Montreal

In order to allow everyone to participate in the Holy Week celebrations presided by Archbishop Lépine from Montreal’s Mary Queen of the World Cathedral they will be broadcast on the diocesan YouTube channel and via Salt + Light Television. Below we are providing the full schedule.

  • Sunday, March 28, 2021: 9:30 (Palm Sunday): This liturgy marks the beginning of Holy Week.

    Follow this service via Salt + Light Television:
    on their website: https://seletlumieretv.org
    on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/seletlumieretv
    on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seletlumieretv 

    The following four celebrations (except for Friday 9:30 a.m.) will be broadcast on the diocesan YouTube channel
     
  • Wednesday, March 31, 2021: 6:30 p.m. (Chrism Mass): During this Mass, the Archbishop blesses the Holy Oils for use throughout the entire coming year.
     
  • Thursday, April 1, 2021: 6:00 p.m. (in coena Domini Mass): This commemoration of the Lord’s Supper will forego the customary foot-washing ceremony, to be replaced with Eucharistic Adoration and followed by the blessing of the city of Montreal from the forecourt of the cathedral.
     
  • Friday, April 2, 2021: 

    9:30 a.m. (virtual Via Crucis): In collaboration with Communion and Liberation Canada. Broadcast live on the YouTube channel of Mary Queen of the World Cathedral: https://bit.ly/3qusi6F

    3:00 p.m. (Office of Good Friday): Commemoration of the passion and death of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
     
  • Saturday, April 3, 2021: 6:00 p.m. (Easter Vigil): This vigil in honour of the Lord, during which the Church watches in anticipation of the Resurrection, celebrates the passage from darkness to light, Christ’s victory over death.
     
  • Sunday, April 4, 2021: 9:30 a.m. (Easter Sunday Mass): Celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

    Follow this service via Salt + Light Television:
    on their website: https://seletlumieretv.org  
    on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/seletlumieretv
    on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seletlumieretv 

In accordance with public-health regulations in the ‘‘red zone,’’ only 250 people are allowed inside the Cathedral at one time, and entry is permitted only by the main door on René-Lévesque Boulevard. 

For Holy Week, all Catholic parishes in Montreal are following public-health regulations as applicable in ‘‘red zones,’’ in addition to diocesan authorities’ instructions to find measures that will allow parishioners to spend a moment of meditation, alone or with their families, in their place of worship. Contact your parish to learn the details about openings for public worship.