The season of Great Lent: sets itself apart, inviting us to navigate the path of the Via Dolorosa, where each step echoes the footprints of our Savior. Lent unfolds to us as a sacred narrative, drawing our hearts closer to the profound mystery of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. More than a mere liturgical obligation let us make a pilgrimage, a sacred sojourn that beckons us to journey intentionally to the paschal mysteries of Christ.
Let us recall the timeless wisdom of St. John Chrysostom, who said, “The true fast is the fast of the heart.”. Wish you all a blessed Lent

“The true fast is the fast of the heart”

February 21 | Wednesday 

• 07:30 pm: Holy Qurbana, Novena to St. Joseph

February 23| Friday

• 07:00 pm: Silent Adoration | Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)
• 07:30 pm: Holy Qurbana
• 08:10pm: Way of the Cross (led by Mariam Thresia Family Unit)

February 24| Saturday

• 10:00 am: Holy Qurbana, Office of the deceased, Novena to Mother Mary of Perpetual Help. Memorial Qurbana for Aleykutty Puthanapra (Mother of Somy Puthanapra, 3rd Anniversary).
• 05:30 pm: St. Mother Theresa Family Unit Meeting.

February 25| Sunday | Third Sunday of Lent

• 09.40 am: Adoration, Intercessory Prayers (Chapel)
• 09:45 am: Holy Qurbana (English)
• 10.45 am: CCD Classes
• 10:45 am: Holy Qurbana (Malayalam)
• Qurbana Readings:
  1. Deut 15:7-15 Donate generously .
  2. Tob 12:6-15 Fasting, Charity, Prayer, Justice.
  3. 2 Cor 8:9-15 Almsgiving as possible.
  4. Mt 6:1-8 ;16-18 Fasting, Charity, Prayer.
• Meeting: St. Joseph the Worker Ministry

St. Chavara Mission Bakersfield: 04:30 pm Holy Qurbana

Let us remember:

• On Fridays of the Lent: Silent Adoration from 07:00 – 07.30 pm.
• February 23: 08:30 pm, Combined meeting of Parish Council & Central Committee. (2024).
• February 23: Friday, Way of the Cross (Mariam Thresia Family Unit).
• Annual Lenten Retreat, March 8-10, Youth Retreat March 22-24.
• March 17: CCD Storytelling Competition.(see details on the notice board).
• New Altar servers practice – Every Sunday
• Intercessory Prayers and adoration every Sunday in Chapel (9.45-10.40 am)
• Youth Adoration: Every first Friday of the Month at 8.15 PM (chapel)
• LFML & Angels Army meeting every 4th Sunday of the Month
• Reading circle every Sunday at 12 Noon
• Malayalam Class every Sunday – Online
• Online talk on Eucharist every first Saturday of the Month (diocesan initiative).

1. Message of Lent 2024 Pope Francis: Lent is a time of conversion and freedom.
   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-02/pope-francis-lent-is-a-time-of-conversion-and-freedom.html
2. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis XXXII World Day of the Sick
   https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/sick/documents/20240110-giornata-malato.html