Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, March 29

GREENSBURG – Christians around the world will begin the most significant week of the Church year on Sunday, March 29, 2026 with the observance of Palm Sunday.  As the week progresses, Catholics in the Diocese of Greensburg will celebrate the Triduum which begins on Holy Thursday and concludes with the Easter Vigil on Saturday,  April 4, 2026.  At the Easter Vigil Mass, in parishes across the Diocese of Greensburg, 200 people, young and old, will be  officially welcomed and fully initiated in our Catholic community.  83 of those individuals will be  baptized, confirmed and receive the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.  117 candidates, who were already baptized in either the Catholic Church or another Christian denomination, will be confirmed and received the Holy Eucharist for the first time. Catholic in our diocese will rejoice in the Risen Lord on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026.

Bishop Larry J. Kulick’s Holy Week schedule

Palm Sunday: March 29, 2026

• 11:00 AM – Bishop Kulick will preside at Mass at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral (300 North Main Street, Greensburg)

Holy Thursday: April 2, 2026

• 10:00 AM Chrism Mass at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral
  This Mass marks the institution of the priesthood. Priests renew their ordination promises. Bishop Kulick consecrates all holy oils for Church use throughout the year.
• 7:00 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral

Good Friday: April 3, 2026

1:30 p.m.  The Passion of the Lord Service at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral
Good Friday is the only day on which there is no Mass.

7:00 PM Anointing and Burial of Christ Service – Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Lucernemines

Bishop Kulick will preside at a special service on Good Friday at 7:00 PM at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish at the Lucernemines site. The Capuchin friars will be accompanied by the parishioners for a reenactment of the ancient and solemn service of the Anointing and Burial of Jesus, which is traditionally held at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on this holy occasion. This service solemnly reenacts the burial of Christ as the Gospel of John attests. The Franciscans have faithfully prayed this service in Jerusalem since their arrival as Roman Catholic ministers at the Holy Sepulchre in the 13th century. The only other known place, outside of the Holy Land, where this service is held is at the replica in Washington, D.C.

Holy Saturday: April 4, 2026
8:30 PM – Easter Vigil Mass at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral