Lent Information & News

Only one more week until the centerpiece of our Lenten offerings – the Collaborative Lenten Mission-Retreat! New details on each day are in the article below, but please take seriously the idea of inviting someone to join you… it’s a lot easier to invite someone to a special event than to Mass! Meanwhile, the highlight this week is the visit from Father Abraham Miller, a priest of the St. Nicholas Eparchy (like a diocese) for Ukrainian Catholics in the USA. Like many Eastern Rite Catholics, Father Abe has a

As we have begun our Lenten journey anew, the Church reminds us that this time of fasting, prayer, and acts of loving charity is for us, who are already Catholics, a companion journey with those who are preparing to receive the Sacraments of initiation this Easter. Our collaborative parishes are abundantly blessed....

Lent is a season of grace, a time when the Lord gently calls us to draw closer to Him. It is not just about giving something up but about making space for God — allowing Him to renew our hearts, to fill us with hope, and to transform our daily lives. This year, as we embark on our Lenten journey, we do so in the spirit of the 2025 Jubilee Year, as Pilgrims of Hope. A pilgrim sets out not only,,,,

On Ash Wednesday you will notice a significant visual change inside St. Mary church, since we received an amazing gift of colorful, new Stations of the Cross, painted by Gail Frignon! Father Bernie noticed the paint on old stations....

Spend some quiet time with the Lord. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday March 7th, the first Friday of the month from 5-6pm at St Mary Wrentham.

You can protect mothers and children by joining this worldwide mobilization to pray and fast for an end to abortion! Through prayer and fasting, peaceful vigils and community outreach, 40 Days for Life has inspired 1,000,000+ volunteers! With God’s help, here....

All Catholics are united in two Lenten practices. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast for those ages 18-59. Only one full meal and two smaller meals should be consumed, unless health conditions preclude. For those of age 14 and above, Ash Wednesday and all Fridays in Lent, are days of abstinence where no meat should be eaten.

The palms distributed at churches are blessed, when we are finished with them they should be burned or buried. If you wish to dispose of old palms in preparation for new ones this year, you can place them in the containers at either church and we can burn them for you.

Men of the Collaborative please join us for a morning of study, reflection and brotherhood in Christ, Saturday March 8th 7:30am-1:30pm as we begin lent. We will attend morning Mass together and we will view and discuss the Knights of Columbus program modeled....

To provide a sense of closure and to offer our prayers for unbaptized children, St. Mary’s will celebrate a special Mass on Tuesday evening, March 4th, at 7:00 PM. The Mass will be offered for the souls of every child lost before receiving the Sacrament of Baptism. By commending these children to Jesus, Whose tenderness toward....