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The Season of Lent

Lent is a 40-day penitential season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms (being charitable); and we practice continence through fasting. 

On all Fridays of Lent we are called to Abstain from eating meat, while on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday we are called to not only abstain from meat, but to fast. These sacrificial practices, along with the tradition of "giving up something" for Lent, are meant as steps on the path to true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. We are remind also to recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.

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2025: Read the Bible in a Year

This is a three-readings per day system of reading the Bible in the course of a year (i.e., read all three in a row, or read, perhaps one in the morning, one midday, and one at a night)
​ This is a one-reading per day system of reading the Bible consecutively by Book. Usually -- though not always -- all from one Book, on any given day. Sometimes there are multiple reading based on related content.

This is the connection to the online "Bible in a Year" Podcast. This is the registration and information page for that very popular Podcast -- it can be listened to online (on Mac or PC) or on your mobile device.

About Our Parish

Established in 1914, Immaculate Conception Parish is located in Caroline County, Maryland in the town of Marydel, just over the state line from Delaware. The current Church building was built in 1918, and was expanded in the 1980s. The parish has a religious education program, a St. Vincent de Paul Society, a Knights of Columbus Council and a very large Hispanic Ministry program. In 2013, Immaculate Conception Parish was "twinned" with Holy Cross Parish in Dover, Delaware. In 2018, we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of our Church building.

On Sale: "The History of Immaculate Conception Parish"

The demand for copies of "The History of Immaculate Conception Parish 1918-2018" exceeded our first print run. To make additional copies available to folks who want them, and online purchasing link has been set up. The online purchase price is $10.00 plus shipping and handling. To make your online purchase click here.

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