Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a 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.
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 our new life in Christ.
Lent 2025 begins on Ash Wednesday (March 5) and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday (April 17).
ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE
† 8 a.m. @ St. Joseph – Bellwood
† 9 a.m. @ St. Matthew – Tyrone
† 12 pm Distribution of Ashes only @ St. Joseph – Bellwood
† 12 pm Distribution of Ashes only @ St. Matthew – Tyrone