For Your Lenten Journey
“Let us be concerned for each other, to stir a response in love and good works” - Hebrews 10:24 - theme of Pope Benedict XVI's 2012 Lenten Message
On Ash Wednesday, February 22nd this year, Catholics begin the forty-day season called Lent which precedes the celebration of Easter, Christ’s resurrection from the dead.
Lent 2012
Begins Ash Wednesday, February 22, ends Holy Thursday, April 5
Easter Triduum
Begins Holy Thursday, April 5 (Mass of the Lord's Supper), ends Holy Saturday, April 7 (evening of prayer on Easter Sunday).
Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 8
Below are some resources for you as we journey these 40 days; please know that more will be added and/or updated as Lent unfolds, so please visit again. God Bless!
Readings, resources & more
Sign up to receive email alerts for our Mid-Week Spiritual Refreshers for Lent, here.
NEW Mid-Week Spiritual Refreshers for Lent can be found each week on Rhode Island Catholic's Facebook page, here.
Celebrations of Holy Week at the Cathedral, here.
Lenten Fast & Abstinence Regulations
Pope Benedict's 2012 Lenten Message
Overview and understanding of Ash Wednesday & Lent, here.
Resources for Lent & Easter 2012, here.
Daily Readings for Lent, here.
Readings for Ash Wednesday & the Sundays of Lent:
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22
1st Sunday of Lent, Feb. 26
2nd Sunday of Lent, March 4
3rd Sunday of Lent, March 11
4th Sunday of Lent, March 18
5th Sunday of Lent, March 25
Parish Lenten Missions, in Rhode Island Catholic - coming soon
Find Masses and more near you this Lenten Season
40 Days for Life - sponsored by the Diocese of Providence Office of Life & Family
Stations of the Cross - audio - ccc.usccb.org/lent/stationsofthecross.mp3
Events in our parishes during Lent
Easter Week Masses at our Diocesan Cemeteries - schedule here.
Share your parish's Lenten events & activities with the Diocese, here
Read more in the Rhode Island Catholic
From the Vatican
From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Questions? Ask a Priest.