HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
including volunteer opportunities
Special Volunteer Opportunity:
Ushers are needed for Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter. Please contact Ruth via e-mail at ruth@mueller-maerki.com or phone her at 917-270-2848 if you can serve. Training is provided. Services include:- Palm Sunday, April 4, 11 a.m.
- Holy Tuesday, April 6, 11 a.m.
- Tenebrae, Wed., April 7, 7 p.m.
- Maundy Thursday, April 8, 7 p.m.
- Good Friday, April 9, 12 noon; Stations of the Cross, 2 p.m.
- Holy Saturday, April 10: Bulletins and Candles, 11 a.m.;
- Easter Vigil, 7 p.m.
- Easter Sunday, April 11, 11 a.m.
April 4
PALM SUNDAY - beginning of Holy Week
11 AM. - Palm Sunday Procession, Holy Communion and Sermon. Palm sheaves are distributed in this service to remember Christ's entrance into Jerusalem. Music by Paul Halley, "Hosana to the Son of David"; Hans Leo Hassler, "Herzlich liebi habi ich dich"; and McNeil Robinson, "Improperium". Bishop Sisk, celebrant, Dean Kowalski, preacher.
Bishop's Visitation to the Congregation - on Palm Sunday
On a regular rotation, Bishop Sisk meets with each congregation in the Diocese. Due to the size of our Diocese, this happens only every other year. Come meet Bishop Sisk, and pose any questions or thoughts you have, in Cathedral House Conference Room, on Palm Sunday, after the 11 o'clock service.
PALM SUNDAY VESPERS
- Choral Evensong at 6pm - Readings and music for Palm Sunday, Cathedral Choir. Thomas Weelkes, "Hosana to the Son of David"; Leo Sowerby, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Kenneth Leighton, "Solus Ad Victimam".April 7
Tenebrae:
7 PM - Lamentations of Jeremiah, settings by Thomas Tallis, James Bassi sung by the Cathedral Singers. The Rev. Canon John B. Luce.April 8
Maundy Thursday Eucharist
7 PM - Holy Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar, and All Night Vigil. Bishop Sisk, celebrant, The Rev. Thomas P. Miller, preacher. Music; Arthur Wills, Short Communion Service; Philip Moore, "Ubi Caritas"; Arvo Part, "Domine, non est exaltum". The Cathedral Choir.Following the Maundy Thursday Liturgy the Cathedral's fourteen Altars will be stripped and washed. This practice dates from the 7th century and began for the utilitarian purpose of cleaning and washing the church in preparation for Easter. But the stark, bare church reflected so clearly the fitting tone of the occasion that the stripping became a ceremony in its own right. The Altar represents the body of Christ and in washing it we prepare for Our Lord's death and burial in the tomb. If you would like to participate please come to the Chapel of St Saviour at the conclusion of the service.
Dante's Inferno Reading
9 PM - Midnight. New York poets and writers will read the entirety of Dante's Inferno during the all-night vigil on Maundy Thursday, the very hours Dante intended the Inferno events to take place. Free admission. Organ Meditation by Tim Brumfield, Cathedral Organist at midnightSpiritual Opportunity
Maundy Thursday is a time to watch and wait with Christ. The custom of spending time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament arose from the desire of devout souls to give an affirmative answer to the sorrowful question of the Saviour in Gethsemane, "Could you not watch with me one hour?" We will sign up for two hour intervals, two or more people at a time, and pray and vigil together until Morning Prayer. Stay for two hours or the whole night! If you would like to be part of an all night vigil to watch with Christ that night, please contact Patricia Miranda at 212-740-4867 or email her at mirarts@aol.comApril 9
Good Friday Liturgy
Noon. - The Veneration of the Cross and Communion from the Reserved Sacrament. Bishop Sisk, celebrant, The Rev. Storm Swain, preacher.Stations of the Cross
2 PM. - Service conducted in both English and Spanish.7pm - Concert
Music for Passiontide: William Byrd, "Civitas sancti tui"; William Walton, "Drop, drop, slow tears"; Deodat de Severac, "Tantum Ergo"; Johann Kuhnau, "Tristis est anima mea"; J.S. Bach, "Jesu Meine Freude".April 10
Decorating the Cathedral for Easter
Anyone interested in volunteering to help decorate the Cathedral for Easter on Holy Saturday, April 10, starting @ 10.00am should contact Pati Mayfield at 212-580-0470, or mayhoops@mac.com.The Easter Egg Family Workshop
10:00-Noon & 1:30-3:30 PM - Our annual egg workshop is back. Starting with a reading of Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco. Create colorful patterns on your eggs with tissue paper, glitter and glue. Build a nest for eggs to rest with twigs, feathers and clay. Please bring two hard-boiled eggs per child. When you call please indicate AM or PM session. Reservations recommended. $5 per child, with accompanying adult. Cathedral of St. John the Divine Public Education Dept. 212 932 7347.Easter Egg Hunt
Our neighbors in Morningside Park are staging their annual Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday, April 10 from 11am to 2pm. We need your help!!! If you are interested in volunteering, please call (212) 865-3778 or email me at: drobinson@morningsidepark.org They claim to have great new Easter Egg Hunt vinyl banners which will catch everyone’s eyes.The Vigil of Easter
Saturday @ 7 PM. - The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk, Bishop of New York, celebrant. The Very Rev. Dr. James Kowalksi, Cathedral Dean, preacher. Music of John Rutter, "Christ the Lord is Risen Again". The Cathedral Choir.Easter Eve Reception sponsored by the Congregation
Come celebrate with the newly Baptized in St. Saviour's Chapel, right after the Vigil (see above). All are welcome. Please sign up now at the congregation table to bring a dessert or appetizer.April 11
EASTER SUNDAY - help the Soup Kitchen
Soup Kitchen needs food donationsThe Cathedral Soup Kitchen will be serving Easter Dinner to the hungy and the homeless on Easter Sunday. In order to provide a well-balanced and nutritious meal, "Cathedral Community Cares" needs fully cooked turkeys or chickens. Also being Easter, we especially like to receive chocolate Easter eggs, decorated eggs, candy and assorted desserts. Please bring either a fully cooked turkey or chicken, decorated eggs or desserts to the Cathedral Soup Kitchen in the Undercroft of the Cathedral between 9am and 11am on Sunday, April 11th.