How to Make the Most of Lent

“I’ve gotten the ashes, now what?” 

Join us for our 2025 Lenten Mission as Deacon Greg Kandra shares insight into the three Lenten spiritual practices of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving and how they can deepen our relationship with God during our Lenten journey. 

Dates: March 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2025 

Times: 8:30 AM (following daily mass) 
6:00 PM (repeat of morning session) 

Deacon Greg Kandra, our Lenten Mission leader, will be selling his books in the narthex over the weekend of March 8th and 9th and at each session of the mission.  If you would like to purchase one, please plan to bring cash.  They are being sold at cost – $10 each.  Three titles will be available: Befriending St. Joseph, The Busy Person’s Guide to Prayer, and The Busy Person’s Guide to an Extra Ordinary Life.

We are also encouraging parishioners to bring along a non-perishable item for the Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs when they attend a session. These gifts can be left in the narthex.  This is a great way to kick-start our almsgiving for Lent.

Deacon Greg Kandra is an author, speaker, blogger and award-winning journalist. He spent nearly three decades in broadcast journalism, most of that time at CBS News, where he was honored with every major award in broadcasting, including two Peabody Awards, three Emmy Awards and four awards from the Writers Guild of America. A popular speaker and retreat leader, Deacon Greg was invited by the Vatican to speak at the international Jubilee for Deacons in 2016. Deacon Greg was ordained a deacon for the Diocese of Brooklyn in 2007. He and his wife live in Apopka, Florida.