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Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence! Fasting=one full meal a day. Abstinence=not eating meat. Click the article title for more information and a link to a full explanation.

We invite parishioners to participate in the Washing of the Feet ceremony during the Holy Thursday liturgy. Click the article title for details.

Click the article title to see a condensed list of the opportunities available this week for your Lenten journey.

The parish of St. Raphael-Holy Angels invites you to join us for our Lenten Presentation on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at 7:00 PM in the Parish Center. Click the article title for more information.

Click the article title to find the Lenten opportunities offered this week in addition to the regular weekly schedule.

Click the article title to see a meditation from "Roman Pilgrimage," by George Weigel,

Click the article title for an explanation of the Lenten days of fast and abstinence.

Click the article title to see some of the upcoming programs offered at the Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point, and at the Francis House of Prayer in Allentown.

St. Gregory the Great's Altar Rosary Society invites you to attend A Lenten Day of Recollection on Saturday, March 12. For information, click the article title.

This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on March 2. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week, there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms. Please bring all palms in before February 28.

The Holy Season of Lent is observed this year from Ash Wednesday (March 2) until Holy Thursday (April 14). The Bishops of the United States have prescribed that this season be marked by more intense prayer, works of charity, and penance. Among these are the practices of fasting and abstinence. For more information on these practices, click the article title.

May is the month dedicated to our Blessed Mother Mary. For a few meditations on the virtues of our Blessed Mother, click the article title for a link.

Along with the Christmas Collection, the Easter appeal is one of the most important of the year. Your generosity in this collection goes very far in meeting our many expenses—not only the care of buildings and grounds but our obligations to our employees and our diocese. If you have not yet sent in your Easter donation, please be generous.

Click the article title to see the Lenten schedule for March 21 - 27.

Ashes will be distributed on Ash Wednesday, February 17, at the 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM Masses at Our Lady of Sorrows, and the 12:15 PM and 7:00 PM (Creole) Mass at St. Anthony. For information on COVID-19 protocols, click the article title.

The holy season of Lent begins on February 17. Next Sunday, our bulletin will contain a folder with the schedule of services for the season. Please keep it around for reference, and remember that Lent is a time of fasting and abstinence.

This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 17. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week (February 6/7), there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms.

The month of November is dedicated to prayer for the faithful departed. During this month the names of our beloved deceased, indicated on the envelopes you have returned, will be placed upon the altars of our churches. There they will remain for prayerful remembrance.

How we shall manage Advent Confessions and the celebration of Masses during Christmastide is a challenge that is being taken up by the Bishop’s COVID-19 Taskforce. Guidance will soon be provided to the pastors as they look toward that busy time!

...we are providing Worship Aids that include the readings for each of the Holy Week liturgies. This way, you can read along, keeping your participation in the liturgy strong, even separated by distance from the physical celebration. Please also remember to make a spiritual communion at the appropriate time during the liturgy. The prayer for that is also found on this website.