Lent

Holy Week Schedule

The Palm Sunday Procession from the PAC will be at 10:45 AM on Sunday, April 10. On Tuesday, April 12, there is No Daily Mass and No Confessions. On Tuesday, the Youth Passion Play will also take place at 7 PM in the PAC. On April 13, Adoration will be suspended and the Chapel will be closed for cleaning at 1 PM. The Chapel will reopen and  Adoration will resume on Easter Sunday, April 17 at 12 PM. Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper will be April 14 at 7 PM. Altar of Repose Adoration will be from 8 PM to 12 AM. On April 15, we will pray the Stations of the Cross for priests at 12 PM. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be at 2:30 PM, Passion Service at 3 PM, and Tenebrae at 8:30 PM. Easter Vigil (Principle Mass) will be at 8:40 PM on Saturday, April 16. On Easter Sunday, April 17, Mass will be at 8:30 AM (Principle Mass) and 11 AM.
 

RSVP for Easter Day Mass
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To have a more relaxed and orderly holiday, we are using a registration system for church seating at the 8:30 AM and 11 AM Easter Day masses. To get seats and have a calmer Easter, please sign up your entire family online by April 8. No one will be turned away for lack of registration, but those not registered may be seated in the PAC.
 

We will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass at 7 AM, 12:15 PM and 6 PM. The act of putting on ashes symbolizes fragility and mortality, and the need to be redeemed by the mercy of God. The Church uses ashes to symbolize that attitude of internal penance to which all the baptized are called during Lent. Due to its beautiful symbolism, this is often the third most attended liturgy of the yar, but this is not a holy day of obligation, contrary to popular belief. We look forward to joining in this penitential season together.

Bishop Vásquez is asking the faithful of the Diocese of Austin to join Pope Francis in marking this coming Ash Wednesday as a day for prayer and fasting, not only for the beginning of Lent, but also, for the end of war in Ukraine. Bishop Vásquez explains, “I join our Holy Father in petitioning all people to pray for an end to the war and aggression in Ukraine! And may our brothers and sisters who are experiencing upheaval know the loving presence and protection of the Mother of God in their suffering.”


Holy Hour For Peace in Ukraine

There will be a Holy Hour for Peace in Ukraine, with rosary and music on Wednesday,      March 2, Ash Wednesday, in the church following the 6 PM Mass. We will pray for the people of Ukraine, the souls of those who have died or have been wounded in the conflict, as well as a resolution to the conflict. 

Pray the Stations of the Cross with us, every Friday of Lent, at 6:30 PM in the Church!


 

March 15 @ 7 PM                                                  St. Mary's - Bremond
March 22 @ 6-8 PM                       St. Thomas Aquinas *
March 30 @ 7 PM                                                  St. Mary's Student Center - College Station
March 31 @ 6:30 PM                                             St. Mary's OLL - Caldwell
April 5 @ 7 PM                                                        St. Mary's - Hearne
April 6 @ 10 AM - 1 PM                                         Christ the Good Shepherd Chapel, Bryan
April 6 @ 6-8 PM                                                    Christ the Good Shepherd Chapel, Bryan
April 7 @ 6:30 PM                                                  St. Francis - Franklin
April 8 @ 6:30 PM                                                  Santa Teresa - Bryan



                                    
ADORE Praise & Worship Night is on Thursday, March 10 at 7 PM in the Church. All are welcome. Come experience the powerful presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament! 

Each Friday of Lent, we abstain from eating meat as a way to experience a little of the hunger that many experience daily. Give the money you saved each week by not eating meat—about $3 per person per meal—to your CRS Rice Bowl to feed those in need around the world. Lenten alms donated through CRS Rice Bowl support the work of CRS in more than 100 different countries each year. Twenty-five percent of donations to CRS Rice Bowl stay in the local diocese, supporting hunger and poverty alleviation efforts. Rice Bowls can be picked up starting on Ash Wednesday and throughout the first Sunday of Lent, and can be returned throughout Holy Week."In addition to using and returning the CRS Rice Bowl boxes, donations to CRS Rice Bowl can be made through WeShare, under the Second Collections section on the Giving Opportunities page: 
https://stabcs.weshareonline.org/

During Lent, we will be praying the Liturgy of the Hours before all Masses. We are hoping the beauty of this liturgical prayer of the Church will help us all more deeply engage in the liturgical season at hand. The psalms, prayers, and antiphons of these hours are compiled in a way that helps the individual grasp the penitential and ascetical meaning of Lent more deeply, thus disposing us to more actively participate in the Mass that will follow. 






















Youth Passion Play
All are invited to enter deeper into Holy Week by attending the Passion Play, organized and performed by the high school youth ministry. The teens will present a living Stations of the Cross along with powerful reflections to help us prepare for Easter Sunday. Hope you will join us for this free event!