Below are the 2025 St. Brigid of Kildare Parish Lenten activities.

For a printable one page overview of these activities, click here.

Ash Wednesday Mass Times

March 5, 2025
6:30 AM – Ash Service
9:00 AM – Mass (Saint Brigid of Kildare School children will be in attendance)
12 Noon – Mass
7:00 PM – Mass

Ash Wednesday Food Drive

The Social Action Committee will be collecting non-perishable items on Ash Wednesday (March 5) and the following weekend (March 8-9). Donations can be dropped off at Hendricks Hall around all Masses on those days or placed in the Collection closet in Hendricks Hall throughout the week. Volunteers will also be at the March 1 Sunday Social to collect items. 

Bishop Griffin Resource Center will be the recipient of the collection. This food pantry continues to serve over 600 families weekly. While all items are appreciated, the following are of greater need:

· canned pineapple and fruit cocktail
· cereal
· jelly
· cooking oil
· toilet paper (4-rolls only)

They are asking for 4-packs rather than splitting large packs due to storage and hygiene concerns.

The need in the community remains high and your donations help children and the elderly receive nutritious items.

For additional information or to help with this food drive, please contact Karen at 614-271-4086 or kaernes@icloud.com.

Rosary, Vespers & Penance Service

Parish Rosary
Sundays, March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13 at 8:30 AM in the Church

Sunday Evening Prayer
Sundays, March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13 at 5:00 PM in the Church

Penance Service
Sunday, April 13
Beginning with Vespers in the Church. Visiting Diocesan priests will serve as confessors.

Individual Confessions
Saturdays, 9:30 AM in the Church
Monday, April 14, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM in the Church

Easter Egg Hunt

The St. Brigid’s Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Sunday, April 19th, 2024 at 1:00pm on Brigid’s Green (located at 7210 Avery Road, directly across the street from the church on Avery Road).

Please note: the event will start promptly at 1:00pm, plan to arrive a little early to park and make your way to the field.

All children ages 8 years and younger are invited. The children will be grouped in 3 age groups; ages 3 & under, ages 4-6, and ages 7-8. Each age group will have its own egg hunt area, and one grand prize will be provided for each age group. 

Advanced registration or signup is not required. In the event of inclement weather, please check our website www.stbrigidkofc.org for a message as to whether or not the event will be held.


Soup Suppers & Stations of the Cross

We will gather in Hendricks Hall to share a simple meal of soup and bread at 6 PM. All are invited to attend. RSVP is not required – just come as you are and enjoy a variety of soups prepared for you by the Host Committee Members. Please bring bread to share. Dinner will end in time for everyone who wishes to attend Stations of the Cross at 7 PM.

Tuesdays, March 11, 18, 25, April 1 and 8

Collection Drives

Operation Rice Bowl: Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowls promote human dignity and foster solidarity with the poor around the world. Return Rice Bowl donations to the containers in the Gathering Area of the Church on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday.

Click here to learn more or donate to the CRS Rice Bowl.


Ash Wednesday Food Drive: The Social Action Committee will again be collecting non-perishable food and personal items on Ash Wednesday (March 5) and the following weekend of March 8 and 9. Donations can be dropped off at Hendricks Hall around the Masses on those days for Bishop Griffin Resource Center.  See above for details.

Religious Education

Lenten Family Event – “One Step Forward”
February 24 at 4:30 pm and 6 pm in Hendricks Hall

Adult Faith Formation Opportunities

Sisters in Christ: A Lent to Remember

Join us for this four-week Lenten study!

A Lent to Remember explores the ways God reaches out to each of us with his mercy. This four-week series makes a step-by-step examination of the Rite of Confession and communicates God’s invitation to each one of us to come experience his indescribable love this Lent.  Through Christ’s suffering on the cross in the Paschal Mystery and his perpetual reception of his people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, God makes his love, his very self, present to us in the world.

Wednesdays March 5, 19, April 2 and 9 at 1:15 PM

For more information contact Cheryl Hohlefelder at hohleinone@gmail.com.

Eternal Rest: The Art of Dying Well

We all have very real questions about death. What happens when we die? What does Scripture teach about death? How do we prepare for the life to come? Explore the mystery of death, dying, and everlasting life through Eternal Rest, a new offering of the Augustine Institute. Eternal Rest examines the origin of death, the afterlife, and the powerful reality around the sacrament that ushers us into eternal life. Eternal Rest presents the Catholic Church’s teaching about death and God’s response to it with wisdom and truth, gentleness and compassion, so we can think about and prepare for death in the light of Jesus Christ, the Author of life.

Wednesdays March 5, 19, April 2 and 9 at 7 PM OR
Thursdays March 6, 20, April 3 and 10 at 10:30 AM

There are three ways to participate:

Wednesday Evening Group: Join other parishioners in this study/small groups on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 PM in the Berry Room.

Thursday Morning Group: Join other parishioners in this study/small groups on Thursdays, 10:30 AM in the Berry Room.

Individual Small Groups: Create your own small group in your home and receive study materials free of charge from the parish!

Sign up at the link below. For more information, contact Kim VanHuffel at kvanhuffel@stbrigidofkildare.org.

Mom to Mom: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary

Wednesdays, March 5, 19, April 2, 9 at 9:45 AM

Join us this Lent as Mom to Mom watches and discuss the Formed study on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. Have you ever wanted to grow in your understanding and devotion to the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary? Join Dr. Ben Akers and professors from the Augustine Institute
as they walk through these Biblical mysteries and seek to grow in understanding and love for Christ through them.


3/19/25 – The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary- The Agony in the Garden
4/2/25 – The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary- The Crowning with thorns
4/9/25 – The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary- The Carrying of the Cross
4/16/25 – The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary- The Crucifixi


Mom to Mom is a vibrant, faith sharing group focused on motherhood, spirituality, and Catholic parenting. Whether you’re a rookie or veteran, join us to support, share and gain wisdom from each other!

Taize Prayer

Thursday, March 20, 7 PM

Spend a quiet hour together as a family with prayer, reflection and music. 

Easter Triduum Mass Times

Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Thursday, April 17, 7:30 PM
Adoration in the Chapel following Mass
 concluding with Night Prayer at 9:30 PM

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Friday, April 18, 3:00 PM in the Church

Stations of the Cross
Friday, April 18, 7:30 PM in the Church

Blessing of Easter Food
Saturday, April 19, 12:00 PM in the Chapel

Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 19, 1:00 PM at Brigid’s Green

Easter Vigil Mass & Reception
Saturday, April 19, 8:00 PM

Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 20, 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM