We warmly invite you to enter into Lent, the Christian season for spiritual renewal.
- Pre-Lenten Brunch on the Last Sunday After the Epiphany (Feb. 19) at 11:30 p.m., featuring pancakes.
- Ash Wednesday (Feb. 22): Services at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. Imposition of ashes, spiritual counseling & Rite of Reconciliation for a Penitent are also available by appointment.
- Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. (Rite One); 10 a.m. (Rite Two); 1 p.m. (Spanish)
- For children: special Sunday bulletins & Sunday school in English at 1 p.m. (meets during the Spanish Mass)
- For adults: Lent Bags, featuring daily prayer cards and a devotional booklet from Sanctified Art.
- Social Media: Daily devotional thoughts.
- Wednesdays in March, 6:30-7:45 p.m.: Simple Lenten supper in the parish hall, with discussion series based on the Lenten booklet: “Seeking: Honest Questions For a Deeper Faith.”
- Latino Lenten Retreat in Spanish on Saturday, Mar. 18: 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
This Lent we will read many stories of Jesus encountering people who are seeking: a new beginning, a different life, a deeper faith. In these interactions, an unveiling often occurs—assumptions are disrupted, a new perspective is revealed, mystery grows.
Many of our weekly questions feel restorative (“Can these bones live?”). Some feel like a charge or challenge (“Who will you listen to?”). Some questions are hopeful and curious (“How do we begin again?”). Our questions won’t necessarily lead to answers, but they can help us find clarity and a new perspective. Ultimately, we pray they lead to a new beginning, a restoration, a wider grace.
Like the characters in our Lenten scriptures, we are also seeking many things: clarity, connection, wonder, justice, balance. We are seeking our calling, the sacred, and how to live as a disciple. We hope this devotional will help you unpack some of your big questions in ways that are honest and faithful. We encourage you to journey through these weekly readings and reflections at your own pace, asking yourself often: what am I seeking? What is God seeking?
This Lent, may you engage in the spiritual practice of seeking— by asking questions, and by staying curious, open, and nimble. We hope you will soften your assumptions and expand your perspectives. We pray that these questions will create a safe space to explore—to be drawn more deeply into the fullness of life, into the heart of God.