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“Happy Easter! Christ has risen!” I said to my children on the Wednesday morning after Easter, as I had done each day since Easter Sunday. “Stop saying it every day!” my children bellowed. “I can’t!” I replied, “It’s still Easter.” Being consoled by the fact that the Octave of Easter was almost over and with it my Easter greeting, I was allowed a few more Easter greetings that week.

On March 13, Pope Francis celebrated 10 years on the throne of St. Peter. Commentators of every persuasion will adjudicate the Pope’s tenure, undoubtedly disagreeing about his triumphs and disappointments over a decade of service. But on one point, consensus seems universal.

CRANSTON — “The Lord is truly risen. Alleluia.” It was with these words that Bishop Richard G. Henning began Easter morning Mass for two dozen inmates at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute in Cranston.

The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum — from the evening of Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday. This photo showcase is a glimpse of the spirit of this most Holy Week for Catholics in the Diocese of Providence.

Origin of Divine Mercy Sunday, the Divine Mercy image, the Chaplet, and the Novena (Image courtesy of USCCB/EWTN)

Sunday, April 16, beginning at 2 p.m. and ending after the 6 p.m. Solemn Holy Mass with Rev. Msgr. Anthony Mancini, Cathedral Rector. Click for full schedule. Everyone welcome! Handicap Accessible - Parking Supervised by Security.

The Chancery Office Building will be closed for Easter Monday. We will reopen on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

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

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Diocese of Providence: A blessed and happy Easter to you! We recall that when the holy Apostles and the devout women went to the tomb on Easter morning, they found that the tomb was empty and they were greeted by angels with the question: “Why do you seek the Living One among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised.” (Lk 24:5-6) That question, and that statement, have resounded through the ages, and they give the world, and they give us new hope, new strength and the promise of new and eternal life!

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. (Photo: George Martell)

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

Local Catholics gathered for Palm Sunday Masses at parishes throughout the Diocese of Providence.

St. Francis de Sales parishioners learn to decorate eggs in the Ukranian style

An authentic celebration of Easter, the Resurrection of Christ, is such a world-changing, life-changing event that it should inspire in us a tidal wave of emotion, and the growth of important virtues. Among the most prominent of those virtues are hope, peace and joy.

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). (Photo: Diocese of Providence)

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

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The annual Chrism Mass is set for this Monday at 5 p.m. in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence. (Photo: RI Catholic)

Sat., April 1 thru Sun., April 9: many of these special Holy Masses will be live streamed from the Cathedral on the diocesan YouTube channel. Visit YouTube.com and search “Diocese of Providence.” Click for schedule!

Click for the schedule of special Holy Masses, Sat., April 1 thru Sun., April 9. Everyone welcome!