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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March 2 - Livin Lent Camp for Kids @ 1-3pm - Click HERE to register or for more information.
March 5 - 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 AND 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 will be centered on the three themes from Bishop Malesic’s Pastoral Letter A Flourishing Apostolic Church: Worship, Evangelization, and Service. Bishop Malesic states worship, evangelization, and service are “at the heart of parish ministry, the primary reasons why a parish exists.”
Art & Adoration sessions are in church on the following dates starting with Adoration from 6pm and the talk at 7pm:
March 26 – Fr. Matthew Pfeiffer, Pastor of Saint Paul’s Parish, Akron - Worship
April 2 – Miguel Chavez, DMin (cand), MA, MBA, Sr. Vice President of Mission and Ministry at Sisters of Charity Health System, Cleveland - Evangelization
April 9 – Scott Scalf, Small Seed Ministry, Akron and a representative of St. Joseph Parish's Respect Life Ministries - Service
PARISH MISSION
This Lent, our parish mission will be “The Call to Holiness: Man, Woman, Marriage, and Family” will be presented by Fr. Vsevolod “Sal" Shevchuk, pastor of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church and his wife Halyna Shevchuk. Join us as we deepen our understanding of who we are as men and women, as husband and wife, as mother and father, reflecting on the beauty and sanctity of marriage and family life. It will recognize their essential role in nurturing faith, our community, and the call of all Christians to offer support.
- Sunday, March 16 - Fr. Sal Shevchuk: Call to Holiness: Becoming a Man, Balancing Work and Family, Finding Your Legacy
- Monday, March 17 - Halyna Shevchuk: Call to Holiness: Maiden, Mother and Matriarch. Biblical World View
- Tuesday, March 18- Fr. Sal Shevchuk & Halyna Shevchuk: Call to Holiness: Prayer Life, Growing in a Godly Family and Serving Others
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)
- March 19, 5-8pm (Diocesan Night of Confession)
- April 14, 7-7:30pm
- April 15, 9:30-10am
- April 16, 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)
- March 7
- March 14
- March 21
- March 28
- April 4
- April 11
LENTEN SIMPLE SUPPERS
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.
- March 7
- March 14
- March 21
- March 28
- April 4
- April 11
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MORE EVENTS
March 28: Adoration in the Rectory Chapel from 9am-4pm. Benediction is at 4pm.
April 5 and 6: Communal Anointing of the Sick at 5pm Mass on Saturday and 10:30am Mass on Sunday.
April 12 and 13: Palm Folding after ALL Masses in Nolan Hall.
April 13 - Journey through Holy Week between 2-4:30pm in Church.
HOLY WEEK
All Holy Week events will be held in the Church unless otherwise indicated.
April 16 -- Tenebrae @ 7pm
April 17 -- Mass of the Lord's Supper @ 7pm. Adoration in Nolan Hall immediately following Mass until 11:30pm
April 18 -- Good Friday Service @ 3pm
April 19 -- Food Blessing @ 11am; Easter Vigil Mass @ 8:30pm
April 20 -- Easter Masses @ 8:30am, 10:30am