All Services will be live streamed.  Instructions on how to view the live stream of all our Holy Week Liturgies are at the end of this schedule
 
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, April 5, 9:30 am.  Blessing of palms - anyone wishing a palm branch may pick up one in church from Sunday to Thursday between the hours of 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.  Live streamed
 
Holy Week Masses for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - 9:00 am from the chapel in the Parish Center.
 
Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) Father Michael will be available on the front porch of the rectory at 631 State Street Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Penitents will have to make their confession face to face and six feet from the confessor.  
 
The Sacred Paschal Triduum
 
Holy Thursday – April 9  - Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 pm.  We suggest that you make a spiritual communion as you view the live stream of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. St. Thomas Aquinas once defined a Spiritual Communion as “an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament [in Communion at Mass] and in lovingly embracing Him as if we had actually received Him.” You may want to use this prayer composed by St. Alphonsus Liguori in the 19 ^th century:
 
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
 
Good Friday – April 10 - The church will be open from 8:00 am – 2:30 pm and then again from 4:00 – 7:00 pm
 
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion – 3:00 pm. 
 
Stations of the Cross has been recorded and can be viewed anytime during the day see instructions below.
 
 
Easter Vigil in the Holy Night – April 11 – 8:00pm
 
Easter Sunday – April 12 – 9:30 am
 
Instructions on how to view the live streaming of the Holy Week Liturgies:
On your computer, desktop, laptop, iPhone or iPad go to Facebook.com/sfauptown.  If you do not have a Facebook account, you will be prompted to log in, create an account, or NOT NOW.  If you do not want to create a Facebook account, please click “Not Now” and you will still have the opportunity to watch Mass.
 
 
Let us implore the intercession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor to hasten to help us and our patron St. Francis of Assisi to make us instruments of the Lord’s peace.