Parishes, schools, and other faith centers in the Diocese are invited to send their upcoming Lenten events for this list to adtimes@allentowndiocese.org.
Retreats, talks, series, services, devotions
Tuesdays of Lent – Flame of Love Holy Hour, St. Peter, Coplay, 6 p.m., rosary, benediction.
Wednesdays of Lent – Holy Hour, St. Peter, Coplay, 6 p.m., with confessions and Benediction.
Wednesdays of Lent – “Reasons for Christ’s Death and Resurrection in the History of Salvation,” Lenten talks, St. Peter, Coplay, 7 p.m., with Monsignor David James.
Thursdays, Feb. 15, 22, 29; March 7, 14, 22 – “Cor Jesu,” for Catholic young adults, St. Ursula, Fountain Hill, 7-9 p.m., evening of music, adoration, confession, and Mass; contemplative way to prepare for Holy Week and Easter.
Saturdays of Lent – Lenten Masses and Reflections, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Whitehall, 7:30 a.m. Adoration, 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass, 9-10 a.m. Reflection – Different ways we bring Christ to others.
Wednesdays, Feb. 7, 21, 28; March 6, 13, 20 – “Discovering Christ,” St. Columbkill, Boyertown, Quinn Hall, 6-8 p.m., seven-week experience during Lent (started Jan. 31), discover the meaning and purpose of your life and help answer questions of faith, no cost, includes dinner and dessert, childcare available, register at https://forms.gle/SKURW8gsmaMg....
Mondays, Feb. 12-March 18 – “The Mass,” Lenten series presented by Father Giuseppe Esposito, all sessions 6 p.m.; Feb. 12, 19, 26 at St. Charles Borromeo, Ashland, parish hall; March 4, 11, 18 at St. Joseph the Worker, Frackville, parish hall; sign up in vestibule of church or call either parish office 570-874-0610 ext. 4.
Wednesdays, Feb. 14-March 17; Thursdays, Feb. 15-March 28 – “Oremus: A Guide to Catholic Prayer,” Lenten catechetical series, the essentials of a fruitful prayer life, Holy Guardian Angels, Reading, rectory basement meeting room, Wednesdays 6:30 p.m., Thursdays 9 a.m., RSVP 610-921-2729, ext. 2203 or kmallozzi@hgaparish.com.
Thursdays, Feb. 15-March 21 – “Jesus and the Eucharist: Community Center,” St. Anne, Bethlehem, 6:30 p.m.; supper, video, and group discussion; $25 offering covers all sessions.
Saturday, Feb. 17 – “Understanding and Praying the Mass,” with Father Philip Maas, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Clair and Holy Cross, New Philadelphia, at ICC Hall, 1 Caroline Ave., Diener’s Hill, Pottsville, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., continental breakfast, RSVP 570-429-0370 no later than Wednesday, Feb. 14.
Mondays, Feb. 19-March 18 – Diocesan Lenten Retreat Series, "The Mystery of the Eucharist," featuring speakers from our Diocese, 6:30 p.m. Adoration, 7:30 p.m. presentation, 8 p.m. refreshments; Feb. 19, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Roseto, “Healing" by Maggie Riggins; Feb. 26, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, “Presence” by Lillian Fallon; March 4, St. Catharine of Siena, Reading, “Sacrifice” by Rob Johnson; March 11, SS. Peter and Paul, Lehighton, “Promise” by Kristin Osenbach; March 18, Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, Allentown, “Holy” by Father John Trigilio.
Tuesdays, Feb. 20-March 19 or Wednesdays, Feb. 21-March 20 – “Into His Likeness,” Lenten program, St. Mary, Hamburg, 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays or 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays; register at stmaryhamburg@aol.com or 610-562-7657.
Tuesdays, Feb. 20, 27, March 5 – “Ever Ancient, Ever New: Lenten Practices for Our Modern Times,” three-part program on contemporary relevance to the traditional Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving; School Sisters of St. Francis of Monocacy Manor, Bethlehem, 6:30-8 p.m.; in person or Zoom, session $20, full series $50; https://www.schoolsistersosf.o... or mkearns@schoolsistersosf.org.
Wednesdays, Feb. 21-March 20 – Lenten Reflection Series, National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, noon-1:30 p.m., with Father John Frink, Eucharistic Adoration, confession, Benediction.
Wednesday, Feb. 28 – Taize Ecumenical Service, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, 6:30 p.m., gather with each other and in the presence of Jesus Christ to express our faith in word and song.
Friday, March 1 – “A Night of Prayer – Lenten Holy Hour,” with Irish tenor Mark Forrest, Holy Guardian Angels, Reading, 7 p.m., Adoration, music, reflection, healing, free, https://www.hgaparish.com/post....
Saturday, March 2 – “Brothers in Prayer,” men’s Lenten morning retreat, Allentown Diocese Men’s Commission, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Easton, 9 a.m.; featuring Bishop Alfred Schlert, Father Alex Brown, Father Keith Laskowski; Mass, talks, confession; register www.MenAliveInChrist.org/events.
Sunday, March 3-Tuesday, March 5 – “Eternity: The Last Four Things,” Parish Lenten Mission, Holy Family, Nazareth, 7 p.m., presented by Father Bernard Ezaki.
Friday, March 8 – “Your Inner Room: A Lenten Retreat,” National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, 9:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m., with Father James McCormack, M.I.C., no cost, ticketed event, register www.padrepio.org, click on calendar March 8, retreat theme inspired by 2023 Lenten Letter by Bishop Alfred Schlert.
Saturday, March 9 – “Crucified King,” Lenten day of reflection, Mariawald Renewal Center, Reading, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., facilitator Father Brian Miller, $40, includes lunch, register by March 5, 610-777-0135 or mariawaldcenter@gmail.com.
Saturday, March 9; Sunday, March 10 – “Shroud Encounter,” Assumption BVM, Northampton, with international expert Russ Breault; Saturday 7 p.m., big screen presentation on the Shroud of Turin, “CSI Jerusalem”; Sunday 1 p.m. “Secrets of the Man Clothed in Linen”; free will offering, www.shroudencounter.com.
Monday, March 11-Wednesday, March 13 – “The Kingship of Christ,” parish mission, homilist Father Brian Miller, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Clair, 7 p.m. each night, confessions 6:15 p.m. each night.
Wednesday, March 13 – Holy Hour, St. Ambrose, Schuylkill Haven, 6:30 p.m., prayer and reflection led by John Paul Kasperowicz, founder of The Ministry of the Single-Hearted retreat and music ministry, as well as Big Heart Harvest farming ministry.
Thursday, March 28 – Holy Thursday Church Hopping, Holy Guardian Angels, Reading, 8 p.m., board bus after Mass of the Lord’s Supper and travel to seven area churches, visiting their repositories, return to HGA approximately 11 p.m., sign up tchrist@hgaparish.com or 610-921-2729 ext. 2202.
Performances
Sunday, Feb. 15 – “Whom Shall I Send?” St. Anne, Bethlehem, 4 p.m., dramatic and musical presentation of the call of the disciples, presented by Xavier Company of New York, free will offering.
Wednesday, March 13; Thursday, March 14 – “A Penitential Procession,” prayerful Lenten devotion with DeSales University Schola Cantorum, featuring readings, choral reflections, and congregational singing; the choir (not the audience) moves slowly through the chapel to the singing of congregational acclamations and hymns in a symbolic pilgrimage from sin to redemption through Christ’s death; March 13, Connelly Chapel at DeSales, 7 p.m.; March 14, St. Anne, Bethlehem, 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 14 – Lenten Vespers and Reflections on the Way of the Cross, St. Anne, Bethlehem, 7 p.m., DeSales University Schola.
Tuesday, March 26; Wednesday, March 27 – Living Stations with the School Children, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Whitehall, Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m.
Stations of the Cross
Holy Guardian Angels, Reading – Wednesdays of Lent 8:30 a.m.; Fridays of Lent 7 p.m.; Good Friday Outdoor Stations, 6:30 p.m.
Holy Rosary, Reading – Fridays of Lent, 12:10 p.m.
Most Blessed Trinity, Tremont – Fridays of Lent Feb. 16-March 22, 6 p.m., in the Tremont church; Wednesdays, Feb. 21, 28, March 6, 13, 6 p.m., in the Tower City chapel.
National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto – Stations of the Cross with Padre Pio, Veneration of the Relic Glove of Padre Pio, Wednesday, Feb. 14, and Tuesdays and Fridays of Lent, after 11:30 a.m. Rosary, (March 8 Stations at 2 p.m.), livestream at https://www.Facebook.com/Padre... or https://YouTube.com/@PadrePioI....
Sacred Heart, Palmerton – Wednesdays of Lent, 6:30 p.m.
St. Columbkill, Boyertown – Fridays of Lent, 7 p.m.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Whitehall – Fridays of Lent, 2 and 7 p.m. (no 2 p.m. service on Feb.2, March 1, 29).
St. Mary, Hamburg – Fridays of Lent, 7 p.m., with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 6 p.m. (benediction at the end of Stations.)
St. Peter, Coplay – Fridays of Lent, 7 p.m.
Penance
Thursday, Feb. 29 – “Come Walk with Me,” Lenten reconciliation service with Mark Forrest, Irish tenor, Queenship of Mary, Northampton, 7 p.m., Sacrament of Reconciliation, Eucharistic Adoration, evening of music and spiritual reflection.
Sunday, March 10-Tuesday, March 12 – Penance, multiple confessors: Sunday, Assumption BVM, Slatington, 3 p.m.; Monday, Sacred Heart, Palmerton, 7 p.m.; Tuesday, St. Nicholas, Walnutport, 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 14 – Penance Service, St. Peter, Coplay, 6:30 p.m., three priests.
Palm Sunday, March 24 – Lenten Confessions, St. Columbkill, Boyertown, 7 p.m.
Palm Sunday, March 24 – Lenten Confessions, Holy Guardian Angels Reading, 7 p.m.
Dinners, food sales
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14 – Baked Ziti Grab n' Go, Annunciation BVM (St. Mary’s), Catasauqua, cheese ziti $12 or cheese and veggie ziti $13, order deadline Sunday, Feb. 11; pickup after Ash Wednesday Masses at 8 a.m., noon, 7 p.m. (or 3-5 p.m.), orders kim.stmarys122@gmail.com, questions 610-264-0332.
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14 – Takeout Homemade Cabbage and Noodles and Baked Ziti Sale, Assumption BVM, Slatington, 3-6 p.m., container $7.
Fridays of Lent – Lenten Pierogi Sale, St. Mary (worship site for St. Catharine
of Siena), 12th and Spruce streets, Reading, under the church, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., frozen, $10 per dozen, through March 22.
Friday, Feb. 16 – Fish Dinner, Holy Guardian Angels, Reading, E. Michael Camilli Social Hall, takeout 4-4:30 p.m., dine in 4:30-5:30 p.m., pre-order only, adults $14, children 4-12 $7, children 3-under free, order deadline Feb. 9, https://holyguardianangels-fun....
Saturday, Feb. 17; Friday, March 22 – Lenten Dinners, St. Peter, Coplay; Feb. 17, 4-6 p.m., Chicken Pot Pie; March 22, 4-6 p.m., Fish Dinner.
Wednesdays, Feb. 21-March 20 – Weekly Rice Bowl Simple Lenten Community Meal, Assumption BVM, Slatington, 6 p.m., donation to Rice Bowl; followed by Stations of the Cross and Benediction, 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 23 – Fish Dinner, St. John Fisher, North Catasauqua, 4-6:30 p.m., adults $13.00, children 5-10 $5; tickets sold before and after Masses beginning Feb. 10-11, or call 610-533-2109; tickets at door $15.
Fridays, Feb. 23; March 8, 22 – Fish Dinners, Knights of Columbus and Sacred Heart, Bath auditorium, 4:30-7 p.m., adults $13, children 6-12 $5, under 6 free; followed by Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 1 – Lenten Fish Dinner, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Whitehall, parish hall, 4-6 p.m., $13.50, macaroni and cheese $3; order forms available at parish website www.sercc.org or parish office, return forms by Feb. 26; jglover@ptd.net or 610-349-7791.
Friday, March 8 – Lenten Fish Dinner, Annunciation BVM (St. Mary's), Catasauqua, 4:30-6:30 p.m., ordered and paid by March 3 $15, at door $16, children up to age 10 $8; followed by Stations of the Cross in church 6:30 p.m.; orders kim.stmarys122@gmail.com; questions 610-264-0332.
Friday, March 8 – Lenten Takeout Dinner, Holy Guardian Angels, Reading, 4-5:30 p.m., mac and cheese $12, stewed tomatoes $8/$4, soups $14, https://holyguardianangels-fun....
Friday, March 8 – Lenten Fish Dinner, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Bethlehem, Knights of Columbus Council 15682, takeout only, pickup 4-7 p.m. in Father King Hall in church auditorium, $15, order deadline Sunday, Feb. 25, KofC15682@gmail.com.
Friday, March 15 – Lenten Meal, Holy Family, Nazareth, parish center, 4-7 p.m.; tickets all ages pre-order $6, at door $9; Pasta Flight, Battle of the Sauces, vote for your favorite sauce; https://sites.google.com/view/....
Friday, March 22 – Lenten “Fast Food” and a Film, National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, noon-2:30 p.m., meatless meal and film “Lilies of the Field,” pre-register starting Feb. 15 at www.padrepio.org click calendar March 22.
Friday, March 22 – Lenten Fish Dinner, St. John the Baptist, Allentown, social hall, 4-6:30 p.m., $15, ticket deadline March 18, in church vestibule before/after Masses or call office 610-432-0034, no sales at door, sponsored by St. John’s Auxiliary.
Friday, March 22 – Fish Bake, Assumption BVM, Slatington, $15.
Friday, March 22 – Easter Pie Sale, order deadline by noon, Holy Guardian Angels, Reading, pies by Chef Wayne Rothenberger, $25, order at www.hgaparish.com; pickup Saturday, March 30, 2-4 p.m., social hall; questions 610-921-2729, ext. 2202.
Friday, March 29 – Lenten Fish Dinner, Holy Guardian Angels, Reading, takeout only 4-5:30 p.m., adults $14, children 4-12 $7, children 3-under free, order deadline Feb. 9, https://holyguardianangels-fun....
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