Saint Mary of Sorrows
- ️Fri Feb 28 2025
Lent will begin this Wednesday, Ash Wednesday. It is our spiritual trek to Good Friday and Easter. What a tremendous season Lent is! Have you decided on the prayer, penance and almsgiving that you will strive to perform in union with Our Lord’s grace? It would be good to mention some examples of each, starting this week with Prayer.
Lent is a season of prayer. This Lent we have a tremendous opportunity for prayer as we have Daily Eucharistic Exposition/Adoration. Perhaps, the family can stop in for a visit each week. Other ideas for prayer would be daily Mass, Stations of the Cross every Friday at 7pm (followed by Mass), Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary each day. Can I read some spiritual works/meditations each day? The Morning Offering is a very good daily meditation. In book form, In Conversation with God is tremendous for Lent (and Easter time).
Mardi Gras celebration will be held on Saturday, March 1st in Farrell Hall. The doors open at 6:00pm, with dinner starting at 6:30pm and the entertainment beginning at 7:00pm. Tickets are $18.00 at the door.
The young adults are meeting in St. Joseph’s Hall on Sunday, March 2nd for breakfast and coffee after the 9:30am Mass. Young adults with children are welcome!
“Why do we practice prayer, fasting and almsgiving for Lent?” Join Father Vander Woude and the Legion of Mary at the Confraternity meeting on Monday, March 3rd from 7:30-9:00 pm in Farrell Hall (previously known as the Patricians). The discussion will be about why we practice prayer, fasting, and almsgiving for Lent. No reservations are needed. There will be light refreshments and free literature. The meeting format is an introduction talk by lay speaker, open discussion, talk by clergy, and wrap-up discussion. The Confraternity of the Legion of Mary is a meeting for Catholics to discuss a topic of the Catholic Faith. Knowing our Faith helps us to convey it to others. For more information email 09legionofmary15@gmail.com.
Come to the Luminaries of Holy Mary meeting at 5:00pm on Monday, March 3rd, in the chapel of the Parish Center to hear about the latest experiences of the Fatima Pilgrimage, pray the Rosary and discuss the relevance of Fatima today.
Ash Wednesday is March 5th, which is a day of fasting and abstinence from meat and begins the Lenten Season. Masses will be offered at 5:15am, 6:30am, 9:15am, 12:00pm, 4:00pm and 7:00pm in the church. The distribution of ashes, including the liturgy of the word, will be offered at 4:00 pm in the theater in the Emerson Square building at Woodleigh Chase.
With the start of Lent on Wednesday, we will also start Stations of the Cross at 7:00pm on Fridays in Lent. Confession will be offered during Stations. This year we will offer Mass after the Stations.
All day and night Adoration will be offered on March 7th before and after the evening Mass.
Next weekend you can eat with the Knights Friday, Saturday and Sunday!! Friday night you can start with the Knights’ Fish Fry beginning at 5:00pm in Farrell Hall. Saturday will feature the Spaghetti Dinner after the 5:00pm Mass. Sunday the Knights will be hosting the Pancake Breakfast after the 7:30am and 9:30am Masses. Let the Knights do the cooking for you this weekend!!!
Deacon Nick will begin his Lenten talk series on Tuesday evenings. The first talk will be on March 11th in St. Joseph’s Hall. The topic of this talk is “The Passover and the Manna”. The talk begins at 7:00pm and will be live-streamed.
The Fr. Corby Division of the AOH will host a St. Patrick’s Hooley (Irish Party) on Saturday, March 15th starting at 6:30pm in Farrell Hall. Tickets will be available in the front office of the Parish Center or at the Fish Fry on Fridays or email Mark Roddy at mbroddy@cox.net.
SAVE THE DATE: The following events are coming up. Please make note on your calendar and watch for further information in our bulletin, on our website or in future Flocknotes!!
- All-day and all-night Adoration are available every First Friday with Saturday devotions on the First Saturdays of the month.
- Young Adults gather for coffee and breakfast the first Sunday of the month after the 9:30am Mass every month.
- Family Adoration is offered every third Saturday of the month starting at 10:00am in the new church.
- Diaper, Wipes and Formula will be collected during the weekend of the fourth Sunday of the month and donations can be left in the foyer of the Parish Center.
- Food Pantry donation bags are given out the first weekend of the month with the collection through the second Sunday at 1:00pm. Donations can be left in the foyer.
- Martha’s Table Sandwich Collection is the fourth Sunday of the month with sandwiches dropped off in the back of Farrell Hall from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
- Fr. Jack Riley will be coming to St. Mary of Sorrows for Mission Talks April 7-9. He will be giving talks after the 9:15am Mass and at 7:00pm.
- Deacon Nick will be giving a Lenten series talks on Tuesday evenings in St. Joseph’s Hall.
- Lenten Penance Service will be on Monday, March 31st at 4:00pm and Tuesday, April 1st at 7:00pm.
- Fish Fry on Fridays in Lent starting on March 7th.
- Stations of the Cross with confession starting on March 7th and continuing every Friday in Lent.
- New this year…Evening Mass following Stations of the Cross.