LENTEN OFFERINGS

Lent is a season of reflection and preparation in Christian communities worldwide.

The Office for Mission and Ministry invites the Villanova community to join in any of these many ways to learn, pray and act. This year, inspired by the USCCB and Catholic Organizers around the country, we observe this Lent as A Season of Faithful Witness with special prayers for peace and justice on Wednesdays, from noon to 1 p.m., in Philadelphia. 

• Special noontime prayer vigil for peace and justice, Wednesdays during the Lenten season, at 114 North 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Register to go as part of the Villanova Delegation. Vans leave campus at 10:30-11 a.m. and return by 2:30 p.m.
  
  
• February 18—Ash Wednesday Worship Services
  8:30 a.m. - Student-led Word Service
  12:05 p.m. - Mass
  3 p.m. - Ecumenical Service
  5:30 p.m. - Mass
  7 p.m. - Mass
  All services are held in St. Thomas of Villanova Church on the Villanova campus and include the distribution of ashes. 

• February 18—LePage Center Lecture: Is There a Border Crisis? (Driscoll 132, 6 p.m.)
  
  
• February 18—Praise and Worship Adoration (Corr Chapel, 9-10 p.m.)
  
  
• February 19—Lecture: Law, ICE, and Community Power (Charles Widger School of Law, Room 2026, 4 p.m.) The Latin American Studies Program and the Villanova Law clinical program invite students, faculty and staff to an important workshop on ICE enforcement in our communities. Co-sponsored by UNITAS and the Mother Cabrini Institute on Immigration
  
  
• February 23—Unpacking Minneapolis (Driscoll 132, 3:30 p.m.) hosted by the Center for Peace and Justice Education
  
  
• February 25—February Staff Dialogue Lunch, “A Dialogue of Sharing: The Journey in Lent/Personal/Communal Growth" (Dougherty West Lounge, 12 p.m.) 
  
  
• Advocacy Month “On the March” advocacy events held during March 2026; sponsored by the Center for Peace and Justice Education.
  
  
• March 5—Daily Mass + Cabrini Pledge in solidarity with pilgrimage-advocates in Washington, DC (Corr Chapel, 12:05 p.m.)
  
  
• March 13— Villanova Pastoral Musicians premiere “The Passion of Saint John,” by Steven Warner (St Thomas of Villanova Church, 7 p.m.)
  
  
• March 15—Sundays in St. Rita (St. Rita Community Room, 8 p.m.) Conscience Formation with James Alison, (St. Rita Community Room, 8 p.m.)

• March 20—St. Rita of Cascia Day of Service: 9 a.m. to noon in the St. Rita of Cascia Community Room, St. Rita Hall. Information is available by emailing the Center for the Common Good to learn about the donation of supplies.
  
  
• March 22—La Celebración de San Óscar Romero/Celebration of Saint Oscar Romero. Misa en español/Mass in Spanish (Corr Chapel, 3 p.m.) Cena de la Convivencia/Fellowship Dinner (Café Nova, Dougherty Hall, 4 p.m.)

• March 25—Praise & Worship Holy Hour of Adoration (Corr Chapel, 9-10 p.m.)

• March 30—Lenten Reconciliation Service (St Thomas of Villanova Church, 7 p.m.)