Streaming Masses and Announcements for 9 March 2025
Worship Aid for First Sunday in Lent
Lenten Observances
Fasting: Food equivalent to one regular meal, one small meal – Ash Wednesday and Good Friday
Abstinence: No meat – ALL Fridays
Parish Soup Suppers: Fridays in Lent, 6pm
Stations of the Cross: Fridays, 7pm in English, 8pm in Spanish, in the church
Lent Confessions: Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm, Saturdays, 3:30-4:30pm (as usual). Please plan confessions early in the season to avoid running out of time.
Parish Penance Service: Monday, April 4, 6:30pm
40 Hours and Parish Lenten Mission: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Sunday–Tuesday, March 16-18. Begins with 5pm Mass Sunday followed by adoration and mission talk by Fr. Bill Quigley, CICM, director of Missionhurst’s Mount Tabor Retreat House in Arlington at 6:15pm. Additional Masses on Monday and Tuesday evening at 6:30pm followed by Lenten Mission talks at 7:30pm. Close of 40 Hours with Benediction, Tuesday night after the talk.
Bishop’s Lenten Appeal continues we are currently 39% of our parish goal of $ 560,000. Pledge envelopes can be found in the pews of the church or visit : www.arlingtondiocese.org/BLA. Please indicate you are a parishioner on the envelope.
Now accepting applications for PRE-Kindergarten in our school. Interested in joining our school community? We focus on faith formation, academic excellence, and community service. Visit our website: www.stbernschool.org/admissions-process/
All women in the parish are invited to a Lenten Night of Reflection with a special talk given by Fr. Don, Saturday, March 29th from 7-9:00pm in the Saint Bernadette School Gym. Please join us for refreshments and for small group discussion.
No Taizé this month in lieu of our 40 Hours Observance. We will resume next month 21 April at 8pm.