Lent and easter

This Lent, our parish offers many opportunities for prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Join us at Mass and in prayer to commemorate this solemn season. See our Lenten events in Spanish.

Special Events and Services:

• Small group in Spanish: Deacon Will Garcia and Lita Silva host an online discussion in Spanish at 7:30 pm Mondays through April 10 on “Un Nuevo Comienzo” by Fr. Dan Horan, OFM.  E-mail Deacon Will for more information.

Prayer:
 

• Morning and Evening Prayers: 7:30 am and 7:30 pm daily on Zoom.
• Virtual Parish Rosary: 4 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on Zoom.
• Rosary in Spanish: 6:30 pm on Wednesdays on Zoom. 

Holy Week and Easter Schedule:

Palm Sunday, April 2

• 3:30 pm: Outdoor Stations of the Cross, using St. Pope John Paul II’s “Environmental Stations” based on his environmental writings. The Outdoor Stations are located behind the Rectory.

Holy Thursday, April 6

• 7:30 pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the church. There will be Washing of the Feet. The Transfer of the Eucharist will occur, with the Blessed Sacrament to be reposed in the Kuehner Room off the Gathering Space, which will remain open for prayer until midnight.

Good Friday, April 7

• 11:30 am: Seven Last Words of Christ in the church.  
• 1:30 pm: Family Stations of the Cross in the church. 
• 3 pm: Stations of the Cross in the church.
• 4 pm: Stations of the Cross in Spanish in the church.    
• 7:30 pm: Passion of the Lord service in the church. The adoration of the cross will take place by bowing or laying one’s hands on it. There will be a collection for the Holy Land taken up at this service. 

Holy Saturday, April 8

• 12 pm: Blessing of the baskets in the church. Fr. John will bless the baskets of food, as he has in past years.   
• 3:30-4:30 pm: Confessions in English in the St. Clare Chapel of the Rectory and in English and Spanish in the church confessional.

Easter Vigil, April 8

• 8 pm: Easter Vigil in the church. This will be a bilingual Mass.

Easter Sunday, April 9
Masses to be celebrated at: 

• 8 am
• 9:30 am
• 11:15 am 
• 1 pm (Spanish)

There will be no Mass at 5 pm on Easter Sunday nor a virtual Mass.

Please join us for our virtual prayer opportunities throughout the Lenten and Easter season:
 

• Morning and Evening Prayers: 7:30 am and 7:30 pm daily on Zoom.
• Virtual Parish Rosary: 4 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on Zoom.
• Rosary in Spanish: 6:30 pm on Wednesdays on Zoom.