Holy Week Schedule
MAUNDY THURSDAY | April 2
5:30 PM Holy Week Wonderings in the Holy Cross Children’s Room
This is an opportunity for children to ask questions about the meaning of Holy Week.
6:00 PM Light Dinner in St. Bede's Chapel
We will begin the evening with a light soup dinner gathered together in St. Bede's Chapel.
7:00 PM Holy Eucharist
This service, when we remember the institution of the Lord’s Supper, will include the optional washing of feet. It will conclude in silence with the stripping of the altar.
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8:00 PM All Night Vigil – Altar of Repose | St. Bede’s Chapel
You are invited to spend part of this night in prayer at Palmer as Jesus invited his disciples to do so in the Garden of Gethsemane. Special music will be offered in the chapel 8:00-9:00 PM on Thursday night and 7:00-8:00 AM on Friday morning.
GOOD FRIDAY | April 3
NOON Good Friday Liturgy | Church
Street parking on Main Street will be available for this service by obtaining a permit from the officer by the welcome tent.
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1:15 PM Stations of the Cross | Church
7:00 PM Le Chemin de la Croix | Church
Palmer’s Organist and Artist-in-Residence, Ken Cowan, will play Marcel Dupré’s Le Chemin de la Croix (Stations of the Cross) on our Fisk organ. The poetry of Paul Claudel, read by Carol Streatfeild, will accompany the music.
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HOLY SATURDAY | April 4
10:00 AM “Easter Grace Gardens” | Courtyard
Everything will be provided, but you may also bring a flowerpot or shallow dish to fill.
7:00 PM The Great Vigil & First Eucharist of Easter
This Festival Choral Eucharist will include music by Palmer’s adult and children's choirs.
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EASTER DAY | April 5
9:00 AM The Second Eucharist of Easter - Rite II
This Festival Choral Eucharist will include music by Palmer’s adult choir.
11:00 AM The Third Eucharist of Easter - Rite I
This Festival Choral Eucharist will include music by Palmer’s adult choir.
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Free parking will be available for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter services in the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza parking garage located across Cambridge Street from the church at 6400 Fannin Street. Simply bring the ticket you receive when entering the parking garage to the Welcome Table at the front entrance of the church to have it validated. When exiting the garage, if the ticket machine indicates a fee, press the cancel button and then insert your validated parking ticket. The gate will open immediately. If you need assistance, please press the help button on the ticket machine to notify a parking attendant.
On Easter morning, additional free parking will be available in the lot north of Palmer’s campus, the lot south of campus, along the Palmer side of Main Street, and across Main Street at Rice University in the Founder’s Court parking lot. For directions to the Founder’s Court lot and information about paid parking options in the Rice University Cambridge Office Building and Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza garages, please visit the Welcome Page on our website: https://palmerchurch.org/welcome/