Lent 2026

Come and journey with Jesus and the faithful people of

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church to the cross and the empty tomb!

Lent is a holy season of preparation as we journey together to Easter Sunday.  The Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18.  We will gather for celebrations of the Eucharist with the imposition of ashes at 12 Noon and 7 PM. 

Check out our calendar page for more events.

One of the traditional practices of Lent is giving to charity.  Be sure to participate in this year's Lenten Box Giving Project to benefit "Love Local," the food pantry at the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church.  The collection begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Good Friday.  Please bring your items for a blessing on Easter Sunday (April 5).  The list of requested items can be accessed here.  

Holy Week Observances:

• Palm/Passion Sunday, March 29

9 AM - Mass with Palm Procession and Special Music

10:15 AM - Coffee Hour

"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!"

• Maundy Thursday, April 2

12 Noon - Free Soup Lunch

1 PM - Mass with handwashing and stripping the altar

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

• Good Friday, April 3

12 Noon - Good Friday service

Until 2 PM - Church open for prayer and silent meditation

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

• Holy Saturday, April 4

9 AM - Morning Prayer and Decorating the Church for Easter

"Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid." 

• Easter Sunday, April 5

9 AM - Resurrection Day Mass

10 AM - Coffee Hour

"Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her."