Holy Week and Easter Schedule

Holy Week Schedule

April 18-24, 2011

April 18^th – Monday of the 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.

April 19^th – Tuesday of the Holy Week

Daily Mass at 8:00am (No CCD)

April 20^th – Wednesday of the 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 21^st – Holy Thursday

No morning Mass, however a 9:00am Para-Liturgy of Foot Washing with the St. John’s School children.

Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 7:00pm at St. John’s Church, procession to the Msgr Harris Center for Adoration and Confessions, which will continue until Night Prayer at Midnight.

April 22^nd –Good Friday

Morning Prayer – 8:00am

Stations of the Cross – 3:00pm; followed by Chaplet of Mercy & Confessions.

Veneration of the Cross Liturgy – 7:00pm

Confessions will follow the evening service; this will be the last opportunity for confessions before Easter.

April 23^rd – Holy Saturday

Morning Prayer – 8:00am with the Blessing of Easter Baskets directly following

EASTER VIGIL 8:30pm. (This Mass is always about two hours long.)

April 24^th – Easter Sunday

Masses at 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am and 11:30am.

There will be an Easter egg hunt starting around 12:45pm.

(No CCD)

Family Night Fun!

Family Night for Saturday, April 16th from 6:30pm until ??? in the Monsignor Harris Center

The evening will be extremely flexible, but we’ll start off with a potluck dinner; so bring a dish, your children and any games you enjoy. Get to know your fellow parishioners while the children have fun wearing themselves out with games, activities and movies. All are welcome (children not required). Please pass the word and feel free to contact the parish office with any questions. Hope to see you there.

Parish Awards Luncheon

Come and join us on Sunday, April 10th immediately following the 11:30am Mass (around 12:30pm). We will celebrate an awards luncheon in the Monsignor Harris Center as we honor individuals and families in our parish and community who served with distinction in 2010. We will honor the following: Family of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Firefighter of the Year, Catholic Teacher of the Year, Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, New Knights of Columbus Member of the Year, and more.

We will also give out awards to the "Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest: winners as well as make our annual presentation of the "Tootsie Roll Drive" money collected last Fall to the Center for Life Enrichment. The Knights of Columbus will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, and drinks for those attending. Please feel free to bring a dessert or a side dish to share.

*Sponosored by KofC Council 7914

Register for our Summer Program!

St. John's Summer Program is here!

Registration Details:

Registration will open at 12:30pm on Sunday, April 3rd to St. John’s families.

Register in person in the St. Jude's Room (in the Monsignor Harris Center) from 12:30- 2:30pm.

Online registration for St. John's families will begin at 4pm on Sunday, April 3rd.

Registration will be open to everyone else beginning at 9am on Thursday, April 7th.

For more information on how to register, please click here.

To view the schedule, please click here.

www.StJohnsSummerProgram.org