one in hope
Lent
2026

Lent 2026 at St. Wenceslaus

Organized according to the pillars of our Parish Strategic Plan, St. Wenceslaus offers opportunities to engage with the unique facets of parish life. Whether you are looking to grow as a disciple of Jesus, find and form community, deepen your worship, or serve those in need, there will be something for you here this Lent.

What about Fasting?

As a reminder, the Church asks us to observe the following disciplines concerning fasting:

  • Each Friday: Abstaining from meat

  • Ash Wednesday and Good Friday: Abstaining from meat and fasting. Fasting is defined as one regular meal in addition to two small meals that don’t add up to a regular meal.

On-the-go this Lent?

Make the most of it by entering in more deeply with time for prayer, reflection, and genuine encounter with Jesus. Visit formed.org/signup for your free subscription to Catholic resources that will feed your mind and spirit in preparation for Easter.

Click for a list of confession and penance service times of nearby parishes.

Missionary Disciples

  • This year’s Mission speaker is our our former associate pastor, Fr. Taylor Leffler.

    • Sunday, March 1 & Monday, March 2

    • Sunday 5:30 Mass on March 1 moved to 4:30 PM

    • 6–7 PM Mission

    • Treats and fellowship to follow

  • Are you ready for a deeper relationship with Jesus and enriched parish life? Welcome is an overnight weekend experience presented by parishioners for fellow parishioners. Participants reflect on their lives and spiritual journeys while building meaningful relationships with other men or women of the parish.

    Learn more here.

  • Lent is better spent together! Join a Live Lent Together small group of 6 to 8 parishioners, friends, family members, or co-workers for this Lenten experience. Materials and support are provided to lead the group in prayer and discussion of Scripture.

    Fill out this form whether you are:

    • Looking for a small group

    • Open to leading a Lenten group

    • Sharing your existing small group

  • Pope Leo’s first major document as pope is on love for the poor, a perfect topic for this season of almsgiving.

    Read the document and join a discussion group as we learn to “set ourselves free of our self-centeredness and open our ears to the cry of the poor.”

    Options for both individual study or in-person group discussion.

    Learn more and sign up here.

Service & Community

  • Live the works of mercy with your fellow parishioners during a morning of service in the greater Omaha area. Family-friendly service opportunities available.

    • Saturday, March 7th (Morning)

    • On-site and off-site service opportunities

    Learn more and register here.

  • Increase your health of body, mind, and soul with a virtual walk to Jerusalem meditating on the Seven Last Words of Christ. Jerusalem Journey will help you engage your whole person and compliment the other parish Lenten activities.

    • We are returning to the more direct route this year (6523 miles) and each week will focus on scripture related to the Seven Last Words of Christ.

    • Previous participants have said they were able to see how physical activity can enhance and support their spiritual activities.

    • No matter what your goal, getting started is the first step.

    • Our journey begins on the steps of the St. Wenceslaus Church on Ash Wednesday and culminates on Good Friday as participants together accumulate enough miles to reach our destination.

    Sign up here. Questions? Email the Parish Health Ministry.

  • The Knights of Columbus once again host their meatless Lenten dinners. Admission by goodwill offering.

    Fridays from 5–7:30 PM in the cafeteria

  • Take a Rice Bowl home after Mass and instead of buying your usual latte, make a donation toward relief services in needy parts of the world. Bowls can be dropped off at the parish office.

Eucharistic Adoration

  • Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration offered in the Day Chapel on Fridays in Lent from 9 AM to 5:20 PM.

    Sign up for your Holy Hour.

  • Our parish tradition of exposing the Blessed Sacrament the first Friday of each month.

    • 9 AM on March 6 to 8:20 AM on March 7

    Sign up for your Holy Hour.

  • An evening of family-friendly Eucharistic Adoration with praise and worship music, time for silent prayer, and meditation in the Day Chapel.

    • Thursday, Feb 26 and Mar 26 at 7 PM

  • Parents with young ones, come adore our Lord for a holy (half) hour, then enjoy fellowship and treats.

    • Saturday, February 21 at 10 AM in the Day Chapel

Liturgy & Devotions

  • February 18 at 6:45 AM, 8:30 AM, 5:30 PM, 7 PM

  • 5 PM Confessions, 5:30 PM Mass, 6:15 PM Stations of the Cross

  • Individual confessions offered during Eucharistic Exposition, with the opportunity to go to priests outside of our parish.

    • Sunday, March 8 | 2:30 PM

    Additional confessions and penance services of nearby parishes are found here.

  • Enter into the Passion and Cross of Jesus, with various expressions of the Stations being offered.

    • Fridays in Lent at 6:15 PM

    • Traditional Stations: February 20, March 6, 13, 27

    • Magdalene XIV: February 27

    • Centurion XIV: March 20

    • Holy Thursday Mass: April 2 at 7 PM

    • Good Friday Liturgy: April 3 at 7 PM

    • Easter Vigil: April 4 at 8:30 PM (sunset)

    • Easter Sunday: April 5 at 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM, 5:30 PM