Holy Thursday Mass

The Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m. kicks off the great Paschal Triduum, the most important three days of the Church year. The evening Mass on Holy Thursday includes several unique elements:

• The reception of the Holy Oils, consecrated by the Bishop earlier in the week
• The closing Transfer of the Holy Eucharist, followed by silent adoration in the narthex until midnight
• A special procession of our offerings for the poor at the Preparation of Gifts

This liturgy, then, offers us a great chance to restock our Merciful HELP Center food pantry. We encourage you to bring in non-perishable food and toiletry items on Holy Thursday. You can either drop them off at the Matthew 25 Center before Mass, or you can take them to Mass and bring them forward in the offertory procession, where volunteers will be on hand to transport your donations to the pantry. All monetary donations at that Mass will also support our MHC.