Dear Friends in
Christ,
Lent is the great
spiritual retreat that prepares us for Easter. This web page details
opportunities for coming closer to Christ during Holy Week. Its purpose is
to acquaint you with scheduled services/devotions at the
Cathedral.
May we spend this
special season well; may it be different than other seasons of the year.
By Easter Sunday may we all be closer to our Resurrected Lord because of
the way we have lived Lent.
Sincerely in
Christ,
+ Bishop
Bootkoski
Monsignor
Alliegro
- Father
Gloss - Father Tolentino
Deacons -
Religious - Staff
Passion
(Palm) Sunday
(March 16): |
5:00 pm, 7:00 pm (Vigil Mass - Saturday night)
7:30 am,
9:00 am
10:30
am Blessing of Palms, Procession, and Mass
Cathedral Choir
(Celebrant and Homilist:
Most Rev. Paul G. Bootkoski, bishop of Metuchen)
12:30
pm
(Blessed Palm will be distributed,
and The Passion according to Saint
Matthew
will be proclaimed at all Masses.)
7:30 pm Living Stations of the Cross - CYO Hall
(Presented by Cathedral School, K-8)
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Monday
(March 17):
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Regular weekly mass schedule, and
7:30 pm Mass of CHRISM and
Priestly Commitment
(Celebrant and Homilist:
Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski) |
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Tuesday
(March 18): |
Regular weekly mass schedule, and
7:00 pm Seder
(Cathedral Community Room) |
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Wednesday
(March 19): |
Regular weekly mass schedule, and
7:00 - 7:30 pm Tenebrae Service |
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Holy
Thursday
(March 20): |
8:00 am Morning Prayer
7:30 pm Concelebrated Mass
of the Lord's Supper and Procession
(Celebrant & Homilist: Bishop Edward T. Hughes)
Eucharistic Adoration Continues until
Midnight
[Fast for the Sacred
Tiduum begins after Mass] |
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Good
Friday
(March 21): |
8:00 am Morning Prayer
12:00
noon - 2:45 pm Three Hours Meditations
(Homilist: Fr. Marius Koch, CFR))
3:00 pm Solemn Liturgical Service
The Passion and Death of Our Lord
(Celebrant and Homilist: Rev. Msgr. Michael Alliegro, Rector)
7:30 pm Stations of the Cross
[Day of Fast and Abstinence]
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Holy
Saturday
(March 22): |
[Fasting until the Great
Vigil]
8:00 am Morning
Prayer
1:00 pm Blessing of Food - CYO Hall
8:00 pm Liturgy of the Great Vigil of Easter
(Celebrant and Homilist: Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski) |
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Easter
Sunday
(March 23): |
7:30 am
9:00 am
10:30
am Cathedral Choir
(Celebrant and Homilist: Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski)
12:30
pm
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