Advance Schedule for Lent, Passiontide, and Holy Week

Sunday, March 14 — Solemnity of the Institution of the P.N.C.C., Holy Mass at 9am.
Sunday, March 21 — Passion Sunday (the beginning of Passiontide), Holy Mass at 9am.
Sunday, March 21 — St. Joseph and St. Patrick Dinner at 3pm.
Sunday, March 28 — Palm Sunday, Holy Mass and Liturgy and distribution of Palms at 9am.
The Sunday [...]

Lent at St. Francis Parish

Ash Wednesday, February 17 – Holy Mass and distribution of ashes at 7pm
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the penitential season of Lent, in which ashes are placed on the head or forehead of the faithful.
Ash Wednesday is unknown in the Eastern Church, and developed only in the West. Orthodox Churches begin Lent [...]

The Lenten Season, Holy Week, and Easter at St. Francis Parish

February 25 – Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Great Lent – Holy Mass and Distribution of Ashes at 7pm.
Stations of the Cross every Sunday during the Lent after 9am Holy Mass.
March 08 - Solemnity of the Institution of the PNCC
March 15 – St. Patrick’s/St. Joseph’s Day Fundraiser Dinner at 3pm in the St. Francis [...]

Reflection for Ash Wednesday -2009

Jest drabina do nieba,
Przy drabinie stoi krzyż
Here is the ladder to heaven
And beside the ladder stands the cross
These words are translated from a very old Polish Lenten hymn.
Jesus came to call us to heaven. This is a wonderful invitation but the party is not free. There is work to be done.
We are called [...]