 Embracing Lent at St. Mary
Lent is the 40-day period of fasting, penitence, and sorrow, leading up to the feast of Easter, recalling Jesus’ 40-day fast in the wilderness. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday.
•Daily Lent Activities: March 1 through Easter Sunday
•Brochure: Lent: Prayer, Fasting & Almsgiving
•Ash Wednesday
•Healing Mass
•Fridays in Lent / Stations of the Cross
•Reconciliation
•Bible Study/Reflection
•Lenten Hike
•Holy Week
Ash Wednesday Masses, February 17, 2010
6:30 a.m., 8:15 a.m., 12:05 p.m.
5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Spanish
Please bring last year’s palms before Wednesday to the rectory or the Faith Formation Office.
Healing Mass, February 23, 2010
6:15 pm Confessions
7:00 pm Praise and worship
7:30 pm Mass
**No Healing Mass in March**
Lenten Hike with Fr. Paulson, March 13
Join us for a spiritual hike led by
Fr. Paulson. During the hike we
will pray the Stations of the Cross
concluding with the celebration
of the most Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass on Mt. Diablo. This is a
wonderful opportunity on so
many levels. Come get out of
your head and into your feet!
Hike commences at 8:30 a.m. at Macedo Ranch. Everyone is welcome!
Lenten Reconciliation
The Sacrament of Reconciliation
is much more than getting rid of
our sins. The focus of the
Sacrament is not even that we
are sinners. The heart of
reconciliation is God’s infinite
mercy. Our sin is merely the
occasion to know God’s
forgiveness. The important point
is what God does in, with and
through us.
Reconciliation Services
• March 30 • School Service • 10:00 a.m.
• March 30 • Parish Communal Reconciliation (bilingual) • 7:30 pm
• February 26 • First Reconciliation • 7:00 p.m.
• March 15, 16, & 17 • Faith Formation (Grades 2-5)
Stations of the Cross: Remembering the Passion
What matters most in the Stations of the Cross is
to follow Jesus Christ in his passion and to see ourselves mirrored in him. To
face life’s dark side in ourselves and in our world, we need images of hope,
and Jesus offers images of hope in his passion. By accompanying him on the
Way of the Cross, we gain his courageous patience and learn to trust in God
who delivers us from evil.
Each week after the stations of the cross a guest speaker will give a reflection on: What the Cross Means to Me.
All Fridays During Lent
February 19 through March 26
5:30 p.m. Stations & Meditation
6:15 p.m. Lenten Supper
7:30 p.m. Stations (Spanish)
Dinners are $8 for Adults, $4 for Children or $25 per family
Lenten Bible Study & Reflection
With Fr. Paulson & Deacon Ian
This bible study/reflection is open to all. So invite a friend. We promise you,
it will be worth your time…
Over the course of four sessions we will take
themes from passion narratives and study them in depth.
Come spend some time with Christ in his Passion. It is an open invitation to
change and reconciliation.
Week 1 Jesus’ solemn entry into Jerusalem
Week 2 The Last Supper and The Agony in the Garden
Week 3 The Crucifixion
Week 4 Reconciliation
Join Deacon Ian on March 29 for reflection on Ascension - A New Form of Existence an existence in the presence of God.
Times & Places
February 25 , March 4, 11, 17, 29
8:30 am – 10:00 am
or 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
in the Faith Formation Center
Palm Sunday Saturday: March 28, 2010
Blessing Palms at all Masses
Procession from the Rectory to the Church
begins before 11:00 am and 6:00 pm masses.
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