DAILY MASS will be celebrated during the season of Lent at 6:45 am and 8:30 am from Monday thru Friday and at 8:30 am on Saturday.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Come Home to God’s Mercy and Celebrate the Sacrament of Penance during the Season of Lent this year Every Saturday from 3:30 4:15pm in the second floor Large Meeting Room Tuesday evening from 7:00 8:00 pm in the Church (in the back pews of the church)

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Stations of the Cross will be held on Friday evenings during Lent at 7:00 pm in the church. Join us as we reflect and pray on Jesus’ journey to Calvary.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Eucharistic Adoration will take place during the season of Lent on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 8:00 pm in the Church.

You are invited to join us Wednesday evenings in March for a Virtual Adult Education program with our seminarian Derek Mobilio. Leveraging the Bishop Barron ENGAGE videos, we will reflect on a different topic/video each week.

The short videos and reflection questions will be sent to you weekly, and in advance, so you can view them prior to our online discussion.  We will then gather Wednesday's at 7:30PM on Zoom with Derek. The Zoom meeting details will also be included in the weekly Flocknote.

Weekly Topics:

• March 3: The Teachings of Jesus
  • Learn the secret to the good life according to Jesus 
• March 10:  Prayer
  • The Purpose of Prayer 
• March 17:  Evil and Suffering
  • The Atheists’ best argument 
• March 24:  The Seven Deadly Sins
  • God does not need us

To participate in this virtual adult education program and to receive the Flocknote reflections, videos and Zoom meeting information please join our 2021 ENGAGE Lenten Series Flocknote group by clicking the button below.  You will only receive this information from Flocknote if you are part of this group.

Lent is a time to walk with Christ in his passion, preparing to renew our baptismal vows and be united with him in his death and resurrection at Easter.  It is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.  It is a time to simplify and sacrifice.  As we observe the Church’s guidelines regarding fasting and abstinence, we also make our own commitments to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as an individual and as a family.  Below are some resources to help your family grow close to Christ this Lent.

We are excited to announce that our parish has signed up for a free trial during Lent which means parishioners have access to premium video content from Word on Fire.  If you are subscribed to Flocknote you can enjoy content such as: 

• Catholicism 101 Mini-Course
• Evil and Suffering Mini-Course
• The Mass Mini-Course

In addition, you now have access to the entire Word on Fire digital video library. You can watch any of Bishop Barron's films or study programs whenever you want, on any device!

Click here for more informaiton and to register for Flocknote.

Nothing will transform your life so completely, absolutely, and forever like really learning how to pray. That’s why this year’s BEST LENT EVER journeys through Matthew Kelly’s latest book,  I Heard God Laugh: A Practical Guide to Life’s Essential Daily Habit.

Beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing through all forty days of Lent, you will receive a daily email with a short video to help you reconnect with yourself and your God.

If you choose to throw yourself into this experience, we promise you that you will be surprised by what God can do in your life with just an email, a short video, and an open heart. So this year, don’t just sign up for BEST LENT EVER, have your best lent ever!You can sign-up here.

From the USCCB:
Daily inspiration: Lent 2021 calendar

Fortify your Lenten journey with the words of the church fathers and Pope Francis featured on this calendar, and contemplate the suggestions for prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Print the calendar in English and Spanish and post it in a prominent place to remind you of your commitment to raise up, sacrifice, and offer, during this Lent.

(English | Español)

Scriptural Stations of the Cross – (English | Español)

Rediscovering the Sacrament of Penance
This website contains resources to help you rediscover the Sacrament of Penance and answer questions about the Church and Church teachings. 

Online Prayer Resources
Creighton Online Ministries | Loyola Press | Pray as you Go | Loyola Press
 

For Families

• Diocese of Worcester - Environmental Stewardship 2021 Lent Calendar
  The Environmental Stewardship Ministry is pleased to offer this calendar as a family program to engage everyone in thoughtful discussion about our relationship with God's creation and our obligations to each other.  
• 25 Great Things You Can Do for Lent - Besides giving up chocolate from Busted Halo
• Lent Action Cards from Loyola Press
• Works of Mercy Tree from Loyola Press
• Preparing your family for Lent from Catholic Mom
• Inspirational and Practical Resources for you and your family downloadable resources from Sadlier

The season of Lent gives us a wonderful opportunity to reflect and make room in our hearts to welcome the stranger. Through our prayer, we encounter Jesus, who is present in the face of every member of our human family. When we fast, we encounter the obstacles that prevent us from fully loving God and our neighbor. When we give alms, we share what we have with others.

During Lent, our community will participate in CRS Rice Bowl, a faith-in-action program that invites us to reflect on the challenges of global hunger—and our Gospel call to care for our global human family.

Matthew’s Gospel invites us to remember that we are responsible for helping all of our sisters and brothers, even those who are strangers to us. When we do this, we care for Christ. In Matthew 25:40, Jesus tells us that, “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” Through our Lenten prayers, fasting and almsgiving, we can respond to the needs of our sisters and brothers, including the millions of men, women and children around the world who experience chronic hunger.  Visit crsricebowl.org to watch videos of the people and communities you support through your Lenten gifts to CRS Rice Bowl.  CRS Rice Bowls will be collected at the end of Lent, so stay tuned to learn more.