Lent 2025

This list includes Ash Wednesday through the first week of Passiontide. Please check back frequently as Masses for special dates during Lent may be added. A schedule for Palm Sunday through Holy Week and the Sacred Triduum will be published separately at a later date.

Please note that while we have included some Masses from parishes' regular schedules on the dates below where they apply, we have not reproduced the regular schedules in their entirety. Please check the Arlington Parishes and Neighboring Dioceses pages for parishes' routine schedules.

Ash Wednesday, March 5

• Diocese of Arlington

  • St. John the Beloved, McLean

    • Missa lecta at 12 noon with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

  • Holy Trinity at Renaissance Montessori School, Nokesville

    • Missa lecta at 7 a.m. (not the usual 7:15) with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

  • St. John the Baptist at Chelsea Academy, Front Royal

    • Missa lecta at 6:30 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

    • Missa cantata at 7 p.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

  • St. Anthony of Padua Mission, King George

    • Missa cantata at 9 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

  • Sacred Heart of Jesus at Sacred Heart Academy, Winchester

    • Missa cantata (possibly lecta) at 5:30 p.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

• Archdiocese of Washington

  • No TLMs listed

• Diocese of Richmond

  • St. Joseph, Richmond

    • Missa lecta at 7 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

    • Missa cantata at 10 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

    • Missa lecta at 6 p.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

  • St. Benedict, Chesapeake

    • Missa lecta at 6 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

    • Missa lecta at 8 a.m. with by Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

  • Holy Comforter, Charlottesville

    • Missa lecta at 8 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

• Archdiocese of Baltimore

  • National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Baltimore

    • Missa lecta at 7 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

    • Missa lecta at 12:10 p.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

    • Missa cantata at 7 p.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes 

• Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston

  • Priory of the Annunciation (Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem), Charles Town, W.Va.

    • Missa lecta at 8 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

    • Missa lecta at 11:15 a.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

    • Missa solemnis at 7:30 p.m. with Blessing & Distribution of Ashes

First Sunday of Lent, March 9

• Ordinary Sunday Mass schedule, except...

  • Gotcha! Sunday at St. Rita of Cascia, Alexandria – there will be no TLM!

Ember Wednesday, March 12

• Ordinary Wednesday Mass schedule, with the following addition:

  • Missa lecta at 7:15 a.m., St. John the Beloved, McLean

Ember Friday, March 14

• Ordinary Friday Mass schedule, with the following addition:

  • Missa lecta at 7:15 a.m., St. John the Beloved, McLean

Ember Saturday, March 15

• Ordinary Saturday Mass schedule, with the following addition:

  • Missa lecta at 7:15 a.m., St. John the Beloved, McLean

Second Sunday of Lent, March 16

• Ordinary Sunday Mass schedule, except...

  • National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori (FSSP), Baltimore

    • Pontifical Solemn Mass at 10 a.m. celebrated by the Most Rev. William Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore

    • The Mass will be that of the external solemnity of the dedication of the parish

Feast of St. Joseph, Wednesday, March 19

• Diocese of Arlington

  • St. John the Baptist at Chelsea Academy, Front Royal

    • Missa cantata at 6 p.m.

Third Sunday of Lent, March 23

• Ordinary Sunday Mass schedule, except...

  • Gotcha! Sunday at St. John the Beloved in McLean – there will be no TLM!

Lætare (Fourth) Sunday of Lent, March 30

• Ordinary Sunday Mass schedule

Passion Sunday, April 6

• Ordinary Sunday Mass schedule (so far – stay tuned for the announcement of St. Anthony Mission's cancelled TLM for April)

A schedule for Palm Sunday through Holy Week and the Sacred Triduum will be published separately at a later date.

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