Lent & Holy Week
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION • ST. JOHN • ST. JOSEPH • ST. LAWRENCE
Lenten Opportunities
“By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert.”
Catechism of the Catholic Church 540
Sacrament of Reconciliation
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Jubilee Year Added Confessions: We’ve added confessions for the Jubilee Year! Confessions will be heard: after every daily Mass, Mondays 5–6pm at St. Joseph, Tuesdays 5–6pm at St. John, Wednesdays 5–6:30pm at Immaculate Conception, Thursdays 5–6pm at St. Lawrence. (Saturday and Sunday confession schedule will remain the same. Thursday before first Friday confessions will be canceled.) Refer to weekly bulletin for up-to-date schedule.
Days of Grace: Adoration and confession is available from 9am–9pm on Wednesday, April 16th @ St. Joseph
Prayer
Holy Hours with Morning Prayer: 6:30am each Monday–Saturday at St. John (not just during Lent!). Morning Prayer is prayed at 7:15am. Come for any part of the Holy Hour and start your day with our Lord.
Way of the Cross: Fridays 7pm at St. Joseph and 7:30pm at Immaculate Conception (Stations on Good Friday will be at 7pm at St. Lawrence – see below). Come retrace the steps of Jesus on the Road to Calvary.
Lenten Holy Hour with Evening Prayer: Holy Hours with Evening Prayer will be each Sunday of Lent (except 3/30) at St. Lawrence from 4:30–5:30pm.
Faith Formation
Dynamic Catholic Best Lent Ever: Are you ready to encounter God’s mercy like never before? Are you ready for a new beginning? Sign up at dynamiccatholic.com/lent.
Bishop Barron’s Lenten Gospel Reflections: Bishop Robert Barron invites you to enter more deeply into the prayerful nature of the season. Pay only for shipping. Order at wordonfire.org.
Men’s Spiritual Bootcamp w/Fr. Hoying: Join Fr. Hoying & other men from the area on a “spiritual bootcamp” this Lent. Men lift weights to become physically strong, but what about becoming spiritually strong? The goal of the bootcamp is to intentionally work on our prayer and spiritual lives so that we become the men who we were created to be – the men who we need to be – men who are more attentive to our spouses, present to our children, concentrated at work, and above all, in union with God. Meetings take place on the Saturdays of Lent from 6:30–7:30am at St. John’s Hall in Fryburg. Make the sacrifice to get up early this Lent and get your Man (of God) Card!
Parish Mission: The Summit: March 30–April 1, join Fr. Leo Patalinghug for our parish mission! Learn more here.
Lenten Noon Services & Luncheon: The Wapakoneta Area Ministerial Association will hold services each Wednesday at noon at St. Joseph followed by a luncheon in the Parish Life Center. The 2025 theme is Parables of Luke.
Almsgiving
Together We Can: Containers are available by all church doors. Please pick one up, fill with your monetary donation, and return it by Palm Sunday. Proceeds go to Society of the Good Samaritan, God’s Storehouse, Mercy Unlimited, and Fish Pond Food Pantry.
Holy Week
– the most solemn week of the year –
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Prayer Opportunities During Holy Week
Triduum Holy Hour with Morning Prayer & Confessions: Holy Hours on Holy Thursday (April 17), Good Friday (April 18), and Holy Saturday (April 19) will be at 7:30–8:30am at St. John. All are welcome to come pray. Morning Prayer will be prayed at 8:15am and confessions will be heard afterwards.
7 Churches Holy Thursday Pilgrimage: Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph, along with 5 other churches in the area, will be participating in the Holy Thursday Pilgrimage. This is a wonderful opportunity for the faithful to make a prayerful pilgrimage on the night our Lord was betrayed. Find details on this flyer.
Good Friday Stations: Join us on Good Friday (April 18th) 7pm at St. Lawrence for a special Good Friday Stations of the Cross with Procession and Veneration of our relic of the True Cross, with meditative sacred music sung by members of the parish community.
Confession Schedule Throughout Holy Week
Palm Sunday, April 13: 7:15–7:45am @ St. John; 7:45–8:15am @ St. Lawrence
Monday of Holy Week, April 14: after 8am Mass @ Immaculate Conception; 5–6pm @ St. Joseph
Tuesday of Holy Week, April 15: after 8am Mass @ St. Joseph
Wednesday of Holy Week, April 16: after 8am Mass @ St. Lawrence; Day of Grace (adoration and confession) 9am–9pm @ St. Joseph
Holy Thursday, April 17: 8:30am @ St. John
Good Friday, April 18: 8:30am @ St. John; 1:45pm @ Immaculate Conception (following Good Friday Liturgy); 2:45pm @ St. Joseph (following Good Friday Liturgy)
Holy Saturday, April 19: 8:30am @ St. John
Triduum Liturgy Schedule
Holy Thursday, April 17: 7pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper @ Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph
Good Friday, April 18: 12:30pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion @ Immaculate Conception (confessions to follow) and 1:30pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion @ St. Joseph (confessions to follow)
Holy Saturday, April 19: 9pm Easter Vigil @ St. Joseph
Easter Sunday, April 20: 8am Mass @ St. Joseph and St. John, 8:30am Mass @ Immaculate Conception, 10am Mass @ St. Joseph and St. Lawrence, 10:30am Mass @ Immaculate Conception
