Holy Week and Easter 2023
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion • April 2
Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 pm
Sunday Masses: 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM (Korean), 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 5:00 PM
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Monday – Wednesday • April 3, 4, and 5
Daily Masses: 7:30 AM, 12:00 PM, and 5:30 PM
Confessions: 8:00 – 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 4:30 – 5:30 PM
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Holy Thursday • April 6
Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Washing of the Feet and Procession to the Repository: 6:00 PM
Confessions: 8:00 – 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
There will be no confessions once the Triduum begins until the Tuesday after Easter
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Good Friday • April 7
The Seven Last Words: 12:00 Noon
Guest Preacher: Rev. Canon Michael F. Delaney, Episcopal Priest
Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion: 3:00 PM
Stations of the Cross: 5:00 PM
No Confessions on Good Friday
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Holy Saturday • April 8
The Great Vigil of Easter: 7:00 PM
The Upper Church will remain closed until 6:30 PM.
No confessions on Holy Saturday.
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Easter Sunday • April 9
Masses: 8:00, 9:15 (Korean), 11:00 AM, 12:30 & 5:00 PM
No confessions on Easter Sunday.
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Easter Monday • April 10
Mass at 12:00 PM only
There are no confessions on Easter Monday and the church offices are closed.
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All of our Liturgies will also be available on Livestream on our website and on our Facebook page.
The Queens of Hearts: Women Saints Who Were Queens Throughout Church History
The Queens of Hearts: Women Saints Who Were Queens Throughout Church History
The Queen of Hearts signifies a powerful woman who is regal, has a strong presence, and is compassionate and caring such as Elizabeth of Hungary and Margaret of Scotland. This seminar will also present women from the Hebrew scriptures, other noble women, their male counterparts, and the aristocratic Howard family. They were recusant Roman Catholics from England’s Tudor period during the reign of Henry VIII. Some examples are Bithiah (Pharaoh’s daughter), Queen Esther, Baroness Jeanne de Chantal, Mary Ward, and Satoko Kitahara.
There will be a one-time charge of $12.00 for a follow up class visit (date to be determined during the seminar) to the MET payable at the first class session.
Instructor: Denise De Vito, M.S. Ed
Saturday, March 25, 2023
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Clare Room
Fee: $50.00
The Pastor’s Corner – Sunday, March 19, 2023
Dear Community and Friends of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi,
May the Lord give you peace.
Thank you for your generous response to the Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal. We are at $17,000 of our $73,000 goal; please give as your means allow to help sustain the mission of the Archdiocese. We particularly want to support the work of Catholic Charities.
This weekend we spend some time with the experience of the man born blind as told in the Gospel according to John. He gradually comes to realize that it is Jesus who has opened his eyes. Many were disbelieving, and many who would have preferred that he remain blind. Some see “sin” as the cause of his blindness. As we are on our pilgrimage of transformation, we also realize that there are limits to our vision. With the man born blind, we seek the healing that comes from the encounter with Jesus to open our eyes so that we might see ever more clearly. Perhaps we have limited vision due to culture, tradition, church, or experiences of abuse. We seek to see the presence of the Lord in our life experiences. As we share in his vision, we are liberated for the mission of the Gospel. I invite you to pray with this text considering how we might see things through the lens of compassion and inclusion.
As we celebrate Pope Francis’ ten years as the Bishop of Rome, we see in him a man who continues to invite us to a new vision of the Reign of God. His concern for our participation in creation, his love of the Gospel, and his engaging all of us in a synodal process are blessings for the life of the church and the world. He desires to hear all people’s dreams, hopes, and brokenness. He calls us to be shepherds with him in seeking the broken and the lost. He imagines the church as a field hospital where we triage the many people who have experienced the struggles of life. He calls us to a new way of knowing ourselves as church, and through listening to one another, wash away the mud from our eyes that we might see the graced person who walks with us. With God’s grace, we may see greater equity of ministry by women in the church, the realization of the gifts that people who have suffered fractured relationships of divorce bring to the community, and the talents of our LGBTQ+ members. We need everyone around the table and everyone on the journey. Perhaps our task this week is to open our eyes to recognize the gifts of the people in our lives and our community. With the newly sighted man of the Gospel, we give thanks.
Finally, I invite you to check out the banners at the 32nd Street entrance. The banners have text from the Gospels of the Sundays of Lent. The lengthy scaffolding time was disastrous for our plants, and we will begin planting as the weather changes.
Thank you for all you are for the Church and community!
Blessings and peace,
Fr. Tom, ofm
Lenten Afternoon of Reflection: Contemplate the Passion
Our pastor, Fr. Tom Gallagher, OFM will lead our Lenten Afternoon of Reflection
Contemplate the Passion.
During Holy Week we hear the Passion of our Lord proclaimed twice: once on Palm Sunday and again on Good Friday. Yet how often do we take the time to contemplate Jesus’ suffering and death and what it means for us today? Fr. Tom will lead a discussion of the Passion and give participants a chance to meditate on it and share its implications for us.
Saturday, March 18th, 2:00pm.
San Damiano Hall.
Free and open to the public
No registration necessary
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Fr. James Martin will not be able to join us on March 18th for our annual Lenten Afternoon of Reflection.
Fr. Martin will join us at another time.
Franciscan Short Stories
Franciscan Short Stories: a 5-week series on the life and times of St. Francis of Assisi
During this course, using early Franciscan sources, we will investigate: Who was Francis? Where did he come from? What led him to becoming a saint? What do we know about him, what stories have been told about him, and what can we still learn from him eight centuries after his death?
Instructor: Fr. Steve Patti, O.F.M.
Sundays, February 26 – April 2 (No meeting March 5)
4:00 – 4:45 PM (each session will finish in time for the 5:00pm Mass)
Clare Room
This course is offered free of charge
Lent 2023 at St. Francis of Assisi
LENT 2023 – Our Encounter with God
Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Imposition of Ashes 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM in the Lower Church
Masses: 7:30 AM, 12:00 PM, 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM
Confession: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
SOUP AND SCRIPTURE
February 27 & March 6, 13, 20, 27
6:30pm Francis Room
Join us as we gather to reflect on this season of Lent, quieting ourselves so we may better hear God’s message for us.
LENTEN AFTERNOON OF REFLECTION
Contemplate the Passion
presented by Fr. Tom Gallagher, OFM
During Holy Week we hear the Passion of our Lord proclaimed twice: once on Palm Sunday and again on Good Friday. Yet how often do we take the time to contemplate Jesus’ suffering and death and what it means for us today? Fr. Tom will lead a discussion of the Passion and give participants a chance to meditate on it and share its implications for us.
Saturday, March 18th, 2:00pm.
San Damiano Hall.
PLEASE NOTE:
Father James Martin, SJ., was originally scheduled to present “Learning to Pray.” at this event.
Due to a unforeseen circumstances Fr. James will not be able to be with us on the 18th. We will invite Fr. James to join us again at a future date.
LENTEN PARDON AND PEACE
Encounter God’s Mercy
Thursday, March 30 at 6:30 PM
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
The Stations of the Cross will be prayed every Friday during Lent following our 12 noon and 5:30pm liturgies.
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