Events Calendar View

Sync to my Calendar Print Calendar Print Event List

“How Can I Find God” edited by James Martin, SJ Men’s Lenten Book Study with Fr. John M. Bauer Join us Fridays at 6:30am in Hofstede Hall Dates: Feb. 24, Mar. 3,10,17, 24, 31 To register: email mary@lourdesmpls.org and put How Can I Find God in the subject line

Come downstairs to Hofstede Hall after Stations of the Cross for the Fish Fry!

“A Hill of Beans” by Valerie Schultz Women’s Lenten Book Study with Fr. John M. Bauer Saturdays 8:00am in Hofstede Hall Dates: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25 & Apr. 1. To register: email mary@lourdesmpls.org and put Hill of Beans in the Subject Line

What is Tenebrae?  Tenebrae is a traditional liturgy of the Church where the faithful meditate upon the passion, death, and burial of the Lord. The word Tenebrae means “darkness”, because these services were celebrated after sunset and lit by candlelight. As psalms and scriptures are sung or said, candles on a candelabrum are gradually extinguished until only one remains, symbolizing Christ. That final candle is taken out of sight, and in the darkness there arises a great sound, the strepitus, that represents the confusion and chaos of the death of Christ. Then the candle is returned, and all depart in silence. While this is a beautiful devotional liturgy in our Catholic tradition, its intent is to complete the Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord held earlier in the day.