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Day Time
Monday 7:30AM - 7:50AM
Tuesday 7:30 AM - 7:50AM
Wednesday 7:30 AM - 7:50AM
Thursday 7:30 AM - 7:50AM
Friday 7:30 AM - 7:50AM
Saturday 3:30PM to 4:15 PM
Any time by appointment

Sacrament of Penance

RECONCILIATION, SACRAMENT OF: The sacramental celebration in which, through God's mercy and forgiveness, the sinner is reconciled with God and also with the Church, Christ's Body, which is wounded by sin (1422, 1442-1445, 1468). See Penance.

PENANCE: Interior penance: a conversion of heart toward God and away from sin, which implies the intention to change one's life because of hope in divine mercy (1431). External acts of penance include fasting, prayer, and almsgiving (1434). The observance of certain penitential practices is obliged by the fourth precept of the Church (2043).

PENANCE, SACRAMENT OF: The liturgical celebration of God's forgiveness of the sins of the penitent, who is thus reconciled with God and with the Church. The acts of the penitent--contrition, the confession of sins, and satisfaction or reparation--together with the prayer of absolution by the priest, constitute the essential elements of the Sacrament of Penance (980, 1422, 1440, 1448).

Source - Catechism of the Catholic Church