Wondering what you are going to do for Lent this year? Read this, it might help.  Click Here.

Click here to see our Lenten Calendar

Lenten Daily Practices:

Daily Mass: Join us for Mass in person or online, see schedule here.

Daily Devotions:  Join us for the Angelus at Noon, Devotion to the Sacred Heart or Stations of the Cross at 3 pm. Click here.

Daily Reflection: You can find Bishop Barron's daily lenten reflections on the home page of this website. Click here for another option on Daily Lenten reflections on our Facebook

Traditional Lenten Practices of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving:

You can find suggestions for each day of Lent here.

Lenten Prayer:

You can find Pope Francis' Catechesis on Prayer and many other resources to learn how to pray here.

For Daily prayer suggestions, click here.

Lenten Fasting:

For Daily Suggestions, click here.

Lenten Almsgiving

For Daily Suggestions, click here.
To learn more about Operation Rice Bowl, click here.
NET Catholic Lenten Almsgiving, to learn more, click here.
Lenten Call to Stewardship of Our Parishes, to learn more click here.

Lenten Mission:
Anointed to Heal Our World
 
We will offer several in person options, two for adults without children (sign up to attend the Mission here):
 
Monday, March 1, 6:30 pm at Saint Patrick’s in Moravia.
Wednesday, March 3, 10:30 am at Holy Cross in Freeville
 
and many for families with children:
Tuesday, March 2, 6:15 pm, Holy Cross in Freeville
Monday, March 8, 5:30 pm, Saint Patrick in Aurora
Tuesday, March 9, 5:30 pm, All Saints in Lansing
Saturday, March 13, 4:30 pm, Saint Anthony in Groton
Monday, March 15, 5:30 pm, Saint Patrick in Moravia
Tuesday, March 23, 5:30 pm, All Saints in Lansing
 
We will also offer two online versions of the Mission:

In the context of Adoration and Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament on the Mondays of Lent (February 22, March 8, 15, 22, 29) at 8:30 pm, through YouTube and Facebook.
 
As a series of 7 minutes videos on the Fridays of Lent (Feb. 19 and 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26) at 6 pm. through YouTube and Facebook.

 Lenten Reading:

This Lent we are proposing two books for you to purchase and read to help us get into the right mindset for this new beginning:

Click on the book title to be directed to where you can purchase the book:  Let us Dream, and/or the book: Surrounded by Love: Seven Teachings from St. Francis online.

“Let Us Dream,” by Pope Francis. Father Daniel will be providing resources and discussion opportunities as you read along. Discussion group will meet on Zoom March 20 and 27 at 9 am.

“Surrounded by Love: Seven Teachings from St.   Francis,” by Murray Bodo, OFM. Dawn will be providing resources and discussion opportunities as you read along. Discussion group will meet on Zoom March 10 and 24 at 7 pm.

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For those that want to go deeper in transforming this world into the Kingdom, here are great church documents to properly form your conscience and direct your transformative action in The Truth:

On Renewing the Family (Domestic Church): Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia (The pope has declared a year of reflection the family and Amoris Laetitia March 2021-March 2022)

On Renewing and reimagining the church: Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium.

On Renewing the World:

On unity: Pope Francis, Frattelli Tutti.

On Integral Ecology (care of creation and the poor): Pope Francis, Laudato Si.  Click here for a study guide on Laudato Si

On Racial Equity: USCCB, Open Wide Our Hearts

On care of immigrants: USCCB, Strangers No Longer Together on the Journey of Hope and Responding to Refugees and Migrants Twenty Action Points.

On a Consistent Ethic of Life: Saint John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae.




Celebrate God's Mercy in the Sacrament of Confession:

Click here for guidance on the Sacrament of Confession

Confession schedule

Sundays  8:00-8:20 am
at St. Patrick Church,
Moravia
 
Tuesdays 6:30-7:00 pm at Our Lady of the Lakes Church,  King Ferry

Thursdays 4:30-5:00 pm at St. Michael, Union Springs
 
Saturdays  6:00-6:30 pm at St. Patrick Church, Aurora
 
Saturday, Feb 20,
11am-1pm at All Saints, Lansing
 
Saturday, Feb 27,
11am-1pm at St. Anthony, Groton
 
Saturday, March 13,
11am-1 pm at Holy Cross, Freeville
Saturday, March 27,
11am-1 pm at St. Anthony, Groton
 
Monday, March 29,
4:30-7:30 pm at Holy Cross, Freeville
 
Wednesday,
March 31, 4:30-7:30 pm at All Saints, Lansing

Fasting and Abstinence

Fasting refers to eating less, mainly instead of having 3 full meals in the day, having one full meal and two smaller meals that together would not equal one full meal.

Every person between the age of 18 and 59 (beginning of 60th year) must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Abstinence, refers to refraining from eating meat (beef, pork, chicken).
· Every person 18 years or older must abstain from meat (and items made with meat) on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent.

· Those that are excused from fast and abstinence outside the age limits include the physically or mentally ill including individuals suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes. Also excluded are pregnant or nursing women. In all cases, common sense should prevail, and ill persons should not further jeopardize their health by fasting.
 
Our Lent 2021 Theme Songs: