Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11: 25-26


March 24, 2024 – March 31, 2024


Holy Week is a very sacred time of the year as we remember the last week of Jesus’ life on this earth. These are the days leading up to Easter. The Lenten season of sacrifice and self-denial is about to come to an end, and the focus of Holy Week is the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the events that led up to it.

Palm Sunday is March 24, 2024. This is the day we celebrate Our Lord’s triumphant entrance into Jerusalem where he was welcomed by crowds laying down palm leaves before him in adoration and worship. It also marks the beginning of Holy Week.

The Easter Triduum, the three days prior to Easter, begins with Holy Thursday, followed by Good Friday and the Easter Vigil.

Holy ThursdayMarch 28, 2024, is also known as the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Historically, this is the day when Jesus shared the Last Supper with His apostles and thereby instituting the Mass in the Eucharist. This is the night when Jesus was betrayed, arrested, and tried.

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion follows on March 29, 2024. On this day we remember Jesus’ crucifixion at Calvary on Friday, outside the gates of Jerusalem. He was buried the same day, and arose three days later, on Easter Sunday. All of this is done by our Lord for the forgiveness of our sins, and life everlasting with Him. God so loved us, that He sent His only begotten Son to die for us, so that our sins may be forgiven.

Holy Saturday is the Easter Vigil, on March 30, 2024. On this day Jesus went down into the netherworld to escort to heaven, those who had died before his coming. Up until this time, the gates of heaven were closed due to the original sin of Adam and Eve. We keep the vigil in expectation of the rising of our Savior, who paid the price for our sins on the cross and gained eternal salvation for us all.

Easter Sunday, the resurrection of the Lord, is on March 31, 2024, and marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, and the last day of the Easter Triduum. It is the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year. On this day Jesus Christ rose from the dead and fulfilled God’s promise to mankind. It is the most important holiday for all Catholics. Easter is on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

Holy Week, especially the Easter Triduum, is an intense immersion in the fundamental mystery of being a follower of Christ. When we experience this season, we suffer with Christ so that we might rise with Him at His glorious Resurrection. Our minds and hearts should be fixed on Jesus and how his sacrifice proved to be the greatest example of love that we will ever know.

He Is Risen: Celebrate the Savior

Schedule

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion:
Saturday, March 23, 5:00 pm
Sunday, March 24, 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 5:00 pm

Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper: (no morning Mass)
Thursday, March 28, 7:00 pm
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: 8:00 pm – 12:00 am

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion: (no morning Mass)
Friday, March 29, 12:00 pm, 7:00 pm
Good Friday Stations of the Cross: 3:00 pm

Holy Saturday Night, The Easter Vigil:
Saturday, March 30, 8:00 pm

Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord: (no 5:00 pm Mass)
Sunday, March 31, Church 7:00 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am
Sunday, March 31, Parish Hall 9:00 am, 11:00 am

Reconciliation

Parish Penance Service
March 4, 2024, 7:00 pm

Saturday Reconciliation
March 3, 2024, 4:00 pm
March 10, 2024, 4:00 pm
March 17, 2024, 4:00 pm
March 24, 2024, 4:00 pm

Weekday Reconciliation
March 25, 2024, 8:30 am
March 26, 2024, 8:30 am
March 27, 2024, 8:30 am

Mass for the Deaf

Interpreter: Gigi Howland

Holy Thursday 7:00 pm

Good Friday 7:00 pm

Easter Sunday 9:00 am

All are welcome!

Easter Flowers

Are you interested in donating flowers for Easter?

Flowers may be donated in memory of loved ones or for special intentions. All intentions will be published in the bulletin. Donation envelopes are available in the church or the parish office.

Thank you!

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Good Friday Collection

Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land, where they are now less than 2% of the population. Your support is essential to help the Church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools, and offer religious education. The Pontifical Good Friday Collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines of Christianity, including in Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem, to name only a few.

The pandemic had hit Christians in the Holy Land particularly hard. Most of them depend on pilgrimages for work. The war made their situation even more dramatic. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection is necessary to meet the basic needs of the People of God still living in this Land and to maintain a Christian presence where the Church was born.

When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. PLEASE BE GENEROUS

For more information about Christians in the Holy Land, click here.