Lenten Events and Experiences
This Lent, the Old St. Patrick’s community invites you to participate in any of these experiences and spiritual practices as you embark on your own journey, risking resurrection.
Lent 180 | PODCAST
Join us for Lent 180: a three minute reflection for each week in Lent. Each episode features a member of the Old St. Patrick’s community sharing their thoughts about a one word prompt inspired by the Sunday Gospel. Listen to these 180 second reflections that may just turn your thinking 180 degrees around. A new reflection will be available each Monday in Lent beginning March 7th. Recordings can be found on the Old St. Pat’s website, Google Podcasts and Spotify.
Sunday Gospel Reflections | EMAIL-BASED RESOURCES
The Sunday Gospels of Lent include some of the most spiritually rich passages found in Sacred Scripture. Deepen your experience of the Sunday liturgy by pre-reading the Sunday Gospel, spend some time reflecting on the passage with the help of a few guiding questions, and close with a prayer inspired by the Gospel passage. Sign up here and you will receive a weekly email (every Thursday beginning March 3rd) with the Gospel passage, questions to guide your reflections, and the prayer for the week.
A Holy Hour Series of Eucharistic Adoration: Scripture, Music, Prayer & Silence | IN-PERSON ONLY PRAYER EXPERIENCE
Wednesday evenings in Lent: March 9, 16, 23 and April 6 & 13
7:30-8:30 p.m. (church is open from 7:00–9:00 p.m.)
Old St. Patrick’s Church
Please join members of the Old St. Pat’s Community throughout the season of Lent for 5 evenings of Holy Hour with Eucharistic Adoration. This experience will be hosted by Encounter younger adults in the music ministry and open to anyone and everyone. Prayer, reflection, and guidance materials will be available for those praying in this way for the first time.
Lenten Communal Reconciliation Service | IN-PERSON PRAYER EXPERIENCE
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
6:15pm
Old St. Patrick’s Church
To be part of a movement of change in the church an in our world, we must have the courage to look in the mirror we consider the opportunities we have been given - including the ones we have missed - to be bearers of Christ's love in the world. Let us join together as a community for an evening of prayer and reconciliation, with God, with our world, and with one another.
Lenten Exploration of Laudato Si Action Platform | EMAIL-BASED RESOURCES
This Lent OSP's Green Team invites our community to embark on a Lenten exploration of the Laudato Si Action Platform (LSAP), the Vatican framework inviting the global church to journey towards total sustainability during the next seven years. Sign up to receive weekly emails through Ignatian Solidarity Network to explore the seven goals receive practical suggestions for ways you can bring the platform to life: https://ignatiansolidarity.net/ignatian-carbon-challenge/laudato-si-lent/
Love and Kindness: An Online Chapel Experience | ONLINE-ONLY PRAYER EXPERIENCE
Nurture your love and kindness any Monday evenings at 7:30pm with a 30-minute guided online meditation led by Al Gustafson. This can be a great introduction to meditation, a way to reduce stress and practice for allowing God’s love to live more fully in you. Register at here to receive the Zoom link.
Lent: An Invitation to Transformation - Online Chapel communities | ONLINE-ONLY PRAYER EXPERIENCE
Transform your prayer practice this Lent and let your prayer transform you. Our OSP online chapel invites you to the experience of sacred silence, spiritual reading and a community of fellow seekers. In the silence, quiet your mind and open your heart. The readings this Lent will come from the mystic Julian of Norwich (who lived during the time of the bubonic plague), Richard Rohr and daily scripture. They will plunge us into the hope filled mystery of how our journey of life and love move through a continuous pattern of life, death and rebirth. And we will learn from and be supported by one another in community.
Please feel free to join us, occasionally or regularly, whenever you are available. There is no cost, and the schedule and registration information can be found here.
Risking Comfort to Promote Racial Justice | DIGITAL RESOURCES
Old St. Pat's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative leaders have put together resources for us to use throughout lent to educate, contemplate, and activate, both at the personal and communal level, in order to bring about the necessary transformation of our world. Make it a weekly practice to spend time with these resources.
Spiritual/Inspirational Reading | READING RESOURCES
If Lent is calling you to do some spiritual reading, consider exploring the Lenten recommended reading list curated by Old St. Pat’s staff. These books are great to read on your own, or better yet, read one with a friend and build in some time for good discussion.
Book Discussion: In Love With the World | ONLINE-ONLY DISCUSSION
Saturday, March 26, 10am–11:30am or Sunday, March 27, 7:00pm–8:30pm
Facilitator: Al Gustafson
Mingyur Rinpoche is a Buddhist master who secretly left his monastery with the intention of spending three years on a wandering retreat, giving up his privileges, comforts and title to explore the deepest aspects of his being. Mingyur Rinpoche’s candid account of his remarkable journey complements the deep truth of Jesus’ teaching that we must lose our life in order to find it. Register here to join in the discussion of this powerful book.
Lent Music From Old St. Pat's | MUSIC
Our rootedness in faith can sometimes be best expressed through music. Spotify users can click the link below for a playlist curated by our Director of Music, Mark Scozzafave. Experience the composers and music that we so often associate with Lent at OSP. Click here!
One Earth Film Festival | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EXPERIENCES
Join the 11th annual One Earth Film Festival, March 4-13, 2022. They are the Midwest’s premier environmental film festival, and they are turning the tide on climate change and environmental racism this year. Please join some of the 17 virtual watch parties screening nationally and internationally, and 12 in-person events in the Chicago area. Each watch party includes expert panel discussions that will equip you with ways to take action on the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Tickets are free (suggested $8 donation). Get tickets at https://www.oneearthfilmfest.org/. Watch our trailer. See films by topic.
Lent 180 | PODCAST
Join us for Lent 180: a three minute reflection for each week in Lent. Each episode features a member of the Old St. Patrick’s community sharing their thoughts about a one word prompt inspired by the Sunday Gospel. Listen to these 180 second reflections that may just turn your thinking 180 degrees around. A new reflection will be available each Monday in Lent beginning March 7th. Recordings can be found on the Old St. Pat’s website, Google Podcasts and Spotify.
Sunday Gospel Reflections | EMAIL-BASED RESOURCES
The Sunday Gospels of Lent include some of the most spiritually rich passages found in Sacred Scripture. Deepen your experience of the Sunday liturgy by pre-reading the Sunday Gospel, spend some time reflecting on the passage with the help of a few guiding questions, and close with a prayer inspired by the Gospel passage. Sign up here and you will receive a weekly email (every Thursday beginning March 3rd) with the Gospel passage, questions to guide your reflections, and the prayer for the week.
A Holy Hour Series of Eucharistic Adoration: Scripture, Music, Prayer & Silence | IN-PERSON ONLY PRAYER EXPERIENCE
Wednesday evenings in Lent: March 9, 16, 23 and April 6 & 13
7:30-8:30 p.m. (church is open from 7:00–9:00 p.m.)
Old St. Patrick’s Church
Please join members of the Old St. Pat’s Community throughout the season of Lent for 5 evenings of Holy Hour with Eucharistic Adoration. This experience will be hosted by Encounter younger adults in the music ministry and open to anyone and everyone. Prayer, reflection, and guidance materials will be available for those praying in this way for the first time.
Lenten Communal Reconciliation Service | IN-PERSON PRAYER EXPERIENCE
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
6:15pm
Old St. Patrick’s Church
To be part of a movement of change in the church an in our world, we must have the courage to look in the mirror we consider the opportunities we have been given - including the ones we have missed - to be bearers of Christ's love in the world. Let us join together as a community for an evening of prayer and reconciliation, with God, with our world, and with one another.
Lenten Exploration of Laudato Si Action Platform | EMAIL-BASED RESOURCES
This Lent OSP's Green Team invites our community to embark on a Lenten exploration of the Laudato Si Action Platform (LSAP), the Vatican framework inviting the global church to journey towards total sustainability during the next seven years. Sign up to receive weekly emails through Ignatian Solidarity Network to explore the seven goals receive practical suggestions for ways you can bring the platform to life: https://ignatiansolidarity.net/ignatian-carbon-challenge/laudato-si-lent/
Love and Kindness: An Online Chapel Experience | ONLINE-ONLY PRAYER EXPERIENCE
Nurture your love and kindness any Monday evenings at 7:30pm with a 30-minute guided online meditation led by Al Gustafson. This can be a great introduction to meditation, a way to reduce stress and practice for allowing God’s love to live more fully in you. Register at here to receive the Zoom link.
Lent: An Invitation to Transformation - Online Chapel communities | ONLINE-ONLY PRAYER EXPERIENCE
Transform your prayer practice this Lent and let your prayer transform you. Our OSP online chapel invites you to the experience of sacred silence, spiritual reading and a community of fellow seekers. In the silence, quiet your mind and open your heart. The readings this Lent will come from the mystic Julian of Norwich (who lived during the time of the bubonic plague), Richard Rohr and daily scripture. They will plunge us into the hope filled mystery of how our journey of life and love move through a continuous pattern of life, death and rebirth. And we will learn from and be supported by one another in community.
Please feel free to join us, occasionally or regularly, whenever you are available. There is no cost, and the schedule and registration information can be found here.
Risking Comfort to Promote Racial Justice | DIGITAL RESOURCES
Old St. Pat's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative leaders have put together resources for us to use throughout lent to educate, contemplate, and activate, both at the personal and communal level, in order to bring about the necessary transformation of our world. Make it a weekly practice to spend time with these resources.
Spiritual/Inspirational Reading | READING RESOURCES
If Lent is calling you to do some spiritual reading, consider exploring the Lenten recommended reading list curated by Old St. Pat’s staff. These books are great to read on your own, or better yet, read one with a friend and build in some time for good discussion.
Book Discussion: In Love With the World | ONLINE-ONLY DISCUSSION
Saturday, March 26, 10am–11:30am or Sunday, March 27, 7:00pm–8:30pm
Facilitator: Al Gustafson
Mingyur Rinpoche is a Buddhist master who secretly left his monastery with the intention of spending three years on a wandering retreat, giving up his privileges, comforts and title to explore the deepest aspects of his being. Mingyur Rinpoche’s candid account of his remarkable journey complements the deep truth of Jesus’ teaching that we must lose our life in order to find it. Register here to join in the discussion of this powerful book.
Lent Music From Old St. Pat's | MUSIC
Our rootedness in faith can sometimes be best expressed through music. Spotify users can click the link below for a playlist curated by our Director of Music, Mark Scozzafave. Experience the composers and music that we so often associate with Lent at OSP. Click here!
One Earth Film Festival | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EXPERIENCES
Join the 11th annual One Earth Film Festival, March 4-13, 2022. They are the Midwest’s premier environmental film festival, and they are turning the tide on climate change and environmental racism this year. Please join some of the 17 virtual watch parties screening nationally and internationally, and 12 in-person events in the Chicago area. Each watch party includes expert panel discussions that will equip you with ways to take action on the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Tickets are free (suggested $8 donation). Get tickets at https://www.oneearthfilmfest.org/. Watch our trailer. See films by topic.
Holy Week 2022
April 10 - Palm Sunday
April 14 - Holy Thursday
April 15 - Good Friday
April 16 - Holy Saturday
April 17 - Easter Sunday
- Mass Schedule (8 am, 9:30 a.m. Family Liturgy [in 625 W Adams], 10 am, 5 pm and 8 p.m.)
- 10am and 5pm Liturgies will be Livestreamed
April 14 - Holy Thursday
- Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7 pm (with Livestream)
- We look forward to the return of the Foot Washing ritual this year, after a two year hiatus. This year, the members of the clergy will wash the feet of representatives from our Old St. Pat’s community.
- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Night Watch will begin at the conclusion of the Liturgy, and our church will remain open until midnight for those who wish to make Old St. Pat’s part of their traditional Seven Churches Visitation.
April 15 - Good Friday
- Opportunity for Individual Confession in church - 9-11:30 am
- Prayer and Proclamation of the Lord's Passion (with Livestream) - 12 pm
- Stations of the Cross with Dr. Terry Nelson-Johnson (with Livestream) - 3-4:30 pm
- Liturgy of the Lord's Passion (with Livestream) - 5:30 pm
April 16 - Holy Saturday
- Easter Vigil (with Livestream) - 8 pm
April 17 - Easter Sunday
- Easter Masses at 7 am, 8 am, 10 am, and 12 pm
- We will offer our 8am and 10am liturgies in multiple locations around campus to make sure there is room for all to celebrate Easter in person at Old St. Pat's for the first time in two years!
- The 10 a.m. Mass will be Livestreamed.
All of our Livestreams can always be found at livestream.com/oldstpats at the top of the dashboard once we go live.