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
The Lord's Day
Sunday Mass Schedule:
Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM
Sunday 7:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
12:00 PM
SUMMER SCHEDULE:
The 7:30AM Mass on SUNDAYS
are suspended during the months of JULY and AUGUST
and resume again in SEPTEMBER.
Daily Mass Schedule:
Monday thru Friday
6:30 AM and 9:00 AM
SATURDAY at 9:00 AM
HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATIONS
and FEAST DAYS:
To be announced in the weekly church bulletin
or call the parish office at 845-634-3641 for more information.
DEVOTIONS:
Novena to the Miraculous Medal is prayed by the faithful every Monday morning (following the 9:00 AM Mass).Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is on the First Fridays of every month (from 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM).
Holy Hour / Benediction is on the First Fridays of every month from 7:30 PM to 8:00 PM (except when there is Stations of the Cross during Lent in which Benediction is at 7:00PM).
The Holy Rosary is recited each morning (except on Sundays) before the 6:30 AM Mass and also right after the 9:00 AM daily Mass.
Stations of the Cross is prayed every Friday during LENT at 7:30 PM in the church.
“To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says,
even when it runs contrary to what others are saying.
It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be,
in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.”
Pope SAINT John Paul II