CHARLOTTE — St. Ann Church and the Charlotte Latin Mass Community celebrated Septuagesima Sunday with a high Mass offered by pastor Fr. Timothy Reid on Feb.17.
In the Extraordinary Form (Latin) calendar, a pre-lent season called Septuagesima begins three weeks prior Lent to prepare the faithful for the extra prayers and penances required during the upcoming penitential season.
Accordingly, the priest wears violet vestments to begin drawing people to begin focusing on Lent.
In Latin, Septuagesima means seventy, in reference to 70 days before Easter.
The Sundays following Septuagesima are called Sexagesima (60) and Quinquagesima (50).
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— Photo by Markus Kuncoro