Some Lenten Ideas From Fr. Arisman
Do spiritual readings. Check out our Parish Library bookshelf. Come to Stations of the Cross. Bring your children; it is an awesome thing they can really be engaged in a real and profound way. Honestly, they love it.
Make sure your entire family, no matter the fight with your children, goes to Mass every Sunday. Come to daily Mass, maybe at least once a week. Come to the soup suppers.
Come to a Bible study or the “99” series. Read the Scriptures daily, use Fr. Mike Schmitz Bible in a Year podcast to do so. Check out the Formed.org website and app and the multitudes of things there.
Fast extra. Give extra alms. Come to the Liturgy of the Hours on Sunday evenings or the Rosary group on Monday nights. Join a small group or start one with a few friends. Come to Wednesday adoration.
Go to confession a few times during Lent on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Ash Wednesday Services - March 2nd, 2022
Masses
6:30 a.m., 8:35 a.m. (School Mass), and 5:30 p.m.
Ash Services Only
12:15 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Lenten Adoration & Benediction
Once again during Lent, we will have the opportunity to faithfully engage in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Wednesday beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 2nd and concluding on the Wednesday of Holy Week, April 13th.
You may sign up for 1/2 hour time slots beginning at 1:00 p.m. through 4:30 p.m. Benediction will conclude Adoration at 5:00 p.m. and then will be followed by Holy Mass at 5:30 p.m.
Stations of the Cross
Friday evenings at 5:30 p.m.
Ligurgy of the Hours
Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. in the Friar's Choir (Chapel to the North Side of the Altar)
Anyone is welcome to come and join us for prayer that lasts about 15 minutes. A great way to end the Lord’s day!
Rosary
Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. in the Friar's Choir (Chapel to the North Side of the Altar)
Sacrament of Reconciliation
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered every Saturday following the 8:00 a.m. Mass and at 3:00 p.m. Reconciliation is also available on Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m.
Lenten Soup Suppers
Wednesdays After 5:30 p.m. Mass
Support CRS Rice Bowl
Take a rice bowl to support the hungry. Challenge your family to fix a lesser meal than usual, like rice and beans or soup. Donate the savings to CRS Rice Bowl as a Lenten Sacrifice. There are packages of beans and rice for you to take to make a lesser meal (while supplies last) at the North Entrance to church.
Forty Days of Giving to the Food Pantry During Lent
The Food Pantry challenges you to give a grocery item each day of Lent to the Food Pantry. There are bags in the pantry bins at all the entrances of church with a list of the suggested items to donate. Take one and fill it up, then bring it to church.
The 99 Masterclass - Sessions March 5th through April 8th
Our parish is launching a powerful evangelization initiative with a “masterclass.” If you serve in parish ministry or are simply interested in sharing your faith more intentionally, The 99 Masterclass is for you.
Lauren Scharmer Presents On Chiara Corbella Petrillo - Tuesday, April 5th - 7:00 p.m.
Lauren Scharmer, guest speaker from St. Louis, coming to speak on the life of Chiara Corbella Petrillo – a wife, mother, friend, and example of heroic sacrifice and love. This evening is open to all interested in learning more about an inspirational witness to holiness for our time. Bring a friend!
Lenten Mission With Fr. Joseph Tuscan, OFM Cap. – April 9-12
Topics include: Repent and believe; On the greatest threat to holiness today; The biblical gifts of forgiveness, justice, and mercy; St. Joseph model of family life
Check Out Lenten Programs on FORMED
FORMED is an online, on-demand resource to thousands of Catholic movies, video programs, audio book & much more. There are many programs for Lent.
