This year the Feast of St. Patrick, the patron saint of our Archdiocese, falls on a Friday during Lent.  Given the importance of this feast in the life of the Archdiocese and in the lives of many Catholics, Cardinal Seán is granting a dispensation from the Friday Lenten abstinence on March 17, 2023, to those who wish to take advantage of this opportunity.  This is a one day only dispensation.