Lenten Challenges
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This Lent, join the parish in weekly challenges from our pastor, Father Rick Nagel. Each Sunday Father Nagel will give the parish a new weekly Lenten challenge. Check back here to see what the newest Lenten Challenge is each week.
See below for all Lenten Challenges as each week of Lent passes. |
Weekly Challenges:
Holy Week | Week of March 25
This coming weeks challenge for Holy Week is to write a letter to someone to encourage/inspire them on their Journey of Faith. Perhaps invite them to join you for one or all of the Triduum liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Saturday Vigil and/or Easter Sunday Mass.
5th Sunday of Lent | Week of March 18
This weeks challenge for the fifth week of Lent is to pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet daily for the poor souls in purgatory. If you already pray the Chaplet daily, encourage another person to pray it along with you.
4th Sunday of Lent | Week of March 11
This weeks challenge for the fourth week of Lent is to fast from screen time. This would include fasting from all unnecessary use of cell phones, computers, tv, etc. Replace this time with prayer, sharing quality time with another/others, doing extra acts of charity for those in need, etc.
3rd Sunday of Lent | Week of March 4
This weeks challenge for the third week of Lent is to invite 3 people to block their calendars and take off work for the Triduum during Holy Week. The Triduum schedule is as follows at St. John's:
Holy Thursday, March 29
7pm Mass of the Lord's Supper
8:30pm Thursday- 3pm Friday: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Altar of Repose "The Night Watch"
8:30pm Altar of Repose Pilgrimage (sign up info coming soon)
Good Friday, March 30
11am-1pm Confessions
3pm Commemoration of the Lord's Passion
5pm Live Stations of the Cross starting at St. Mary's Catholic Church
Holy Saturday, March 31
9am Easter prep, decorating and church cleaning
7pm Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday, April 1
8am and 10am Easter Sunday Mass
No 7pm Easter Sunday Mass
2nd Sunday of Lent | Week of February 25
This weeks challenge for the second week of Lent is to cleanse your closets. Take some time this coming week to go through your closets, drawers, attic, storage areas and sort out all the clothes, coats, hats, gloves, shoes, blankets, sleeping bags that you haven't used recently. Donate those to the St. John's Garden Door Ministry to help support our local homeless and poor neighbors who go without the basic needs of life. Our volunteers will sort all donations to get them ready to be given to those in need. Any extra's we cannot use will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul here in Indy to help others locally. Thanks for serving those in need with the Corporal Work of Mercy to cloth the naked. Drop all donations (in bags) in or next to the wooden box (labeled Garden Door Donations) in the south side of the narthex of the Church. Thanks so much for your generosity!
1st Sunday of Lent | Week of February 18
This weeks challenge is to listen to Catholic radio while getting ready in the morning and/or during your drive to and from work.
Here's some options of what you can listen to:
St. John's Mobile App: Use the pray tab of the app (bottom left) to access Catholic Radio Indy, ETWN, and Relevant Radio. Or go directly to one of these website listed below. Don't have the St. John's App? You can download it here: http://www.stjohnsindy.org/mobile-app.html
Catholic Radio Indy:
http://catholicradioindy.org/programming/listen-to-catholic-radio-indy
ETWN Radio Streaming:
http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live_player.asp?sat=radioe
Relevant Radio:
https://relevantradio.com/listen/
Don't have smart phone?
Listen to this radio station for Catholic Radio Indy: 89.1 or 90.9.
This coming weeks challenge for Holy Week is to write a letter to someone to encourage/inspire them on their Journey of Faith. Perhaps invite them to join you for one or all of the Triduum liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Saturday Vigil and/or Easter Sunday Mass.
5th Sunday of Lent | Week of March 18
This weeks challenge for the fifth week of Lent is to pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet daily for the poor souls in purgatory. If you already pray the Chaplet daily, encourage another person to pray it along with you.
4th Sunday of Lent | Week of March 11
This weeks challenge for the fourth week of Lent is to fast from screen time. This would include fasting from all unnecessary use of cell phones, computers, tv, etc. Replace this time with prayer, sharing quality time with another/others, doing extra acts of charity for those in need, etc.
3rd Sunday of Lent | Week of March 4
This weeks challenge for the third week of Lent is to invite 3 people to block their calendars and take off work for the Triduum during Holy Week. The Triduum schedule is as follows at St. John's:
Holy Thursday, March 29
7pm Mass of the Lord's Supper
8:30pm Thursday- 3pm Friday: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Altar of Repose "The Night Watch"
8:30pm Altar of Repose Pilgrimage (sign up info coming soon)
Good Friday, March 30
11am-1pm Confessions
3pm Commemoration of the Lord's Passion
5pm Live Stations of the Cross starting at St. Mary's Catholic Church
Holy Saturday, March 31
9am Easter prep, decorating and church cleaning
7pm Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday, April 1
8am and 10am Easter Sunday Mass
No 7pm Easter Sunday Mass
2nd Sunday of Lent | Week of February 25
This weeks challenge for the second week of Lent is to cleanse your closets. Take some time this coming week to go through your closets, drawers, attic, storage areas and sort out all the clothes, coats, hats, gloves, shoes, blankets, sleeping bags that you haven't used recently. Donate those to the St. John's Garden Door Ministry to help support our local homeless and poor neighbors who go without the basic needs of life. Our volunteers will sort all donations to get them ready to be given to those in need. Any extra's we cannot use will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul here in Indy to help others locally. Thanks for serving those in need with the Corporal Work of Mercy to cloth the naked. Drop all donations (in bags) in or next to the wooden box (labeled Garden Door Donations) in the south side of the narthex of the Church. Thanks so much for your generosity!
1st Sunday of Lent | Week of February 18
This weeks challenge is to listen to Catholic radio while getting ready in the morning and/or during your drive to and from work.
Here's some options of what you can listen to:
St. John's Mobile App: Use the pray tab of the app (bottom left) to access Catholic Radio Indy, ETWN, and Relevant Radio. Or go directly to one of these website listed below. Don't have the St. John's App? You can download it here: http://www.stjohnsindy.org/mobile-app.html
Catholic Radio Indy:
http://catholicradioindy.org/programming/listen-to-catholic-radio-indy
ETWN Radio Streaming:
http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live_player.asp?sat=radioe
Relevant Radio:
https://relevantradio.com/listen/
Don't have smart phone?
Listen to this radio station for Catholic Radio Indy: 89.1 or 90.9.