Triduum Archives

Holy Week at home: Author offers ideas for a meaningful Triduum

Apr 10, 2020

No in-person Masses, Holy Thursday processions to the altar of repose, communal veneration of the cross, or gathering with fellow parishioners outside, in the dark, faces lit by fire as the Easter Vigil begins. But that doesn’t mean the Triduum still can’t be incredible.

By Maria Wiering

Vatican asks bishops to help faithful celebrate Holy Week, Easter at home

Mar 25, 2020

The Vatican has asked Catholic bishops around the world, both in the Latin rite and the Eastern Catholic Churches, to provide their faithful with resources to support personal and family prayer during Holy Week and at Easter, especially where COVID-19 restrictions prevent them from going to church.

By Cindy Wooden

Vatican issues decree for Holy Week liturgies with pandemic restrictions

Mar 20, 2020

While conferences and meetings can be postponed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter cannot, with the exception of the chrism Mass, said the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.

By Cindy Wooden

Be servants to one another, pope tells prisoners before washing feet

Apr 18, 2019

Jesus’ gesture of washing his disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and prison employees on Holy Thursday.

By Junno Arocho Esteves