March Calendar Highlights: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and St. Patrick's Day

| 02/26/2025

By: The Good Newsroom

See our listings below for a sampling of events available throughout the Archdiocese of New York in March

Father Sean Suckiel, pastor of Holy Family Church in Fresh Meadows, imposes ashes on Police Officer Tim Gorman of the New York Police Department at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows on February 14, 2024.
Father Sean Suckiel, pastor of Holy Family Church in Fresh Meadows, imposes ashes on Police Officer Tim Gorman of the New York Police Department at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows on February 14, 2024. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

The penitential season of Lent begins March 5 with Ash Wednesday, and influences the rest of March. St. Patrick’s Day, the feast day of the patron saint of the archdiocese, falls on March 17. See our listings below for a sampling of events available throughout the Archdiocese of New York this month.

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