Lenten Greetings!

Dear Stigmatine Friends,

As you visit our Stigmatine website, we are beginning the Holy Season of Lent - a time of blessing for us all. Each day of Lent moves us from the bleakness, emptiness and misery of ashes and toward the cleansing waters of baptism and the glory of the resurrection. We celebrate the fact that God shows mercy to people with repentant hearts and we rejoice that God's mercy is given to those who show mercy. This time of Lent is our "annual retreat" - a time to reflect upon our relationship with God and one another. We ask for the grace of "renewal" in spirit, behavior and attitude. We look forward to Easter joy!

The Stigmatines, in their devotion to the Five Wounds (Stigmata) of Jesus, endeavor to assist people in this activity of repentance and renewal. Our ministries try to point people to God - the very purpose of this Lenten Season.

We hope that this website will outline our purpose and goal and we thank you for your continued support.

Please be sure that you are remembered in our prayers. We pray that this Lenten time of grace will enable us to move from ashes to Easter joy.

Lenten blessings,

The Stigmatine Fathers & Brothers

Holy Spouses Province