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Lent is our annual pilgrimage through the desert. This journey starts on Ash Wednesday when we receive ashes on our forehead as a reminder that we were made for more than this world. We celebrate eternal life with God– that which we were made for – at the end of this passage with the great and holy feast of Easter.
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One % ChallengeGive God at least 1% of your day and see what He does with the other 99%. -
EventsUpcoming Lenten
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Saturday, April 1, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
There will be games, holiday crafts, an Easter egg hunt, snacks, a movie and lots of fun for children 4 to 7 years old. The cost is only $10.Read More -
Monday, April 3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Discern God's message for you, revealed in a Scripture passage, in this rich form of prayer.Read More
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FORMEDLenten Content on
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RestoreLent with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT
Take a healing journey with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, as she helps you turn away from what wounds you and toward God who heals you and makes you whole. Each week, Sr. Miriam will lead you to meet the tenderness of God’s mercy, the power of his love, and the restoration of your heart and life as you practice prayer, fasting, almsgiving and sacrifice.
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Lenten Penance ServicesLent is the perfect time to reflect on how sin has done violence to your relationship with God and to reconcile that relationship through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Penance services are opportunities where multiple priests will be available to offer this sacrament of healing. -
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Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ. (From the United States Confrence of Catholic Bishops)
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Wednesday, February 22nd through Thursday, April 6th
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Our experience of Lent - especially in regard to fasting - is very much like Jesus' 40 days in the desert (Matthew 4:1-11). Just as Jesus was tempted to make other things (material goods, security, pride, etc.) his god, we become aware of such temptations in our life.
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Desert Songs
