VENTURA 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 Ventura 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
7pm – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura (Bilingual)
7pm – Saint Julie Billiart in Newbury Park (adoration until 9pm)
7pm – Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Westlake Village
7pm – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura (adoration until 12am)
7pm – Saint Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks (adoration until 12am)
7pm – Saint Anthony in Oxnard (Bilingual)
7pm – Saint Sebastian in Santa Paula (adoration until 11pm)
7pm – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo
7pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (Trilingual)
7:30pm – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley
7:30pm – Saint Jude the Apostle in Westlake Village
7:30pm – Sacred Heart in Ventura (Bilingual; adoration until 12am)
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 – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura (followed by Seven Last Words on the Cross and Stations of the Cross)
12pm – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura
12pm – Sacred Heart in Ventura
12pm – Saint Jude the Apostle in Westlake Village
12pm – Saint Julie Billiart in Newbury Park
12pm – Saint Anthony in Oxnard (preceded by the Stations of the Cross)
12pm – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo
12pm – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley
1pm – Saint Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks (Stations of the Cross at 12pm)
1pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (preceded by Stations of the Cross at 12:30pm)
1pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (Chapel; Vietnamese)
3pm – Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Westlake Village
3pm – Saint Sebastian in Santa Paula (preceded by Stations of the Cross at 2pm)
5pm – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley (Spanish)
5:30pm – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura
6pm – Saint Jude the Apostle in Westlake Village
6:30pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (Chapel; Spanish; preceded by Stations of the Cross at 5:30pm)
6:45pm – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura (Spanish; preceded by the Stations of the Cross at 6pm)
7pm – Sacred Heart in Ventura (Spanish)
7pm – Saint Julie Billiart in Newbury Park
7pm – Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Westlake Village
7pm – Saint Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks (Spanish; Parish Hall)
7pm – Saint Anthony in Oxnard (Spanish; preceded by the Stations of the Cross)
7pm – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo
7pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo
7:15pm – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura (Spanish)
7:30pm – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley
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
7pm – Saint Jude the Apostle in Westlake Village
7pm – Saint Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks
7pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (Chapel; Vietnamese)
7:30pm – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura (Bilingual)
7:30pm – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura
7:30pm – Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Westlake Village
7:30pm – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo
7:30pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (Bilingual)
7:30pm – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley
8pm – Sacred Heart in Ventura (Bilingual)
8pm – Saint Sebastian in Santa Paula
8pm – Saint Julie Billiart in Newbury Park
8pm – Saint Anthony in Oxnard (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
7am – Sacred Heart in Ventura
7am – Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Westlake Village
7:30am – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura
7:30am – Saint Anthony in Oxnard
7:30am – Saint Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks
7:30am – Saint Sebastian in Santa Paula
7:30am – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo
8am – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura
8am – Saint Jude the Apostle in Westlake Village
8am – Saint Julie Billiart in Newbury Park
8am – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo
8am – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley
9am – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura
9am – Sacred Heart in Ventura
9am – Saint Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks
9am – Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Westlake Village
9am – Saint Anthony in Oxnard
9am – Saint Sebastian in Santa Paula
9am – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo
9:15am – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo (Serra Center)
9:30am – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura
10am – Saint Jude the Apostle in Westlake Village
10am – Saint Julie Billiart in Newbury Park
10am – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo
10am – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley
10:30am – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura (Spanish)
10:30am – Sacred Heart in Ventura
10:30am – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (Chapel)
10:45am – Saint Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks
11am – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura
11am – Saint Maximilian Kolbe in Westlake Village
11am – Saint Anthony in Oxnard (Spanish)
11am – Saint Sebastian in Santa Paula
11am – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo
11:15am – Padre Serra Parish in Camarillo (Serra Center)
12pm – Saint Jude the Apostle in Westlake Village
12pm – Saint Julie Billiart in Newbury Park
12pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (Spanish)
12pm – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley
12:05pm – Saint Peter Claver in Simi Valley (Spanish; parish hall)
12:15pm – Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura
12:30pm – Sacred Heart in Ventura (Spanish)
12:30pm – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura (Spanish)
12:30pm – Saint Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks (Spanish)
1pm – Saint Anthony in Oxnard (Spanish)
1pm – Saint Mary Magdalen in Camarillo (Chapel; Latin)
5pm – Our Lady of the Assumption in Ventura
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