Three local Roman Catholic churches this week will welcome visitors as station churches in a special Lenten project introduced four years ago in the Diocese of Trenton.
Station churches are based on an ancient custom in Rome, where the pope said Mass at different churches around the city during Lent, Monsignor Edward J. Arnister, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church, Belmar, noted earlier this month in the church bulletin. St. Rose is one of this week's station churches.
Station churches first appeared over here in Lent 2013 to help mark the Year of Faith that ran from October 2012 to October 2013, according to a story published in the Diocesan newspaper, The Monitor, in March 2013 and that is on the Diocesan web site.
In the modern version, visitors--said to be on pilgrimage as they visit each church--meet for Mass at each church at a specified date and time. Before Mass, they learn about the history of that church and its role in the community, and take a brief tour of the church, according to the Monitor story.
This week the station churches and their assigned days are Holy Innocents Church, Neptune (Wednesday, March 29); the Church of the Ascension, Bradley Beach (Thursday, March 30), and Saint Rose of Lima Church in Belmar (Monday, April 3).
Lent began on Wednesday, March 1. Station churches since then have included St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, in Avon, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Mother of Mercy Paris, Asbury Park. All are part of the Diocese of Trenton's Coastal Monmouth Deanery.
Station churches are based on an ancient custom in Rome, where the pope said Mass at different churches around the city during Lent, Monsignor Edward J. Arnister, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church, Belmar, noted earlier this month in the church bulletin. St. Rose is one of this week's station churches.
Station churches first appeared over here in Lent 2013 to help mark the Year of Faith that ran from October 2012 to October 2013, according to a story published in the Diocesan newspaper, The Monitor, in March 2013 and that is on the Diocesan web site.
In the modern version, visitors--said to be on pilgrimage as they visit each church--meet for Mass at each church at a specified date and time. Before Mass, they learn about the history of that church and its role in the community, and take a brief tour of the church, according to the Monitor story.
This week the station churches and their assigned days are Holy Innocents Church, Neptune (Wednesday, March 29); the Church of the Ascension, Bradley Beach (Thursday, March 30), and Saint Rose of Lima Church in Belmar (Monday, April 3).
Lent began on Wednesday, March 1. Station churches since then have included St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, in Avon, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Mother of Mercy Paris, Asbury Park. All are part of the Diocese of Trenton's Coastal Monmouth Deanery.
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