Rev. Lawrence E. Toole, 90, Pastor Emeritus of the former St. Patrick Parish, Cumberland, died on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. Calling hours will be on Easter Tuesday, April 22, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Manning-Heffern-O’Neill Funeral Home, 220 Cottage Street, Pawtucket. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial for the repose of Father’s soul will be offered on Easter Wednesday, April 23, at 10 a.m., at St. Joseph Church, 195 Walcott Street, Pawtucket. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence.

The Easter Vigil (also Paschal Vigil, Easter Vigil Mass or Mass of the Easter Vigil) is held after nightfall on Holy Saturday, it is the first Easter Mass to celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the dead, the most important feast in the church’s liturgical year. (Photo: George Martell)

The Church celebrates the redemptive death of Christ on Good Friday.

Every year, the Church celebrates the great mysteries of the redemption of mankind in the “most sacred triduum of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection”(143). (Photo: Diocese of Providence)