A Lenten Evening of Reflection will be held on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 7pm. The guest speaker for this evening will be Sr. Paula Robillard, SSJ. Sr. Paula is the Springfield, MA Diocesan Director of Faith Formation and has led numerous retreats and retreat days.
Please plan on setting aside this evening to pause and [...]
Let us receive the announcement of Lent with joy!
For if our forefather Adam had kept the fast,
We would not have been deprived of paradise.
O Lord, who took flesh from the Virgin
in the fullness of time,
Call me back and restore me to Eden!
– Byzantine Vespers
We begin our celebration of Lent with the imposition of ashes [...]
Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation in a communal celebration at Sacred Heart on Tuesday, March 24 at 7pm, or at Saint Maurice on Wednesday, April 1 at 7pm.
Prayer, song, examination of conscience, reflection, individual confession, absolution and thanksgiving in a painless setting. Whether you receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation regularly or rarely – come.
Our Lenten observances for this year begin on February 25, 2009, Ash Wednesday.
Services include
Mass with Distribution of Ashes at 9am,
Liturgy of the Word with Distribution of Ashes at 4pm (convenient for our faith formation students) and
Liturgy of the Word with Distribution of Ashes at 7pm.
For Catholics, Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence.
