Each year to begin our celebration of Holy Week we sponsor a
Seder Meal on the Saturday of Passion Sunday weekend. This
year it took place on Saturday, April 12th following the 4:00 PM
Mass. In addition, we celebrate the blessing of palms at each
liturgy. We also blessed the Easter baskets that had been
prepared for Abby's House in Worcester from donations we had
received from parishioners, over 100 of them!
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A view of the gathering for our
evening Seder meal. |
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Howard celebrates a lifelong
tradition for his family and leads our Seder. |
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Another view of Howard leading our
evening ritual. |
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A close up of our head table. |
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His wife Joanne lights the evening
candle. |
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The kitchen crew gets the meal ready
(looks like they have a lot of fun in there!). |
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A shot of the Seder plate and the
special foods, each of which has a meaning for this Passover
from slavery to freedom. |
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One of the tables enjoys the
evening's events. |
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Another table at the gathering. |
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A view of some of the happy
participants. |
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On Sunday, Fr. Bill Clark, sj, of
the College of the Holy Cross with Deacon Dick Olson leads our
morning liturgy. |
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A view of the crowd that gathered
for the blessing of the palms on this beautiful and sunny
morning. |
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A different of the gathering at
prayer. |
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The procession heads into church for
the liturgy. |
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And they keep coming, singing and
praying. |
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And coming, and coming. |
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A view of the Easter baskets that
had been prepared for Abby's house and that were blessed
during weekend Masses. |
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Another view of the plethora of
baskets. |
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A view from the other side of the
sanctuary. |
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And yet another view of the baskets
prepared for the woman and children of Abby's House. |
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Our Spanish community begins with
the blessing of the palms in the gym. |
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We start our procession and singing. |
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We make a trip around the inside to
organize the procession and get our singing voices in form. |
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Then we head out the doors, down the
street, and along Hamilton Street to process in the main doors
of the church and follow with Mass. |
