SANTA BARBARA 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 Barbara 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 Neumann in Santa Maria
5:30pm – San Roque in Santa Barbara (adoration until 10pm)
6pm – Saint Anthony in Los Alamos
6pm – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe (Bilingual; adoration until 12am)
6:30pm – Holy Cross in Santa Barbara (Bilingual)
7pm – Mission Santa Barbara (St Barbara Parish) in Santa Barbara
7pm – Our Lady of Sorrows in Santa Barbara (Bilingual)
7pm – Queen of Angels in Lompoc (Bilingual; adoration until 10pm)
7pm – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria (Bilingual)
7pm – La Purísima Concepción in Lompoc (Bilingual)
7pm – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria (Spanish)
7pm – Saint Mary of the Assumption in Santa Maria
7pm – Saint Joseph in Carpinteria (Bilingual)
7:30pm – Saint Anthony in Los Alamos (Spanish)
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 – San Roque in Santa Barbara
12pm – Saint Joseph in Carpinteria (Divine Mercy Novena at 3pm)
12:30pm – Our Lady of Sorrows in Santa Barbara
1pm – Queen of Angels in Lompoc (Bilingual)
2:30pm – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria (preceded by Stations of the Cross at 12:30pm and the Office of Readings at 1pm)
3pm – Mission Santa Barbara (St Barbara Parish) in Santa Barbara
3pm – La Purísima Concepción in Lompoc
3pm – Saint Mary of the Assumption in Santa Maria (Stations of the Cross at 12pm)
4pm – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe (preceded by Stations of the Cross at 3pm)
5pm – La Purísima Concepción in Lompoc (Spanish)
5:30pm – Saint Anthony in Los Alamos (Spanish)
6pm – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria (Spanish)
6:30pm – Holy Cross in Santa Barbara (Bilingual)
7pm – Our Lady of Sorrows in Santa Barbara (Spanish)
7pm – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe (Spanish; Stations of the Cross at 6pm, “Procession del silencio” at 7:30pm, and “El pesame a la virgen” at 8pm)
7pm – Saint Mary of the Assumption in Santa Maria (Spanish; Stations of the Cross at 6pm)
7pm – Saint Joseph in Carpinteria (Spanish)
7:15pm – Saint Anthony in Los Alamos (preceded by Stations of the Cross)
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
5:30pm – Saint Joseph in Carpinteria
6pm – Queen of Angels in Lompoc (Bilingual)
7pm – San Roque in Santa Barbara
7pm – Holy Cross in Santa Barbara (Bilingual)
7pm – Our Lady of Sorrows in Santa Barbara (Bilingual)
7:30pm – Mission Santa Barbara (St Barbara Parish) in Santa Barbara
7:30pm – Saint Joseph in Carpinteria (Spanish)
8pm – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria (Bilingual)
8pm – Saint Anthony in Los Alamos (Bilingual)
8pm – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe (Bilingual)
8pm – La Purísima Concepción in Lompoc (Bilingual)
8pm – Saint Mary of the Assumption in Santa Maria
9pm – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria (Bilingual)
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
6am – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria
7am – Our Lady of Sorrows in Santa Barbara
7am – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe (Spanish)
7am – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria (Spanish)
7am – Saint Mary of the Assumption in Santa Maria
7am – Saint Joseph in Carpinteria (Spanish)
7:30am – Mission Santa Barbara (St Barbara Parish) in Santa Barbara
7:30am – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria
8am – Queen of Angels in Lompoc
8:45am – Saint Anthony in Los Alamos
9am – Holy Cross in Santa Barbara
9am – Mission Santa Barbara (St Barbara Parish) in Santa Barbara
9am – Our Lady of Sorrows in Santa Barbara
9am – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe
9am – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria (Spanish)
9am – Saint Joseph in Carpinteria
9:30am – San Roque in Santa Barbara
9:30am – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria
9:30am – Saint Mary of the Assumption in Santa Maria
10am – Queen of Angels in Lompoc
10am – La Purísima Concepción in Lompoc
10:15am – Saint Anthony in Los Alamos (Spanish)
10:15am – San Ramon Chapel in Sisquoc
11am – Mission Santa Barbara (St Barbara Parish) in Santa Barbara
11am – Our Lady of Sorrows in Santa Barbara (Spanish
11am – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe (Spanish)
11am – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria
11am – Saint Joseph in Carpinteria (Spanish)
11:15am – Holy Cross in Santa Barbara (Spanish)
11:30am – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria
12pm – Queen of Angels in Lompoc (Spanish)
12pm – Saint Mary of the Assumption in Santa Maria (Spanish)
12pm – La Purísima Concepción in Lompoc (Spanish)
1pm – Our Lady of Sorrows in Santa Barbara (Spanish)
1pm – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe (Spanish)
1pm – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria (Spanish)
3pm – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria (Spanish)
3pm – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria (Spanish)
3pm – Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe (Spanish)
5pm – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria
6:45pm – Saint Louis de Montfort in Santa Maria (Spanish)
7pm – Saint John Neumann in Santa Maria (Spanish)
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