IN THE DIOCESES OF THE UNITED STATES, CATHOLICS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 59 ARE OBLIGED TO FAST ON ASH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026 AND GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2026.
FASTING
FASTING PERMITS ONE FULL MEAL AND TWO SMALLER MEALS, WHICH TOGETHER SHOULD NOT EQUAL A FULL MEAL. FOOD AND DRINK BETWEEN MEALS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON FAST DAY, EXCEPT FOR WATER AND MEDICINES.
ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT
CATHOLICS AGED 14 AND OLDER ARE TO ABSTAIN FROM MEAT ON ASH WEDNESDAY, ALL FRIDAYS OF LENT, AND GOOD FRIDAY.
ABSTINENCE MEANS REFRAINING FROM EATING MEAT SUCH AS BEEF, VEAL, PORK, OR POULTRY. EGGS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE PERMITTED. FISH AND SHELLFISH MAY BE CONSUMED,; HOWEVER, THE PENITENTIAL CHARACTER OF ABSTINENCE SHOULD ALWAYS BE KEPT IN MIND.
WEDNESDAY – 7 P.M-8 P.M. – IN THE CHURCH
MARCH 4, 2026
MARCH 11, 2026
MARCH 18, 2026
MARCH 25, 2026
MARCH 13TH – LED BY THE WOMENS’ COUNCIL
MARCH 20TH – LED BY FR. GEORGE
MARCH 27TH – LED BY RESPECT FOR LIFE
ALL SERVICES BEGIN AT 7 P.M.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH – ST. EDWARD, DANA POINT
MONDAY, MARCH 16TH – CORPUS CHRISTI, ALISO VIEJO
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH – MISSION BASILICA, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH – OUR LADY OF FATIMA, SAN CLEMENTE
TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH – ST. TIMOTHY, LAGUNA NIGUEL
THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH – ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, LAGUNA BEACH
Daily Mass is celebrated:
Monday through Saturday at 8 a.m.
The Sunday Mass schedule is:
Saturday at 5 p.m. in English
Sunday at 7:30 a.m. in English
Sunday at 9 a.m. in English
Sunday at 11 a.m. in English
Sunday at 1 p.m. in Spanish
Please contact the parish office at
949-494-9701 to schedule.
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Have you ever wondered why it is specifically the bishop who consêcrates churches, dedicates altãrs, and blesses the sãcred oils, and why these actị́ons are reserved to him?
It is because the bishop carries the fullness of priesthood in a diocese. He is not just another priest with a higher tị́tle, he is the visible shepherd, the gụ́ardian of sacramental life, and the one entrusted with sanctị́fying the local Church. When he consêcrates a church, an altãr, or the oils, he is marking them as belonging fully to God under his pastoral aūthority.
When a bishop consêcrates a church, he is not merely opening a building, he is sêtting apart a space where hêaven and êarth will meet. The walls become more than structure; they become sãcred ground for wørship, prayer, and sàcrifice. It shows that wørship is not private or self-created, it is established within apostolic aūthority.
When he consêcrates an altãr, he is consêcrating the heart of the church. The altãr is where the Eucharistic sãcrifice is offered. By anọ̀inting it, the bishop declares that this place is permanently dedicated to the sãcrifice of Christ. The altãr is not a table for gathering, it is a sãcred place of offêring. His actị́on ensures that the sãcrifice offered there is roøted in apostolic continūity.
When he consêcrates the oils, the Oil of the Sị́ck, the Oil of Catêchumens, and Sãcred Chrism, he is preparing the very instruments through which grace will flow in the sacrãments throughout the diocese.
These oils will anoint the baptị́zed, confirm the faithful, ordain priests, consêcrate bishops, and hêal the sị́ck. By blessing them, the bishop ensures that sacramental grace flows from one unified source of aūthority within the Church.
All three acts reveal one truth: the bishop is the chief saňctifier of his diocese. He sets apart places, ōbjects, and elêments for divine use so that the faithful may receive grace safely and authentically. He does not create grace, God does. But he gụ́ards and regulates how that grace is publicly given.
So when a bishop consêcrates churches, altãrs, and oils, he is not performing ceremony, he is exercising apostolic respōnsibility.
He is marking spaces for wørship.
He is securing the altãr for sãcrifice.
He is preparing the elêments for sacramental life.
Because in the Church, nothing sãcred is self-appointed, it is set apãrt, guãrded, and entrusted through apostolic aūthority.
Now you know.
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