If you have not made a sacramental confession, now is the time! In addition to times after the 4pm Mass, we will have additional times during Holy Week:
- Wednesday, March 20, 7:00 pm Confessions will be available from several priests at St. Anthony Church in connection with the First Reconciliation for our second graders. We invite parishioners who find this time convenient to come, but we ask that they wait until after the second grade students and their families have had the opportunity to go first.
- Saturday, March 23, 5:00 pm at St. Anthony Church — our regular Saturday time!
- Palm Sunday, March 24, 2:00 pm at Blessed Sacrament Church: community-wide penance service with the priests of the Quincy area.
- Wednesday, March 27, 4:00 to 6:00 pm, and then after the 6:00 pm Mass until all are heard at St. Anthony Church
- Good Friday, March 29, 4:00 to 6:00 pm at St. Anthony Church
- Holy Saturday, March 30, 4:00 pm until all are heard at St. Anthony Church
Our other Holy Week observances:
- Tuesday, March 26, 6:00 pm: Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield— Mass celebrated by Bishop Paprocki to bless the sacramental oils for the Easter Season and the year to follow.
- Thursday, March 28: No morning Mass at St. Anthony or at Good Samaritan Home
- Thursday, March 28, 6:30 pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper at St. Anthony Church. After Mass adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be available in Our Sorrowful Lady’s chapel until at least 10:00 pm.
- Friday, March 29: No morning Mass at St. Anthony
- Friday, March 29, 1:00 pm: Stations of the Cross, lead by Deacon Harry Cramer
- Friday, March 29, 6:30 pm: Liturgy of the Passion and Death of the Lord at St. Anthony Church
- Saturday, March 30, 8:00 pm: The Easter Vigil— the first Mass of the Easter Season. Please note that on Holy Saturday, as is the norm throughout the Catholic Church, Mass cannot be celebrated until after nightfall. There will be no 4:00 pm or 6:30 pm Masses at St. Anthony Church on Saturday, March 30. The Easter Vigil Celebration will commence with the lighting of the Easter Fire at 8:00 pm.
- Easter Sunday, March 31, 8:00 am and 10:30 am