PROVIDENCE — The Diocese of Providence will host the annual Catholic Men’s Conference on Saturday, April 17, at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence. All priests, deacons and other Catholic men are invited for an in-person day of prayer, fellowship and inspired witness from apologist Trent Horn. Horn’s recent presentations have been called “engaging, compelling and incredibly intelligent.”

The Chancery Office Building will be closed for Easter Monday. We will reopen on Tuesday.

Easter Sunday is the greatest of all Sundays, and Easter Time is the most important of all liturgical times.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 6, from 9 - 9:45am at Precious Blood Church, 94 Carrington Avenue, Woonsocket. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for the repose of Father’s soul on Tuesday, April 6, at 10am at Precious Blood Church, Woonsocket. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, West Warwick.

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.

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

Alleluia! It’s the word that will resound too many times to count in our churches and across the globe on Easter Day....

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).

PROVIDENCE — The faithful at St. Patrick Church joined Catholics around the world in the celebration of Palm Sunday, marking the start of Holy Week.

ROVIDENCE — Following a year like no other in recent history, the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic was still hanging in the air like the incense smoke used to bless the sacramental oils at this year’s Chrism Mass.

Holy Thursday and Good Friday are particularly solemn days as we commemorate the Last Supper and the Crucifixion of Our Lord.

Every year this liturgy leaves us amazed: we pass from the joy of welcoming Jesus as he enters Jerusalem to the sorrow of watching him condemned to death and then crucified. That sense of interior amazement will remain with us throughout Holy Week. Let us reflect more deeply on it.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Christian life should be filled with amazement — astonishment at the son of God suffering and dying for humanity and awe at realizing how precious and loved people are in his eyes, Pope Francis said. “Can we still be moved by God’s love? Have we lost the ability to be amazed by him?” the pope asked in his homily during Palm Sunday Mass, marking the start of Holy Week.

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, or “Passion Sunday” ...

EWTN's programming for Holy Week & Easter Sunday

Palm Sunday, March 28 at 9:15 a.m. , Holy Thursday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m., and Easter Sunday, April 4 at 9:15 a.m. Seating is limited, advance reservations required, please contact Irma I. Rodriguez at 401.278.4578 or irodriguez@dioceseofprovidence.org. The Holy Masses listed above will all be live-streamed here, https://vimeo.com/stpats

Sat., March 27 thru Sun., April 4. Of note: Both the 10 a.m. Palm Sunday Holy Mass and the 10 a.m. Easter Sunday Holy Mass in the Cathedral will be live streamed on the diocesan YouTube channel. Visit YouTube.com and search “Diocese of Providence.”

Unable to attend Holy Mass? Rev. Jeremy J. Rodrigues, S.T.L., Administrative Secretary to the Bishop & Director of the Office for Divine Worship, Diocese of Providence, RI, explains how to Make a Spiritual Communion. Available in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Unable to attend Holy Mass? Find televised Masses and Masses live-streamed on the web/internet here. **RESUMING PUBLIC WORSHIP: Please consult parish websites, bulletins, and social media often for the most up-to-date Mass times as we move to resume public worship. Be reminded that some parishes may continue with live-streaming liturgies, Mass times may change, and each parish will have guidelines in place for parishioners. Please contact each parish directly for the most up to date information.**

The annual Chrism Mass is set for Monday in the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Providence.