Lent and Easter at Harkness Chapel

Hope and new life are available to us perennially: that is the Easter promise. By reviving our own spirits, we create and enter a renewed world.

It is in that spirit that the Catholic Community at Connecticut College observes Lent and prepares for Easter. All are welcome to join us for services in Harkness Chapel through the spring. Our schedule for 2009:

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25
A mass with the blessing and distribution of ashes begins at 5 p.m.

Lent
Father Larry says mass every Wednesday during Lent when classes are in session (March 4, March 25 and April 1 this year). Mass starts at 5 p.m.

Vigil of Passion (Palm) Sunday, Saturday April 4
We celebrate the vigil on Saturday, April 4, with palms, a procession and, after mass, traditional hot cross buns. Bishop Michael Cote of the Diocese of Norwich will join us. Mass starts at 5.

Holy Week
Service of Penance and Reconciliation. Wednesday, April 8, 5 p.m. After a communal penance service, Father Larry or a visiting priest can hear your confession.

Liturgy of the Lord's Supper. Holy Thursday, April 9, 5 p.m. We commemorate the Last Supper and remember how great a gift the Eucharist is.

Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and Death. Good Friday, April 10, 5 p.m. We "stand beneath the cross" with Christians around the world.

Vigil of Easter, Saturday, April 11
A joyous celebration begins at 8 p.m. We start with the blessing of the new fire at the Chapel pit and then process into the Chapel for mass. Mass will be followed by a reception in the Chapel library. There is no mass at 5 p.m.

Watch our web site, http://www.conncatholics.com/, for more details starting in mid-February.