Lent Events
The season of Lent consists of forty days of fasting, prayer, and penitence beginning at Ash Wednesday and concluding at sundown on Holy Thursday. Below is information on our Lenten schedules on confessions, Stations of the Cross, and Holy Week schedule. Click here to learn more about the requirements for abstinence and fasting.
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February 11 - Livin Lent Camp for Kids @ 1-3pm - Click HERE to register or for more information.
February 14 - ASH WEDNESDAY Masses @ 8:45am and 6pm, service is at 12pm in Church. This is a day of abstinence and fasting.
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ADORATION AN ART SERIES
Whether it is a painting, film, image or music, praying with art offers an opportunity to reflect on different subjects, note our feelings, and tap more into the divine. This Art and Adoration series gives us the opportunity to deepen our relationship with Christ with the aid of wonderful art. This year, our focus is centered on the four words on the Diocesan logo for the Eucharist Revival: GATHERED, BLESSED, BROKEN, SHARED. These words remind us of our Eucharistic identity as the People of God, whose lives take on their fullest meaning only when we give them away in sacrificial love.
Art & Adoration sessions are in church on the following dates starting with Adoration from 6pm and the talk at 7pm:
March 6 - Fr. Louis Thomas - “Gathered"
March 13 - Fr. Sal Shevchuk - "Blessed"
March 20 - Fr. Jared Orndorff - “Broken and Shared”
PARISH MISSION AND MINI-MISSION
St. Joseph Parish will be holding it's Parish Mission and Mini-Mission on the evenings of February 18-20 at 7pm in Church. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available at 6:30pm each evening and on the last night we will finish the mission with the celebration of Mass. We are excited to have the Mini-Mission in Nolan Hall for children ages 4-8 simultaneously. We will host Fr. Joseph Tuscan, OFM Cap, National Director of the Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers and in full-time preaching ministry for the Capuchin Province of St. Augustine, who will present "REPENT and BELIEVE". With more than 25 years in the priesthood, Fr. Joseph Tuscan has served in Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific, Puerto Rico and in the United States as parochial vicor, pastor, military and hospital chaplain.
February 18 - "The Greatest Threat to Holiness Today"
February 19 - "Pray, Hope and Don't Worry: How to raise faithful Catholics and how to encourage the return of those who have left the practice of their Catholic faith."
February 20 - "The Solution: Forgiveness and the Holy Eucharist"
CONFESSIONS
During Lent, confessions will be heard at these additional times in the church:
- Saturdays from 3:30-4:30 (no confessions on Holy Saturday)
- February 28, 5-8pm (Diocesan Night of Confession)
- March 25, 7-7:30pm
- March 26, 9:30-10am
- March 27, 3:30-4pm
REMINDER: There are no Confessions during the Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross will be held on the following Fridays immediately after 5:30 pm Mass (approx. 6 pm)
- February 16
- February 23
- March 1
- March 8
- March 15
- March 22
LENTEN DINNERS
We will have Mass and Stations of the Cross every Friday. In addition to that, we will be offering a (free) Simple Supper after Stations in Nolan Hall.
February 16 - Hosted by Parish Council
February 23 - Hosted by Scouts Troop 180
March 1 - Hosted by Pro-Life and St. Vincent dePaul
March 8- Hosted by Men's Group, Friends of the Carpenter, Knights of Columbus
March 15 - Hosted by Arise
March 22 - Hosted by Martha & Mary Guild
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MORE EVENTS
February 23: Adoration in the Rectory Chapel from 9am-4pm. Benediction is at 4pm.
February 24 and 25: Communal Anointing of the Sick at 5pm Mass on Saturday and 10am Mass on Sunday.
March 3: Church Tour and Scavenger Hunt between 1-2:30pm in Church
March 23 and 24: Palm Folding after ALL Masses in Nolan Hall.
March 24 - Journey through Holy Week between 2-4pm in Church.
HOLY WEEK
All Holy Week events will be held in the Church unless otherwise indicated.
March 27 -- Tenebrae @ 7pm
March 28 -- Mass of the Lord's Supper @ 7pm. Adoration in Nolan Hall immediately following Mass until 11:30pm
March 29 -- Good Friday Service @ 3pm
March 30 -- Food Blessing @ 11am; Easter Vigil Mass @ 8pm
March 31 -- Easter Masses @ 8am, 10am, 12pm (noon)