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Lenten and Easter Schedule 2024

Palm Sunday 3/24

        Regular Mass Schedule Mass begins under the Portico, Palm Procession                            Entrance

Wednesday of Holy Week 3/27

       11:00 AM Chrism Mass Cathedral Basilica in St. Augustine

Holy Triduum 3/28, 3/29, 3/30

       Holy Thursday 3/28

              7:00 PM Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, (in Church)

       Good Friday 3/29

               3:00 PM the Passion of the Lord

               Shadow Stations following Service, (in Hall)

              Bread and Soup meal following Stations, (in Hall)

              6:30 pm Stations of the Cross, (in Church)

       Holy Saturday 3/30

              1 PM Blessing of the food baskets, (in Church Portico)

             8:30 PM Easter Vigil, only Mass that day

Easter Sunday 3/31

       7:30 AM, 11:30 AM Mass

       Easter Egg Hunt following 11:30 am Mass, (on lawn)

Blessing of Easter Meat &

Bread Baskets on Holy Saturday

Remember to make an appointment to get your FREE Family Portrait.

We would like everyone in the parish to participate in the new pictorial directory. You can sigh up on weekends after the Masses or on-line Monday-Friday. if  you have questions please email StMadMedia@gmail.com  

A Note from Fr. Sebastian!

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Today, Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday marks our entrance into the most sacred time of our liturgical season, Holy Week. Today we celebrate our Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem as He begins His final journey to His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. An ancient document, the diary of a woman named Egeria, gives a fourth century account of the great prayers and devotions that took place in Jerusalem during what they called “The Great Week.” Here in our diocese, on Wednesday of Holy Week our bishop will celebrate the Chrism Mass at the cathedral in St. Augustine joined by the clergy of the diocese. At this mass, Bishop Pohlmeier will bless three oils, the oil of the catechumens, the oil of the infirm, and the sacred chrism, the oils used in the ministry of the sacraments throughout the year. At this mass the priests of the diocese will renew their commitment to the sacred priesthood. On Thursday evening, the Season of Lent comes to an end, and we enter the Sacred Triduum, Latin for “The Three Days” of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. 
On Holy Thursday we recount the institution of the Eucharist and the priesthood. Our Gospel reading, however, is that of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples to remind us of his great commandment, “Mandatum novum do vobis,” from John 13:34-35, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
The liturgy of the Sacred Triduum continues on Good Friday with our Solemn Veneration of the Cross; “Behold, behold the wood of the cross, on which is hung our salvation. Come let us worship!” Please remember that Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence. After the Good Friday liturgy, please join us in the Parish Hall for a simple meal of soup and bread followed by Shadow Stations of the Cross presented by our Youth Group. Our traditional Stations of the Cross will take place one final time at 6:30 PM in the church.
The Triduum concludes with the Glorious Vigil of Easter. We begin in a darkened church lit only by the Paschal Candle representing Christ, the Light that shines in the darkness. The sequence of reading for this night of nights recounts all of Salvation History from God’s creation of the world in Genesis to His new creation of that Easter morning when Christ destroys our ancient enemy of death itself. At the Easter Vigil this year, we will baptize one individual and welcome three other people into the Catholic Faith. Our celebration concludes with the great Alleluia as we acclaim,
“Christ is risen! He is indeed risen!”
May God bless all of you abundantly during this holy season!

Fr. Sebastian

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GriefShare is a special weekly 90 minute seminar and support group designed to help you through the grieving process after a loss through death. Consider joining us on Tuesday afternoons from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. The upcoming cycle begins on February 6th and runs through May 5th. You are welcome to join us at any point during the cycle. For further information visit GriefShare.org or call Eva Copeland at 386-454-2358. 

The traditional blessing of food baskets will be on Holy Saturday at 1:00 pm in the front portico of the church.  

Easter Gift
The Rocking Chair Prophet is a rich exploration of life and the human condition. It's an invitation to rediscover yourself and reorient your life. You may pick up your copy in the narthex on Easter Sunday. 

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