If you have not already done so, remember to fast and abstain today on Thursday or Saturday for the Solemnity of St. Joseph, which falls on Monday, March 20 this year.

On Friday, March 17 one would not be allowed as a day of fast and abstinence as St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated as a Solemnity in the Diocese of Sacramento, for he is the co-patron of the diocese, our Lady of Guadalupe being the other co-patron. In addition, the Third Sunday of Lent on March 19 would not be allowed as well.