Lent 2025

2025 Lenten Activities Schedule

Ash Wednesday Masses, March 5
6:30 a.m. 
8 a.m.
9:15 a.m. School Mass 
6 p.m.

Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross are held on Fridays during Lent at 7 p.m.
March 7, 14, 21 and 28
April 4, 11 and 18 (Good Friday)

Our Senior Stations of the Cross will be held on Thursday, April 3, at 11 a.m., in the Church with a luncheon in the GSC to follow. Please sign up at the welcome desk in the Gathering Space.

Living Stations of the Cross
No Passion Play this year

Parish Reconciliation
Saturdays 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Wednesdays 5:15-6:15 p.m.

We will have multiple priests and longer confession times on the following two days:
Friday, April 11, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (multiple priests)
Tuesday, April 15, from 5:45-8 p.m. (multiple priests)

Parish Lenten Mission
March 26-27, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Childcare available for nursery and elementary-age children
https://www.hnoj.org/lentenparishmission

Fish Fry
Our Fish Fry Dinners are fundraisers for our youth and young adult programming. Dinner includes fried fish, baked potato, mac-n-cheese, coleslaw, dinner roll, cookie and water or lemonade. Cost is $15 for adults, $10 for kids ages 4-10, and free for kids ages 3 and younger. 

More details at hnoj.org/fishfry.
Friday, March 21, 4:30-7 p.m.
Friday, April 11, 4:30-7 p.m.
Order your Fish Fry tickets HERE.

Join a Lenten Small Group!
More information here.

A Note About Incense

We will be using incense at the 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday Liturgies during the season of Lent.  For those with sensitivities, you may wish to consider joining us at our 5 p.m. (Saturday) and 8:30 a.m. Liturgies where we will refrain from using any incense.

Lent Resources

Get more out of Lent this year! Here are some great resources to check out:

Dynamic Catholic
Subscribe for free to daily emails with "The Best Lent Ever." 
Check out Divine Mercy this Lent with Matthew Kelly
https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/lent.html

Word on Fire
Check out the Lenten Retreat with Fr. Boniface Hicks OSB
https://institute.wordonfire.org/lent-retreat-2025

Hallow App
Check out The Complete Guide to Lent

Pray with millions around the world leading up to Easter alongside Jonathan Roumie, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Sr. Miriam, Mark Wahlberg, Chris Pratt and more on Hallow, the number one prayer app in the world. Find it in your app store or at https://hallow.com/

Ascension Lenten Companion book
It’s not too late to order your copy today! While you’re at Ascension Press, check out Fr. Mike Schmitz's "Bible in a Year" podcast!
https://ascensionpress.com/

Ave Maria Press - Sister Mariam James’s book Restore
This is a beautiful guided Lenten journal you can purchase.
https://www.avemariapress.com/restore

Formed.org

So many great options on Formed! Check out all the great options at https://formed.org:

Sign up to receive "How to Lent" at https://daily.formed.org/lent.

National Eucharistic Congress

Lenten devotional titled "Revival: A Lenten Devotional for Eucharistic Renewal"

Abstinence and Fasting During Lent

Abstinence from meat is observed on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays of Lent by all Catholics 14 years and older.

Fasting is observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by all Catholics who are 18 years until age 59. Those bound by this rule may take only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted as necessary to maintain strength, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted.

More information on fasting is available at this United States Conference of Catholic Bishops web page: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/catholic-information-on-lenten-fast-and-abstinence.cfm

Also for more information on Lent:  http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/index.cfm.