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What can you do with forty days?
Lent is a time to examine ourselves and to make changes in our lives to bring us closer to God.

*Holy Week Schedule
No confessions will take place during holy week

Holy Thursday, April 18
Mass of the Lord's Supper
6:00 pm, St. Joseph (Akron)
6:00 pm, St. Mary (Brush)
Includes adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Good Friday, April 19
A day of fasting & abstinence
3:00 pm, St. Joseph (Akron)
6:00 pm, St. Mary (Brush)
6:00 pm, St. John (Stoneham)
Includes liturgy with reading of the Passion, Veneration of the Cross, & Communion. Divine Mercy Novena begins after the celebration of the liturgy.

Holy Saturday, April 20
Solemn Vigil of Easter
8:00 pm, St. Joseph (Akron)
8:00 pm, St. Mary (Brush)*
Followed by an appetizer/dessert potluck in the parish hall

Easter Sunday, April 21
8:00 am, St. Joseph (Akron)
10:00 am, St. Mary (Brush)
12:00 pm, St. John (Stoneham)
No Religious Education classes
Stations of the Cross
We pray the Stations to honor His sacrifice for our salvation, to give Him thanks, and to remember we do not carry our cross alone; Jesus carries it with you.

St. Joseph (Akron)
Every Wednesday, 5:30 pm / March 9-April 6

St. Mary (Brush)
Every Friday, 5:30 pm / March 4-April 8
After Stations, stay for a short Lenten reflection video series (approximately 20 minutes)
Lenten Dinners

St. Joseph (Akron)
Following Stations of the Cross
Every Wednesday, 6:00 pm / March 9-April 6
Menu: Soup Suppers in Coyne Hall

St. Mary (Brush)
Following Stations of the Cross

Every Friday, 6:30 pm / March 4-April 8
Menu changes weekly
March 8 - Italian Food dinner
March 15 - Soup dinner
March 22 - Fish dinner
March 29 - Mexican Food dinner
April 5 - Soup dinner
April 12 - Chef's choice
Adoration during Lent
Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00 pm, St. Joseph (Akron)
Adoration in the Chapel.
Lenten Study

Best Lent Ever (Online)
Take an incredible forty-day journey toward the best-version of-yourself and have your Best Lent Ever! Don't give up chocolate this year. Sign up for this free email program with video reflections that begins the start of Lent.
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Genesis to Jesus (Online)
Join Dr. Scott Hahn for this online study of salvation history and the importance of Easter. Sign up to stream this free study from the St. Paul Center that begins Ash Wednesday.
Sign-Up Genesis to Jesus Study
The Passion
6-Week Lenten Study / at ​St. Mary (Brush)
Tuesdays, March 5-April 9
6:30 pm, St. Mary RE Building

By His wounds, we were healed.
Come to know Jesus, His suffering, and His love at this six-week exploration of the Lord's passion. 
No previous bible study experience necessary.
Fasting & Abstinence
Abstinence: All Catholics 14 years & older must abstain from eating meat on Fridays of Lent, Ash Wednesday, and Good Friday.

Fasting: All Catholics between the ages of 18 & 59 are to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. On these two days, only one full meatless meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one's needs, but together they should not equal another full meal.

Archdiocese of Denver
Voluntary Day of Prayer & Fasting

Friday, March 8, 2019
Annual the first Friday of Lent.
Fasting & Abstinence Explained
Divine Mercy Novena
Begins Good Friday, April 19, after the liturgy and continues through April 28, Divine Mercy Sunday.​
Pray the Novena
Lenten Penance Services
Wed, April 3, 6:00 pm / St. Anthony (Sterling)
Fri, April 5, 6:30 pm / St. Mary (Brush)
Wed, April 10, 6:00 pm / St. Joseph (Akron)
Thurs, April 11, 6:00 pm / St. Helena (Fort Morgan)
Why We Confess
Free Movie Night - Thursday, April 4 
Movie: "The Passion of Christ" 

Doors open at 6pm / show starts at 6:30 pm
Sands Theatre (211 Clayton Street, Brush)
All seats: FREE; public welcome
Rated R

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