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    Holy Week - Special Events

    Holy Week Events (by type of event)
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    Holy Week Day-by-Day Schedule

    Triduum Liturgy

    Holy Thursday, April 9, 2020, Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper  7:30pm (bilingual)
    Good Friday, April 10, 2020, Celebration of the Lord's Passion  3pm (in English) and 7:30pm (in Spanish)
    Holy Saturday, April 11, 2020, Easter Vigil Mass 8pm (bilingual; 2+ hours)

    Sacrament of Confession and Reconciliation

    Monday, April 6, 2020           7:00 - 8:00pm
    Tuesday, April 7, 2020          7:00 - 8:00pm
    Wednesday, April 8, 2020    6:30 - 8:00pm
    Friday, April 10, 2020            9:30 - 10:30am
    Friday, April 10, 2020          12:30 -  1:30pm
    Saturday, April 11, 2020       8:00 -   8:45am and 9:30 - 10:30am

    Stations of the Cross

    Friday, April 10, 2020         12pm
    Friday, April 10, 2020         6:00pm (Live Via Crucis, Spanish and English)

    Holy Thursday Adoration, April 9 (9:30pm - 5am)

    • 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 reserved 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. (NOTE: To donate flowers - please bring them to the office on Wednesday, April 8, any time before 7pm.)

    Live Via Crucis ​(Good Friday, April 10, 2020, 6pm)

    • 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 Mass Schedule

    Holy Saturday, April 11, 2020
    Easter Vigil, 8:30pm (bilingual, 2+ hours long)
    Includes the Service of Light; Liturgy of the Word; Liturgy of Baptism; and Liturgy of the Eucharist. Liturgy begins on the field in front of the church.

    Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020
       7:30 am 
       9:00 am (in church and Creedon Hall)
    10:30 am (in church and Creedon Hall)
    12:00 noon
      2:00 pm (in Spanish; in church and Creedon Hall)
    (Note: no 6:30pm Mass)


    PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE:
    Saturday, April 11 (Holy Saturday):
    • There is NO 5pm Mass (and no 6:30pm Mass in Spanish).
    • There is NO 4pm Confession (and no 6pm Confession in Spanish).
    Sunday, April 12 (Easter Sunday)
    • There is NO 6:30pm Mass (and no 1pm Confession in Spanish).
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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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