|  | LENT 2006  
      
          Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for Lent 2006[Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Polish, Portuguese,  Romanian, Spanish, Swedish]
  
  
         
           
           | Ash Wednesday |   
           |  1 March 2006  |  Procession from the Church of Saint Anselm to the Basilica of St Sabina on the Aventine HillMass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes:
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           | I Sunday of Lent |   
           |  5 March 2006   |  |  
  
         
           
           | Saturday |   
           |  11 March 2006   | Conclusion of the Spiritual Exercises Redemptoris Mater Chapel
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           | II Sunday of Lent |   
           |    12 March 2006  |  |  
  
                
                  
                  | III Sunday of Lent |   
                  |  19 March 2006  | Mass for workers Vatican Basilica
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                   | Saturday - Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord |   
                   | 25 March 2006 | Eucharistic Concelebration with the new Cardinals and presentation of the cardinalitial ring, Vatican Basilica   |  
  
                
                  
                  | IV Sunday of Lent |   
                  |  26 March 2006  | Pastoral visit to the Roman Parish of "Dio Padre Misericordioso" - Mass |  
  
                 
                   
                   | V Sunday of Lent |   
                   |  2 April 2006  | First anniversary of the Death of the Servant of God Pope John Paul II |  
  
                 
                   
                   | Monday |   
                   |   3 April 2006  | Holy Mass in suffrage of the deceased Holy Father John Paul II |  
  
               
                 
                 | Palm Sunday and Passion of the Lord |   
                 |    9 April 2006   | 21st World Youth Day Blessing of the Palms, Mass and Procession:
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