This Holy Week we invite you to join us for three beautiful, symbolic, and life-changing days!  Never been to a Triduum liturgy? Not sure what to expect? No problem! Read on to find out more about the celebration of the Paschal Triduum.
And so we begin this one feast, three days...
 
HOLY THURSDAY
 
7:00 PM - MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
This liturgy of the Lord's last supper is our entrance into the Triduum. Throughout the Triduum we reflect on what it means to die and rise with Christ.
Holy Thursday | Feet Washing
After listening to the Scriptures, tonight we do something strange: we wash one another's feet. This is a rehearsal for the Christian life of service, as is the next thing we do, a collection for the poor.
  
The Eucharist is brought to a side tabernacle to be shared at the Good Friday liturgy.

There is no formal dismissal tonight, nor formal greeting tomorrow. On these three days we offer but one continuous liturgy. The altar is stripped of candles and cloths; statues are covered and vigil lights extinguished. The church is left stark in commemoration of the Lord's Passion.  You are encouraged to keep reflective silence when leaving the church tonight.
  
All are invited to remain in the church for Eucharistic Adoration. 
  
9:30 PM - NIGHT PRAYER
 
GOOD FRIDAY
 
8:00 PM - MORNING PRAYER
 
3:00 PM - STATIONS OF THE CROSS
 
7:00 PM - CELEBRATION OF
THE LORD'S PASSION
Good Friday is the most sober day of the entire Church year. The church is bare except for the covered cross. There is no Mass on this day. It is a day of complete fasting.

Good Friday | Unveiling the Cross
There are no greetings, genuflections, or processions.  The Passion of John is proclaimed.

The second part of the liturgy is profound in the way the cross is unveiled and we are invited to come forward, (perhaps barefoot), and reverence the cross with a touch or kiss.
  
There is a simple Communion service with the Eucharist from Holy Thursday's liturgy. There is no formal dismissal.  We depart in silence, continuing our quiet waiting and fasting for the Easter Vigil.
  
HOLY SATURDAY
 
8:00 AM - MORNING PRAYER

8:00 PM - EASTER VIGIL
At nightfall on Saturday, hungry and full of excitement, the Church gathers in the darkness and lights a new fire and the great Paschal candle representing Christ, the Light of the World.

Vigil | Blessing of the Fire
We hear the Exsultet,  a magnificent poem of praise. We listen to some of the great stories of salvation history: stories of creation, Abraham and Isaac, Moses and Miriam and the crossing of the sea, poems of promise and rejoicing. We sing the great hymn of praise, " Glory to God", then hear the Christian Scriptures and the Gospel of the Resurrection.

 
Vigil | Baptism
We intercede with all the saints and bless the waters of the font. There the catechumens renounce evil, profess the faith of the Church, are baptized and anointed. All of us renew our baptismal promises. For us, these are the moments when death and life meet, when we reject evil and recommit ourselves to God. Together we go to the table and celebrate the Easter Eucharist.
 
 
 

Following the Vigil, all are welcome to stay for
 'BREAK-FAST' in the Fellowship Hall.  
EASTER SUNDAY
ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN!
8:30 AM MASS
 10:30 AM MASS
Easter egg hunt after each Mass.
 
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