Sunday, March 14, 2010

Holy Week 2010 Schedule

March 27th - Vigil of Palm Sunday
  • Confessions: 4:00-4:45PM
  • Mass at 5:00PM

March 28th - Passion (Palm) Sunday
  • Mass: 7:00AM, 9:00AM, and 11:30AM
  • A special procession of palms that starts in the Msgr. Harris Center at 8:45AM and proceeds to the Church for the 9:00AM mass.
  • No CDD

March 29th - Monday of Holy Week
  • Daily Mass at 8:00AM; Diocesan clergy are at the Cathedral at 7:30PM to receive the Holy Oil for the next year.

March 30th - Tuesday of Holy Week
  • Daily Mass at 8:00AM.
  • No CCD

March 31st - Wednesday of Holy Week
  • Daily Mass at 8:00AM
  • Combined St. Mary's County-wide Penance Service at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Lexington Park - 7:00PM.
  • No evening services at St. John's.

April 1st - Holy Thursday
  • No morning Mass at St. John's, however a 9:00AM Para-Liturgy of Foot Washing with the St. John's School Children at Holy Angels in Avenue.
  • Mass of the Lord's Supper - 7:00PM at St. John's Church, procession to the Msgr. Harris Center for Adoration and Confessions, they will continue until Night Prayer at Midnight.

April 2nd - Good Friday
  • Morning Prayer at 8:00AM
  • Stations of the Cross at 3:00PM
  • Veneration of the Cross Liturgy - 7:00PM. Confessions will follow the evening service - this will be the last opportunity for confessions before Easter.

April 3rd - Holy Saturday
  • Morning Prayer at 8:00AM with Blessing of Easter Baskets directly following.
  • Easter Vigil at 8:00PM (this Mass is always about two hours long)

April 4th - Easter Sunday
  • Masses at 7:00AM, 8:30AM, 10:00AM, and 11:30AM.
  • Easter Egg hunt following the 11:30AM mass (approx 12:45PM).