Lent and Easter

LENT AND EASTER

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday

and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It is period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture;

we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only

to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to

follow Christ's will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.


LENT AND EASTER SCHEDULE

DAYS OF PRAYER AND MERCY

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

LENTEN FISH FRY AT ST. CHRISTOPHER

LENTEN SOUP SUPPERS AT ST. PETER

LENTEN PRAYER FAIR AT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

  • Ash Wednesday, February 14

      COLLECTION FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

      6:30am Communion Service at St. Peter Church

      8:30am Mass at St. John the Baptist Church

      9:00am Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary Church

      9:00am Mass at St. Christopher Church

      9:00am Mass at St. Peter Church

     12:10pm Mass at St. Christopher Church

      6:30pm Mass at St. Christopher Church

      6:30pm Mass at St. John the Baptist Church

      6:30pm Mass at St. Peter Church


  • Lenten Fish Fry

    Lenten Fish Fries are held at St. Christopher Church every Friday during Lent. Please see the Lenten Fish Fry link above.

  • Stations of the Cross

    Tuesdays at Our Lady of the Rosary Church at 6:00pm IN SPANISH

    Tuesdays at St. John the Baptist Church after 6:30pm Mass

    Thursdays at Our Lady of the Rosary Church at Noon followed by Soup Lunch in Shumaker Hall

    Fridays at St. Christopher Church after 9:00am Mass

    Fridays at Holy Cross Church at 6:00pm

    Fridays at St. Peter Church at 7:00pm

         7:30pm on First Friday, March 1


  • Days of Prayer and Mercy

    February 16, Friday, St. Peter Church

         9:00am to 7:00 pm | Adoration Extended

     February 27, Tuesday, St. Christopher Church

         9:00am to 6:00pm

    March 2, Saturday, St. John the Baptist Church

         10:00am to 3:30pm

    March 14, Thursday, Our Lady of the Rosary Church

         12:00noon to 6:00 pm

    March 22, Friday, St. Peter Church

         9:00am to 6:00 pm | Adoration Extended


  • Exalt Eucharistic Adoration

    February 16, Friday, St. Christopher Church 6:30pm

    March 15, Friday, St. Christopher Church 6:30pm


  • Soup Supper Speaker Series

    February 20, Tuesday, St. Peter Church 5:00pm in Ries Room

         Speaker: St. Vincent de Paul Society

    March 12, Tuesday, St. Peter Church 5:00pm in Ries Room

         Speaker: Knights of Columbus

    FREE Event; Donations accepted for the St. Peter Food Pantry and St. Peter St. Vincent de Paul Society

    SOUP MAKERS Needed; Call Martha at 937.829.5406


  • Prayer Fair

    March 8, Friday, St. John the Baptist Church 6:30 to 8:30pm

         Art Prayer: Paint and Pray

    March 9, Saturday, St. John the Baptist Church 10:00am to 2:30pm

         Learn by Doing

    March 9, Saturday, St. John the Baptist Church 10:30am to 2:30pm

         Eucharistic Adoration

  • Palm Sunday, March 24

    Regular Mass Schedule

  • Holy Thursday, March 28

    6:00pm at St. Peter Church  IN SPANISH

    7:00pm at Our Lady of the Rosary Church

      5:30pm Dinner RSVP to 937.233.1503

      Adoration will follow Mass in the Chapel

      until 10:00pm

    7:00pm at St. Christopher Church

      Adoration will follow Mass in Church

      until 10:00pm

  • Good Friday, March 29

      HOLY LAND SHRINES COLLECTION

    12:00noon Stations of the Cross

         St. Christopher Church

    3:00pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion 

         Our Lady of the Rosary Church

         St. Peter Church  IN SPANISH

    6:00pm Stations of the Cross

         Our Lady of the Rosary Church

    7:00pm Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion 

         Our Lady of the Rosary Church

         St. Christopher Church


  • Holy Saturday, March 30

    12:00 to 2:00pm Confessions

         Our Lady of the Rosary Church

         St. Christopher Church

         St. Peter Church

    12:00 to 3:00pm Vigil at the Tomb

         Holy Cross Church

    12:45pm Blessing of Food

         Our Lady of the Rosary Church

         St. Christopher Church

         St. Peter Church

    9:00pm Easter Vigil

         Our Lady of the Rosary Church

         St. Christopher Church

         St. Peter Church  IN SPANISH

  • Easter Sunday, March 31

      6:30am Mass at Holy Cross Church

      8:30am Mass at St. Peter Church

      9:00am Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary Church

      9:00am Mass at St. Christopher Church

     10:30am Mass at St. John the Baptist Church 

      11:00am Mass at St. Christopher Church

      11:00am Mass at St. Peter Church

      4:30pm Mass at St. Peter Church  IN SPANISH

  • Parish Office Hours

    The Parish Offices will be closed from March 28 to April 1


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