March 13 | Wednesday 

• 07:00 pm: Rosa Mystica Prayer
• 07:30 pm: Holy Qurbana, Novena to St. Joseph

March 15 | Friday

• 07:00 pm: Silent Adoration | Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)
• 07:30 pm: Holy Qurbana & Way of the Cross (St. Thomas Unit)

March 16 | Saturday

• 11:00 am: Holy Qurbana, Novena to Mother Mary of Perpetual Help.

March 17| Sunday | Sixth Sunday of Lent | Feast of St. Joseph Celebrated

• 09.40 am: Adoration, Intercessory Prayers (Chapel)
• 09:45 am: Holy Qurbana (English)
• 10.45 am: CCD Classes
• 10:45 am: Holy Qurbana (Malayalam) ), Ladeenju, Parish Council meeting
• CCD Storytelling Competition
• Qurbana Readings:
  1. Is 41:8-16 Jacob, I have chosen you
  2. Acts 19: 11-20 (19: 8-20) God did extraordinary miracles through Paul.
  3. 2 Cor 10:3-11 (10: 3-18) The spiritual weapons with divine power.
  4. Mt 1:18-25 Joseph, the Just

St. Chavara Mission Bakersfield: No Holy Qurbana

Holy Week Celebrations – Schedule (March 24 – 31, 2024)

March 24 | Palm Sunday

• 10:15 am: : Blessing of Palm Leaves, Procession, Holy Qurbana

March 28 | Holy Thursday

• 07:30 pm: Holy Qurbana, Institution of Eucharist, Washing of the feet

March 29 | Good Friday

• 04:00 pm: Adoration
• 05:00 pm: Good Friday Ceremonies, Way of the Cross, Veneration of the Cross

March 30| Saturday (Easter Vigil)

• 08:00 pm: Easter Vigil Ceremonies, Agape

March 31| Sunday

• No Holy Qurbana

Let us remember:

• On Fridays of the Lent: Silent Adoration from 07:00 – 07.30 pm.
• March 13: 07:00 pm Rosa Mystica Prayer.
• March 22-24 Youth Retreat
• March 17:Parish Council Meeting.
• March 17:Feast of St. Joseph Celebrated.
• 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