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.  

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easter vigil
april 19

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

Easter Sunday
april 20

In the Church

6:30am (in Latin)
Celebrant: TBD
Music: Cantor/Organ (Susan Lim)
8:00am
Celebrant: TBD
Music: 9:45am Choir 
9:45am *
Celebrant: TBD
Music: 9:45am Choir  
12noon
Celebrant: TBD
Music: 12noon Choir
1:30pm
Celebrant: TBD
Music: 12noon Choir
5:00pm *
Celebrant: TBD
Music: Cantor/Guitar (Dcn. Derek Brown)

In O'Donnell Hall

8:15am
Celebrant: TBD
Music: Cantor/Guitar (Dcn. Derek Brown)
10:00am
Celebrant: TBD
Music: 5pm Sunday Choir

* Also on Livestream

HOLY WEEK - april 13-19

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 13

Regular Sunday Mass schedule with distribution of Palms & Procession.
We gather outside to begin Mass

HOLY THURSDAY

april 17

8:10am
Daily Mass (AMS students attend)

7:00pm
Mass of the Lord’s Supper, followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight in O'Donnell Hall

* 8:10am and 7pm also via Livestream

Mass on Holy Thursday is commonly known as the Feast of the Lord’s Supper, a time 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.  

 

 

GOOD FRIDAY

april 18

12noon
Way of the Cross - a dramatization by AMS 8th grade students

1:15pm
Good Friday Service
(Celebration of the Passion of the Lord)

2:30pm
Silent Reflection on the Lord's Passion, followed by "The Lamentations"

7:00pm
Good Friday Service
(Celebration of the Passion of the Lord)

* 12-3pm also via 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.