Lenten Schedule 2018

Masses and Services

Ash Wednesday

7:00 AM	Our Lady of Sorrows Church
9:00 AM	Our Lady of Sorrows Church
12:15 PM	St. Anthony Church
6:30 PM	St. Anthony Church (Creole)
7:00 PM	Our Lady of Sorrows Church

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence from meat for all Catholics 14 years of age and older.

Thursday Evening Masses with Guest Celebrants

Feb. 22	Rev. Daniel Gowan	Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold
Mar. 1	Rev. Jason Parzynski	Chaplain Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville
Mar. 8	Rev. Augusto "Al" Gamalo	Parochial Vicar St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton
Mar. 15	Rev. Dennis Apoldite	Pastor Sacred Heart Parish, Trenton
Mar. 22	Rev. Joel Wilson	Parochial Vicar Cathedral of St. Mary, Trenton

Holy Week & Easter

Passion (Palm) Sunday, March 25	Masses Mass in Creole	Regular Schedule 5:00 PM	OLS and SA St. Anthony
Monday of Holy Week, March 26	Mass Mass Chrism Mass	7:00 AM 8:00 AM 7:30 PM	OLS SA St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold
Tuesday of Holy Week, March 27	Masses Confessions	7:00 AM 8:00 AM 7:00 PM	OLS SA OLS
Wednesday of Holy Week March 28	Mass The Way of the Cross	7:00 AM 12:15 PM	OLS SA
Holy Thursday, March 29	Mass of the Lord's Supper Adoration until Night Prayer, ending at	7:00 PM 10:45 PM	SA
Good Friday, March 30	Morning Prayer Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and Death The Way of the Cross	10:00 AM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM	OLS OLS SA (English & Creole) OLS SA (Creole)
Holy Saturday March 31 (No confessions)	Morning Prayer & Blessing of Food Solemn Easter Vigil	10:00 AM 7:30 PM	OLS SA only
Easter Sunday, April 1	Masses	8:00 9:30 AM 11:00 AM 12:30 PM 6:30 PM	OLS SA (English) OLS OLS SA (Creole)

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)

In addition to the usual Saturday confession schedule, the Sacrament of Reconciliation will also be available before the 7:00 PM Thursday Masses:
 

Thursdays beginning 2/22	6:15 - 7:00 PM	OLS
Saturdays	after 9:00 AM Mass	OLS
	2:45 PM	SA
	3:45 PM	OLS
Tuesday, March 27	7:00 PM	OLS

Eucharistic Adoration

Every Thursday is a day of Eucharistic Adoration at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. The Blessed Sacrament is exposed following the 7:00 AM Mass, until Reposition at 6:00 PM.

Morning funerals may interrupt adoration time. Call the Parish Office (587-4372) to verify.

Note: On Holy Thursday (March 29) adoration will take place at the Altar of Reposition at Saint Anthony Church following the Masss of the Lord's Supper, and will conclude with Night Prayer at 10:45 PM.

Stations of the Cross (The Via Crucis)

Wednesdays	12:15 PM	St. Anthony
"Via Crucis" with Eucharistic Benediction
Fridays	7:00 PM	Our Lady of Sorrows
"Via Crucis" without Eucharistic Benediction
Fridays	7:00 PM	St. Anthony (Creole)

Various versions will be prayed each week, but the same version will be prayed on both Wednesday and Friday:

Feb. 16	The Way in Sacred Scripture
Feb. 21 & 23	The Way of St. Alphonsus
Feb. 28 & Mar. 2	Pro-Life Meditations
Mar. 7 & 9	The Way of St. John Paul II
Mar. 14 & 16	Everyone's Way of the Cross
Mar. 21 & 23	Way of the Cross with Our Lady
Mar. 28 & 30	Everyone's Way of the Cross

 

Parish Mission

Mark Your Calendars

This year, the mission will be held in the Easter Season—a joint venture with the parishes of St. Gregory the Great and St. Vincent de Paul. Since the mission follows Divine Mercy Sunday, the theme will be God's Mercy.