Lent Information & News

Please be sure to read more online or in the bulletin about our special Lenten Mission “Suffering and Hope on Our Lenten Journey,” coming up March 15-17 – only one week away! Participate in-person at St. Mary church (signups by this Wednesday) or online through Zoom.....

Join us for our virtual live premier of “Journey with Christ through Holy Week” on Sunday, March 21st at 2pm on all of our social media platforms. This event will feature a Lenten companion experience of scripture and hymns of Jesus’ Journey through Holy Week to Resurrection similar to that of “Lessons & Carols” offered during Advent. Click for details.

It’s time to return your old Palms! Through-out the month, St. Martha and St. Mary Par-ishes will have bins available to collect your old palms. At St. Martha, the collection bin will be located by the elevator, and at St. Mary, the bin will be located by the baptismal font.

On Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, the Church all over the world dispenses ashes. The ritual goes with the sentence, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” or “Repent, and believe in the Gospel”. Why should we...

Please join us for our next Mary’s Garden Prayer Group sessions on Tuesday, March 9th, 23rd, and 30th at 7:30pm inside St. Mary Church. We will read a Gospel aloud, share our reflections, offer prayer intentions, and pray the rosary together. We hope you can join us!!

Men of our collaborative, you are invited to a morning of prayer and reflection during Lent at St. Mary Hall on Saturday, March 20th from 8am-12pm. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus of St. Mary and St. Martha Parishes. You do not need to be a Knight to attend.

Suffering and Hope on Our Lenten Journey. We are excited to “resurrect” our St. Martha & St. Mary Mission this Lent! Save the dates of March 15, 16, and 17 (Mon-Wed) from 7:30-8:30 pm. You are invited to participate in-person or online. Building on the plans...

Many languages have a name for Lent that is rooted in “the forty days”, such as Spanish which calls the season Cuaresma, marking our sharing in Jesus’ time in the desert after being baptized to prepare for his new public mission. Our name for “Lent”, you...

Stations of the Cross will be offered at St. Mary every Friday afternoon (4pm) during Lent. Evening Stations of the Cross will be offered at St. Martha as well; the first will be held on Friday, February 26th at 7pm. Two additional St Martha dates are Tuesday March 9 and Friday March 26 starting at 7pm.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast (those 18-59; one full meal or two smaller meals) and abstinence (those 14+; fast from meat), precluding those with health concerns. Fridays of Lent are also days of abstinence....