Easter 2024

Holy Week & Easter Schedule

  • March 31 - Easter Sunday

    Christ is Risen! Alleluia!

    MASS SCHEDULE

    8:00 a.m. - Church

    9:30 a.m. - Church, Chapel, & Fireside*

    11:15 a.m. - Church (also livestreamed), Chapel, & Fireside*

    *Please note, Fireside is located in the school. These Masses will be shorter and geared towards young children.

  • Thank you for joining us for Holy Week

    Holy Week is a sacred time that invites us not just to observe, but to immerse ourselves in the profound mysteries of our faith. During Holy Week, Christians, in special ceremonies and through centuries old rituals, commemorate the words and actions of Jesus' final week before his crucifixion and resurrection. It’s a week where some of the most touching moments of Scripture and music combine to help us walk with Jesus and his disciples through his death and resurrection. These pivotal moments in our Christian journey serve as poignant reminders of the boundless love and sacrifice of Jesus that define our faith. The very essence of Holy Week encapsulates a message so profound and transformative that it has the power to fill our hearts with joy, liberate our spirits, and catalyze a profound transmutation within our lives.

Support our Easter Appeal

We invite you to partner with us to ensure that the message of hope that comes from the Resurrection of Jesus can heal, empower, and bring community to those who struggle. Our Easter Appeal goal is to raise $50,000, which will directly support our spring and summer outreach programs—such as Theology on Tap, Wine Down Wednesdays and Speaker Series—which we hope will not only engage thousands of our own parishioners, but also welcome others to our community. Your generous contribution will help us continue to share the infinite importance of our faith and provide life-changing experiences for those on their spiritual journey.

We give thanks to God for your partnership in our mission and outreach programs. Every gift makes a profound difference. Thank you for your consideration!

Return from Exile: The Journey of Grace

This Lent, we invited you to join us as a people of faith journeying home. We reflected on the image of the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land -- the journey from sin to new life, of leaving and returning, of darkness and light, of loneliness to communion, of separation to reconciliation. The Church has been and continues to be a waypoint; when we join the community of believers, we find a spiritual home where fellowship, charity, and the life of the Spirit flourishes. 

We have enjoyed accompanying you during this holy season. Our Lenten offerings helped many to encounter Jesus, grow in their faith, and strengthen their sense of belonging not only to our parish family, but as part of the larger church and most importantly, to God.

  • We welcomed our largest attendance of guests ever on Ash Wednesday, with a 27% increase from last year.

  • Our parish family and guests came together as a community of faith. Our Lenten Fish Fry had 400 people in attendance. The Lydia Institute offered professional women the opportunity to refocus and recenter on their relationship with God while also having the opportunity to connect with each other. We were inspired by the over 125 men who joined the kick-off of our Men’s Executive Speaker Series and invested in themselves and their spiritual growth throughout this series. A big thank you to our amazing leaders who led the presentations!

  • Our Growing in Grace ministry for 55+ in age, explored Gratitude & Forgiveness, facilitated by Fr. Ken Simpson. With Father Kartje we’ve explored Scripture in an investigation of Lent not as a season of deprivation but as a season of God’s abundant, overflowing mercy!

  • Our young adults came together for a Lenten Retreat at Mission of Our Lady of the Angels, diving into topics of how to move past fear, with God, so that they may face their crosses daily and share God's light and love with those around us.

  • Father Peter helped many to unleash the spiritual power of deepening their prayer life, discovering the significance of prayer as an encounter with God, which can ignite our faith, strengthen our purpose, and restore us in hope. Many also joined us for our Lenten Healing and Reconciliation Service, receiving not only the opportunity to receive the sacraments of healing, but also to pray with fellow parishioners, helping to prepare their hearts for the death and resurrection of our Lord. Every Friday at the noon hour, we skipped lunch and came together for Stations of the Cross, a 14-step devotion that commemorates Jesus Christ’s suffering and death.

  • We also came together for a shared purpose of sharing our gifts with those in need through our Lenten Almsgiving in support of Madonna House. Madonna House is a women’s & children’s shelter reopened by Catholic Charities to support migrant families who are survivors of domestic violence. Our support will help to cover the operating expenses of the House and will help to provide programming essential to the families’ healing.

Our Lenten journey ends at sundown on Holy Thursday as we enter into the Triduum and the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. Please see our Holy Week & Easter schedule above and join us for these most sacred days that our Lenten journey has been preparing us for.