SANTA CRUZ COUNTY – Communal celebrations of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation with individual confessions and absolution as part of the Lenten preparation for Easter Sunday on 9 April 2023, will take place at the following times and locations in Santa Cruz County. (Nota bene: This page will be updated as needed.)
“The effects of the sacrament of Penance are: reconciliation with God and therefore the forgiveness of sins; reconciliation with the Church; recovery, if it has been lost, of the state of grace; remission of the eternal punishment merited by mortal sins, and remission, at least in part, of the temporal punishment which is the consequence of sin; peace, serenity of conscience and spiritual consolation; and an increase of spiritual strength for the struggle of Christian living”.
~ Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2005), n. 310
Friday, 17 March 2023
6pm – Our Lady of Assumption in Watsonville
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
6:30pm – Saint Joseph in Capitola
Thursday, 30 March 2023
6pm – Our Lady of Christian Help in Watsonville
Friday, 31 March 2023
6pm – Saint Patrick in Watsonville
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