Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 2 April (Holy Week)

The Indulgence begins

In London and Liverpool parishes and in the Dioceses of Beverley and Southwark notifications to be announced are found in the diocesan Ordo.

2 PALM SUNDAY, semidouble. Violet. Vespers of the Sunday without suffrages. Before Mass, after blessing and distributing palms there is a procession, the celebrant wearing a cope and the sacred ministers folded chasubles. Today, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Passion is read in private Masses from the Gospel side, while it is read from the Epistle side in solemn Masses.

3 Monday. Feria. Second prayers for the Church and the Pope. Violet

4 Tuesday. Feria. Second prayers for the Church and the Pope. Violet

5 Wednesday. Feria. Second prayers for the Church and the Pope. Violet

‡ On this and the following two nights the office of Tenebrae.

‡ Private Masses may not be celebrated during the Triduum, nor may musical instruments be played during the Offices (except as prescribed on Maundy Thursday).

6 Maundy-Thursday, double of the first class. Creed. White.

7 Good-Friday, double of the first class. Mass of the Pre-Sanctified. Black.

8 Holy-Saturday, double of the first class. Paschal Preface (till the Ascension). Violet then White.

‡  After Compline, Regina Caeli till Trinity Sunday exclusively.

Here begins the Paschal Time