Happy Easter to Our School Community

posted by Mrs. Davis on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

This is Holy Week.  The solemn observance of Holy Week began on Palm Sunday.  Each day of Holy Week afford us time to reflect on the events that led up to the death and resurrection of Jesus.

The night before Christ died, he gathered his friends together to celebrate the Jewish feast of Passover. Our seventh grade class will prepared a beautiful Last Supper prayer service for our school community on the last day of school before our Easter break. These students will portray Christ and his apostles as he washed their feet of  and shared his last meal with them.  During that Last Supper Jesus changed the bread and wine into his body and blood.  He also ordained the apostles as his first priests.

SLEs addressed: A. 1-4, B1-4, C 1,2,3, 5 and 6, D. 3 and 4.

On behalf of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help School Community I wish you a Blessed Easter!

The solemn remembrance of Christ’s crucifixion and death on Calvary takes place during the Good Friday liturgy.  This special Liturgy is not a Mass. It is a three–part service: the Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, and Holy Communion. All are invited to participate in this liturgy in our church at 1:30 p.m. on Good Friday.

On Holy Saturday evening the Church celebrates the Easter Vigil.  The liturgy begins with the Service of Light, which is the blessing of the new fire and the lighting of the Paschal, or Easter Candle.  The new baptismal water is also blessed.  Those who have been preparing for baptism are baptized at this Mass which will begin at 7:30 a.m. in our church.  Please see this newsletter for a list of all Holy Week and Easter services that will be held in our church.