Special events at Saint Malachy Church

Knights of Columbus St. Patrick’s Irish Dinner

Corn beef & Cabbage on March 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at McMullan Hall, 407 W. E St., Tehachapi. Dinner is free but donations are accepted.

Additional Lenten Events include

• St. Joseph’s Table – Spaghetti Dinner, (by donation) Sat., March 21, 5 to 8 p.m.

• Friday Fish-Fries (by donation) –March 13 and 27 at 6:30 p.m. after Stations.

• Potluck Veggie Soup & Bread –March 20 and April 3 at 6:30 p.m. after Stations.

Bring your family and enjoy a good time in a fun and friendly atmosphere. These 40 days of Lent set aside a particular time of the year, deepening life with Jesus and our journey together to Easter Sunday, the Day of Christ’s Resurrection.

Stations of the Cross are prayed every Friday evening at 6 p.m. in the Church. Different parish organizations lead the service each week, including the children. Each Sunday afternoon includes Solemn Vespers prayed at 3:30 p.m. throughout Lent. A Penance Service will be held March 19 at 7 p.m. in the Church. Our parish Lenten Mission will be on the evenings of March 30, 31 and April 1 at 6:30 p.m. with Deacon Clyde in McMullan Hall, preceded by 5:30 p.m. Mass in the Church. The mission theme will be “The Eucharist.”

Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, April 5. The Church’s three-day Paschal Triduum includes Holy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper, April 9 at 7 p.m., the Altar of Repose into the night until midnight, and Good Friday Service of the Adoration of the Cross at 3 p.m. Saturday’s Easter Vigil Mass at 8 p.m. is the glorious and beautiful Eucharistic Celebration of the Risen Lord with the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults & Children, (RCIA) to enter into the active sacramental life of the Catholic Church. The “Alleluia” morning of Easter Sunday is April 12. Masses will be 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon (Bilingual), 2 p.m. (Latin).