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30 Mar

2023

Holy Week Schedule: Traditional Liturgies

Posted by Stuart Chessman 
From the cathedral in Freiburg, Germany

The following churches will offer Traditional liturgies during Holy Week. Please help us make this a complete list.

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT

For a schedule of the music for Holy Week go to the parish website.

~ PALM SUNDAY ~ (April 2)
10:00 AM: Solemn Traditional Latin Mass (Procession of the Palms; St. Matthew’s Passion by Victoria).

~ HOLY MONDAY ~ (April 3)
6:00-8:00 PM: Confessions at St. Mary with Fr. F.J. Ringley.

~ HOLY TUESDAY ~ (April 4)
8:00 AM:  Traditional Latin Mass.
11:30 am and 6:00-7:00 pm: Confessions at St. Mary.

~ SPY WEDNESDAY ~ (April 5)
8:00 AM:  Traditional Latin Mass.
11:30 AM:  Confessions at St. Mary.
7:00 PM:  TENEBRAE of Maundy Thursday.

~ MAUNDY THURSDAY ~ (April 6)
7:00 PM:  SOLEMN MASS in Cena Domini.
9:00 PM:  Vespers and Stripping of the Altars.
9:30 PM:  Vigil before the Blessed Sacrament (at the Altar of Repose in the lower chapel).

~ GOOD FRIDAY ~ (April 7)
11:00 AM:  Stations of the Cross (Latin, English, and Spanish).
3:00 PM:  The MASS of the PRESANCTIFIED (St. John’s Passion by Victoria; Worship of the Cross).
7:00 PM:  Procession of the CRISTO MUERTO and Burial of the BODY of CHRIST.

~ HOLY SATURDAY ~ (April 8)
12:30 PM:  Blessing of Easter Food (gym).
7:00 PM:  The GREAT VIGIL of EASTER.
11:30 PM:  Festive Reception.

~ EASTER SUNDAY ~ (April 9)
10:00 AM:  Solemn Traditional Latin Mass.

Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, CT

Palm Sunday, Missa Cantata with a procession, 12 pm

Maundy Thursday, Mass and translation of the Blessed Sacrament, 8 pm, watch at altar of repose until midnight.

Good Friday, Solemn Liturgy of the Passion, 3pm, Stations of the Cross, 7 pm

Holy Saturday, Paschal Vigil, 8 pm

Easter Sunday, 12 noon.

St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, Brookfield, CT

Palm Sunday, low Mass, 12:30 pm

Easter Sunday, low Mass, 2 pm

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport

PALM SUNDAY – April 2nd
8 a.m. Confessions
8:30 a.m. Low Mass (no palms), 9:45 a.m. Confessions
10:15 a.m. Blessing of Palms, Procession & Mass
6 p.m. Vespers & Benediction


MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK – April 3rd
7:15 a.m. Confessions
7:45 a.m. Low Mass
6 p.m. Confessions
TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK – April 4th
7:15 a.m. Confessions
7:45 a.m. Low Mass
6 p.m. Confessions
SPY WEDNESDAY – April 5th
7:15 a.m. Confessions
7:45 a.m. Low Mass
7 p.m. Tenebræ, anticipated Matins & Lauds of Maundy Thursday

MAUNDY THURSDAY – April 6th
No confessions are scheduled before Mass today.
12 noon Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by the procession of the Blessed Sacrament, vespers, stripping of the altar. Adoration at the altar of repose until 10 pm. 6 pm Mandatum (foot-washing ceremony in the church hall). 7 pm Tenebrae, anticipated Matins and Lauds of Good Friday.

GOOD FRIDAY – April 7th
11 a.m. Confessions (till 11:45)
12 noon Mass of the Presanctified followed by Vespers – Church open till 3 p.m. – GREAT SILENCE, 5:30 pm Confessions
6 p.m. Stations of the Cross
7 p.m. Tenebræ, anticipate Matins and Lauds of Holy Saturday

HOLY SATURDAY – April 8th
2 p.m. Confessions (till 2:30)
3 p.m. Easter Vigil followed by blessing of Easter baskets – Compline
(please place your baskets on the table by the Sacred
Heart statue BEFORE the Vigil begins)

EASTER SUNDAY – April 9th
8 a.m. Confessions
8:30 a.m. Low Mass followed by blessing of Easter eggs

9:45 a.m. Confessions
10:15 a.m. High Mass followed by blessing of Easter eggs

Children’s Easter Egg Hunt on the lawn after both Masses
6 p.m. Vespers & Benediction


OCTAVE OF EASTER
Daily Mass from Monday April 10th to Saturday April 15th
will be at 8 a.m., with confessions AFTER MASS. The
church will open at 7:45 a.m. each day this week.

St Stanislaus Church, New Haven

Palm Sunday, Missa Cantata with blessing of palms and procession, 2 pm, Fr. Peter Lenox, celebrant.

Good Friday, 11 am.

Easter Sunday, Missa Cantata, 2 pm.

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury

Palm Sunday, 8:30 low Mass (no palms), 10:30 Blessing of palms, procession and high Mass; 5:30 pm Organ recital followed by 6 pm vespers and benediction.

Monday and Tuesday of Holy Week: confessions at 7:30 am, Low Mass at 8 am

Spy Wednesday, 7:30 am confession; 8 am low Mass; 6 pm Tenebrae

Maundy Thursday, 11:00-11:45 am confessions; 12 noon High Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by stripping of the altar; 6 pm, Tenebrae; adoration at the altar of repose until midnight

Good Friday, 11:00-11:45 am confessions, 12 noon Mass of the Presanctified; 3 pm Stations of the Cross followed by Great Silence; 6 pm Tenebrae

Holy Saturday, 11:00-11:30 am confessions; 12 noon, Easter Vigil followed by blessing of easter baskets

Easter Sunday, 8:30 am Low Mass, 10:30 am High Mass and Benediction, no vespers.

St. Augustine Church, North Branford, CT

Holy Tuesday, April 4, low Mass 6 pm

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT

Palm Sunday, 11 am

Holy Thursday, 7:30 pm

Good Friday, 3:00 pm

Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil 7 pm

Easter Sunday, 11;30 am

New York

The Shrine and Parish Church of the Holy Innocents, New York

Holy Monday and Tuesday, 6 pm

Holy Wednesday, 6 pm Mass, 7:30 pm Office of Tenebrae

Maundy Thursday, 6 pm, Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper, all-night adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the repository (the church will close at midnight for those not staying all night and reopen at 6 am on Good Friday)

Good Friday, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament continues until 3 pm; 12 noon, 7 Last Words preached by Fr. James Miara; 3 pm Solemn Liturgy; 6 pm Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday, Church opens at 9 am for veneration of the cross; 12 noon blessing of Easter food; 6 pm East Vigil Solemn Mass followed by a festive reception in the parish hall

Easter Sunday, 9 am Low Mass; 10:30 am Missa Cantata followed by a festive reception in the parish hall

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine, New York

Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023
10:15 AM Outdoor Blessing of Palms outdoors at the East 116th Street Entrance, Procession followed by Missa Cantata 1962 Missal inside the Church
4:30 PM Solemn Vespers, Rosary and Benediction 
Holy Monday, April 3, 7 AM & 745 AM Low Masses, 3 PM Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, 1 PM to 3 PM Confessions,  4 PM to 9 PM Confessions 
Holy Tuesday, April 4, 7 AM & 745 AM Low Masses 3 PM Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet Confessions after Mass and Rosary
Spy Wednesday, April 5, 7 AM & 745 AM Low Masses 3 PM Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet Confessions after Mass and Rosary
** The Sacred Triduum **
Maundy Thursday, April 6
9 AM Tenebrae 3 PM Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet,  7:00 PM Mandatum & Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper pre 1955 Missal, 8:30 PM Procession to the Altar of Repose, Adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight
Good Friday, April 7, 9 AM Tenebrae, 12 Noon Annual East Harlem Good Friday Procession Starting Point: St Francis de Sales Church, 96th Street and Lexington Avenue, Procession goes north on 3rd Avenue from 96th Street to 117th Street, Ending Point: St Paul’s Church117th Street and Lexington Avenue, 3 PM “Mass”, Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, pre 1955 Missal, 7:30 PM Procession of Gesu Morte, Stations of the Cross and veneration of the Relic of the True Cross, Holy Name Society
Holy Saturday, April 8, 9 AM Tenebrae, 11 AM Święconka, Blessing of Easter Baskets, 3 PM Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, 6:30 pm Święconka, Blessing of Easter Baskets, 7:00 PM Easter Vigil and First Solemn Mass of Easter 1962 Missal, The Blessing of the Fire and Paschal Candle will begin Outdoors at the 115th Street Entrance 
Easter Sunday, April 9
10:30 AM Missa Cantata 1962 Missal 
4:30 PM Solemn Paschal Vespers, Rosary and Benediction

St. Michael Church, Staten Island

Easter Sunday, Missa Cantata, 5 pm

Low Sunday, April 16, Missa Cantata, 5 pm

Our Lady of Peace, Brooklyn

Palm Sunday, 9:20 pm

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens

Palm Sunday, 9:30 am

Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 7 am

Holy Thursday, 7:00 pm, adoration at altar of repose until midnight

Good Friday, 3 pm

Holy Saturday, Easter vigil, 8:30 pm

Easter Sunday, 9:30 am

St. Rocco Church, Glen Cove, Long Island

Palm Sunday, 11:30 am, Low Mass with Music and Solemn Blessing of Palms

Easter Sunday, 11:30 am, Missa Cantata

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers

Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, 1:30 pm

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, NY

Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, 11:15 am

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY

Palm Sunday, 4 pm Missa Cantata with blessing and distribution of palms

Easter Sunday, 2 pm, Missa Cantata

St. Patrick Church, Newburgh, NY

Palm Sunday, low Mass, 3 pm

Easter Sunday, Missa Cantata, 3 pm

St. Joseph Church, Middletown, NY

Palm Sunday, 10:15 am Missa Cantata, in chapel

Easter Sunday, 10:15 am

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City

Sunday, April 2 – Palm Sunday – 8:45am Blessing of Palms and Triumphal
Procession, Passion of Our Lord according to Matthew. Berchem O Jesu Christe, Dubois Adoramus Te Christe.
Wednesday, April 5 – Tenebrae – 7:00pm Ancient Office of Darkness beginning the Triduum. Gregorian Chant, Polyphonic Motets of Victoria
and others. Allegri’s Miserere.
Thursday, April 6 – Holy Thursday – 7:00pm Sung Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Procession to the altar of repose. Stripping of the Altar. Vigil before the Altar of Repose until Midnight. Gregorian and Ambrosian Chant.
Durufle’s Ubi Caritas,
Friday, April 7 – Good Friday – 3:00pm Mass of the Presanctified Immediately after the liturgy, procession through the streets with Our Lady of Sorrows
Saturday, April 8 – Holy Saturday – 10:15pm, the Easter Vigil. Anerio-Palestrina, Missa Papae Marcelli with chamber orchestra; Erbach Dum
Transisset; Franck Dextera Domini.
Off-street parking is available in the lot across the street from the church.

Our Lady of Victories, Harrington Park, NJ

Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, 8 am

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ

Palm Sunday, April 2
7:30 am Low Mass – palms will be blessed prior to Mass
10:00 am High Mass – Preceded by blessing and distribution of palms, and procession.
(No 9 or 11 am Masses)
Maundy Thursday, April 6
6:00 pm Confessions
7:00 pm Solemn High Mass
8:30 pm Eucharistic adoration
Good Friday, April 7
12:00 pm Mass of the Presanctified
2:30 pm Stations of the Cross & Confessions
Holy Saturday, April 8
11:00 am Confessions
Noon Easter Vigil Mass (this Mass does NOT fulfill Sunday Mass)
Easter Sunday, April 9
7:30 am Low Mass
9:00 am Low Mass
11:00 am High Mass

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Paquannock, NJ

Palm Sunday
10:30 A.M. – Blessing of Palms – Chanting of the Passion – Solemn Mass
Holy Thursday
9:00 A.M. – Tenebrae
5:30 P.M. – Confessions
7:00 P.M. – Solemn Mass of Holy Thursday w/Adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight
Good Friday
8:00 A.M. – Tenebrae
1:00 P.M. – Confessions
2:00 P.M. – Stations of the Cross
3:00 P.M. – Good Friday Liturgy
Holy Saturday
9:00 A.M. – Tenebrae
Confessions: at usually scheduled time 12:30 – 1:30 P.M.
8:30 P.M. – Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday
7:00 a.m.; 9:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m.; 1:30 p.m.
No 5pm Mass

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Raritan, NJ

Palm Sunday, 10 am

Holy Thursday, 7 pm

Good Friday, 3 pm

Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil, 8 pm

Easter Sunday 10 am

St. John the Baptist, Allentown, NJ

Palm Sunday, Solemn Mass 12:30 pm

Holy Thursday, 7:30 pm followed by adoration at the altar of repose until midnight

Good Friday, 12 noon

Holy Saturday, 3:30 pm, Solemn Paschal Vigil

Easter Sunday, Solemn Mass 12:30 pm

St. Mary of the Mount Virgin Church, New Brunswick, NJ

Easter Tuesday, April 11, Missa Cantata 7pm, music of Rheinburger, Byrd, Lotti, Biery and Palestrina, veneration of the relics of the true cross, crown of thorns and holy sepulchre after Mass

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