March 5, 2025 - Sr. Judy Gomila, MSC
Ash Wednesday ~ Embracing Lent 2025
8:30 check-in, DoP 9:00 - 3:00

Theme: Return to Me With All Your Heart (Joel 2:12)

With our whole hearts, we embrace the practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving because we love God, one another, and ourselves.

As Pilgrims of Hope this Jubilee year, we recognize the importance of our Lenten journey and seek to make it more meaningful in our walk toward Easter. Together we will re-affirm and deepen our appreciation of Lenten practices and make plans to break habits that keep our whole hearts from Jesus and seek to build new ones that open our hearts to Him.

Presenter: Sr. Judith Gomila, a native of New Orleans, is a Marianite Sister of Holy Cross.  She holds a Masters in Theology and Religious Studies from St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada. Sr. Judy has facilitated retreats, workshops and parish missions from California to Florida and is known for her practical spirituality, storytelling, and sense of humor. Her “go to” Scripture passage is from St. Luke 1:45 ~ “Blessed is she who believes that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled."