Author Topic: Bishop Asks for Hour of Confession Every Week During Lent (Read 888 times)

Augstine Baker · « **on:** January 12, 2012, 11:16:41 AM »

The Bishop of Lancaster has launched a Lenten initiative to encourage Catholics to return to Confession.

Bishop Michael Campbell has written to all Catholic schools and parishes to announce the introduction of a co-ordinated weekly Confession on the same day, at the same hour in every church across the diocese.

From February 29 until the Wednesday of Holy Week, every Catholic church in the Diocese of Lancaster will be open from 7pm until 8pm in order for the faithful to go to Confession.

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2012/01/11/bishop-asks-for-hour-of-confession-every-week-in-lent/

stevusmagnus · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2012, 07:10:37 PM »

Good luck trying to get to confession on Ash Wednesday in the NO even though it is a premiere day of penance that kicks off Lent. I've tried this in the past. They offer 16 "ash services" that day and not one confession. Isn't even a holy day of obligation and they offer 3-4 masses to distribute ashes to the Ash Wednesday Catholics who go to church twice a year if they're lucky. Meanwhile any Catholic in mortal sin on that day who is in danger of death better hope he made a perfect act of contrition, because if not he's toast. But at least the Novus Ordites got their ashes!

Augstine Baker · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2012, 07:21:30 PM »

Quote from: stevusmagnus

Good luck trying to get to confession on Ash Wednesday in the NO even though it is a premiere day of penance that kicks off Lent. I've tried this in the past. They offer 16 "ash services" that day and not one confession. Isn't even a holy day of obligation and they offer 3-4 masses to distribute ashes to the Ash Wednesday Catholics who go to church twice a year if they're lucky. Meanwhile any Catholic in mortal sin on that day who is in danger of death better hope he made a perfect act of contrition, because if not he's toast. But at least the Novus Ordites got their ashes!

Ten years ago they were saying, good luck getting a Universal Indult... Good luck getting those mass translations with "pro multis" in...

Good grief.

Sigismund · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:26:59 PM »

I have gone to confession on As Wednesday every year for as long as I can remember. I have never had any difficulty finding an opportunity to do so.