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The word "Lent" means springtime. It comes from the same root as "lengthen". Daytime lengthens during Lent. The Northern hemisphere turns toward to sun, the source of life. In the lengthening brightness from Ash Wednesday until Holy Thursday afternoon, our holy Lent, we turn to God, the source of our life.
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Ash Wednesday
February 26
8:00am Mass and Ashes
6:00pm Soup Supper
7:00pm Prayer Service and Ashes
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We begin our Lenten journey by being marked with ashes in the sign of the cross. In this simple signing, our baptismal seal retraced, we enter into the Paschal Season. This is a day of prayer and fasting. We begin our observation of Lent by self-examination and self-denial.
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The Way of the Cross
Fridays of Lent
February 28-March 27
5:30pm Stations in the Chapel
6:00pm Simple Soup Supper
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Our celebration of The Way of the Cross offers reflection and prayer at each of the fourteen "stations" of Jesus' journey on the day of his crucifixion. Focusing on the passion and death of Christ, we meditate on our Lord's great love for us
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Lenten Vespers
"Evensong"
Sundays during Lent
March 8-April 5
5:00pm in the Chapel
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We gather on Sundays during Lent to give thanks for the day that is ending. We praise Christ who is "radiant light". We pray the evening psalms and the Magnificat, singing of God's promise of mercy. As darkness falls, we lift up to God the needs and sorrows and failures of all the world.
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Fr Michael Joncas
Sunday March 1 in Church
The season of Lent begins with an afternoon of Prayer & Reflection.
4pm refreshments, 4:30pm Fr Joncas, concludes with Lenten Vespers.
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Lenten Film Series
March 8: "The Agony & the Ecstasy"
March 15: "The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe"
March 22: "Les Miserables"
2:30pm in the Parish Center
Please RSVP HERE
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One Book, One Parish
"Positively Catholic"
Discussion Sessions in Parish Center
March 20, 10am
March 21, 6pm
March 22, 12noon
Please RSVP HERE
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Penitential Service
April 3
5:30pm Penitential Service in Church
6:00pm Confessions in Church
6:00pm Soup Supper in GS
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Lenten Rice Bowls
Pick up a Rice Bowl beginning Ash Wednesday in the Gathering Space. Use the prayer printed on the bowl as grace before meals. Eat a simple meal once a week and, in the Rice Bowl, save the money you would have spent on a full meal.Rice Bowls will be collected during the evening liturgy on Holy Thursday.
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Lenten Regulations
Abstinence: Catholics who have reached their 14th birthday are to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent.
Fasting: Catholics who are 18 or older, until their 59th birthday, are to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Only one full meal is allowed and two smaller meals may be taken according to one's needs to maintain strength.
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