Mater Ecclesiae Parish

Sundays

• Saturday 5:00 pm: Anticipated Low Mass (No Music)
• Sunday 8:00 am: Low Mass with Hymns and Organ
• Sunday 10:30 am: Missa Cantata High Mass (Solemn Form) followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
• Confessions: 30 minutes before Mass

Weekdays

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8:00 am: Low Mass
• Wednesday 7:30 pm: Low Mass followed by Saint Jude Novena
• First Friday 8:00 am: Lauds; 7:30 pm: Low Mass
• Confessions: Daily - 15 minutes before each Mass; 
  Tuesday 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Holyday Schedule

• Anticipated Mass:  7:30 p.m. (evening before Holyday)
• Morning Mass:  8:00 a.m.
• Evening Mass:  7:30 p.m.

• Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament following Sunday 10:30am Mass
• St. Jude Novena following Wednesday 7:30pm Mass
• First Friday - 8:00am Lauds, followed by all day Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Mass at 7:30pm. After Mass, Exposition and Adoration until 9:30 pm
• First Saturday - Benediction at 7:30am, Confessions at 7:45am, Mass at 8:00am.
• Forty Hours Devotion - Early Fall each Year
• Rosary every day after the morning Mass
• Novena to Saint Joseph - March 11 through March 19
• Novena to Saint Michael the Archangel - September 21 - 29
• Ember Days - days of fasting for the special sanctification of the four seasons and for obtaining God’s blessing on the clergy, for whose ordination the Ember Saturdays are specially set apart. The Propers of the Masses reflect the Season in which they occur and include additional Lessons said before the Gospel. Ember Days fall on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday:

  1. After The First Sunday in Lent

  2. After Pentecost Sunday

  3. During the third full week of September

  4. After the Third Sunday of Advent.