Holy Week in Rome: There are so many opportunities in Rome during Holy Week, I have highlighted just a few in Italian and English, including the normal Roman Rite, and a few exemplars from the “Extraordinary Form”, Byzantine Rite, and Anglican rites. All of the Station Churches and Papal Liturgies are noted.  

I would welcome input from anyone who is aware of others of particular interest, especially where good liturgy can be found – including good music, good preaching, good aesthetic, etc.

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

• Station Church: San Giovanni in Laterano – 0700 (English); 1730 (Italian)
• Papal Liturgy: Piazza San Pietro – 0930

Monday

• Station Church: Santa Prassede all’Esquilino – 0700 (English); 1800 (Italian)
• Byzantine Vespers of the Presanctified Gifts – Russicum/Sant’Antonio Abate – 1800

Tuesday

• Station Church: Santa Prisca all Aventino – 0700 (English); 1800 (Italian)
• Anglican Centre 50^th Anniversary Eucharist/Chrism Mass – 1245 (English)
• Byzantine Vespers of the Presanctified Gifts – Russicum/Sant’Antonio Abate – 1800
• Evening Prayer with Sant’Egidio Community – Santa Maria in Trastevere 20:30

Wednesday

• Station Church: Santa Maria Maggiore – 0700 (English); 1730 (Italian)
• Seven Churches Pilgrimage of St. Filippo Neri (a devotional tradition since 1559)
  • Join the seminarians of the Pontifical North American College in a tour of the Seven Churches, starting with the morning station mass at Santa Maria Maggiore. It is about 22km walking total and will take all day. Pack a lunch or plan to stop along the route:
    • Santa Maria Maggiore
    • San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura
    • Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
    • San Giovanni in Laterano
    • San Sebastiano
    • San Paolo fuori le Mura
    • San Pietro al Vaticano
• Byzantine Vespers of the Presanctified Gifts – Russicum/Sant’Antonio Abate – 1800
• Office of Tenebrae
  • Paul’s Within the Walls (Episcopalian) – 1830 (English)
  • Santissima Trinita’ dei Pellegrini (extraordinary form) – 2030 (Latin)

 Holy Thursday

• Papal Liturgy: Chrism Mass – Basilica San Pietro – 0930
• Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Beginning of the Paschal Triduum Liturgy)
  • San Giovanni in Laterano – 1730 (Italian) – Station Church
  • Santa Maria in Trastevere – 1730 (Italian)
  • Oratory of San Francesco Saverio al Caravita – 1800 (English)
• Altars of Repose pilgrimage – Roman devotional tradition is to walk around the city after the liturgy ends for the evening, visiting the beautifully decorated altars of repose in (at least seven) different churches.

Good Friday

Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion with Veneration of the Cross:

• Station Church: Basilica Santa Croce in Gerusaleme – 1500 (Italian)
• Oratory of San Francesco Saverio al Caravita – 1500 (English)
• Papal Liturgy: Basilica San Pietro – 1700 (Italian)
• Santissima Trinita’ dei Monti – 1800 (French)

Stations of the Cross devotion, with Pope Francis at the Colosseum, 2115

Holy Saturday

The Great Vigil of Easter

• Oratory of San Francesco Saverio del Caravita – 2000 (English)
• Papal Liturgy: Basilica San Pietro – 2030 (Italian)
• Station Church: San Giovanni in Laterano – 2100 (Italian)
• Venerable English College – 2130 (English)

Easter Sunday

Mass of the Lord’s Resurrection

• Byzantine Divine Liturgy – Russicum/Sant’Antonio Abate – Midnight
• Papal Liturgy: Piazza San Pietro – 1000 (Italian)
• Oratory of San Francesco Saverio del Caravita – 1100 (English)
• Station Church: Santa Maria Maggiore – 1800 (Italian)

Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi Blessing – Piazza San Pietro – 1200 (Multilingual)

Solemn Vespers (concluding the Paschal Triduum)

• Chiesa di Sant’Anselmo al Aventino – 1700 (Italian)
• Byzantine – Russicum/Sant’Antonio Abate – 1800

Easter Week Station Churches (Italian):

• Monday – San Pietro – 1700
• Tuesday – San Paolo fuori le Mura – 1730
• Wednesday – San Lorenzo fuori le Mura – 1800
• Thursday – XII Apostoli al Foro Traiano – 1830
• Friday – Santa Maria ad Martyres (Pantheon) – 1700
• Saturday – San Giovanni in Laterano – 1630
• Divine Mercy Sunday – San Pancrazio – 1600
  • Conclusion of the Station Churches pilgrimage