Lent & Holy Week Schedule

Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday, which is always held 46 days (40 fasting days and 6 Sundays) before Easter Sunday.
Norms and Guidelines for Celebrating Lent, Triduum and Easter 2020.pdf History of Lent

Lent
Piedmont Deanery Lenten Penance Services
Ash Wednesday - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
7:00 am (Mass - English)
8:15 am (School Mass)
12:00 pm (Mass - Bilingual)
5:30 pm (Mass - English)
7:30 pm (Mass - Spanish)

Stations of the Cross
Fridays during Lent, 7:00 pm (bilingual)

Reconciliation
Fridays during Lent, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, 9:00 am
Monday March 30, 7:00 pm - Lenten Reconciliation Service

For more activities at our parish during Lent follow this link

Holy Week
Palm Sunday - April 5, 2020
Regular weekend Mass schedule
Weather permitting, Mass will begin with blessing of palms in parking lot between school and Emily K Center, followed by procession into Church (no procession at 7:45am Mass)

Holy Tuesday - April 7, 2020
10:30 am - Diocesan Chrism Mass, Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh
7:00 pm - "Way of the Cross" live performance by Immaculata students

Holy Wednesday - April 8, 2020
1:30 pm - "Way of the Cross" live performance by Immaculata students

Holy Thursday - April 9, 2020
7:00 pm - Mass of the Lord’s Supper (bilingual)
Following Mass, Adoration in the School Gym until 11:00 pm
N.B.: No 8:15 am or 7:00 pm -Spanish– Daily Masses

Good Friday - April 10, 2020
12:00 pm – Church opens for individual prayer
1:30 pm – Seven Last Words of Christ
3:00 pm – Proclamation of the Passion (English)
5:30 pm – Via Crucis (multilingual), Way of the Cross procession through the streets of Durham
7:00 pm – Proclamation of the Passion (Spanish)
N.B.: No 8:15 am Daily Mass

Holy Saturday - April 11, 2020
10:30 am - Blessing of Easter Food, Daily Chapel
8:00 pm - Easter Vigil with Sacraments of Initiation (bilingual)
N.B.: No 8:15 am Daily Mass, 9 am Reconciliation, or 5:30 pm Mass

Easter Sunday - April 12, 2020
Regular weekend Mass schedule