Easter and Holy Week

Doing Easter Right, 50 Days of Joy

We spend forty days preparing for Easter, and then celebrate Easter
as if it’s a single day. 

But Easter isn’t just a day, it’s a season. 

It’s not only a celebration, but an invitation to joy. In the Christian Calendar, “Eastertide” lasts 50 days, from Jesus’ Resurrection to his Ascension and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church on Pentecost. 
In other words:

the next 50 days should be celebrated as a single joyful feast. 

The celebration doesn’t end on Easter Sunday, rather it’s only just begun. 

Jesus is Risen, Alleluia!

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HOLY SATURDAY - APRIL 8

 7:00pm Easter Vigil *
Celebrant: Msgr. John Barry | Music: 5pm Saturday Choir

Easter Sunday - APRIL 9

In the Church

6:30am (in Latin)
Celebrant: Msgr. John Barry | Music: Cantor/Organ (Susan Lim)
8:00am
Celebrant: Fr. Rick Prindle | Music: 9:45am Choir 
9:45am *
Celebrant: Msgr. John Barry | Music: 9:45am Choir  
11:45am
Celebrant: Fr. Dorian Llywelyn | Music: 12noon Choir
1:00pm
Celebrant: Fr. Joe Kammerer | Music: 12noon Choir
5:00pm *
Celebrant: Msgr. John Barry | Music: Cantor/Guitar (Dcn. Derek Brown)

In O'Donnell Hall

7:00am
Celebrant: Fr. Tom Kelly | Music: Cantor/Guitar (Dcn. Derek Brown)
8:15am
Celebrant: Fr. Joe Kammerer | Music: Cantor/Guitar (Dcn. Derek Brown)
10:00am
Celebrant: Fr. Dorian Llywelyn | Music: 5pm Sunday Choir
12noon
Celebrant: Fr. Rick Prindle | Music: Cantor/Guitar (Chris Roque)

* Also on Livestream

HOLY WEEK - APRIL 2-7

For Catholics, Holy Week is the final preparation for Easter, beginning on Palm Sunday when we wave palms as a reminder of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. 

Next we celebrate the Triduum, a three-day celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus - Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and ending with the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday at sundown.

PALM SUNDAY (passion of the lord)

APRIL 2

Regular Sunday Mass schedule with distribution of Palms & Procession beginning 10 minutes prior to Mass

HOLY THURSDAY

APRIL 6

8:10am, Daily Mass (with AMS students attending)
7:00pm, Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight O'Donnell Hall

* Also on Livestream

Mass on Holy Thursday is commonly known as the Feast of the Lord’s Supper, a time for Catholics to remember the Last Supper when Jesus and his apostles gathered to celebrate Passover. This Mass contains the ritual actions of the Washing of the Feet and a Eucharistic Procession in which any remaining Eucharist from Communion is processed outside of the church, reminding us of Jesus’ night of intense prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane.  

 

 

GOOD FRIDAY

APRIL 7

12:00 Quiet Prayer in the Church
12:30pm, Way of the Cross - a dramatization by AMS 8th grade students
2:00pm, Good Friday Service - Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
7:00pm, Good Friday Service - Celebration of the Passion of the Lord

* Also on Livestream

In the solemn Good Friday service, we remember the passion and death of Our Lord. The service is marked by several important rituals including the proclaiming of the Passion from John’s gospel, the Veneration of the Cross, and an extended form of General Intercessions.