Lenten Mission will be held at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish

A special A Lenten Mission, entitled "Desiring Heaven: The Crown and The Cross," will be held on Sunday-Thursday, Feb. 21- 25 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Alice. Father Joseph Aytona, of the Fathers of Mercy, will provide a dynamic presentation directed toward key aspects of faith applied to life issues.

The church is located at 603 E. Fifth St.

A “parish mission” is a special event for Catholics in which everyone is invited to take part in several days of activity and prayer, all focusing on faith enrichment. Many who attend a parish mission may experience a spiritual renewal, bringing about a deeper love for God, and a revitalization of their personal relationships.

Bishop Michael Mulvey designated St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish as a pilgrimage site in the Diocese of Corpus Christi for the Year of Mercy. The Holy Door at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish was blessed on Jan. 25.

"We invite you to make a pilgrimage to the Blessed Pilgrimage Door of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish to receive the mercy of God and receive the indulgence, which God is offering us," pastor Msgr. Leonard Pivonka said.

Pope Francis said, “I pray that the Jubilee indulgence may reach each one as a genuine experience of God’s mercy, which comes to meet each person in the face of the father who welcomes and forgives, forgetting completely the sin committed."

To experience and obtain the Indulgence, the faithful are called to make a true pilgrimage to the Holy Door, open in every Cathedral or in the churches designated by the diocesan bishop. The pope said that a pilgramage to a Holy Door must be linked, first and foremost, to the sacrament of reconciliation and to the celebration of the Holy Eucharist with a reflection on mercy.

During the mission, a presentation with benediction will be celebrated every evening at 7 p.m. On Thursday, Feb. 25, there will be a Mass at 7 p.m., followed by a reception at the St. Elizabeth Parish Hall. Confession iswill be available Sunday-Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and at 8:15 p.m.

Msgr. Pivonka invites everyone to come to this special parish mission, to walk through the Holy Door and to experience and obtain a Jubilee indulgence at St. Elizabeth of Hungary. For more information contact St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Office at (361) 664-6481.