{"id":135707,"date":"2026-03-11T18:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/135707\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:55:06","slug":"cathedral-basilica-to-host-lenten-retreat-day-march-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/135707\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral Basilica to Host Lenten Retreat Day March 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted March 11, 2026 <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-224027 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773245230632-20d09cf2-cc53-453f-a6ce-67cc9a4b946a_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"496\"  \/>The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul and the Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel will host a Lenten Retreat Day on Saturday, March 14, offering the faithful an opportunity to enter more deeply into the mystery of Christ\u2019s Passion under the theme \u201cThe Cross, Our Hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Father Philip G. Bochanski, archdiocesan Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, will lead the retreat, which will present two spiritual conferences: \u201cHope in the Desert: Lessons from the Exodus\u201d and \u201cHope in the Garden: Lessons from Gethsemane.\u201d\u00a0 The day will include Midmorning Prayer, quiet time for reflection, the availability of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, Holy Mass, and a concluding Holy Hour with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.<\/p>\n<p>Those wishing to attend may register by contacting Sister Marie Faustina, R.S.M., Delegate for Consecrated Life, at sr.mfaustina@archphila.org. A suggested donation of $20 may be offered on the day of the retreat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted March 11, 2026 The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15571,62625,62626,62627,69,71,70,62628],"class_list":["post-135707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-cathedral-basilica-of-saints-peter-and-paul","tag-father-philip-bochanski","tag-lenten-retreat-day","tag-passion-of-christ","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-the-cross"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}