2026 Lent & Easter Triduum – Sacred Heart Catholic Church

2026 Lent, Holy Week, & Easter Triduum Schedule

— Ash Wednesday | February 18 —
7 a.m., 12:10 p.m., 7 p.m.
Prayer Service w/ Ashes: 5:30 p.m.

— Lenten Fish Frys —
Select Fridays during Lent at our North Campus (3515 N Florida Ave.)
February 27 | March 6, 13, 20, 27 | from 4 to 8 p.m.
Provided by our Knights of Columbus Council #12110 and S.H. Young Adults

— Palm Sunday | March 28-29 —
Saturday Vigil | 5:30 P.M.
Sunday | 7:30 A.M. | 9 A.M. | 10:30 A.M. | Noon | 5:30 P.M.

Monday – Wednesday, March 30 – April 1 | Standard Daily Mass Schedule

— Holy Thursday | April 2 —
7 p.m. | Mass of the Lord’s Supper
9 to 11 p.m. | Adoration
No 7 a.m., 12:10 p.m. Mass or Confessions this day
Church will open at 5:30 and close at 11 p.m.
Gift Store open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

— Good Friday | April 3—
12:10 p.m. | Stations of the Cross
3 p.m. | Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Parish Office Closed | No Confessions this day
Church will open at 11:30 a.m. and close at 4:30 p.m.
Gift Store open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

— Easter Vigil | April 4 —
Saturday | 8:30 p.m.
Church will open at 7 p.m. and close following the Vigil
No Confessions this day

— Easter Sunday | April 5 —
7:30 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. | Noon
No 5:30 p.m. Mass
Gift Store Closed

— Easter Monday | April 6 —
No Daily Mass or Confessions
Church, Parish Office Closed

Parishioners and visitors are advised to arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of any event or Mass on Easter Sunday.

Holy Week is a journey into the Heart of the Gospel. It is at the center of our Christian Faith. If you’ve never attended the events of Holy Week, here’s a little bit more about them. View photo galleries from our 2025 Holy Week Masses from the menu options below:

2025 Photo Galleries: Mass of the Lord’s Supper | Holy Thursday

2025 Photo Galleries: Good Friday

2025 Photo Galleries: Easter Vigil | Holy Saturday

Lenten Catechesis:

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ’s will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ’s death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ. (Text: USCCB)

Read Pope Leo XIV’s Message for Lent (2026)

Lent offers us the opportunity to prepare our hearts for Easter and deepen our relationship with God through prayer, self-examination and repentance, but that doesn’t mean we have to walk that road alone, per se. There are many Lenten resources available from both our diocese and from our Friars’ province that can help you on your journey.

Lent with Francis | The Friars of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province can help you explore this season through a Franciscan lens. Pope Leo XVI has invited us to live more like St. Francis during this Jubilee year, therefore, dive into this season of penance through a series of weekly reflections on the Sunday Lenten Gospels in light of the penitential lifestyle and lived spirituality of St. Francis. Visit friars.us/news-and-media/lent-resources to receive these each week.

DOSP Lent | The Diocese of St. Petersburg has complied a resource page for Catholics across our region with access to daily reflections, prayer guides, information on resuming Reconciliation, and Lenten event listings for every parish in Tampa Bay. Visit dosp.org/our-faith/lent for all of this and more.

Easter Flowers

Every Easter, parishioners donate flowers in the memory of their loved ones to assist the parish in decorating the sanctuary for our celebration of the Risen Lord. In addition to the donated flowers adorning the sanctuary, the names of those we remember will be added to a digital memorial that will be available on the parish website throughout the Easter season.

Easter flower order forms are available in the back of the church, or online by following this link: Easter Flower Order Forms (Coming Soon)

Order forms are due at noon on Friday, March 27, 2026.

Click here to view the 2025 Easter Season Digital Memorial.

Lenten Stations of the Cross

Jesus’ journey to Calvary is stunningly depicted in 14 bas relief sculptures that encircle the nave and transepts of the church. This Lent, parishioners, visitors, and Jubilee pilgrims will have the opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross at any time outside of Mass, with a digital guide available to help you follow along with this special seasonal devotion. Posters featuring the link and QR code for the prayer guide will be visible near the entrances to the church. A limited set of booklets will be available as well, for those who can not access the digital prayer guide. This self-guided opportunity will take the place of the weekly prayer sessions previously held on Friday evenings during Lent. You can also access the guide here.

Parking for the Easter Triduum

There are no free parking options available for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, or Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil). Should you choose to utilize the Madison Building garage on Thursday or Friday, the standard hourly/daily rates will apply. Parishioners are encouraged to utilize the City of Tampa’s Church Zone for Masses on Easter Sunday, which allows for free street parking.