The Solemn Novena to Saint Katharine Drexel begins on Sunday, February 22, 2026.
The Feast of Saint Katharine Drexel will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at the 12:05 PM Mass in the Cathedral Basilica. For additional information about March 3 and the Shrine of Saint Katharine Drexel, please see, https://cathedralphila.org/drexel/
THE SOLEMN NOVENA to SAINT KATHARINE DREXEL WILL be PRAYED at EVERY MASS in the CATHEDRAL BASILICA DURING THIS TIME.
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ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT AND FASTING DURING LENT
The Bishops of the United States prescribe, as a minimal obligation, that all persons who are fourteen years of age and older are bound to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, on all the Fridays of Lent, and Good Friday. Further, all persons eighteen years of age and older, up to and including their fifty-ninth birthday, are bound to fast by limiting themselves to a single full meal on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday, while the other two meals on those days are to be light. Keeping a voluntary fast throughout Lent is encouraged on the part of all.
THE WAY OF THE CROSS
Each Friday of Lent immediately following the 12:05 PM Mass in the Cathedral Chapel.
Via Crucis (Estaciones de la Cruz) todos los domingos despues de la Misa de las 12:30 pm, en la Basilica.
The Way of the Cross in Spanish, will also take place each Sunday of Lent in the Basilica following the 12:30 PM Mass.
