Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday, February 18. It marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day season (excluding Sundays) of prayer, fasting, and repentance leading up to Easter Sunday, which will be celebrated on April 5. 

Below is the Mass and service schedule for St. Charles Borromeo and the Cathedral of St. James.

• 9 AM – Mass with distribution of ashes at St. Charles Borromeo
• 12 PM– Mass with distribution of ashes at St. James Cathedral Basilica and the start of the Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage
• 12:10 PM – Prayer Service with distribution of ashes at St. Charles Borromeo
• 7 PM – Mass with distribution of ashes at St. Charles Borromeo

St. Charles Borromeo will celebrate its customary 9 AM and 7 PM Masses this Sunday, January 25. The current forecast calls for a major snowstorm. Please use caution when deciding when you can safely make it to Mass.

If not, you can view the St. Charles Masses either live-streamed or after-the-fact on YouTube, www.stcharlesbklyn.org/youtube/. The Brooklyn diocese’s TV station, NET TV, has televised Masses. In New York City, NET TV is available on Verizon Fios 548, Spectrum channel 97, Optimum channel 30.

Due to the inclement weather, the Faith Formation religious education program will not meet this Sunday.