Dear Parishioners, Lent is always a wonderful opportunity for confession. Throughout the diocese, and in our Kalamazoo area, the Lenten Penance Services have begun. Our Penance Service at St. Catherine will be this Tuesday night March 7, starting at 6:30 pm. Of course, we will continue to have our Saturday morning confessions from 11:00 am - 12:00, with several of your parish priests available for confession. As you go to confession this Lent, you may begin to hear the new translation of the Prayer of Absolution that the priest will be using. This Lent is a transition period where we can begin using this prayer (and after nearly 30 years, I will have to adjust to a new prayer). Officially every priest in the United States must begin using this new translation on Divine Mercy Sunday (the Sunday after Easter). Please check out our 2023 Lenten schedule for additional things we will be doing at the parish (Lenten talks, Stations of the Cross, etc.) during these weeks of Lent. This schedule also lists all the penance services that will be held at the area parishes during the rest of Lent. Thanks for reading! Fr. Mark