HOLY WEEK MASS SCHEDULE
HOLY THURSDAY (April 21, 2011)7:00 p.m. - Mass celebrated by Bishop Matthew Ustrzycki followed by Procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the Repository with Adoration until 11:00 p.m.
GOOD FRIDAY (April 22, 2011)11:00 a.m. - Solemn Liturgy adapted for children
3:00 p.m. - Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday
7:00 p.m. - Stations of the Cross
HOLY SATURDAY (April 23, 2011)1:00 p.m. - Blessing of Easter Food
7:00 p.m. - Solemn Easter Vigil (This fulfills your Sunday obligation)
(There is no 5:00 p.m. Mass or Confessions today)
EASTER SUNDAY (April 24, 2011)8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
“Christ Has Died, Christ has Risen, Christ will come again”
The Easter faith of the Church is summarized in the above acclamation. To proclaim that Christ is risen is to say that God is alive, that God is with us, that God will never leave us. At a time when so many people are experiencing the devastating consequences of war and poverty, when people are carrying the cross of sickness and when family members are seeking to be reconciled with each other, we pray for the gift of peace: the peace of the Risen Lord.
As a parish family we celebrate and seek this peace during the Easter Triduum called Holy Week. In this festival of days, Christ's saving work is commemorated by the Church with the utmost solemnity. Through the liturgy of the Triduum, the church is intimately united with Christ and shares in His passage from death to life. The liturgies of the Triduum are the way we publicly celebrate the Easter Peace. They commemorate not only the historical events, but celebrate and make present their saving effect for us.
I invite you to come with your family to the celebrations of Holy Week. May our common celebration bring to each one of us a true and lasting sense of peace.
Together in the Lord’s Service
Father F. Freitas
Pastor
“We are connected to our past, committed to our future and compassionately focussed on being a Family of Faith, a place, with something for everyone”.