Holy Season of Lent at OLQM
Ash Wednesday through Holy Thursday
2026 Lenten Calendar (pdf)
ASH WEDNESDAY (February 18, 2026)
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. It is a day of fasting and abstinence. Ashes will be distributed at these liturgies:
8:05AM Mass
12:05PM Mass
4PM Prayer Service
7:30PM Mass
THURSDAY DEVOTIONS
Every Thursday, Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
After 12:05PM Mass until Benediction at 7:30PM
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Fridays of Lent at 7:30PM
(followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament)
Good Friday Stations, April 3, 2026, at 1PM
Stations of the Cross (slide show and audio)
LENTEN ALMSGIVING: ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CLOTHING DRIVE
Sunday, March 8, 2026, from 9AM to noon
Along with prayer and fasting, another pillar of Lent is giving (charity). The St. Vincent de Paul truck will be parked in front of our church during morning hours only on Sunday, March 8, to accept new or “like new” clothing for men, women, and children. Your donation will help your neighbors in need.
Why Catholics should practice almsgiving this Lent (and every Lent)
OCIA SCRUTINIES
Sundays, March 8, 15, and 22 at 11:15AM Mass
Members of the elect in our OCIA program are preparing for the sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil Mass on April 4, 2026. The three scrutinies, which are rites for self-searching and repentance, will be celebrated with them on the third, fourth, and fifth Sundays of Lent.
CONFESSION TIMES DURING HOLY WEEK
- Reconciliation Monday, March 30—11:15AM, 3:30PM & 7PM
- Tuesday and Wednesday, March 31 and April 1—11:15AM
- Holy Thursday, April 2—No confessions
- Good Friday, April 3—after the 7:30PM liturgy
- Holy Saturday, April 4—No confessions