Lent at St. Paul's
Lent at St. Paul's
Ash Wednesday
The holy season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026. St. Paul’s schedule of services will be:
12:05 p.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite II, with the Imposition of Ashes. No Music.
7:00 p.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite II, with the Imposition of Ashes with hymns, organ and choir.
Center City Lent Series
A number of churches in the Central Erie Deanery will be coming together again this year for a joint Lenten study. This program will be in-person only (no hybrid). This year's series will be Unbound: Seeking the Freedom of God’s Love. Together, we will follow Jesus through the wilderness and into the heart of the Empire. Along the way, we’ll wrestle with what it means to be truly free: to remove our masks, reject false power, center the excluded, accept God’s love, and choose life even in the shadow of darkness and despair. We’ll meet characters like Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman at the well, the man born blind, and Lazarus, and explore how Jesus invites each of them – and us – to step into the light to claim life abundant. We will meet on Wednesday evenings from 5-7pm, enjoy a light Lenten supper of soup and bread, and discuss the week's reflection from the series. The schedule is:
Feb 25 — St. Philip's
March 4 — St. Paul's Cathedral
March 11 — Trinity, Delaware
March 25 — St. John's Grace
April 1 — St Mark and All Saints
St. Paul's Lenten Bible Study
On Tuesday evenings, Dean Rebecca will lead a study on the Gospel of John. The program will be on the Cathedral Zoom page from 7-8:30pm on 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 317, 3/24, and a final session on Easter Tuesday, 4/7. We will look at an overview of the "Fourth Gospel" while giving greater attention to the readings that from the Gospel that are part of the Lenten and Holy Week Lectionary. (If you are unable to attend the Wednesday evening Center City Lent sessions in Buffalo, this will be a good alternative.) For more information, please contact Dean Rebecca at deanrebecca@spcbuffalo.org