Lent at Iona

Wednesday, March 5

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.  

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

Friday, March 7, 6:30 p.m.- Sommers Center Bronxville Campus

Join classically trained organist, Fr. Vaughn Fayle PhD, professor in religious studies and in music, Dr Edward Hardy (Violin) and Iona student, Markus Fakhry (cello), for this new transcription of the sorrowful mysteries, sponsored by the Iona Office of Mission & Ministry and the Iona Performing Arts Council. The concert, which will be one of the first concerts to feature the 1982 Jaekel baroque pipe organ in the auditorium on the Iona Bronxville campus, will be interspersed with readings and reflections by Iona students. Refreshments and light fare will be served.

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. 

• Wednesday, March 31, 12:30 p.m.
  • Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel
• Monday, April 14, 12:30 p.m
  • Meet at the Columba Statue on the Quad

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.

This year's retreat will be held between Sunday, March 30 and Friday, April 4.

Please sign up by clicking here. 

Contact Father Gerard for more information.

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 11 at 7 p.m., Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel

Daily Masses are offered in the Blessed Edmund Rice Chapel on the following days:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30 p.m.

A student Mass is held every Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the 6th Floor Lounge of the North Avenue Residence Hall. 

The Lenten call to almsgiving asks us to meet the needs of others. Through a recognition of the world’s needs and a personal commitment to act, we give alms. The Office of Mission & Ministry offers a variety of opportunities to serve the needs of others through our weekly community service projects, which can be found on this link.

Throughout the 2025 Lenten Season, the Office of Mission & Ministry will be collecting funds to support the ministries of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in Brownsville, Texas and Lima, Peru. To donate, please click here.

Join us for prayer, reflection and conversation over a free meal every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the LaPenta School of Business Atrium.

Meet with Fr. Gerard Mulvey prior to 12:30 p.m. Mass, or schedule an appointment by emailing him at gmulvey@iona.edu.