Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and includes Holy Thursday and Good Friday. It ends with the Easter Vigil, during the night of Holy Saturday to Easter Sunday
Six days before the feast of Passover, Jesus comes to Jerusalem. The crowd cheers him as he enters the city. They covered the ground with green cloaks and branches, forming a royal path in his honor.
It is in memory of this day that Catholics carry branches (of boxwood, olive tree, laurel or palm tree, depending on the region. These branches, once blessed, are held in the hands of the faithful who set out in procession: the march towards Easter of the people of God following Christ.
Choose online Masses
Due to health restrictions, this year too the faithful will not be able to go to church as they would have wished.
Indeed, during this period when only 0 people are allowed in churches for celebrations, many people find themselves unable to physically attend Masses.
Thus, the Diocese of Port-Louis reminds us that they will be able to follow the Mass online. Some will be broadcast on YouTube and others on Facebook.
Below is the information provided by the parishes regarding the online Masses.
Port Louis area
- Masses are broadcast live on the Facebook page “Paroisse St Malo de Baie du Tombeau” on Saturday at 4pm and on Sunday at 9:30am.
- Masses are broadcast on the Facebook page ” Paroisse Ste Marie Madeleine ” on Wednesdays at 6:00 pm and Sundays at 9:30 am.
- Masses are broadcast live on the Facebook page “Paroisse de la Cathédrale Port-Louis” on Saturdays at 5:30 pm or Sundays at 9:30 am.
Southern Region
- Mass is broadcast live on the Facebook page “Paroisse N. D du Refuge / Sainte Famille” on Sunday at 9:30 am. The same mass is then published a few hours later on the parish’s Youtube channel (Paroisse Ste Famille notre Dame du Refuge).
Northern Region
- Masses are broadcast live on the Facebook page “Paroisse Saint François d’Assise, Pamplemousse” Monday through Friday at 6:00 pm, Saturday at 4:00 pm and Sunday at 10:00 am.
High Plains-Wilhems Region
- Masses are broadcast on the Facebook page “St. Helen’s Parish” on Tuesdays and Fridays at 6:30 am.
Low Plains-Wilhems Region
- All Masses are streamed on the “St. Jean Parish” Facebook page weekdays at 6:30 and on weekends on Saturdays at 4:30 and Sundays at 7:30 and 10:00.
- Masses are streamed live on the Facebook page “St. Patrick Parish” every Saturday at 4:30 pm.
Mass is broadcast on the Facebook page “Notre Dame de Lourdes” every Saturday at 4:00 pm
