Spend your Lenten season with Season Five!
Called into Community:
Come and See!
A synodal journey inspired by
SPEND TIME WITH THE CHOSEN
THIS LENTEN SEASON.
An online series Fridays,
March 6, 13, 20 and 27,
2026, 7-8:30PM.
What is
The Chosen?
The Chosen is the first multi-season television drama depicting the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of those who encountered Him. Created by Dallas Jenkins and originally distributed through Angel Studios, The Chosen now releases new seasons through its own The Chosen App and partner streaming services. This shift keeps the series freely accessible to viewers worldwide while expanding its reach across multiple platforms. has grown to become the largest crowdfunded TV series of all time.
Through powerful storytelling and authentic human portrayals, The Chosen invites viewers to experience the Gospel in a fresh and relatable way. Each episode draws us into the world of Jesus and the people who walked beside Him — His disciples, His mother Mary, those He healed and taught, and even those who opposed Him.
While remaining faithful to the spirit of Scripture, the series imaginatively situates familiar Gospel moments within the rhythms of daily life in first-century Galilee. This creative lens helps us ask anew: What was it like to encounter Jesus? How did His presence transform ordinary lives?
All seasons of The Chosen, including the newly released Season Five, are available to watch for free online.
A synodal journey: embracing community
Five Years of Walking Together:
A Community Formed by Encounter
Since Advent 2021, our online community — across parishes, homes and workplaces — has embarked on a shared pilgrimage alongside the characters of The Chosen. In Seasons One through Four we walked together: listening attentively to one another, discerning how this Christ-centred narrative invites us to live missionally in our families, our workplaces, our neighbourhoods and our parish communities.
Inspired by the call of synodality — “walking together” in faith, hope and service — we have sought to live these principles locally through conversation, communal prayer, and concrete action. Our reflections contributed to the diocesan Synodal Report and helped shape our diocesan assembly on 11 June 2022, and thereafter our contribution to the Assembly of Quebec Bishops.
Living the Jubilee: Pilgrims of Hope Today
As the global synodal process continues to unfold, the invitation remains: to listen, to discern, and to walk forward in communion and mission. In this Jubilee Year 2025 — Pilgrims of Hope — we are especially called to renew our sense of belonging and purpose as a Church on the move, grounded in Christ’s mercy and joy.
What kind of Church are we being called to be?
As we prepare now to continue with Season Five, this Lent we invite the full breadth of our local church — newcomers, previous participants, and parish teams —to join us. Together, we will explore the themes of radical love and compassion, inclusivity, trust in God’s timing, prayer and intimacy with God, faith over fear, and finding joy in suffering,
These values speak directly to our lives as disciples in this place — in our homes, parishes, and workplaces — as we prepare our hearts for Lent and embrace our call to be pilgrims of hope in today’s world.
Continue the journey…
“For me, it was living out liturgy … I try to best replicate a level of authenticity for those scenes based on my experience of the liturgy.”
– Jonathan Roumie
Actor portraying Jesus in The Chosen
Let’s Walk with Jesus Through Holy Week
Season 5, Episodes 5-8 of The Chosen invite us into the unfolding days of Holy Week. As the path toward the cross becomes clearer, we witness moments of courage, tension, compassion, and deep love. These episodes invite us not simply to watch, but to walk with Jesus, to listen, to notice, and to reflect on how He meets people where they are, especially in moments of uncertainty, fear, and struggle.
Let’s gather as Pilgrims of Hope
As a community of practice, we come together during Lent to journey alongside one another. Like the disciples, we bring our questions, fears, and hopes. In a spirit of synodality, we listen deeply to one another and to the movements of the Spirit among us. Together, we reflect on where Christ is present in our lives today, and how we are being called to respond with trust, courage, and hope.
A Lenten Season of Renewal
Lent is a gentle invitation to slow down, to turn our hearts toward God, and to allow ourselves to be renewed. As we engage with these episodes, we are encouraged to open ourselves to transformation, deepening our prayer, strengthening our relationships, and carrying Christ’s compassion into the world. This is a season not of perfection, but of grace, growth, and walking together in faith.
Whether you can join us for one gathering or for all four, you are warmly welcomed. May this Lenten journey be a time of encountering Jesus in a living way, and of being shaped together by His love and call.
Have a look at Season Five’s preview below.
WHEN
- Four Friday evenings
– Mar. 06
– Mar. 13
– Mar. 20
– Mar. 27
From 7-8:30 p.m. ET each evening, via the cloud platform, Zoom.
N.B. Before each Friday, you are invited to watch the upcoming episode for free at watch.thechosen.tv. A simple sign-in is required, and there is no cost or commitment. Many enjoy making it a relaxed film night with family or friends.
WHO is this for?
Open to all.
For those seeking a space dedicated to:
– taking part in a synodal exchange with your parish team, family and/or friends
– listening to God’s call to us, in our personal mission and our communal mission as Church.
– creating opportunities to foster a pastoral conversion as an individual and as community
REGISTER for free
Register now.
The online sessions are free and all are welcome. In order to participate, advanced registration is required. Please complete the form below.
We look forward to welcoming you!
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