Catholic Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5 and ends with the Holy Triduum of Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, April 17, Good Friday of the Passion of the LordApril 18, and Holy Saturday April 19. Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord is celebrated on April 20.
Lent is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.
The three traditional pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Through the three pillars of Lent we journey to develop a closer relationship to God. The 40 days of Lent should be filled with reflection, service and prayer.
Take Heart Lent 2025 is a free daily email reflection from the Ignatian Solidarity Network. Throughout Lent, writers from the Ignatian network will guide us as we allow our hearts to be made tender to bring more mercy into our broken world.
Campus Ministry Lenten Brochure
Calendar of masses, and other programs offered thru Lent, and the Triduum and Easter schedule.
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Orthodox Christians celebrate Great Lent from March 3 – Saturday April 19 which is followed by the celebration of Easter on April 20.
In the Christian (Eastern) Orthodox Church, Great Lent marks the forty days leading to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (the 40 days before Holy Week, which is the week when Christian Orthodox followers remember Christ’s Passion, Death and Resurrection). The first day of Great Lent is called Clean Monday. Lent is a time for prayer, penance, good-will, fasting and drawing closer to God. Holy Week is a period of intensified prayer, penance and fasting leading to Pascha (Easter).
