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The Chancery Office Building will be closed for Easter Monday. We will reopen on Tuesday.

Easter Sunday is the greatest of all Sundays, and Easter Time is the most important of all liturgical times.

The Easter Vigil (also Paschal Vigil, Easter Vigil Mass or Mass of the Easter Vigil) is held after nightfall on Holy Saturday, it is the first Easter Mass to celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the dead, the most important feast in the church’s liturgical year.

The Church celebrates the redemptive death of Christ on Good Friday.

The 41st annual Good Friday Walk to “Walk to End Hunger” will be held on Good Friday

Every year, the Church celebrates the great mysteries of the redemption of mankind in the “most sacred triduum of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection”(143).

Holy Thursday and Good Friday are particularly solemn days as we commemorate the Last Supper and the Crucifixion of Our Lord.

View Bishop Robert C. Evans' Homily at the Chrism Mass, Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday, April 15th, 2019 in the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Providence, RI.

Find parishes and times for Adoration of Blessed Sacrament at Altars of Repose on Holy Thursday diocese-wide on Holy Thursday 2019.

The annual Chrism Mass is set for 5:00 pm, Monday, April 15th in the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Providence.

Every year on Holy Thursday night, pilgrims across the global Church visit churches to adore the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

Cada semana durante la Cuaresma, la Diócesis de Providence, Rhode Island, presenta un mensaje de Cuaresma semanal grabado por la Oficina de Comunicaciones. Para la Semana Santa, la Hna. Lilian Carapia, HMSP, ofrece esta reflexión.

Each week during Lent, the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, features a weekly Lenten message written by one of our priests and recorded by the Office of Communications. For Holy Week, Robert C. Evans,DD, JCL, Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, offers this reflection.

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, or “Passion Sunday”, ...

Join us for Holy Week Masses at our Catholic Cemeteries, please refer to schedule for dates/times/locations

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence celebrates the beginning of Holy Week on Palm Sunday...

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin: The Imitation of Christ

Each week during Lent, the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, features a weekly Lenten message written by one of our priests and recorded by the Office of Communications.

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin: The Imitation of Christ

Each week during Lent, the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, features a weekly Lenten message written by one of our priests and recorded by the Office of Communications.