Friday Five - April 3rd

Easter Liturgy Schedule

The Sacred Paschal Triduum is the pinnacle of the liturgical year and of the Christian life. By means of unique celebrations, the Church accompanies her divine Spouse in his passion and resurrection, beginning with the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper, through his crucifixion, and ending with his victory over death. Our celebration of the Easter Triduum at All Saints is as follows:

Good Friday, 4/3: 3pm

Easter Vigil, 4/4: 8pm

Easter Sunday, 4/5: 10am

• Confessions:

  Good Friday - April 3 - 2:15–2:45pm

  Easter Sunday - April 5 - 9:15–9:45am

All families, friends, and guests of All Saints parish are warmly invited to a festive Easter Sunday Potluck Brunch immediately following our Easter Sunday Mass on April 5th.  The potluck will take place on the lawn of All Saints.  Please bring a few chairs or blankets to help accommodate everyone.  If you have a folding table to lend us for the day, please contact Lorna Wanner. And, in order to have a full spread of food items, please click on the link below and sign-up to contribute to the brunch.

• Easter Brunch Sign-up

Candidates & Elect Coming into Full Communion

This Saturday, our elect, Heather and Ted,  will enter into the Holy Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.   Please remember them in your prayers as they make their final preparations for initiation into the Body of Christ.

 Last Saturday, at the Palm Sunday Vigil, we welcomed into full communion our candidates, Aiden and Kim.  Welcome home Aiden and Kim!  May the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ lead you to everlasting life. 

The Greatest Week of the Church Year

During Eastertide  the traditional  greeting between Christians is, “Rejoice, Christ is risen!” and the response,  “He is risen indeed!” Because the celebration of Christ conquering sin and death by His death and resurrection is too great to be confined to just one day, Catholics enjoy eight octave days of celebration and feasting. And Friday in the Octave of Easter is not a day of abstinence, because it is a solemnity (see Canon 1251 from the 1983 Code of Canon Law).

The Easter Octave begins on Easter Sunday and ends on the Second Sunday of Easter of the Divine Mercy. Every day within the Octave is treated the same as the original solemnity of Easter. The eight days of the Easter Octave gives us time to impress upon our souls the mysteries, joys and graces of the greatest feast of the Church.  

Divine Mercy Sunday (also called Low Sunday, White Sunday, or Quasi Modo Sunday) marks the closing of the greatest week of the liturgical year but not the end of Easter. The Easter season continues until Pentecost, 50 days from Easter Sunday.  Here are a few resources for more information on the Octave of Easter and  the promises of Divine Mercy Sunday. 

• Catholic Culture on the Easter Octave 

• EWTN: An Easter Octave Guide for Catholic Families

 Mystagogy 

From April 15th to May 20th after the 6:00pm Holy Mass, all are welcome to join the OCIA classes of 2025 and 2026 for 6 weeks of deeper study into the Pillars of Catholic Living. This mystagogy period of formation is the final period of initiation for our neophytes. During this period the community helps them make progress in understanding the Paschal Mystery more deeply and carry it over more and more into the practice of daily life.  This period is of great importance in enabling the neophytes, assisted by their godparents, to form closer relationships with the faithful. The lineup of topics and teachers is impressive! Please join us for this fantastic opportunity to strengthen our community as well as our faith.  Feel free to pack a picnic supper. Contact Vicki Borin for more details or with any question.

April 15 -  Mental Prayer, led by Jennifer Howard, OSB (Order of Saint Benedict)

April 22 - Frequent Confession,  Daniel Sweeney and Robyn Reitz

April 29 - Communion and Eucharistic Adoration, JJ and Jessica Mammi

May 6 - Scriptural and Spiritual Reading - TBD

May 13 - Mary, Saints, and Devotions - Josh and Susannah Anderson

May 20 - Stewardship and Handing on of Faith - Shawn and Amy Provencher

 "Thank you!"

~ From the All Saints Youth planning to attend Work Camp

Our Work Camp youth wanted to tell everyone who helped bake, donate, or assisted in the bake sale; THANK YOU! They are almost halfway to their goal! The amount of items donated and the diversity of items really helped. As their next fundraiser, they plan to sell fresh cut flowers at the First Holy Communion Traditional Latin Mass on Sunday, May 3rd. Thank you again! 

Work Camp is a diocesan mission where those who live in poverty can apply to have projects done for them at no cost to them. The money we are raising is for our teens’ entry fees. These fees are used for all the materials needed for the projects. Some projects have been wheelchair ramps, new flooring, new roof, new decks or railings; the list goes on. This year we have 6 teenagers going! Our fundraising goal is approximately $2,700.