THE 2020 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED AROUND FEBRUARY 2020.
The schedule is very similar each year
2019 Holy Week Schedule:
Additional times for the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation are scheduled during Holy Week and the Sacred Paschal Triduum. May this Sacrament of the Lord’s forgiveness provide for an even more fitting celebration of Easter for all of us. For the homebound who would like to receive this Sacrament in their home for Easter, please call the Parish Office, 215-561-1313.
CONFESSIONS
FOR HOLY WEEK AND THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, April 14, 2019
9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:00 Noon (Spanish) and 5:30 PM in the Basilica
Monday, April 15; Tuesday, April 16; and Wednesday, April 17, 2019
11:00 AM in the Basilica
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
7:00 PM in the Basilica
Good Friday, April 19, 2019
12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM in the Basilica
Holy Saturday, April 20, 2019
11:00 AM in the Basilica
MASSES AND LITURGIES
FOR HOLY WEEK & THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, April 14, 2019
Palm will be distributed at all Masses.
5:15 PM Anticipated Mass in the Basilica
8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM Procession and Solemn Mass in the Basilica
1:00 PM in Spanish in the Cathedral Chapel and 6:30 PM in the Basilica
Weekdays of Holy Week
Monday, April 15; Tuesday, April 16; and Wednesday, April 17, 2019
7:15 AM and 12:05 PM Mass in the Cathedral Chapel
Thursday of Holy Week, April 18, 2019
10:00 AM, Chrism Mass in the Basilica
All parishioners are welcome to attend this Mass.
THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM
Holy Thursday, April 18, 2019
7:30 PM, Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the Basilica
Adoration at the Repository continues until 11:00 PM in the Cathedral Chapel
10:45 PM, Night Prayer in the Cathedral Chapel
(Parking available, use entrance on 17 St.)
Good Friday, April 19, 2019
The Basilica and Cathedral Chapel open at 9:00 AM.
9:00 AM, Morning Prayer in the Cathedral Chapel.
Good Friday is a universal day of fast and abstinence.
This Paschal Fast continues until the celebration of the Easter Vigil.
Three Hours of Prayer in the Basilica:
12:00 Noon, Office of Readings
1:00 PM, The Way of the Cross
2:00 PM, Meditation on the Seven Last Words
3:00 PM, Celebration of the Passion of the Lord in the Basilica
7:00 PM, Procesión con el Vía Crucis, Las Siete Palabras, en la Capilla
(The Way of the Cross in the the Chapel in Spanish)
(Parking available, use entrance on 17 St.)
Holy Saturday, April 20, 2019
The Basilica and Cathedral Chapel open at 9:00 AM.
9:00 AM, Morning Prayer and Preparation Rites for the Elect in the Cathedral Chapel
12:00 Noon, Office of Readings in the Cathedral Chapel
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, April 21, 2019
8:00 PM (SATURDAY, April 20, 2019), Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM Solemn Mass, and 12:30 PM in English in the Basilica
2:00 PM in Spanish in the Cathedral Chapel
There will be no 6:30 PM Mass on Easter Sunday.
(Parking available, use entrance on 17 St.)
