Holy Week 2026

Your desire to return to confession is all you need! Show up at one of our many confession times, or call a priest to schedule a time. After that, just tell the priest it's been a long time since your last confession and they will guide you through. There are also examinations of conscience near the confessional if you find that helpful. But you are also welcome to just come and let Fr. Tom or Fr. John walk you through. Did you know that priests, like the Good Shepherd, rejoice to welcome you back to confession? There is no judgement, only mercy. 

 Short answer: No. Why not? This is the holiest week of the year and it begins with Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday and it culminates with the Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil (along with Easter Sunday).  These three days, although they are the holiest days of the year, make up one big liturgy, extended over three days; only Easter is a Holy Day of Obligation. 

However, as Christians entering into Holy Week, we should not have to be told or obligated to enter these three days because a Christian should automatically want to enter into these three days (unless other serious obligations do not allow one to). 

Jesus shows us the depths of his love through these liturgies; we enter into his paschal mystery, his life, death, and resurrection. The liturgies make present to us his great saving act.  We are at that last supper, we enter into the garden in prayer, we walk the road of calvary, we see our Lord crucified, and in the end we are witnesses to his power, his resurrection.  As Christians, this is an event we really don’t want to miss!

This sets the tone for Holy Week by focusing on Jesus' suffering and sacrifice. It helps the faithful reflect on the events that lead up to and encompass our Lord's redemptive passion and death.