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Daily Masses:─ 6:50AM, 8AM, 9AM, and 12:15PM  Spanish Mass-Wednesdays at 7:30PM

Sunday Masses: 7AM, 8AM, 9AM, 10AM (Family), 11AM, 12PM (Spanish), 1PM and 5PM.  Saturday Evening Mass (for Sunday)-5:30PM

Confessions: Every Saturday, 4:00 to 5:30PM. Penance Service Saturday, February 20 at 4PM

Stations of the Cross:  English, every Thursday after 12:15PM Mass. Spanish, every Wednesday, after 7:30PM Mass

Scripture Class with Father Joseph:-Tuesdays at 7:30PM in the Rectory

Eucharistic Devotion:  Thursdays after 12:15PM Mass

Parish Eucharistic Day: Friday, March 26, beginning with 12:15PM Mass and extending throughout the day until 8PM Benediction

Seder Supper:  A Remembrance of the Last Supper Tuesday, March 30-7PM in auditorium

Fast and Abstinence:  Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Fasting limits a person to one full meal and two lighter meals for those from ages 18-59. Abstinence means no meat is allowed for those 14 and older. Reasons of health or work can excuse, in which case some other form of sacrifice should be substituted (acts of charity, additional prayers, etc.)

Palm Sunday: Vespers and Benediction will take place after the 1:00PM Mass. Join in this special adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as we prepare for the great events of this Holy Week.

 Tuesday, March 30-Seder Supper at 7PM in auditorium. This is our annual observance of the Passover (Seder) Supper of Our Lord at which He gave us the Holy Eucharist at the Last upper. We join with our neighbors from Parkchester Baptist Church in this symbolic meal, hosted by the Altar Guild. Come and see the Jewish roots of the Mass and join in this "supper of peace."

 Holy Thursday, April 1­

·         Morning Mass at 7AM

·         Children's Mass at 10AM

·         Spanish Mass at 6PM

·         Solemn Mass at 7:30PM. The Solemn Mass includes the re­enactment of Our Lord's washing the feet of His disciples at the Last Supper. It commemorates the giving of the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders (Priesthood). At the end of the Mass, the Blessed Sacrament is brought in procession to the "repository" at the side altar, decorated to represent the garden to which Our Lord went to pray after the Last Supper.

·         The Church will be open to 11 PM for adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament at the repository. It is a beautiful custom to spend some time adoring Our Lord at the repository on Holy Thursday evening or on Good Friday morning, recalling the apostles who, as Our Lord said, "Could not watch one hour with me."

 Good Friday, April 2:

·         Tenebrae (Morning Prayer) at 9AM

·         Children's Service at 10AM

·         Reflections on the Seven Last Words of Our Lord at 1:30PM. This is a service of prayers, hymns and sermons, recalling Our Lord's final words on the Cross.

·         Solemn Liturgy at 3PM, including veneration of the Cross

·         Solemn Liturgy in Spanish at 6PM, followed by Stations of the Cross in the auditorium.

·         Solemn Liturgy (English) at 7:30PM

 Holy Saturday, April 3:

·         Tenebrae (Morning Prayer) at 9AM

·         Confessions, 4:00 to 5:30PM

·         No 5:30PM Mass

·        Solemn Easter Vigil at 7:30PM This is the main Mass for Easter, including the blessing of the Easter fire, lighting of the Paschal Candle, renewal of baptismal vows, and celebration of Our Lord's victory over death. Plan to come to this most beautiful Mass of the Church's year!

 Easter Sunday, April 4-Celebration of Our Lord's Resurrection.

 ·         Masses at  7, 8, 9, 10 (Family), 11, 12PM (Spanish), 1PM. No 5PM Mass on Easter Sunday.

 Stations of the Cross for Adults              

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