposition of ashes on your forehead as a visible sign of the reminder that we are dust and to dust we shall return.
Masses tomorrow are at 6:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 5:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.
Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation though many choose to come to Mass that day to begin the season in earnest. While Mass on Ash Wednesday may not be an obligation, we do have a serious obligation to abide by the regulations of fast and abstinence on Ash Wednesday and throughout Lent as well as on Good Friday. As a reminder, I share them here:
