Lent 2023
In addition to our regular Sunday schedule and daily morning and evening  prayer, Church of the Ascension offers you the following programs and services to help you observe a Holy Lent. 

Lenten Book Study

Entering the Passion of Jesus
Sundays in Lent, Beginning March 5

Beginning the second Sunday of Lent, following the Solemn High Mass, we will begin our preparation for Holy Week by prayerfully studying the Passion of Jesus. New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine will be our guide for this journey, as we’ll be using her book, Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to Holy Week for our study. Copies are available at the church. Suggested donation is $5. You can also purchase a copy on your own from an independent bookseller through Bookshop or find a copy on Amazon.

Personal Reading and Devotion 

Beginning Sunday, Feb. 19th, selections from John O’Donohue’s book Beauty will be available for devotional reading along with reflection questions and prayer prompts prepared by Mtr. Murphy-Gill. You can sign up to receive one of these packets as a downloadable PDF by emailing her. While these selections are intended for personal devotion and prayer, Mtr. Murphy-Gill is available for one-on-one conversation about it. 

Jesus is Nailed to the Cross, Detail from Church of the Ascension's Stations of the Cross.

Stations of the Cross
​Fridays at Noon

"We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world”

Please join us as we participate in this ancient practice of commemorating the Passion of Jesus by walking the way of the Cross. 

Lenten Quiet Morning 
March 18th, 8 a.m. to Noon

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 
I Corinthians, 6:19
​Join Ascension parishioner Gary Alexander in this mini-retreat which will explore ways that meditation and increased physical awareness can deepen our Lenten journey and open ourselves spiritually and bodily to the Resurrection.  We will begin with a light breakfast and close with a short said mass at 11:30 . Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be moving around a bit to gain deeper awareness of our bodies and how we occupy a space. If you would like to register, please fill out the short form here. More information on Gary can be found here.