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Lent and Easter: all the events

Wed. 15 Feb. / Concert

Ash Wednesday (February 22 this year) marks the beginning of the Lenten season, 40 days lived by Christians as a beautiful climb towards Easter (April 9).
It is a favorable time for the Spirit of God to renew them interiorly through prayer, fasting and sharing.
The climax is the Holy Week which opens on Palm Sunday and especially the “Easter Triduum”: Holy Thursday (memory of the Lord’s supper), Good Friday (memory of the Lord’s passion) and the Easter Vigil during which eight adults who are preparing for baptism will be baptized.
Let yourself be associated with this ascent towards Easter by participating in the proposals of the Cathedral and Notre-Dame parish.

Father Emmanuel Blondeau

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LENT, A SPECIAL TIME FOR ALMSGIVING

Our Lady Parish is engaged in two types of action for this Lent 2023:

– To support financially young people who would not have the means to go to the WYD this summer (in French);
– Support the fraternal initiatives of our parish and the numerous initiatives of the communities such as:

 

TO START LENT

Ash Wednesday Masses, February 22:

  • at the cathedral: 6:30 a.m – 9:00 a.m – 12 noon – 6:15 pm – 8:30 pm
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at the church Sainte-Jeanne d’Arc: 4:00 pm
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at ‘la Brèche’ chapel: 12:00 noon
  • at the Sainte-Thérèse chapel: 6:00 pm
  • at the Saint-Aignan church: 7:00 pm

 

BLESSING OF THE PALMS

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HOLY WEEK

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EASTER CELEBRATIONS

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All events offered at the CATHEDRAL:

DECISIVE CALL OF THE CATECHUMENS

Sunday, February 26: 1st Sunday of Lent, at 3:00 pm

The bishop calls the catechumens to enter this final stage of transformation that prepares them to receive baptism at Easter.
On the 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays, the catechumens will experience other stages, “the scrutinies”: God scrutinizes hearts.

 

WAY OF THE CROSS

A highlight of Holy Week, the Way of the Cross is a pilgrimage that consists of following Christ along the path of his Passion, watching, praying, meditating and understanding.
It was established in the 14th century at a time when the journey to Jerusalem was difficult for Christians to accomplish. The journey of Christ is symbolized in the churches in the form of paintings or sculptures.

  • at the cathedral, Good Friday at 3:00 pm
  • in the church of Saint-Aignan, every Friday of Lent at 5:00 pm

 

LECTURE-VISITS

Spring lectures by the Cathedral’s Visitor Service, from March 12 to April 4, Sundays & Tuesdays (in French):

  • Linguistic journey in the cathedral – March 12 and 14 at 2:30 pm
  • Clothing in the Middle Ages – March 19 and 21 at 2:30 pm
  • Time in Chartres Cathedral – March 26 and 28 at 2:30 pm
  • The cross, the weight of words, the shock of images – April 2 and 4 at 2:30 pm

More information on these conferences (in French) –  Contact by email

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

Saturday, March 25, Meditate and Pray with Mary:

  • 8:00 a.m – Mass in the crypt (extraordinary form)
  • 11:15 a.m – Rosary at Our Lady of the Underground
  • 11:45 a.m – Mass in the crypt
  • 5:15 pm – Itinerant rosary in the cathedral
  • 6:00 pm – Youth Mass
  • 7:15 pm – Veneration of the Veil of the Virgin

 

SINGING IN HOLY WEEK

Do you sing regularly in choir, ensemble or at home?
Try singing in some of the services with the cathedral’s singers at the service of the liturgy:

  • Tuesday, April 4: Chrism Mass at 7:00 pm
  • Sunday, April 9: Easter Mass at 6:30 pm

To prepare yourself, scores available, sound files and rehearsal programs.

Contact by email

 

DAY OF FORGIVENESS

bougie allumée, ChartresWednesday, April 5 from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm:
For this exceptional day, several priests will be at your disposal in the ambulatory of the cathedral.
They will receive you to give you the sacrament of penance and reconciliation.

 

 

 

All the events offered in the parish:

WAY OF THE CROSS

every Friday of Lent:

  • at 5:00 pm, Saint Aignan church

 

FASTING AND PRAYER

Fasting is to voluntarily deprive oneself of food or social networks!
In a time when many accumulate, it is a question of adopting a simpler way of life, more sober to mark in its body a desire of conversion.

Each one is invited, according to his age and inner disposition, to choose a point of deprivation on Ash Wednesday, and to talk about it with other Christians in order to support oneself in the chosen approach.
To support each other in these spiritual exercises and deepen our faith. Let us meet for a teaching given by the priests of the parish and a practice of fasting and prayer.

Every Friday during Lent, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm at the Visitation (22-24 avenue d’Aligre, Chartres)

 

MOMS’ DROP-IN

Tuesday, March 7, in Thivars
Stop your activities and come to gather before the Lord.
Mothers, you are invited to take a break, to live a micro-retreat to start Lent well, to put or put back Christ at the center of your life.
Contact by phone 06 65 25 05 43 or by email.
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