Loyola Student Dispatch

Loyola University Chicago will be commemorating Ash Wednesday with a number of Masses and Services at both the Lake Shore and Water Tower campuses.

Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation, but nonetheless is a solemn occasion for beginning the Lenten Season. Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence for Roman Catholics.

Here is the schedule:

Lake Shore Campus

9:15am	Service • Madonna della Strada Chapel
10:15am	Service • Madonna della Strada Chapel
12:00pm	Mass • Madonna della Strada Chapel
1:30pm	Service • Madonna della Strada Chapel
3:30pm	Service • Madonna della Strada Chapel
5:00pm	Mass • Madonna della Strada Chapel
7:00pm	Service • Madonna della Strada Chapel
9:00pm	Mass • Madonna della Strada Chapel

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Water Tower Campus

11:30am	Mass • Saint James Chapel, WTC (corner of Rush and Pearson)
5:15pm	Mass • Kasbeer CLC, WTC.
8:00pm	Service • Kasbeer CLC, WTC.

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Loyola students, faculty and staff at the Water Tower Campus also will have an opportunity to attend Ash Wednesday Masses and Services at nearby Holy Name Cathedral. Here is the schedule from Holy Name:

Masses are scheduled at 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. At 12:10 p.m., Cardinal George will offer the Mass and will preach before an anticipated full Cathedral. A Mass also is schedule for 5:15 p.m.

At prayer services, the blessing with ashes will be given at the conclusion of the 10-minute prayer. This year, we are offering five additional prayer services on Ash Wednesday. The prayer services are scheduled for 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.