Traditional Easter celebrations in Poland are as old and elaborate as Christmas celebrations and they involve a lot of preparations. One week before Palm Sunday, housewives stopped baking bread through the fear that the bread they baked throughout the rest of the year would spoil. Not until the Holy Week did they start baking. In [...]
Holy Week is the last week of Lent, the week immediately preceding Easter or Resurrection Sunday. It is observed in many Christian Churches as a time to commemorate and enact the suffering (Passion) and death of Jesus through various observances and services of worship. While some church traditions focus specifically on the events of the [...]
PALM SUNDAY, March 28th 11:00AM – The Liturgy starts Before Mass – Blessing and procession with Palms HOLY TUESDAY, March 30th 10:00AM – Clergy Conference of the Central Diocese in Scranton, PA and Holy Mass of Chrism (4:00pm) MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 1st 6:00PM – Holy Thursday Mass in Shenandoah. 7:30PM – Holy Thursday Mass in [...]