Advent Communal Penance Service at 12:10pm. Many Priest confessors available, including confessors in American Sign, Spanish and other languages. No 11:00am Confessions and no 12:10pm Mass. Evening confessions from 6pm until 7pm.

Daytime Penance Service & Evening Confession Hour

All are welcome to experience the love of Christ through the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the Advent Communal Penance Service, Come Home for Christmas, Wednesday, December 15 at 12:10pm in the Cathedral. Many priests, including confessors in American Sign, Spanish and other languages, will be available for individual confessions after the brief penance service. Can’t make it during the day? Confessions also will be available in the Cathedral in English and Spanish that same evening, December 15, 6-7pm.

Extra Daytime Confessors

Two confessors will be available for Confessions from 11am to Noon from Monday,December 20 through Christmas Eve, December 24.

What is the Sacrament Called?

We refer here to Reconciliation and to Penance, but the sacrament has many names. Understanding the various names helps in our understanding of the tremendous benefits that this sacrament brings to those who open their hearts to receive it.

It is called the Sacrament of Conversion because it makes sacramentally present Jesus' call to conversion, the firt step in returning to the Father from whom one has strayed by sin. It is called the Sacrament of Penance, since it consecrates the Christian sinner's personal and ecclesial steps of conversion, penance, and satisfaction. It is called the Sacrament of Confession since the disclosure or confession of sins is an essential element of this Sacrament. In a profound sense, it is also a "confession"—acknowledgment and praise—of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man. It is called the Sacrament of Forgiveness, since by the priest's sacramental absolution, God grants the penitent "pardon and peace." It is called the Sacrament of Reconciliation because it imparts to the sinner the love of God who reconciles: "Be reconciled to God" (2 Cor 5:20). He who lives by God's merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord's call: "Go, first be reconciled to your brother." (Catechism of the Catholic Church,1423-24, citing Mt 5:24) 

Servicio Comunitario al Mediodía y Confesiones en la Tarde

Les invitamos a que experimenten el amor de Cristo a través del Sacramento de la Confesión en el Servicio Comunitario de Adviento, el miércoles 15 de diciembre, a las 12:10 del mediodía. Habrá más de 12 sacerdotes disponibles, incluyendo sacerdotes en español y otros idiomas.¿No puede venir durante el día? Esa tarde también habrá confesiones de 6:00-7:00 tendremos sacerdotes disponibles, incluyendo un sacerdote en español.

Confesores extras durante el día

Dos  sacerdotes estarán disponibles para confesiones de 11 de la mañana a 12 del mediodía, del 20 de diciembre al 24 de diciembre.