Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday... continues with the Chrism Mass... 
Then begins the Triduum:
The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum—from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ's Paschal Mystery.
The single celebration of the Triduum marks the end of the Lenten season, and leads to the Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord at the Easter Vigil.
The liturgical services that take place during the Triduum are:
Click the image for a three minute video on Holy Week from Busted Halo For more information on the Triduum CLICK HERE to link to the USCCB Website
Mass of the Lord's Supper (Holy Thursday)-7:00pm
Holy Thursday begins the Triduum. Mass includes the acceptance of the Blessed oils as well as the washing of the feet.
Following Mass Holy Thursday, the Blessed Sacrament will be in repose until midnight. Please take this opportunity to spend time with our Lord.
St. John Paul II told us: "The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic adoration. Jesus waits for us in the Sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet him in adoration and contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease."
Jesus is asking us, as he did his Apostles, "Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?"
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
Beginning at noon, the church will be open for the opportunity for prayer and reflection.
The Triduum liturgy continues at 3:00pm. The Passion will be proclaimed, we will have adoration of the Cross, and Eucharist will be distributed.
The church will remain open for prayer.
Stations of the Cross begin at 7:00pm.
Good Friday is a day of Fast and Abstinance.
For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.
If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection.
Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord (Easter Vigil-Holy Saturday)- Mass to begin at 8:00pm.
The Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord begins outside at the fire pit, with the lighting of the Easter Fire and blessing of the Paschal Candle. We welcome into the Church the Elect with Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist.
Please note that there are no confessions Holy Saturday and no 4:00pm Mass.
Easter Sunday Masses-
Celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord!
Masses celebrated at
9:00am & 11:30am
Reconciliation
Fr. Arturo celebrates the Sacrament of Reconciliation
each Saturday from 2:30pm-3:30pm.
Extra Confession scheduled for
Wednesday, April 1st - 6:15pm-8:00pm
There will be NO reconciliation Holy Saturday, April 4th.
Almsgiving
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Lenten Rice Bowls are available in the gathering space. If you did not take one, you can make a donation online at https://seaschurch.weshareonline.org/ CRS Rice Bowl is the Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services, the official relief and development agency of the United Stated Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Through CRS Rice Bowl, faith communities in every diocese throughout the U.S. put their faith into action through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Lenten alms donated through CRS Rice Bowl support the work of CRS in roughly 45 different countries each year. 25% of all donations to CRS Rice Boel stay in ur local diocese, supporting hunger and poverty alleviation. More info at: https:www.crsricebowl.org
Help make our Church beautiful for the Easter season! Donate towards the purchase of flowers that will be used to decorate the Sanctuary for the season of Easter. Flowers can be in honor or memory of a loved one, or monies may just be donated. Use the flower envelopes in your envelope packet, donate on our Weshare online giving site (Weshare Giving), or use a plain white envelope marking on the outside 'Easter Flowers.' Click HERE to see a listing of Memorials/Honorings. The suggested donation is $20.00 per flower.
Additional Lenten resources:
The following link has information and resources for Lent from the USCCB
https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year-and-calendar/lent