Ash Wednesday Mass and the Lenten Season at St. Thomas High School

“Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite & humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, & kindles the true light of chastity. Enter again into yourself.” — St. Augustine of Hippo On March 5th, St. Thomas ushered in the season of Lent with the annual All-School Ash Wednesday [...]

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Fasting, Abstinence, Almsgiving || St. Thomas Begins Lenten Journey with Ash Wednesday Mass

St. Thomas met as a campus community with the traditional Ash Wednesday Mass to mark the solumn beginning of the Church’s Lenten season, the penitential period before Easter observed as a time of prayer and penance in reparation for one’s sins. President Fr. James Murphy, CSB presided over the Eucharistic celebration and the [...]

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St. Thomas Begins Season of Lent with Solemn Ash Wednesday Mass

The St. Thomas campus community was blessed to share in the Holy Mass of Ash Wednesday with Fr. Mitch Dowalgo, CSB serving as principal celebrant, encouraging all to renew their hope in Christ’s promises and their own commitment to follow Him ever more closely, particularly entering the annual liturgical period of Lent, a time of [...]

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