The Easter Vigil is the high point of the Easter Triduum, celebrating the passion and resurrection of Jesus. With a rich display of symbols, rites and readings, the church in worship expresses her faith in the mystery that brings her into being. Nursery care available.

The Good Friday rites center around the reading of the Passion of Jesus. With simple dignity that story is retold, followed by prayers for the entire world, for this powerful mystery brings blessings to the world. It is a day of fasting and quiet mourning. Nursery care available.

The devotion known as the Way of the Cross is an adaptation to local usage of a custom widely observed by pilgrims to Jerusalem: the offering of prayer at a series of places in that city traditionally associated with our Lord's passion and death.

This service will be held be held at St. Joseph's Episcopal Church. If you wish, you may meet at 11:45 a.m. in the St. John's parking lot to carpool.

The Easter Triduum begins with mass on Maundy Thursday when Jesus sacramentally anticipated the gift he would make of himself on the cross. His command to serve others is dramatically recalled this night in the ceremony of the washing of the feet, which he performed in the supper room for his disciples. Like the Paschal lamb, killed and eaten by the people, according to the Old Testament account read from Exodus this evening, he is a sign of God's salvation. Nursery care available.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and commemorates both Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the Passion.  Rites that observe this day have been passed down through generations of Christians. In fact, the pilgrim Egeria describes a Palm Sunday observance in Jerusalem around 381-384. As the people walked down the Mount of Olives and into the city, they waved branches of palm or olive trees, sang psalms, and shouted the antiphon, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" 

By the twelfth century, the custom of blessing the palms with a procession was widely accepted, though cermonies could differ greatly. 

St. John's, too, will participate in the tradition of this special rite. We hope you will all join us in the Palm Sunday procession on April 13 and hear the Passion narrative. The 10:30 a.m. service will begin behind the Kyle House with the Liturgy of the Palms and then go into the church in procession.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and commemorates both Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the Passion.  Rites that observe this day have been passed down through generations of Christians. In fact, the pilgrim Egeria describes a Palm Sunday observance in Jerusalem around 381-384. As the people walked down the Mount of Olives and into the city, they waved branches of palm or olive trees, sang psalms, and shouted the antiphon, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" 

By the twelfth century, the custom of blessing the palms with a procession was widely accepted, though cermonies could differ greatly. 

St. John's, too, will participate in the tradition of this special rite. We hope you will all join us in the Palm Sunday procession on April 13 and hear the Passion narrative. The 8 a.m. service will begin in the church with the Liturgy of the Palms.