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Holy Saturday Services at St. Francis

A Parish Tradition – Car Blessings

On Holy Saturday.

Celebrate Holy Week and Easter with St. Francis Parish

All are welcome—as always! Sunday, April 1st at 9 am – Palm Sunday Procession & Mass Thursday, April 5th at 7 pm – Holy Thursday Mass Friday, April 6th at 7 pm – Good Friday Liturgy Saturday, April 7th at 1 pm – Blessing of Easter Baskets. Bring your eggs, cooked foods, uncooked foods, baskets [...]

Celebrate Easter with St. Francis Parish

All are welcome—as always! Sunday, April 17, 2010 at 9:00 am – Palm Sunday Procession & Mass Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 pm – Holy Thursday Mass Friday, April 22 at 7:00 pm – Good Friday Liturgies Saturday, April 23 at 1:00 pm – Blessing of the Baskets Bring your eggs, cooked foods, uncooked foods, [...]

Reflection for Holy Thursday

“Take this all of you, and eat it: this is my Body … Take this all of you, and drink: this is the cup of my Blood.” Tonight, the Word of God comes to us and asks us to think about the mystery that took place for the first time in the upper room before [...]

Holy Week at St. Francis, East Meadow, NY

PALM SUNDAY – Procession and Holy Mass at 9am Palm Sunday marks the beginning of “Holy Week.” On this day we commemorate the last triumph of Our Lord Jesus Christ on earth. On this day we celebrate the triumphant entry of our Lord into Jerusalem; when the multitudes, going before and following after Him, cut [...]

Advance Schedule for Lent, Passiontide, and Holy Week

Sunday, March 14 — Solemnity of the Institution of the P.N.C.C., Holy Mass at 9am. Sunday, March 21 — Passion Sunday (the beginning of Passiontide), Holy Mass at 9am. Sunday, March 21 — St. Joseph and St. Patrick Dinner at 3pm. Sunday, March 28 — Palm Sunday, Holy Mass and Liturgy and distribution of Palms [...]

Holy Week, Basket Blessing, and Easter at St. Francis

Passion Sunday

Blessing of Easter Baskets: The blessing of the Easter food or the “Swieconka” is a tradition dear to the heart of every Pole. Being deeply religious, he is grateful to God for all His gifts of both nature and grace, and, as a token of this gratitude, has the food of his table sanctified with [...]

The Lenten Season, Holy Week, and Easter at St. Francis Parish

February 25 – Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Great Lent – Holy Mass and Distribution of Ashes at 7pm. Stations of the Cross every Sunday during the Lent after 9am Holy Mass. March 08 – Solemnity of the Institution of the PNCC March 15 – St. Patrick’s/St. Joseph’s Day Fundraiser Dinner at 3pm in [...]