Lent and easter 

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• Our Lenten season begins February 18 on Ash Wednesday. Please join us for: 
  
  Lenten Services and Offerings: 

  • Stations of the Cross: 6 pm (Spanish) and 7 pm (English) Fridays in the church.

  
  

  • Lenten Parish Mission: 7:45 pm Fridays in the church.  

  1. February 20: Speaker: Fr. John Dillon
  2. February 27: Speaker: Dr. Jeannine Marino
  3. March 13: Speakers:   Christine King and Mary Kate Ryner 
  4. March 20: Speakers: Ketlard Boursiquot, Pete Carlson, and Dan Simmons

    

  • Knights of Columbus Fish Dinners:6:30-8:30 pm on February 20 and March 6 and 20 at the Father Cuddy Hall in Derwood. Come out for the Knights’ Lenten fish dinners featuring the following meals:

  1. February 20: Fried fish, sides, dessert, and beverages 
  2. March 6: Baked salmon with shrimp, sides, dessert, and beverages
  3. March 20: Fish tacos, sides, dessert, and beverages

   
  Penance: 

  • Confession:5-7 pm Thursdays and 3:30-4:30 pm Saturdays in the St. Clare Chapel of the Rectory (English); 3:30-4:30 pm Saturdays in the church confessional (English and Spanish).

  
  

  • Lenten Penance Service: 7 pm March 23 in the church. Come receive God’s forgiveness this Lent!

  
   
  Almsgiving: 

  • Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl:Available on Ash Wednesday in the Gathering Space. Pick up a Rice Bowl and commemorate Lent in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in foreign lands.

   

  • Lenten Food Drive:In the Gathering Space. Donate non-perishable food this Lent to benefit people served by the St. Martin Food Pantry. 

   

  • Share the Cross:Starting February 28, take a cross from the display in the Gathering Space and donate the cost to support the work of the sister parish missions in Haiti.  

   
  Small Group Opportunities: 

  • Lenten Devotional Small Group: At9:30 am Tuesdays on February 17 and 24 and March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 in the Kuehner Room, join this opportunity to heal and grow spiritually and emotionally in confidential concert with fellow parishioners, using the text “Cultivating Healing and Wholeness in Heart, Strength, Soul and Mind.” Sign up in the Gathering Space. 

   

  • Women’s Bible Study:7 pm February 13, 20, 27, and March 6, 13, and 20 in the Kuehner Room, join a Bible study on the Letter of St Paul to the Colossians. The discussion will be guided by the book, “Rooted and Radiant,” which can be purchased on www.walkingwithpurpose.com.

   

  • Lenten reflections with Bishop Robert Barron: From 8-9:30 pm Tuesdays on Zoom, starting February 17, the Spanish-speaking community is invited to take part in Lenten reflections, based on Bishop Barron’s Lenten Gospel Reflections in Spanish. Join them at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530539406?pwd=hrPRqGbiOFrlWVEb0Deeo9GG1ZbQCS.1

  
  Please join us for our virtual prayer opportunities throughout the Easter season: 
   

  • Morning and Evening Prayers: 7:30 am and 7:30 pm daily on Zoom.
  • Virtual Parish Rosary: 4:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on Zoom.
  • Rosary in Spanish: 6:30 pm on Wednesdays on Zoom.

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• Lenten parish Talks

  • 2025 Talks

• Prayer Links 

  • Stations of the Cross reflections
  • Stations of the Cross video
  • Praying the Sorrowful Mysteries with St. Joseph