HOLY WEEK
By order of The Most Reverend Bishop Checchio the Liturgies and Devotions of Holy Week and Easter Sunday are to be cancelled for the public.  This is in accord with the Stay at Home order of the Governor.  St. Helena Church will continue to celebrate Masses privately until further notice.
     On PALM SUNDAY there is to be NO PUBLIC GATHERING (inside or outside Churches, in cars, etc.).  Blessed palms will be made available for
distribution at a later date – they are NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE at this time. If one person who has the coronavirus even touches some of the palm which someone else will take, they could be infecting them. The risk is too high as doctors are telling us that the virus is very contagious. You do not want to be the one who endangers the lives of others, especially our elderly.
     The Mass for Palm Sunday will be celebrated by the Bishop without a congregation, with palms blessed, and broadcast via the live-stream internet on the Cathedral web site at https://www.stfranciscathedral.org/at 10:30 am on Sunday, April 5, 2020.
 
CHRISM MASS
     The Chrism Mass will be postponed and re-scheduled for another date/time with the renewal of priestly commitment and the blessing/consecration of oils occurring at that time.
 
HOLY THURSDAY
No public gatherings (inside or outside Churches, in cars, etc.). Televised or live-stream broadcasts should be live (not recorded). The Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated by the Bishop without
a congregation and broadcast via the live-stream internet on the Cathedral web site at https://www.stfranciscathedral.org/ at 7:30 pm on Thursday, April 9, 2020.
 
GOOD FRIDAY
      The Commemoration/Celebration of the Lord’s Passion will be celebrated by the Bishop without a congregation and broadcast via the live-stream internet on the Cathedral web site at https://www.stfranciscathedral.org/ at 3:00 pm on Friday, April 10, 2020.
 
HOLY SATURDAY
The Easter Vigil will be celebrated by the Bishop without a congregation and broadcast via the live-stream internet on the Cathedral web site at https://www.stfranciscathedral.org/ at 8 pm on Saturday, April 11, 2020.
 
EASTER SUNDAY
No public gatherings (inside or outside Churches, in cars, etc.). Mass for Easter Sunday will be celebrated by the Bishop without a congregation and broadcast via the live-stream internet on the Cathedral web
site at https://www.stfranciscathedral.org/ at 10:30 am on Sunday, April 12, 2020.
 

Online Masses