Key Dates in the Season of Lent 2025

• March 5 - Ash Wednesday
• March 7 - First Friday of Lent
• March 9 - First Sunday of Lent
• March 14 - Second Friday of Lent
• March 16 - Second Sunday of Lent
• March 19 - Solemnity of St Joseph, Husband of Mary
• March 21 - Third Friday of Lent
• March 23 - Third Sunday of Lent
• March 25 - Solemnity of the Annunciation
• March 28 - Fourth Friday of Lent
• March 30 - Fourth Sunday of Lent

(known as Laetare Sunday)

• April 4 - Fifth Friday of Lent
• April 6 - Fifth Sunday of Lent

(Passiontide begins)

• April 11 - Sixth Friday of Lent
• April 13 - Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

(Holy Week begins)

• April 14 - Reconciliation Monday in the Diocese of Wilmington
• April 15 - Diocesan Chrism Mass (held at Holy Cross, Dover)
• April 17 - Holy Thursday

(The Sacred Triduum begins)

• April 18 - Good Friday
• April 19 - Holy Saturday
• April 20 - Easter Sunday

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