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    • Lent 2021
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      • Lent and Holy Week 2021
      • Video Archive >
        • Archive: Online Mass
        • Archive: Friar Prayers and Messages
        • Archive: Other Online Devotions
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    • CGS for Children
    • CLOW
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    • Young Adults
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      • Women's Retreat
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    • Committees & Ministries >
      • Parish Council
    • Social Action >
      • Community Partners
      • Racial Justice
      • ACTION Alert
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    • Financial Update
    • Ways to Give >
      • Setting Up Online Giving
      • Setting Up Text To Give
    • Bishop's Annual Appeal
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    • Gifts in Honor or Memory
    • Love Fund
    • Matching Gifts
    • Planned Giving
    • Stewardship Renewal
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Lent & Holy Week Schedule

Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday, which is always held 46 days (40 fasting days and 6 Sundays) before Easter Sunday. 
Norms and Guidelines for Celebrating Lent, Triduum and Easter 2020.pdf   History of Lent
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Lent

Ash Wednesday - Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Ashes will be distributed in front of the church from 7 am to 8:30 pm
7:30 am - Bilingual Mass
9:30 am - Mass in English with the School (livestreamed*)
12 noon - Bilingual Mass 
5:30 pm - Mass in English (livestreamed*)
7:30 pm - Mass in Spanish (livestreamed*)


Please note:
  • Ashes will only be distributed by sprinkling on the head. To maintain social distancing, we will NOT be marking people’s foreheads with the sign of the cross.
  • Ashes will be distributed at the end of the Mass. If you are unable or uncomfortable to receive ashes in the church, we'll have the continual distribution of ashes from 7 am to 8:30 pm on the front steps of our church.
  • The maximum number of people allowed in the church is 200. Everyone will be screened for temperature and asked a series of health-related questions at the door. Attendance is limited to those 2yrs of age and older, and all are expected to wear a facemask at all times. Social distancing of at least 6 feet from those you don’t live with must be maintained at all times.
All Masses will take place in Sanctuary. 
*The livestreams can be viewed on the front page of our website, our YouTube channel and via Facebook Live.

Reconciliation 
Fridays during Lent at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary
Saturdays at 9:00 am in the Sanctuary
By appointment, please contact one of the friars


Stations of the Cross - To be Confirmed
Fridays during Lent at 6:30 pm (bilingual). In the Sanctuary (only 100 attendees allowed in person). Livestream can be viewed on the front page of our website, our YouTube channel and via Facebook Live 
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PLEASE VISIT LENT 2021 FOR MORE WAYS TO OBSERVE LENT 
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​Holy Week - to be confirmed

Palm Sunday ​- March 28, 2021
Regular weekend Mass schedule
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Holy Tuesday - March 30,  2021


Holy Wednesday - March 31, 2021


Holy Thursday - April 1, 2021


Good Friday - April 2, 2021


Holy Saturday - April 3, 2021

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Easter Sunday - April 4, 2021
Regular weekend Mass schedule

Please remember, the Bishop has suspended the obligation to attend Mass for all the faithful.

There is no requirement to attend any of these Masses. You do not need a reason to stay home. The elderly and those with serious health conditions are urged not to attend but to continue to participate 
online. 

Also, anyone with a cough, fever, or any other symptom of a possible Coronavirus infection, or who has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive  should not even come and wait outside the church, nor come to the office. Anyone displaying symptoms will be refused entry. Please be considerate of others and stay home if you have any reason to think you may have come into contact with someone who is infected or are infected yourself. Stay safe and stay healthy.

All Masses are open to the public and are first-come / first-served (no reservations needed unless otherwise noted for some special Masses/celebrations). For Masses in the Sanctuary, we will admit 200 people max (this is 20% of our full capacity of 1000). For outside Masses we will admit 200-250 as room allows for safe social distancing. 
All attendees will need to wear masks (covering both mouth and nose). We are welcoming children ages 2 and up into the Church Sanctuary for Mass. They must wear a mask (covering both mouth and nose) and keep it on throughout the entire Mass, they must also stay with their parents at all times. In order to keep everyone safe, if your child does not keep their mask on or does not stay with you, we will have to ask you to leave. 
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Live-streams can be seen on YouTube, Facebook Live or our Website).

Please visit view our Guidlines for Public Presence at the Parish page for more information regarding what to expect at Mass
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH   |  810 W CHAPEL HILL STREET, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27701  |  919-682-3449


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