Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday

On Holy Saturday, April 4, the Church celebrates the Resurrection of Christ.  This celebration, the oldest and most solemn Christian feast, begins in darkness and silence.  The Easter Vigil consists of (1) the Service of Light, (2) the Liturgy of the Word, (3) celebration of Baptism and Confirmation; (4) and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. At the Easter Vigil, we also welcome new members into the Church, and renew our own baptismal promises, confident that we, too, will one day share in the glory of the Resurrection. This year the Easter Vigil will be celebrated in Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church at 8:30 p.m. On Easter Sunday, our observance of the Resurrection continues with the celebration of the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, and with the renewal of our baptismal promises. Mass on Easter will be in Saint James Church at 9 a.m. and in Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church at 11 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV desires to bring us closer to his papacy through technology. His Holiness pointed to the recently canonized Saint Carlo Acutis as a model for using technology to spread the Good News of the Gospel.  In response to the Holy Father’s request to expand evangelization and communication in a digital world, the Vatican developed a news and information platform called Vatican News. The Vatican is providing a new digital widget for this pourpose.  To access the site, simply click: <vaticannews-widget lang="en" fontSize="14"></vaticannews-widget>

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