Lent & Holy Week

  • Evenings of Confession

    The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) will be available in all parishes of the Archdiocese of New Orleans

    5:00 - 6:30 PM
    March 6, March 13, March 20

    Usual Confession Times at St. Ann are:

    Tuesday 6:00 PM
    Saturday 3:00 PM
    By Appointment
    No Convessions on Holy Saturday

    There are many resurces on our websiteto help you prepare.

    Sacrament of Reconciliation Resources
     

  • Rosary for
    Peace in the World

    Fridays of Lent | 6:40 PM

    We earnestly ask you to join us each Friday during Lent at 6:40 pm in the Church to pray the Rosary for Peace in Ukraine. We will pray the Rosary beginning this Friday February 24 and will do so for each of the seven Fridays in Lent. Our Rosary will be recited just before the Stations of the Cross which begin at 7:00 pm.
    We pray for Ukraine. For all of humanity distorted by war. For all the lives lost, homes seized, and peace broken. May the Spirit of comfort and compassion envelop all who dwell in fear.
    Please join us every Friday during Lent to pray the Rosary for Peace in Ukraine.
    Again, we begin Friday, February 24th at 6:40 pm.
    If you would like to sign up to leade a Rosary, please sign up using this link: 
    Sign Up to Lead a Friday Rosary

  • Stations of the Cross

    Fridays of Lent | 7 PM

    Stations of the Cross will take place every Friday of Lent at 7:00 PM in Church.

    There are many resources on our website for praying the 
    Stations of the Cross

  • 2024 Lenten Mission
    March 18 - 20

    Fr. Daid Michael Moses

    Please welcome Fr. David Michael Moses | March 18 - 20
    Mission Mass Times:
    Weekdays | 10 AM and 7 PM
    Saturday | 10 AM and 4 PM
    Sunday | 8 AM, 9:30 AM, 11 AM, and 5 PM

    We look forward to welcoming Fr. David Michael Moses to lead our Lenten Mission this year with the theme "The Catholic Blueprint: How the Sacraments Sanctify Us."

    Fr. David Michael Moses is 30 years old and grew-up in Houston, Texas. He started college when he was just 14 and graduated with his bachelor’s degree at the age of 18. He was accepted into several law schools, but ultimately felt called to the priesthood and entered seminary for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. He was ordained in 2019 at the age of 25 and is now the parochial vicar at Christ the Good Shepherd in Spring, Texas. He enjoys writing music and his “Concerts for Life” have collectively raised over $788,000 to assist women in crisis pregnancies. Fr. David Michael is the founder of the Pilgrim Rosary project and is also active on social media where he shares stories from priestly life.

  • Triduum and Easter Schedule 2024

    Thursday, March 28

    • 8:45 AM | Morning Prayer
    • 7:00 PM | Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper followed by a procession to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until Midnight Prayer

    Friday, March 29 

    • 8:45 AM | Morning Prayer
    • 3:00 PM | Celebration of the Lord's Passion & Veneration of the Cross
    • 6:40 PM | Rosary for Peace in Ukraine
    • 7:00 PM | Stations of the Cross

    Saturday, March 30

    • 8:45 AM | Morning Prayer
    • 8:00 PM | Easter Vigil

    Sunday, March 31
    Easter Masses

    8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM

    No 3 PM Confessions on Holy Saturday
    No 5 PM Mass on Easter Sunday

  • Holy Week - Triduum

    Holy Week is the most solemn and glorious week in Christianity, the pinnacle of the liturgical year. It's more sacred than Christmas! This is because Holy Week commemorates the final week of Our Lord's life, the very purpose for which Christmas happened.

    Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday (when Jesus made his final entrance into Jerusalem) and culminates with Easter Sunday. As Holy Week progresses to its final days the solemnity heightens.
     

    THE SACRED TRIDUUM

    We strongly encourage you to participate in as much of the Sacred Triduum as possible.

    Sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Sunday is considered the most solemn part of the liturgical year. This three-day period is referred to as the Easter Triduum, also known as the Sacred Triduum, or Paschal Triduum.

    Basically, the Sacred Triduum is one great festival recounting the last three days of Jesus' life on earth, the events of his Passion and Resurrection, when the Lamb of God laid down his life in atonement for our sins.

    "Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ's Paschal Mystery" (USCCB).
     

    **Taken from https://www.catholiccompany.com/.../the-easter-triduum...