Lent at St. Mary's 2025

Lenten Schedule and Special Confession Times

We will be offering special confession times for parishioners during Lent.  Please go to our Lenten Schedule and Confession Times page on our website (or click on the link to the right).

Lenten Faith Formation

Silent Prayer: The Process of Discovering Yourself:
Silent prayer in it’s essence is nothing more than putting ourselves in the presence of God without saying a word. How can we discover ourselves in silent prayer? That is what is so interesting and that is why Deacon Tony offers you the opportunity to continue to expand your spiritual life in such a way. Sundays during Lent after the 11:00 Mass in the Gathering Room in the lower church.  All ages are welcome from teenage years and up. It will facilitated by Deacon Tony who hopes to see you all there.

Messiah
Tuesdays during Lent after the 5:30 pm Mass in the Gathering Room (Starting 3/4)
This Lent, join us for an exploration of the messianic prophecies of the Bible and how they were fulfilled by Jesus - both during his earthly life, and after it. Messiah is a video series hosted by acclaimed actor Leonardo Defilippis and filmed at nearly 30 locations in the US, Holy Land and Rome. Each episode takes viewers on an unforgettable journey from ancient Egypt to the Mount of Sacrifice, to the fall of pagan Rome. Come explore and discuss the Messiah each week this Lent.

Reflections on Art:
Join Fr. Valan this Lent has he offers prayerful reflections on Christian Art.  Sessions will take place Thursdays, 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm at St. Eulalia's.

Stations of the Cross 

We will have Stations of the Cross every Friday from March 7th through April 11th at 4:45 pm in the Mary Chapel followed by Mass at 5:30 pm and a meager meal of soup and bread in the Gathering Room.

On Good Friday, Stations of the Cross will be at 12 noon followed by confession at 1 pm.   

Disciples in Action: Acts of Giving Lenten Outreach

St. Mary's Disciples in Action will be collecting items for organizations in need within Winchester, Woburn and the surrounding communities this Lent.  The organizations we will be supporting are Council of Social Concern (the food pantry and Children's Center), St. Vincent de Paul Woburn food pantry, the EnKa Pantry and St. Francis House in Boston.  Please visit our donations page to learn more about these organizations and the list of items being collected.

Digital Lenten Resources 

Arts & Faith: Lent by Loyola Press Enter into a visual prayer experience this Lent with Arts & Faith Lent.  Each week Loyola Press provides a video commentary about a work of art inspired by the Sunday Scriptures.  Use these videos to take a new look at this season of spiritual renewal through the lens of sacred art.  Visit Loyola Press - Arts & Faith: Lent for this visual prayer experience. 
 
The Ascension Lenten Companion (via Flocknote)
The Ascension Lenten Companion: Walking with Mary to Jerusalem, is a weekly email featuring videos with Fr. Mark Toups to help our parish community enter more deeply into the beautiful and penitential. In this series, Mary deeply desires that you know and love her son. This Lent, you can learn to see Jesus’ Passion and death through the heart and eyes of his mother. With Mary at your side, your prayer, fasting, and almsgiving can become more than habitual practices, profound personal encounters with Christ in his final moments.