Below is some weekly events, services and programs you can get involved in during this season of Lent.

1. The Best Lent Ever 
Don't give up chocolate for Lent!
Instead, take a 40-day journey to become the-best-version-of-yourself. Join our parish for Best Lent Ever, a free email program from Dynamic Catholic to help you have a life-changing Lent. Every day you'll get inspirational videos, practical tips and encouraging stories. To sign up, go to BestLentEver.com.

2. Food Collection
Throughout Lent, you are invited to keep the poor in mind when you’re shopping by purchasing an item or two, or more, for those who have financial struggles. Your nonperishable food donation may be left in the baskets located in the stairwells and foyer of the church. They will be distributed to food pantries. If you prefer to contribute by check, please make it payable to St. Eulalia Parish and mark “Food” in the memo. Checks or cash should be placed in an envelope marked “Food” and dropped into an OSR box. Thank you for your generous response to the poor.

3. CRS Rice Bowl
This Lent, CRS (Catholic Relief Services) Rice Bowl invites you, your family and community to journey alongside the Good Samaritan, to reflect on the question:
Who is my neighbor?
So many of our neighbors are on the move: migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, travelers. The Good Samaritan, a traveler himself once on the move, shows us what it means to encounter the stranger, to accompany one in need and to become a companion on the journey.
Pope Francis has invited Catholics to build bridges of understanding and hospitality with migrants and refugees through “Share the Journey” campaign.
Rice bowls are available in the foyer and at each entrance. 

4. Video Program - Mondays 9:30am (after 9am Mass) in Manion Hall
Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Lively Virtues
Join Bishop Robert Barron for this engaging presentation based on Dante’s writings, the seven deadly sins correspond to the seven levels of Dante’s Mt. Purgatory. Pride, envy, anger, sloth, gluttony, avarice, and lust are all presented as patterns of dysfunction within us that lead to unhappiness.
However, Bishop Barron shows us how to counteract these seven sinful patterns through a conscious process of opposition, which are the “seven lively virtues." The seven lively virtues offer antidotes to each sin and help set us on the right path to healing and happiness.

5. Lenten Morning Prayer- Wednesdays 8:30am in the Main Church
Morning prayer is sung every Wednesday during Lent for 20-30min. 

6. The Light is On For You -Wednesdays 6:30-8:00pm & Saturdays 3:00-3:45pm
St. Eulalia and all the parishes and chapels of the Archdiocese will be open for individual Confession during the season of Lent. The website, TheLightIsOnForYou.org, can help you prepare and find further information. St. Eulalia's Confessional is located to the right side of the church when you walk in. 

7. Stations of the Cross - Fridays 7pm in the Main Church
You are invited to join other parishioners to walk and pray the Stations of the Cross on Friday evenings during Lent. (You are welcomed to sit and pray as  well) This devotion has become one of the most popular and useful ways to mediate on Christ's Passion. 

8. Adoration- Fridays 7:30-8:30pm in the Main Church
Come for as long or as short as you wish to spend time in front of the Blessed Sacrament. 

9. Chaplet of Divine Mercy - Fridays 8:00-8:10pm in the Main Church
A simple 6min prayer. Check out this article on the Chaplet to learn more about this powerful prayer. 

10. Easter Baskets for the Homeless
This year we will again be assembling Easter baskets for adults and children for two homeless shelters of the Somerville Homeless Coalition.  Starting now through Sunday, March 25th (Palm Sunday) there will be a collection tub in the foyer of the church for any toiletry items and/or traditional basket fare for adults and children. Example of some toiletry itmes include shampoo and conditioner, bath gels/liquid body wash, lotions, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, shaving cream, lip balm, deodorant, dental floss.

Gift Cards are also welcomed, please put them in the OSR boxes, or bring them to the Parish Office. DON'T Leave them in the Collection Tub. If you prefer to contribute by check, please make it payable to St. Eulalia Parish and mark “Easter Baskets” in the memo. Checks or cash should be placed in an envelope marked “Easter Baskets” and dropped into an OSR box. Thank you for your generous response to the poor.

Any funds collected will go to either purchase items needed for the baskets, or, be given directly to the Somerville Homeless Coalition. If you have any questions, please contact Christina Hurley at 781-643-2066 or at [email protected].