The Lenten season is from Ash Wednesday until the evening of Holy Thursday. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are known as the Triduum, which are the highest holy days of the year. On Easter Sunday, we begin the Easter season, which is our liturgical season for fifty days until Pentecost (June 8 this year).
The three pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Throughout Lent, we will offer many opportunities to prepare for the Resurrection through these pillars. We accompany you on this Lenten journey.
Stations of the Cross Fridays in Lent
March 7, 14, 21, and 28 English Stations at 6:30 p.m. in the Church Spanish Stations at 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel
April 4 Bilingual Family Stations at 6:30 p.m. in the Church
April 11 Trilingual Stations (English, Spanish, & Tamil) 6:30 p.m. in the Church
April 18, Good Friday English Stations at 6 p.m. in the Chapel
A Soup Supper in the Brown-McCarthy Auditorium will follow all Stations of the Cross except March 28. On April 4, Stations will be followed by pizza. If you are planning to join us on April 4, please fill out the RSVP to help us order enough pizza. Additionally, you may click here to sign-up for other needs during the April 4 Family Stations of the Cross.
Tamil Stations of the Cross will be held March 7, 14, 21, 28, and April 4 and April 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel.
April 4 Family Stations & Pizza RSVP
The Light is On for You
Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. March 12 through April 16
“The Light is On For You” will be at all Arlington diocese parishes again this year. On Wednesdays during Lent, we will offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation here at SJN.Come find peace this Lent.
Please note: There will be no confessions offered at SJN on Holy Saturday.
This year’s annual Parish Lenten Mission on “Practical Holiness” will be led by Fr. Michael S. Murray, OSFS who will guide us to practice Salesian perspectives on living Jesus every day. The Parish Lenten Mission will begin after 5 p.m. Mass on Sunday, March 23 with a simple dinner in the Narthex followed by the presentation at 7 p.m. in the Church. The Parish Lenten Mission continues on Monday, March 24 at 7 p.m. and concludes on Tuesday, March 25 with the final presentation 7-8 p.m. followed by a reception in the Narthex.
Spanish presentations, led by Deacon Atanacio, will be held simultaneously in the Chapel.
All three nights of the English presentations will be livestreamed. We encourage all SJN parishioners to participate in the Parish Lenten Mission.
Live Jesus! is a Catholic Lenten gathering that includes a morning of reflection, fellowship, and prayer based on the humble and gentle spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal.
Live Jesus! 2025 begins with breakfast at 8 a.m., followed by speakers at 9 a.m. The keynote speaker is Fr. Jim Greenfield, OSFS. Registration is free, and ALL parishioners high school and older are invited and encouraged to register!
Calling all 8th-12th Grade Youth! You are invited to join us for our Lenten Youth Ministry Lock-in beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 11 until 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 12.
We will be enjoying a special time of fellowship, food, and faith as we prepare for and reflect on the coming Holy Week together. Cost is $15 per youth, with scholarships available.
Please plan to celebrate the Triduum, the highest holy days in our Catholic faith, here with us at St. John Neumann. All are welcome!
The season of Lent began in the early centuries of the Church to mark the time when those who had been studying the teachings of the Church, praying, and atoning for sin in order to be baptized, began their final period of preparation. Please pray for the Elect at SJN:
