Lent 2025

Our Lady of Light Family of Parishes has adopted the theme "Everlasting Hope" for the 2025 Lenten season. Hope is based on our relationship with Christ, nourished, supported and deepened in the Eucharist. We invite you to join us throughout this Lenten season, both during the Mass and at our special events. Find hope in Jesus and in our community this season.

Please keep our OCIA candidates and catechumens in your thoughts and prayers as they journey closer to full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. Meet our 2025 candidates here.

Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, March 5
6:30am Prayer Service // Incarnation Church
9:00am Mass // St. Francis of Assisi Church
12:00pm Prayer Service // Incarnation Church
4:30pm Mass // St. Francis of Assisi Church
7:00pm Mass // Incarnation Church

*There are no confessions on either campus on Ash Wednesday.

Holy Week Mass + Service Schedule

Palm Sunday // April 13
Regular Mass Times

Holy Thursday // April 17
7:00pm // St. Francis of Assisi Church

​Good Friday // April 18
1:30pm Good Friday Service // Incarnation Church
3:00pm Simple Stations of the Cross // Incarnation Church
7:00pm Good Friday Service // St. Francis of Assisi Church

​Easter Vigil // April 19
9:00pm // Incarnation Church

​Easter Sunday // April 20
7:30am // Incarnation Church
8:00am // St. Francis of Assisi Church
9:30am // Incarnation Church
10:00am // St. Francis of Assisi Church
11:30am // Incarnation Church
​12:00pm // St. Francis of Assisi Church

Parish Mission

Sunday, April 6 // Incarnation Church
​7:00pm

Easter Basket Blessing + Egg Hunt

Saturday, April 19 // St. Francis of Assisi Campus

​Join our family of parishes for an Easter Basket Blessing, as well as an Egg Hunt!

To go along with the annual Egg Hunt, we invite our whole community to join us for an Easter Basket Blessing with Fr. Brian. As some European cultures bless the breakfast food eaten on Easter morning, we will be blessing Easter food basket prior to the Egg Hunt.  Please bring an Easter basket with the eggs, bread, sausage, and other Easter breakfast food that you and your family will be eating on Easter morning, and enjoy time with others in our community as the youth hunt for eggs. 

The Our Lady of Light Egg Hunt is designed for children ages 1-10, and areas will be portioned off by age groups. Be sure to bring a basket!

Lenten Penance Services

Thursday, March 20 // 7:00pm
​Ascension Church Kettering
2025 Woodman Dr, Kettering, OH 45420

Thursday, March 31 // 7:00pm
St. Albert Kettering
3033 Far Hills Ave, Kettering, OH 45429

​Monday, April 7 // 7:00pm
St. Francis of Assisi Church
6245 Wilmington Pike, Centerville, OH 45459

Stations of the Cross

Incarnation Church
Each Friday of Lent // Noon

St. Francis of Assisi Church
Each Friday of Lent // 7:00pm
Soup and Bread Supper beginning at 6:00pm

7:00pm Stations Hosts:
March 7 // LifeTeen (Live Stations)
March 14 // OCIA Candidates
March 21 // Zelie and Moms Groups
March 28 // Combined Incarnation/St. Francis Choirs
April 4 // Incarnation School Students (Live Stations)
April 11 // Knights of Columbus

The Fry

Friday, March 14 // Incarnation Parish Activity Center (PAC)
Save the date and join us for The Fry! Enjoy a delicious fish fry, try your luck at blackjack, dance to a live band and more. Event for ages 21+, tickets can be purchased at the link below.

more info

volunteer sign-up

Holiday Closures and Cancellations

Parish Offices will be closed for Good Friday (April 18). They will reopen Monday, April 21, 2025 at 9:30am.

During Holy Week (Holy Thursday-Easter Sunday), all regular Masses are canceled and replaced with the Holy Week liturgical schedule. There will be no confessions between Holy Thursday-Easter Sunday.

Please note: the Masses for Easter Sunday do not follow a typical Sunday Mass schedule. Please refer to the Mass times above or listed on our Mass Times page to see what Masses are offered at both of our campuses.