Holy Week Mercy Missions
“Go, do not be afraid, and serve: you will experience that the one who evangelizes, receives joy.”
- Pope Francis
March 31 - April 3, 2021
Holy Week Missions 2021
If you've been wanting to share your Catholic faith with others in a dynamic way by ministering to the suffering Christ in the poor and homeless through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, this is your chance...
The Holy Week Mission Calendar (typical, not definitive)
MEET AT: (Location to be determined)
Wednesday March 31
- 7:15pm Commissioning Mass @ Mater Dolorosa for all missionaries and their families.
- 8pm Missionary training and orientation, fellowship + icebreakers
- 10pm Inter-City Missionary Zoom conference!
Thursday April 1
- 9am Missionary Commissioning
- 9:30 Depart from Mater Dolorosa to Chateau de Notre Dame
- 11:30 Lunch at Mater Dolorosa
- 12:30 Depart for The New Orleans Mission
- 5pm Dinner at parish
- 7pm Mass of the Lord's Supper at Mater Dolorosa
- 8pm Eucharistic Adoration, Operation Gethsemane
Friday April 2
- 9am Live Way of the Cross, starting at St John the Baptist (1139 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.) ending at Cathedral
- 3pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion @ Mater Dolorosa
- 5pm Dinner at parish, training, homeless meal prep
- 7:30pm Depart on Midnight Run to feed the homeless
Saturday April 3
- 9:30 Directed Prayer at parish
- 10am Departure for cemetery
- 1pm Sreet evangelization / New Orleans Mission
- 5pm Dinner at parish, testimonies
- 8pm Solemn Easter Vigil at Mater Dolorosa. Followed by Alleluia party - all invited!
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