The Xaverian Missionaries would like to invite you to receive our new e-newsletter from Fatima Shrine. We will keep you up to date on the latest news of activities and prayers from the shrine monthly, the life and legacy of our Founder, St. Guido Conforti.

Share our e-newsletter with friends and family. Check out the Shrine Page on our main website.

As Pilgrims of Hope, the entire archdiocese of Boston is coming together as one for a 24-hour Eucharistic Adoration from March 28, 7 pm, to March 29, 7 pm. It will take place at the ten designated pilgrim sites of the Archdiocese, including The Missionary Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima.

Join us at Fatima Shrine by registering as an "adorer" for one hour or more during the 24 hours. Also, consider volunteering as a leader of a mystery of the rosary at the designated hours in the program. Contact Fr. Carl Chudy for more information. Download poster here.

See the Fatima Shrine webpage for the Jubilee 2025

Get even more information on the Jubilee Page of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Abstinence -- Catholics over 14 are bound to the obligation of abstinence. Abstinence is to be observed on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 22) and on all Fridays of Lent. On days of abstinence, meat may not be used at all.

Fast -- Catholics over 18 and up to the beginning of their 60th year are bound to the obligation of fasting. Ash Wednesday (Feb. 22) and Good Friday (April 7) are the days of fasting. On these days, only one full meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one's needs, but together, they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is prohibited, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed.

Regarding other weekdays of Lent, participation in daily Mass and the voluntary observance of fasting is recommended. Commendable, particularly during Lent, is generosity to local, national, and world programs of sharing our abundance, the traditional Lenten Devotions, and all the self-denial summed up in the Christian concept of "mortification."

Ash Wednesday Celebration and the Imposition of Ashes

Conforti Chapel 7:30 am & Shrine Church 12:10 pm

Way of the Cross, Every Friday at 5:00 pm

Conforti Chapel

Eucharistic Adoration Every Thursday at 5:00 pm w/light refreshments afterward – Shrine Church

Ecumenical Bible Sharing with the Christian Churches in Holliston

Every Thursday at 12 pm

Contact us for the location each week at admin@hollistoninterfaith.org

Journey through The Chosen

Come and watch with us Season One, Every Sunday from 6 pm – 7:30 pm

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church

Contact Kristen Walters at keawalters@comcast.net or Cathy Harper at charper0524@gmail.com

Holy Week 2025

Palm Sunday Celebration, 10 am at the Shrine Church

Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross at 3 pm on the Shrine grounds, weather permitting

Easter Sunday Celebration, 10 am at the Shrine Church

For more information contact the office at holliston@xaverianmissionaries.org or 508.429.2144. Download Lenten Events here.

If you go to the vigil candle rack in the back of the church, adjacent to the choir/piano area, you will see our new Martyr's Wall. We commemorate the fifteen Xaverian Missionaries who are "martyrs of charity" in the Church. We offer you the opportunity to come to know and to pray with and for these extraordinary men and women missionaries of the Church. You can find out more about that here.

This is an opportunity to start thinking about Spring and the supplies you'll need for your gardens and planting this year. Place your orders here

Join us at First Congregational Church in Holliston, together with neighbors and friends of different faiths, as we build bridges of hope in a violent world. The crisis in the Middle East reverberates in our communities and around the globe. Sunday, March 2, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm.

Contact Fr. Carl Chudy at admin@hollistoninterfaith.org. Explore our website for opportunities to build bridges of connection in our community.

THE MISSIONARY SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA

Holliston@xaverianmissionaries.org

Fr. Carl Chudy & Br. Kornelius Glossanto

101 Summer Street, Holliston, MA 01746 | 508-429-2144

Holliston Page on our Website

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