Holy Week 2021: Everything we do during Families may wish to bring their own this Lent, points us toward the celebration of branches (palm, or olive or something else) Holy Week which ends with the victory of so we don’t have to share palms. Christ over death. This year all of our Holy Week celebrations will be outside and will Holy Thursday: We remember the Lord’s last take into account the limitations that the supper and the gift of the Holy Eucharist. Like pandemic has required. Please remember to last year, I invite families to bring to our bring you own chair to our outdoor evening service, a basket of bread. It will be services. blessed at the beginning of the Mass and you’ll be able to take it home for your family’s Palm Sunday: evening meal. Traditionally after this evening (regular weekend schedule of masses) celebration, churches are open for adoration. Like last year, our adoration will be on-line Service will be live-streamed and can be from about 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm. seen at: www.saintdominicsavio.org Good Friday: We remember the passion and Holy Thursday: 5:00 pm English death of Jesus. The service consists of the Jueves Santo 7:00 pm Spanish proclamation of the Passion according to St. John, the Veneration of the Cross, and Holy Good Friday: 5:00 pm English Communion. Because of the pandemic, we will Viernes Santo 7:00 pm Spanish not be kissing the Cross but we will use Easter Vigil 5:00 pm English another form of veneration. Vigilia Pascual 7:00 pm Spanish Easter Vigil: Because of time restrictions, we Easter Sunday: 6:30 am English will use a reduced number of scripture 8:00 am Spanish readings. The rite will include the baptism, 10:00 am English confirmation and first communion of several 11:30 am English adults. Please bring a candle and your own 1:00 pm Spanish chair to the Mass. You may want to bring a No Evening Services on Easter Sunday bottle of water that will be blessed for your use at home. Readings for Holy Week: The readings and prayers for many of our services are too long Easter Sunday: Alleluia! We will celebrate all for us to publish in a Sunday bulletin. These our morning Masses. There will be no readings are now available for you to Evening Masses on Easter Sunday. download as a pdf file at our website: www.saintdominicsavio.org Please Before Holy Week begins: Like last year, I download them to your phone or iPad and invite families to prepare a small table or have them with you before you come to “altar” in their homes before Holy Week Mass on Palm Sunday. begins. Things that can be placed on the altar are: Palm Sunday: We celebrate the triumphal a) a cross and bible entry on Jesus into Jerusalem. Palm, olive and b) photos of your family member (living and other branches will be blessed at all the deceased) who you wish to remember masses. They remind us that we are c) a candle. spiritually invited to welcome Christ as our Savior.