HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2018

Saturday before Palm Sunday (March 24, 2018):
            Confessions (4:00PM to 4:45PM)
            Vigil Mass (5:00PM)
 
Palm Sunday (March 25, 2018):
            Masses are at 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM, and 12:00PM
 
Monday of Holy Week (March 26, 2018):
            Masses are at 6:30AM and 9:00AM
            Reconciliation Monday – Confessions right after the 9:00AM Mass
            Reconciliation Monday – Confessions in the church between 4:00PM and 8:00PM.
 
Tuesday of Holy Week (March 27, 2018):
            Masses are at 6:30AM and 9:00AM
            Confessions right after the 9:00AM Mass
 
Wednesday of Holy Week (March 28, 2018):
            Masses are at 6:30AM and 9:00AM
 

SACRED TRIDUUM
Confessions will NOT be heart during the Sacred Triduum. 
Please make plans to come early in the week.

 
HOLY THURSDAY (March 29, 2018):
            9:00AM – Solemn Celebration of the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer (TENEBRAE)
            7:30PM – Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
            8:30PM to 11:30PM – Adoration in the Repository in the Church basement.
 
GOOD FRIDAY (March 30, 2018):
            9:00AM – Solemn Celebration of the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer (TENEBRAE)
            12:00PM (noon) – Outdoor Stations of the Cross
            3:00PM – Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Death with Holy Communion
            7:30PM – Stations of the Cross with Veneration of the Cross
 
HOLY SATURDAY (March 31, 2018):
            9:00AM – Solemn Celebration of the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer (TENEBRAE)
            1:00PM – Blessing of the Easter Food
            There is NO 5:00PM Mass tonight.
            8:00PM – Solemn Celebration of the Blessing of the New Fire, the Easter Vigil Mass, and
the Sacraments of Initiation for the Catechumen – this Mass satisfies the Sunday obligation.
 
EASTER SUNDAY (April 1, 2018):
            Masses are as follows:  7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM, and 12:00PM.

Holy Thursday Adoration
One of the most prayerful times of the Sacred Triduum is Adoration of the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday evening (March 29, 2018) from 8:30PM to 11:00PM.

“Could you not watch with me one hour?”
In response to Our Lord’s desire that we spend time with him, we have arranged to have each ministry group assigned to a half hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
We hope you will respond yes to the Lord’s invitation.

8:30PM – Boy Scouts & CYO Basketball
9:00PM – Lectors, Religious Education Catechists, & the Rosary Society
9:30PM – Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Choir, & Anawim Prayer Group
10:00PM – Parish & Finance Councils, Bible Study, Hospitality, & Greeters
10:30PM – Ushers, Catholic Big Sisters, Altar Society, & Church Decorators
11:00PM – Knights of Columbus, Holy Name Society, & Adult Faith Formation

"We must be one with Christ
through the sacraments,
especially through the reception
of the Holy Eucharist
in the Liturgy."