HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST - 7:30PM
Commemoration of the Last Supper. Washing of the Feet and procession with The Blessed Sacrament.
GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND - 3:00PM
(NO MORNING MASS)
Good Friday Service (3:00PM - the hour we understand Christ died) - a unique day in our Catholic tradition. No Mass is celebrated - the Lord has died. Our service is the Passion, the Veneration of the Cross, and a Communion Service with communion having been consecrated at the Holy Thursday Commemoration of the Last Supper.
HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD
(NO 5:00PM VIGIL)
12:00 Noon - Blessing of the Easter Meal
8:00PM - Easter Vigil Mass - In the ancient Church, everyone had to be baptized at this service because it was so completely identified with the Sacrament of Initiation. Just as Jesus entered death and rose from the tomb to new life, believers in Him enter the waters of Baptism and rise from those waters to a new life in God. The Easter-Paschal candle dominated every Baptismal ceremony to illustrate this point. It is also present at every believer‘s funeral to point to the deceased‘s new life with God.
EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH
Masses - 8:00AM and 11:00AM
