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    Holy Week

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    Holy Week Schedule
    (day-by-day schedule of events)
    Holy Week Schedule (day-by-day)

    Monday - Tuesday (March 21-22)

    9:00am Mass (Rosary at 8:30am)

    Wednesday (March 23)

    9:00am Mass (Rosary at 8:30am)
    6:00pm Mass
    6:30pm The Light is On (Sacrament of Confession, until 8:00pm)
    ​6:30pm Eucharistic Adoration

    Holy Thursday (March 24)

    9:00am Morning Prayer (Rosary at 8:30am)
    7:30pm Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper (bilingual)
    9:00pm Eucharistic Adoration until 5:00am​

    Good Friday (March 25)

    (day of fast and abstinence)
      9:00am Morning Prayer (Rosary 8:30am)
      9:30am Confessions (until 10:30am)
    12:00pm Stations of the Cross
    12:30pm Confessions (until 1:30pm)
      3:00pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion
      6:00pm Live Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis - Spanish with translation)


    Holy Saturday (March 26)

      9:00am Morning Prayer with Blessing of Easter Food (Rosary 8:30am)
      9:30am Confessions (until 10:30am)
      9:30am Decorate for Easter (until noon)
      8:30pm Easter Vigil Mass (bilingual, until 10:30pm)
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    Holy Week Events
    (by type of event)
    Holy Week Special Events

    Sacrament of Confession and Reconciliation

    Wednesday, March 23  6:30 - 8:00pm
    Friday, March 25            9:30 - 10:30am
    Friday, March 25          12:30 -  1:30pm
    Saturday, March 26       9:30 - 10:30am

    Stations of the Cross

    Friday, March 25         12:00pm
    Friday, March 25         6:00pm (Live Via Crucis, Spanish and English)

    Holy Thursday Adoration

    • The evening Mass of the Lord's Supper (7:30pm) ends with the removal of the Body of Christ from the tabernacle in the main body of the church.
    • The Eucharist is carried in procession to Creedon Hall, where it is kept overnight, to be distributed during the commemoration of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday.
    • After the procession, the altar is stripped bare, and all bells in the church are silent until the Gloria at the Easter Vigil.
    • ​Parishioners are invited to bring white flowers to place before the Blessed Sacrament during the overnight Adoration.


    Live Via Crucis
    ​(Good Friday, March 25, 6:00pm)

    • GS parishioners present a live "Via Crucis" or Stations of the Cross. (Spanish and English) Starts at 6:00pm in the church parking lot.

    Easter Sunday (March 27)

    Easter Mass Schedule
      7:30am

      9:00am*
    10:30am*
    12:00noon
      2:00pm* (in Spanish)


    *Mass in church and Creedon Hall; overflow parking and shuttle at Mt Vernon HS

    PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE:

    There is NO 5:00pm Mass on Holy Saturday (and no 6:30pm Mass in Spanish).
    There is NO 6:30pm Mass on Easter Sunday.


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    Good Shepherd Catholic Church
    8710 Mount Vernon Highway Alexandria, Virginia 22309
    Phone: (703) 780-4055    FAX:
    (703) 842-8232    Email: office@gs-cc.org
    Office Hours: M-F 9:30am - 5:00pm  Closed Saturday  Open 1st,  3rd and 5th Sundays 8am - 4pm 

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