Lent at St. Therese

“In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  John 16:33 

Greetings in Christ,

The season of renewal in Christ is upon us! Lent provides us with an opportunity to grow in our love for Him, deepen our prayer lives, and increase our service to our brothers and sisters in need. This brochure outlines the many activities that St. Therese will host to help you enhance your spiritual life.

This Lent, we will once again offer the Catholic Boot Camp. The Boot Camp is an excellent way to strengthen your relationship with the Lord. It includes attending daily Mass or Adoration at least once a week, praying the rosary daily (decades can be prayed separately), visiting a cemetery with prayers, going to confession at least once, completing a daily examen before going to sleep, performing an act of mercy by helping the poor, and praying the Stations of the Cross at least three times. Those interested in participating in the Catholic Boot Camp can sign up on our parish website. I encourage you to join with a family member or friend!

Additionally, this Lent we are offering our 9th annual women’s retreat on March 7 and March 8. We will host a marriage retreat on  March 15, and a Big Dinner on March 22. Furthermore, from April 5 to April 12, we will host the Shroud of Turin exhibit featuring our guest speaker, Fr. Andrew Dalton.

Finally, we have a great book available for purchase that covers the Sunday Mass readings. In short, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow in your love for Christ and His Church! As always, please know that you are in my prayers as we begin this season together.

St. Thérèse, pray for us.

Fr. Leonard Andrie, Pastor

Eucharistic Adoration

Weekly Schedule

Tuesdays: 8:00am-6:00pm

Wednesdays: 7:30am-8:00pm

Thursdays: 8:00am-5:00pm

Fridays: 8:00am-2:00pm

Saturdays: 8:30am-10:00am

Holy Week for the Whole Family

Article from www.catholic-link.org.

Palm Sunday: Making palm branches and doing a procession, and reading Matthew 21.

Holy Week: Traditions include cleaning out your home, putting together a donation, finishing Lent activities. Make peg dolls and play through the Passion and Easter. Talk about the characters and story in a tangible and physical activity. Find a printable version below. Use Legos and blocks to build different scenes.

Holy Thursday: Host a Lenten Story Meal with your family. Each item on the menu represents a section of the story of Jesus’ passion. You can also consider a Passover meal. Making unleavened bread and perform a family foot washing.

Good Friday: Since Good Friday is a day of fasting, check out this article for 25 great ways to devote the day to Christ!  Make sure to Pray the Stations of the Cross.

Holy Saturday: Make a paschal candle and find out here what it symbolizes. Sit around a fire and read the vigil readings and this ancient homily. 

Beautiful, Ancient Holy Saturday Homily

Easter Sunday: You can work on Easter crafts all eight days of the Octave. We enjoy doing resurrection eggs (https://www.catholicicing.com/catholic-resurrection-eggs/) and resurrection story cookies on Easter itself, and then making resurrection crafts throughout the week.

Lenten Penance Chart