Easter in Little Rome

The Sacred Triduum

Campus Ministry invites the university community to come together for this sponsored schedule. Please RSVP to receive reminders and updates about the Triduum.

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Other Schedules

Triduum schedules elsewhere may be found at St. Anthony's Church, The Basilica, Franciscan Monastery, Dominican House of Studies, Saint Anselm's Abbey, and elsewhere.

Campus Note

There will be no Triduum liturgies celebrated on campus. The regular Mass schedule resumes Easter Monday, April 6, at 5:10 PM & 10:00 PM.

Holy Thursday

7:30 PM
Mass of the Last Supper
Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land

Meet at Angels Unawares at 6:40 PM to walk together.

8:30 PM
Seven Church Pilgrimage

Procession from Mass to the grotto of Gethsemane at the Franciscan Monastery. Route: (1) Franciscan Monastery, (2) Saint Clare's Convent, (3) Saint Joseph's Seminary, (4) Capuchin College, (5) Saint John Paul II National Shrine, (6) Basilica, and (7) Dominican House of Studies.

11:45 PM
Compline
Dominican House of Studies

Good Friday

1:00 - 5:30 PM
Veneration of the Relics of the Lord's Passion
Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
3:00 PM
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Dominican House of Studies
7:30 PM
Burial Service
Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land

Meet at Angels Unawares at 6:40 PM to walk together. The church will remain open until midnight.

Holy Saturday

8:00 AM
Office of Readings and Lauds
Dominican House of Studies
8:00 PM
The Great Easter Vigil
St. Anthony of Padua Parish Church

At St. Anthony of Padua Parish Church. Residents, students, and
staff of Little Rome enter the Catholic Church and are received
by our pastor, Fr. Fred Close. Meet at Angels Unawares at 7:30 PM to
walk together.

11:00 PM
Reception and Celebration
St. Anthony's Margot Hall

Easter Sunday

12:00 PM
Solemn Paschal Mass
Basilica of the National Shrine (with Archbishop Robert Cardinal McElroy)
2:30 PM
Misa Solemne de Pascua
Con el presidente de nuestra conferencia episcopal, Arzobispo Timothy Broglio, en la Basílica del Santuario Nacional.