Author: Brad Germain

2026

     5:00 – 5:50 p.m.           Eucharistic Adoration – Every Wednesday during Lent

Wednesday – April 1^st  

11:00 a.m.                    Chrism Mass at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine

5:00 – 5:30 p.m.           Confessions

5:00 – 5:50 p.m.           Eucharistic Adoration

6:00 p.m.                       Mass

                               Holy Thursday – April 2^nd

                                    (No Morning Mass)

8:00 a.m.                        Morning Prayers

7:00 p.m.                     Mass of the Lord’s Supper

                                       Adoration following Mass until 10:00 p.m.

                                    Good Friday – April 3^rd       

A Day of Fast and Abstinence

                                    (No Morning Mass)

8:00 a.m.                      Morning Prayers

12:00 p.m.                    Stations of the Cross (in the Garden of the Cross)

3:00 p.m.                      Passion of the Lord (with Holy Eucharist)

7:00 p.m.                      Stations of the Cross (in the Church)

                                            Holy Saturday – April 4^th              

(No Confessions on Holy Saturday)

             8:00 a.m.                      Morning Prayers

8:30 p.m.                      The Easter Vigil Mass

                                      Easter Sunday – April 5^th    

9:00 a.m.                      Mass of the Resurrection (simultaneously televised in Parish Hall)

10:15 a.m.                      Easter Egg Hunt

11:00 a.m.                    Mass of the Resurrection

       Divine Mercy Sunday – April 12^th

            3:00 – 4:00 p.m.           Holy hour with Eucharistic Adoration and Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Lent begins on February 18^th, Ash Wednesday. Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation, but it is an important day to start your Lenten Season.  It is a day of fasting and abstinence.

Fasting and Abstinence during Lent is on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are permitted one full meal and two lesser meals per day (which together should not equal one full meal), with no eating between meals. All other Fridays are days of abstinence, which means we abstain from eating meat. Catholics who are 14 years or older should abstain from meat entirely. Soups and gravies made from meat are permitted.

Lenten Activities

Daily Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Friday at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. and Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Make this Lent a Retreat. Allow the Lord to draw you closer to His Heart each day through Word and Sacrament.

Stations of the Cross: Every Friday during Lent. Come make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer each Friday and meditate upon the final hours of our Lord’s life as he carried the cross for our salvation.

• February 20^th at 4pm followed by fish fry
• February 27^th at noon followed by soup
• March 6^th at noon
• March 13^th at noon
• March 20^th at noon followed by soup
• March 27^th  at 4pm followed by fish fry
• April 3^rd Good Friday, noon in garden and 7pm in the church

Eucharistic Adoration: A time of prayer and contemplation in the Presence of Our Eucharistic Lord.  Adoration of the Holy Eucharist will be every Wednesday from 5:00 to 5:50 p.m. during lent. There is also Eucharistic Adoration on first Friday, March 6^th from 8:30am – 5pm. There is no Eucharistic Adoration on Good Friday, April 3^rd.

Penance service: Sunday, March 8^th at 4:00 p.m. The Lord always showers us with His grace. During Holy Week, and Easter, the Lord’s graces flow in abundance. Prepare yourself to fruitfully receive those graces during the celebration of the Lord’s passion, death, and resurrection by purging yourself of your sins at our Lenten penance service. Several priests will be available to hear your confession and grant absolution.

Fish Frys:  Friday, February 20^th and March 27^th, from 4:45 – 7:00 pm. The Fish Frys will follow a special time for the Stations of the Cross at 4:00 p.m.

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures..

Proverbs 24:3-4

BISHOP ERIK‘S PRAYER FOR OUR DIOCESE