Feast of the Annunciation 2022

Abstinence from meat is required in the U.S. during the Fridays of Lent, unless, as canon 1251 explains, “a solemnity should fall on a Friday.”

A solemnity is a feast of the highest order in the Church. The Annunciation is a solemnity, which celebrates the archangel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she would become the Mother of God.

Therefore, you can eat meat on Friday, March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation.

This year, as we are having supper available before Stations of the Cross most Fridays during Lent, we will have a pasta dinner Friday, 3/25, with meat, vegetarian, and gluten free options available.