Lenten Schedule
Stations of the Cross
Fridays at 6:00 p.m.
Fish Fries
(sponsored by the Knights of Columbus)
Friday Feb. 27, March 6, & March 20
6:30 p.m.
Cash: $15 per plate, max $45 for families; CC: $18 per plate, max $54 for families
40 Cans for Lent (for MAC) Food Drive
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, consider donating 40 nonperishable canned or boxed food items over the course of Lent. (Lesser & greater amounts are appreciated)! Place your items in the barrel in the vestibule.
Women’s Retreat sponsored by the Daughters of Isabella
Saturday, March 21, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Visit: https://sacredheartatlanta.org/doi-lent-retreat/
Lenten Rosary & Prayerful Witness
Atlanta ICE Field Office
Fridays during Lent, 7:30 am
Join a peaceful gathering of Atlanta Lay Catholics outside the Atlanta ICE Field Office (180 Ted Turner Drive) to pray the Rosary. Our collective prayer will ask for God's mercy and compassion, and we will offer a public witness for peace and solidarity with immigrants. More information can be found here.
Confessions
Fridays at 11:30 a.m.
Saturdays at 3:30 p.m.
Please note there will be no confessions Palm Sunday weekend and the Octave of Easter.
Downtown Parishes' Lent Penance Evening
A Taizé Service of Song, Silence, and Reconciliation
Thursday, March 19
Soup & Community — 7:00 PM
Prayer Service — 7:30 PM
The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Parish Hall (Downstairs)
Validated parking at 75 MLK parking garage across the street.
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord & Blessings of the Marist Chapel of St. Peter Chanel
Celebrated by Bishop Konzen.
Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m.
Reception to follow in O'Hagan Parish Hall.
Lent at the Basilica
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is a day of universal fasting and abstinence.
The following church regulations are observed throughout the season of Lent:
Abstinence from meat is observed on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays during Lent by Catholics of 14 years of age and older.
All Catholics who are at least 18 years of age but not yet 59 years of age observe fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Those bound by this rule may eat only one full meal.
Two smaller meals (that together are not equal to a full meal) are permitted as necessary to maintain strength according to personal needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted.
Those who are sick, pregnant, nursing, or with compromised health that would be adversely affected by fasting or abstinence should not consider themselves bound by these norms.
During the season of Lent, we are all called to embrace penance and perform works of charity and mercy that reflect our desire of a true conversion of heart. May this holy season of Lent 2026 lead all of us to a deeper union with Christ and with one another.