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Lent 2025

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Bp. Barron's Reflections
- Saturday, March 15, 2025
  
  Friends, once again our Gospel today is taken from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.

Lent is a time of preparation for the celebration of Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (March 5). It is a season of simple living. As the entire Church prepares for the great celebration of Christ’s Paschal Mystery in the Easter Triduum, Catholics make special efforts to pray, do penance, and do good works. Every day of the forty-day Lenten season is an opportunity to live simply and prepare for Easter.

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Lenten Opportunities in our Parishes
Stations of the Cross: This traditional Catholic Lenten devotion invites us spiritually to accompany Jesus in his last days on his faithful way to the cross. Stations of the Cross will be prayed every Friday of Lent at 4:00 p.m. at St. Linus Church. On Good Friday, we will pray the Stations of the Cross at 12:00 noon at St. Linus Church.
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Confessions: Our priests are available every Saturday afternoon at St. Patrick from 3:00-3:45 p.m. During the Season of Lent, our priests are available after our daily 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Church (except if a Funeral Mass is scheduled) to hear confessions. Personal appointments for confession can always be made by contacting a priest directly through the NCC office (508-653-1093).
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Faith Formation Lenten Food Drive: Please help us in supporting the wonderful work of our St. Vincent de Paul Society by donating to this year's Lenten Food Drive. Click here for more information!
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Adult Faith Forum: Please join us this Lent for Walking with Mary to Jerusalem. Please click here to find out more about this special program of prayer & reflection being offered in St. Patrick Lower Church Hall following the 11 a.m. Mass beginning on Sunday, March 9.

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Lenten Wednesday Afternoon Prayer Group: A warm invitation to join us beginning on Wednesday, March 12, at the Norton-Giggi Center at St. Linus for this time of prayer & discussion as we journey through the Lenten Season with Joyce Rupp's wonderful book, Jesus, Guide of My Life: Reflections on the Lenten Journey. Please click here for more details!
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Pro-Life Speaker Series: Please join us at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, at St. Patrick Church for a wonderful Lenten Afternoon with special guest speaker Deacon Bill Dwyer from Deacons for Life. Deacon Dwyer will present The Visitation and Prayer: Mary's Journey and Ours. To learn more please click here.
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Parish Lenten Mission: All are invited to join us for Three Perspectives at Calvary with special guest speaker Monet Souza on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday - March 31, April 1 & April 2. For more information please click here.

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Teen Group Lenten Journey: Check out our Teen Group page here to find out about all of the amazing events planned for our Teens during this Season of Lent!

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Lenten Pizza Dinner & Living Stations of the Cross Presented by NCC Teens: On Friday evening, April 4, we will have a Lenten Pizza Dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by a special Living Stations of the Cross at 7:00 p.m. at St. Linus Church. To sign-up for the dinner, please click here.

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Lenten Soup Dinner & Special Music Ministry Presentation: Please join us on Friday evening, April 11, following the 4 p.m. Stations of the Cross for this special evening at St. Linus. Click here for more details!

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Holy Week Schedule
Palm Sunday - April 13
Regular Sunday Mass Schedule (7:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick, 9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. at St. Linus)

Holy Thursday - April 17
Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 p.m. at St. Patrick Church

Good Friday - April 18
Stations of the Cross at 12:00 noon at St. Linus Church
Good Friday Liturgy at 3:00 p.m. at St. Linus Church

Holy Saturday - April 19
Easter Vigil Mass at 7:00 p.m. at St. Patrick Church

Easter Sunday - April 20
7:30 a.m. - St. Patrick Church
9:00 a.m. - St. Linus Church
11:00 - St. Patrick Church
No 5:00 p.m. Mass on Easter Sunday

Lenten Resources
For Adults:
What is Lent? USCCB
Lent - Loyola Press
Dynamic Catholic - Best Lent Ever
Living Lent Daily
Lent in Three Minutes (video) - Busted Halo

For Families:
All About Lent
Family Lenten Calendar (printable)
Lenten Activities for Children - Loyola Press
Making Resurrection Eggs as a Family
Lent for Kids - Catholic Icing
Observing Lent as a Family