SANTA CRUZ COUNTY – On Thursday, 6 April 2023, the Sacred Paschal Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord begins with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper and officially concludes with Evening Prayer of Vespers on Easter Sunday, 9 April 2023. The following is a schedule of times and places where the liturgies of the Sacred Paschal Triduum will be celebrated in Santa Cruz County.
(Nota bene: This page will be updated as needed.)
6 April 2023
Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper
It is with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper that the liturgical season of Lent is concluded, and the brief liturgical season formally known as the Sacred Paschal Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord officially begins. The Mass of the Lord’s Supper includes the Washing of Feet and the Transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament. A period of silent adoration follows, which must be concluded before midnight. A brief rite of reception of oils that were blessed at the Mass of Chrism may also be celebrated at the beginning of the evening Mass.
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
5pm – Saint John in Felton
6:30pm – Saint Joseph in Capitola (adoration until 12am)
7pm – Holy Cross in Santa Cruz (Bilingual)
7pm – Our Lady, Star of the Sea in Santa Cruz (Bilingual)
7pm – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville
7pm – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville (Spanish; Kennedy Hall)
7pm – San Agustín in Scotts Valley
7pm – Christ Child in Los Gatos
7pm – Holy Eucharist in Corralitos (Bilingual)
7:30pm – Resurrection in Aptos (adoration until 10pm)
7 April 2023
Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)
The Sacred Paschal Triduum continues not with Mass, which is forbidden on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, but with the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord, which is composed of three parts: (1) the Liturgy of the Word, (2) the Adoration of the Holy Cross, (3) and Holy Communion.
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
12pm – Our Lady, Star of the Sea in Santa Cruz
12pm – Saint Joseph in Capitola
12pm – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville
12pm – San Agustín in Scotts Valley
12pm – Holy Eucharist in Corralitos
12:15pm – Holy Cross in Santa Cruz (Bilingual)
3pm – Saint John in Felton (Stations of the Cross at 12pm)
5:30pm – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville (Spanish; Kennedy Hall)
6:30pm – Our Lady, Star of the Sea in Santa Cruz (Spanish)
6:30pm – Saint Joseph in Capitola
7pm – Holy Cross in Santa Cruz (Bilingual)
7pm – Christ Child in Los Gatos
7pm – Holy Eucharist in Corralitos (Bilingual)
7:30pm – Resurrection in Aptos
8 April 2023
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is a day of prayer and fasting, with the austerity of Lent and Holy Week reaching the point of emptiness and desolation as the Church waits at the tomb of Christ Jesus, recalling the words of the Apostle’s Creed: “He descended into hell”. On the evening of Holy Saturday, the Sacred Paschal Triduum continues with what is officially called the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, which consists of four distinct parts: (1) the Solemn Beginning of the Vigil or Lucernarium (Latin for “service of light”), (2) the Liturgy of the Word, (3), the Baptismal Liturgy, and (4) the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
5pm – Saint John in Felton
7pm – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville
8pm – Holy Cross in Santa Cruz (Bilingual)
8pm – Our Lady, Star of the Sea in Santa Cruz (Bilingual)
8pm – Saint Joseph in Capitola
8pm – San Agustín in Scotts Valley
8pm – Christ Child in Los Gatos
8pm – Resurrection in Aptos
8pm – Holy Eucharist in Corralitos (Bilingual)
8:30pm – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville (Spanish; Kennedy Hall)
9 April 2023
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
“The Christian year reaches its supreme moments in the celebration of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, risen indeed in our human flesh, glorified in that flesh, triumphant over the mortality of that flesh. Again and again, the liturgy resounds with the cry of ‘alleluia!’, as the people reborn through the Paschal Mystery wait in joyful hope for the day when they too will share the glory of their risen Lord” (Bishop Peter J. Elliott, Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year (2002), n. 312/ p. 155).
Masses during the Day
7am – Holy Cross in Santa Cruz
7am – Saint Joseph in Capitola
8am – Our Lady, Star of the Sea in Santa Cruz
8am – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville
8am – San Agustín in Scotts Valley
8am – Holy Eucharist in Corralitos
8:15am – Resurrection in Aptos
8:30am – Holy Cross in Santa Cruz
8:30am – Saint John in Felton
9am – Saint Joseph in Capitola
9:45am – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville (Portuguese)
10am – Our Lady, Star of the Sea in Santa Cruz
10am – San Agustín in Scotts Valley
10am – Christ Child in Los Gatos
10am – Holy Eucharist in Corralitos
10:15am – Resurrection in Aptos
10:30am – Holy Cross in Santa Cruz
11am – Saint Joseph in Capitola
11am – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville
11:30am – Saint John in Felton
12pm – Our Lady, Star of the Sea in Santa Cruz (Spanish)
12pm – Holy Eucharist in Corralitos (Spanish)
12:30pm – Holy Cross in Santa Cruz (Spanish)
12:30pm – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville (Spanish)
1pm – Saint Joseph in Capitola (Spanish)
7pm – Our Lady, Help of Christians in Watsonville (Spanish)
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