Athens Catholic Community

It’s not too late to register for next week’s VBS - Cathletics: Training to be Champions for Christ! VBS will be held Tuesday through Thursday from 6:00-8:15 p.m. at Christ the King and the Holy Family Center. On Friday, we’ll conclude with Mass and a community potluck picnic on the grounds of Christ the King. All are welcome! Register here: https://athenscatholic.org/vbs-registration

Starting Friday, March 7, the Athens Knights of Columbus will host Fish Fry Dinners on Fridays of Lent at the Holy Family Center from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dinner is $12 and includes fried or baked fish, fries or baked potato, green beans and coleslaw. There is also special pricing available for families. Desserts are not included with the meal but will be available for donation. Please join us on Fridays during Lent for fish and fellowship! Stations of the Cross will be prayed in the church at Christ the King on Fridays at 7:00 p.m.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Today is also a day where Catholics fast and abstain from eating meat.

On this Gaudete Sunday, we celebrated with a blessing of the Baby Jesuses from parishioners’ home crèches at the Masses in Athens. And in Religious Ed, our first graders participated in their own posada with Ms. Gaby and her father who is visiting from Mexico. And our 3rd and 4th graders treated us with a re-enactment of the Creation Story and Mary’s yes. What joy we had as we prepare for Christ’s birth at Christmas!