The Lenten Season at Transfiguration, 2023
Confession times during Lent:
5:00 p.m. on Tuesdays (Martes) and 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays (Sábado)
*No Confession Tuesday, April 4 or Saturday, April 8
No hay confesiones los Sábados 4 y 8 de Abril
Stations of the Cross
Fridays through Lent
February 24 – March 31
9:30 a.m. in the Church (English)
7:00 p.m. in the Church (Bilingual)
Good Friday Stations of the Cross
April 7, 3:00 p.m. in the Church
(Bilingual, Music and Incense, Livestreamed)
Lenten Dinners
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council #10362
Fridays in Lent
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in the Social Hall
Adult Plate – $12.00 – 1 Entrée, 2 sides and a drink
Child Plate – $5.00- 1 Entrée, 1 side and a drink
Family – $29.00 (2-adult plates & 2 child plates)
Entrée’s
Adult
Beer Battered Fried Cod
Baked Tilapia
Desserts For Sale at the Event
Beer and Wine Served
Child
Beer Battered Fried Cod
Bake Tilapia
Mac & Cheese
Grilled Cheese
Sides
French Fries
Vegetable
Salad
Cole Slaw
Mac & Cheese
NO LENTEN FISH FRY MARCH 31
Seder Meal
SATURDAY, April 1, 6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall.
The Ideal Family Faith Experience. A traditional Seder hosted by the parish to learn and share our faith as Christians through the recognition of our Jewish roots. It is a communal meal, families and friends are always welcome.
Tickets for Adults : $13, Children $10 and kids under 5 are free.
Ticket sales stop March 30.
No Lenten Dinner on Friday, March 31. Stations of the Cross will be held on March 31 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church (Bilingual)
Events:
Easter Gift Baskets for the Homebound: Baskets will be given to the Homebound Members of Transfiguration. Thank You for Your Donations to serve our community!
Seder Meal: Saturday, April 1, 6:30 p.m., Social Hall The Ideal Family Faith Experience. This is a joyful celebration complete with storytelling, music, scripture, thanksgiving, and good food. Adults $13, Children $10.
Buy tickets after Mass or online at transfiguration.com/tickets until March 27.
Palm Sunday: April 2 Masses Begin Outside the FLC with a Procession to the church doors.
Easter Food Blessing and Egg Hunt: April 8 at 12:00 p.m. (Noon) . FLC Parking Lot Bring food for your Easter Feast to have it blessed. Join us for our annual Easter Egg hunt for kids at 12:15 p.m. Teen Volunteers are needed to help at the Egg Hunt: contact Theresa, tbrader@transfiguration.com.
Holy Thursday Luminaries: At the Mass of the Lord’s Supper the altar is stripped, and the Blessed Sacrament is reposed until midnight. Join the Eucharistic Procession from the Church to the Social Hall where you are invited to Adoration.
Help light the path for the procession by making a luminary. Take an instruction sheet to participate or, see PDF instructions HERE.
St. Vincent de Paul: Make giving part of your Lent by serving with or donating to SVdP throughout the 40 days of Lent. See how at transfiguration.com/svdp.
Lenten Giving: Make Almsgiving a part of this Lent with a donation to the Parish, Archbishop’s Annual Appeal or to the Easter Flower Fund! Donate with your monthly contribution envelope or online at transfiguration.com/donate.
Easter Flowers: Help create a beautiful Altar for Easter. We are decorating the Sanctuary for the Joyful Easter Celebration as well as the Garden of the Altar of Repose in the Social Hall on Holy Thursday. Your donation will bring beauty to those spaces. Click Here (Altar Flowers).
CRS Rice Bowl: Take a Rice Bowl home to make it a part of your family’s Lenten Giving. Available in the Narthex while supplies last. 40 Day Lent Activity Calendar inside. See more about how CRS Helps through the Rice Bowl Program : Here .
Liturgy of the Hours: Add prayer to your Lent with the Liturgy of the Hours. Morning Prayers are offered in community, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. in the Chapel. All are welcome to join any time. Pray along with the iBreviary app.
Little Black Book of Lenten Prayers: A short reflection for every day of Lent. Books available while supplies last in the Narthex or Faith Formation Office.
Around the Lenten Circle: A digital resource for small group discussion during Lent. Available by emailing Cindy in the Adult Faith Formation Office, cmcfadden@transfiguration.com.
Palms will be collected throughout the Lenten season in baskets in the Narthex.
Easter Liturgies will be live streamed at transfiguration.com and youtube.com/transfigurationcatholicchurch
In observance of Holy Week, parish offices will close on April 5 and reopen on April 11.
In the case of a sacramental emergency, please call: 770-977-1442 and follow the prompts.
Holy Week
Mass Schedule and Information
Palm Sunday, April 2
Palm Sunday Masses will begin outdoors in front of the Family Life Center
and will Process as a group to the Sanctuary. Please arrive early for Mass.
Vigil Mass, Saturday, April 1, 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m.*, 11:00 a.m.**, 2:00 p.m. (en Español), 5:00 p.m.
Holy Thursday • Mass of the Lord’s Supper, April 6
8:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper** (Bilingual)
Foot washing by the parishioners of Transfiguration.
Altar of Repose located in the Social Hall after Mass.
There is NO 9:00 a.m. Mass on Holy Thursday.
Good Friday • The Passion of the Lord, April 7
8:00 p.m. The Observance of the Lord’s Passion** (Bilingual)
There is NO 9:00 a.m. Mass. on Good Friday
Stations of the Cross 3:00 p.m. in the Church
Easter Vigil • Saturday, April 8
8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass (Bilingual Mass)
Reception of Candidates and Catechumens into the Church
Vigil Mass begins outside of the church. There is NO 5:00 p.m. Mass
Easter Sunday • Sunday, April 9
7:30 a.m.*, 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (Live Masses in the Church** and Social Hall)
12:00 p.m. (Noon), 2:00 p.m. (en Español)
There will be NO 5:00 p.m. Mass
Blessing of religious articles at all Divine Mercy Sunday Masses (April 16)
*Incense Free Mass ** Interpreted for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing