A unique Holy Week

Please note that many churches in the Archdiocese of New Orleans will be live-streaming their Holy Week liturgies through various social-media platforms. For the latest list, go to nolacatholic.org/news/virtual-holy-week-schedules.
    

Archbishop Gregory Aymond is scheduled to be the principal celebrant of the Holy Week liturgies at St. Louis Cathedral. No congregation will be allowed inside the cathedral due to precautions against the coronavirus.

St. Louis Cathedral Holy Week schedule:

 

Holy Thursday, April 9, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7 p.m.
Good Friday, April 10, Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord, 3 p.m.
Easter Sunday, April 12, 11 a.m.
    

Archbishop Aymond said the archdiocese would follow all federal and state guidelines on social distancing, which has been extended through April 30.
    

He has asked for prayers for hospital chaplains, health care workers and for family members who cannot visit their loved ones in the hospital during the lockdown period.
    

Archbishop Aymond has advised parishes that they should celebrate the Triduum with “a very small number of people so as not to spread the virus.” Those liturgies are not open to the public.
    

He asked pastors to make the sacrament of confession as available as possible, keeping in mind social distancing requirements.
    

“Please continue to pray for the victims of the virus, those deceased and for our protection,” Archbishop Aymond said.