Lent at Iona

Wednesday, February 18

Join the Office of Mission & Ministry as we enter into the Lenten Season. Please see below for Mass and Prayer Service times and locations

Ash Wednesday Services:

• Mass–Arrigoni Center: 12:30 p.m.
• Prayer Service- Arrigoni Center: 2 p.m.            
• Prayer Service- Bronxville Campus- Sommer Center: 3 p.m.          
• Prayer Service- Arrigoni Center: 6 p.m.         
• Prayer Service- Arrigoni Center: 9:30 p.m.  

Sommers Center Bronxville  

• Ash Wednesday Prayer Service: 3 p.m.

Friday, February 20 at 6 p.m., Sommers Center Bronxville

Join the Office of Mission & Ministry, Cox Colbert Teaching Scholar in Residence, Fr. Vaughn Fayle, and Iona students for an evening of Lenten music and meditation based on Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words from the Cross. The evening will feature compositions from the organ, saxophone, and cello, and scriptural reflections from Iona students. Refreshments will be served following the event. Please join us for this wonderful opportunity to begin the Lenten Journey!  

Members of the Iona’s Faculty, Staff and Administration will be sharing weekly reflections throughout the Lenten Season. 

Monday, February 23, 3 p.m., LaPenta Student Union McGrath Room

Faculty and Staff are invited to join the Office of Mission & Ministry and the Faculty Steering Committee on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition for a presentation by Dr. Sharon Williams, Director of Black Studies and Peace and Justice Studies Programs, for a presentation on the Collegium Colloquy. Light fare and beer and wine will be served.  

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Thursday, March 12, 7 p.m., Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel

With the busy schedule of the spring semester, it can be difficult to set aside time to pray and reflect. During the Lenten Season, the Office of Mission & Ministry will be hosting Taizé style prayer nights in the Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel. These Taizé nights are open to all members of the Iona community, and involve a meditative form of worship and music from various Christian traditions.   

March 23-27, 2026

Too busy to participate in a weekend retreat?! Join the Retreat for Busy People!

Retreatants meet with a guide for about 30 minutes at a mutually agreed upon time. Retreatants are given a booklet that offers readings from scripture for each day of Lent, as well as some points and questions for reflection. You are invited to find some time alone to read and reflect on the readings and the questions. When you meet with your guide, you share together how the readings spoke to you. The questions can generate a conversation between the two of you that can be beneficial for both of you. Each session ends with a prayer. Questions? Please contact Fr. Gerard at gmulvey@iona.edu.

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Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m., Location TBD

Come break bread with us and hear stories from Iona in Mission teams who spent time in Peru, Jamaica, Texas, West Virginia, Philadelphia, and Ireland. This evening is a chance to gather in community, share a meal, and reflect together on what it means to walk alongside those impacted by poverty, disadvantage, and other forms of marginalization. 

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Thursday, March 26, 6:30 p.m., Henry Auditorium, LaPenta School of Business 

March 30 at 12:30 p.m., Columba Statue  

The Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of the Cross or Via Crucis, commemorate Jesus's passion and death on the cross. There are 14 stations that each depict a moment on his journey to Calvary, usually through sacred art, prayers, and reflections. The Office of Mission & Ministry will host the Stations of the Cross in the Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel as well as outdoors. A simple soup lunch will be served at Montgomery House following the Stations.