2026 Lent & Holy Week Schedule
Pastorate of the Visitation
Ash Wednesday ~ February 18, 2026
Distribution of Ashes at all Masses
SJF – 8:30 am, 12:00 noon & 7:00 pm
OLC – 8:30 am & 7:00 pm
Stations of the Cross
Fridays throughout Lent:
OLC – 12:00 noon, February 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27
SJF – 7:00pm, February 20 & 27; March 6, 13, 20, 27 (Passion Play)
*except Good Friday, see below
Sacrament of Reconciliation
We offer Reconciliation as noted below or by appointment:
- SJF: Saturdays 3:30pm–4:30pm in the church
- OLC: Saturdays 3:00pm–3:30pm in the Reconciliation Room
- SJF – Fridays: February 27th, March 6, 13, 20, 27 at 7:45 am–8:15 am
- SJF – Monday, March 16 at 7:00 pm
- OLC – Tuesday, March 17 at 7:00 pm
- SJF – Tuesday, March 31, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
- OLC – Wednesday, April 1, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm
- SJF & OLC – No Confessions on Holy Saturday, April 4
Friday Lenten Fish Frys (dine-in or carryout)
Most Fridays 4:00–7:00 pm in the St. Jane Frances Parish Hall
February 20 & 27; March 6, 13, 20, 27 (more info)
Abbreviated menu and no seating during St. Patrick’s Day Bazaar on March 13, 2026
Pastorate Lenten Mission: 2026
Restored in Christ—Sacraments of Healing
- SJF – Monday, March 16th, 7:00 pm – Talk 1: Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Adoration with an opportunity for Confessions
- OLC – Tuesday, March 17th, 7:00 pm – Talk 2: Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick
- Adoration with an opportunity for Confessions
- OLC – Wednesday March 18th, 7:00 pm – Mass of Healing with an opportunity for Anointing of the Sick
Palm Sunday ~ March 29, 2026
SJF – (Saturday) 5:00 pm
SJF – (Sunday) 8:00 am, 10:00 am & 11:30 am
OLC – (Saturday) 4:00 pm
OLC – (Sunday) 8:30 am & 10:45 am
OLC – (Sunday) 12:00 pm Pastorate Easter Egg Hunt
Abstinence & Fasting
All persons who have reached their 14th birthday are bound by the law of abstinence (from meat). All adults are bound by the law of fast up to their 60th year. The current canonical discipline of penance for the United States, in addition to the general character of the Lenten season, may thus be summed up:
- Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of abstinence from meat and also days of fast; that is, limited to a single full meal.
- The other Fridays of Lent remain days of abstinence from meat.
- The Fridays of the year outside Lent remain days of penance, but each individual may substitute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial or personal penance; this may be physical mortification or temperance or acts of religion, charity, or Christian witness.
Holy Week and the Sacred Triduum
Tenebrae Service
SJF – March 31, 2026 – 8:00 pm in the Church
Tenebrae (Latin for “shadows” or “darkness”) is a Christian religious service celebrated by the Church before the last three days of Holy Week. The distinctive ceremony of Tenebrae is the gradual extinguishing of candles while a series of readings and psalms are chanted or recited. All is sad and mournful, as though it were a funeral service; nothing could more emphatically express the grief that now weighs down the heart of our holy Mother the Church. The purpose of the service is to recreate the betrayal, abandonment, and agony of Jesus’ passion, and it is left unfinished, because the story isn’t over until Easter Day.
Sacred Triduum
Holy Thursday, April 2, 2026
SJF – 8:45 am Morning Prayer
SJF – 7:00 pm Pastorate Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Adoration until 9:00 pm)
Good Friday, April 3, 2026
1st Day of Divine Mercy Novena
SJF – 8:45 am Morning Prayer
SJF – 12:00 pm Stations of the Cross
SJF – 3:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (with Holy Communion)
OLC – 3:00 pm Stations of the Cross (Youth led)
OLC – 7:00 pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (with Holy Communion)
Holy Saturday, April 4, 2026
SJF – 8:45 am Morning Prayer
SJF – 9:00 am Blessing of Food
OLC – 12:00 noon Blessing of Food
SJF & OLC – No Confessions on Holy Saturday
Easter Masses
Pastorate Easter Vigil Mass, Holy Saturday April 4, 2026
OLC – 8:00 pm Pastorate Easter Vigil Mass
The Easter Vigil Mass begins in darkness as we await the light of Christ. A fire is lit—the Paschal Candle is lit—and light returns! This is the most beautiful of liturgies and becomes more so as members of our community become fully initiated into the fold through Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist!
Easter Sunday Masses, April 5, 2026
SJF – 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 noon (note time change)
OLC – 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am (Youth Ministry)
Divine Mercy Sunday Masses, April 12, 2026
Regular schedule of masses for SJF and OLC. For more information about the graces available on Divine Mercy Sunday and by praying the Divine Mercy Novena beginning on Good Friday, please see our Divine Mercy Novena page.