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This is the Holy Week schedule for the Cathedral of St. Ignatius of Loyola. For information on your parishes Holy Week Celebrations check your local bulletin.

Palm Sunday, April 13: Vigil Mass (Saturday April 12) 4:30pm. Sunday Masses: 7 am, 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 am (Spanish), 5 pm.

Holy Tuesday, April 15: 11 a.m. Chrism Mass, during which holy oils are blessed by Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito and priests renew their vows. 7:30 p.m. Tenebrae service.

Holy Thursday, April 17: 7 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper, followed by Eucharistic adoration until 10:00 p.m.

Good Friday, April 18: Good Friday Liturgy - 3 p.m English, 7 p.m. Spanish. Stations of the cross - 12 p.m. Noon, Living Stations of the Cross, 5:30 p.m. Bilingual.
Good Friday is also a day of fast and abstinence in the Catholic Church, in which the faithful refrain from eating meat, starting at age 14, and limit themselves to one full meal and two lighter meals. The obligation to fast is for people ages 18-59, except those with a medical condition in which fasting may be harmful.

Holy Saturday, April 19: 7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass.

Easter Sunday, April 20: Masses celebrating the Resurrection of the Lord: 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.; 10:45 a.m. in the Family Life Center’s main hall with contemporary music; 12:30 p.m. in Spanish.

Easter Triduum:
The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum—from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ's Paschal Mystery.

The single celebration of the Triduum marks the end of the Lenten season, and leads to the Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord at the Easter Vigil.
The liturgical services that take place during the Triduum are:

Mass of the Lord's Supper
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord

More information linked below.