Lent 2021

This page will be regularly updated with details about St. Tim's offerings during Lent of 2021. Click here to view a downloadable or printable calendar from Loyola Press with daily Lenten activities.

Scroll down to learn about the following opporunties as we prepare to begin the forty day journey towards Easter:

• A Note on Fasting and Abstinence
• Lenten Zoom Scripture series
• Stations of the Cross
• Young Adult Lenten faith sharing Zoom group
• Lenten Sunday Vespers
• STOP (St. Tim's Overseas Project) Lenten campaign
• Penitential services 
• Palm Sunday and Triduum liturgies

A note on fasting and abstinence
Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in order to deepen in our ability to know and receive God’s great love for us and for all. 

The U.S. Bishops offer the following guidelines for fasting and abstinence: “Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.” (Click here to view the USCCB website)

We invite you to reflect on this call to fast in light of the ongoing unchosen asceticism of pandemic. For nearly a year, many of us have given up much for the sake of our own well-being as well as concern for the common good in order to minimize the spread of the Covid-19 virus. These sacrifices can increase a sense of isolation and negatively impact our spiritual, mental, and social health. Given this, please reflect prayerfully on how God is calling you to fast and abstain in a way that doesn’t add to any sense of separation or pain you may be feeling during an already challenging time, but rather serves to open your heart more generously to the loving and merciful presence of God within you, in your brothers and sisters, in the Scriptures, in all creation.

St. Tim's will offer a virtual Stations of the Cross for you to pray with as we move through the Lenten season. The 40-minute Stations of the Cross video was streamed on Friday, February 19. To view the video on the Church of St. Timothy YouTube channel, please click here.

The youth of St. Tim's are also preparing a living stations, coordinated by Kristen Neuman, which will be be presented on Friday, April 2 (Good Friday). Check this page for updated information about living stations as the date draws closer. 

Would you like to grow in faith and build relationships with other young believers? Are you looking to experience spiritual growth during Lent? Then the St. Tim’s Lenten faith sharing young adult group may be just the opportunity you are looking for!
 
Young adults aged 18 (post high school) to 40ish are invited to join for a      Thursday evening Zoom Scripture reflection, faith sharing, and prayer. The St. Tim’s young adult faith sharing group will meet via Zoom on the following Thursdays from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.: February 18, February 25, March 4, March 11, March 18, and March 25. Join when you can, miss when you need.
 
Before each session participants will be emailed a passage that will be that evening’s focus. St. Tim’s director of faith formation Kristen Neuman will lead prayer, offer insights on the passage, and facilitate group discussion on reflection questions. All are welcome: whether you are married or single, in college or the workforce, feeling solid in your faith or currently in a time of spiritual struggle, knowledgeable of or new to Scripture, St. Tim’s parishioner or not, you have a place in our young adult faith sharing group.

Reach out to Kristen at kneuman@churchofsttimothy.com for more information or to sign up for the Zoom link.  

• Sunday, February 21 (Click here to view the worship aid)
• Sunday, February 28 (Click here to view the worship aid) 
• Sunday, March 7
• Sunday, March 14
• Sunday, March 21
• Sunday, March 28 (Palm Sunday)
• Sunday, April 4 (Easter Sunday) 

STOP 2021 Campaign
St Tim's in our 48th year of supporting overseas projects during the Lenten season of almsgiving when we strive to live more simply and be in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world. Through the generosity of our parishioners, St. Tim's has provided over $170,000 to 150 projects across the globe, living out our Catholic values of justice, human dignity, and compassion. 

The three projects chosen for this year will provide access to safe water through the following projects:

• Clean water and sanitation for the Diocese of Wa in Ghana (in partnership with Cross Catholic Outreach)
• Water system for Yer Tap parish in North Vietnam (in partnership with Friends of the Poor 
• Water access in Malawi (in partnership with Water4)

We invite you to support STOP through clicking on the online giving page on our parish website, using the STOP special collection envelope, or by mailing a check to the parish office with STOP in the memo line.

• Wednesday March 3 at 5:00 p.m. (register here)
• Tuesday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. (registration opens on Tuesday, March 9)

Father Joe Whalen will be offering the sacrament of reconciliation to individuals at 3:00 p.m. in the church on the following Saturdays.

• Saturday, February 27
• Saturday, March 6
• Saturday, March 13
• Saturday, March 20
• Saturday March 27

Palm Sunday is March 28, and on Thursday, April 1 we begin the three-day celebration of the Triduum, celebrating the mystery of Christ's suffering, death, and resurrection. St. Tim's will offer both in-person and streaming options for Triduum liturgies. In-church, in-person liturgies with registration required will be celebrated on:

• Thursday, April 1: Holy Thursday liturgy at 7:00 p.m.
• Friday, April 2:  Good Friday liturgy at 3:00 p.m.
• Saturday, April 3:  Easter Vigil liturgy at 8:30 p.m. 
• Sunday, April 4: Mass of Resurrection at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.