 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, March 15-16, 2008
Masses at 5:10 p.m. Saturday and 7:00, 8:30, 10:30 a.m., and 5:10 p.m. Sunday.
Please gather in the Gathering Space for the blessing of palms at the 10:30 a.m. liturgy.
Masses during Holy Week
Monday-Wednesday at 6:30 and 8:00a.m., and 12:10 p.m.
Stations of the Cross will precede the 12:10 Mass at 11:40 a.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation 
Monday, March 17: All-day confessions.
Priests from the area will be at the Cathedral from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18: 7:30-7:50 a.m.;11:15 a.m.-12:00 noon.
Wednesday, March 19: 7:30-7:50 a.m.; 11:15 a.m.-12:00 noon.
Good Friday, March 21: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday, March 22: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon.
No Confessions are scheduled for Holy Saturday afternoon.
Chrism Mass, March 20
10:00 a.m. on Holy Thursday.
Triduum at Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman
 Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper,
5:10 p.m., March 20
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will follow the liturgy. At least one person from each family is asked to spend a half hour in adoration at the indicated times according to the first letter of the last name:
6:30-7:00, A,B,C,D
7:00-7:30 E,F,G,H
7:30-8:00, I,J,K,L
8:00-8:30, M,N,O,P
8:30-9:00, Q,R,S
9:00-9:30, T,U,V
9:30-10:00, W,X,Y,Z
10:00 p.m, Holy Thursday Night Prayer.
 Good Friday Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, 12:10 p.m., March 21
Good Friday is a day of abstaining from meat for Catholics 14 and older and a day of fasting for Catholics who are 18 and not yet 59. You may consider observing the paschal fast beginning on the night of Holy Thursday and continuing until the Easter Vigil. We fast as a means of anticipating the celebration of Easter.
"I feel knocked out, but I can think of no good reason for wanting to feel otherwise. There is not much use in making long speeches to Jesus about our pains, especially on Good Friday.” -Thomas Merton (Sign of Jonas)
 The Easter Vigil, 8:00 p.m., March 22
On this holy night, called the “Mother of All Vigils,” the Church keeps watch in darkness, hears the story of God’s work of creation and re-creation, celebrates Christ’s resurrection in the waters of baptism, and gathers at the altar to receive Christ’s body and blood.
Easter Sunday, March 23
Masses at 7:00, 8:30, 10:30 a.m.
The 10:30 Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Jerome Listecki.
There is no 5:10 evening Mass on Easter Sunday.
"In the old days, on Easter night, the Russian peasants used to carry the blest fire home from church. The light would scatter and travel in all directions through the darkness, and the desolation of the night would be pierced and dispelled as lamps came on in the windows of the farmhouses one by one. Even so, the glory of God sleeps everywhere, ready to blaze out unexpectedly in created things.” -Thomas Merton (The New Man)
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