Lent & Holy Week

  • Lenten Dinners

    Fridays of Lent | 5:30 PM

    St. Ann will offer Lenten Dinners each Friday of Lent (except for Good Friday). 

  • fast & abstinence

    Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

    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.

    Members of the Eastern Catholic Churches are to observe the particular law of their own sui iuris Church.

    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.

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  • 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).

  • 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

  • 40 Hours Devotion

    "COULD YOU NOT WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME?" 
    ~MARK 14:37

    For the first time in several Years, St. Ann Parish will take part in the old tradition of celebrating 40 Hours of worship and devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist. 

    We invite you to sign up to spend an hour (or more) with the Lord as we enter Holy Week. We need at least two people to keep watch every hour, and we need your commitment so that the Blessed Sacrament is never left unattended. 

    St. Ann will observe 40 Hours of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel, Tuesday, April 15th after the 6:30 AM Mass until 9:00 PM on Wednesday, April 16th in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

    Sign up using the SignUp Genius button below!
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  • 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 26, April 2, April 9

    Usual Confession Times at St. Ann are:

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

    There are many resources on our website to help you prepare.Sacrament of Reconciliation Resources

  • Holy Week, Triduum, Easter Schedule 2025

    Sunday, April 13 | Palm Sunday 

    • Vigil Mass Saturday 4:00 PM
    • Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM

    Monday, April 14

    • Masses: 6:30 AM, 8:45 AM

    Tuesday, April 15

    • Masses 6:30 AM, 8:45 AM
    • 40 Hours Adoration Begins 7:00 AM   (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
    • Chrism Mass - St. Louis Cathedral 10:00 AM

    Wednesday, April 16 

    • 40 Hours Adoration Continues until 9:00 PM (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
    • Masses 6:30 AM, 8:45 AM

    Thursday, April 17

    • 8:45 AM | Morning Prayer (No morning Mass)
    • 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, April 18 

    • 8:45 AM | Morning Prayer (No morning Mass)
    • 3:00 PM | Celebration of the Lord's Passion & Veneration of the Cross
    • 7:00 PM | Stations of the Cross

    Saturday, April 19

    • 8:45 AM | Morning Prayer (No morning Mass)
    • 8:00 PM | Easter Vigil

    Sunday, April 20

    Easter Masses
    • 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM

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

  • Lenten Mission Links

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