JUBILEE CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR APRIL 2000

VATICAN CITY, APR 3, 2000 (VIS) - Following are the Jubilee events scheduled for the month of April 2000:

- Saturday 1: Recitation of the Rosary in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

- Sunday 2: Fourth Sunday of Lent. Second scrutiny of the catechumens in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

- Thursday 6: Eucharistic adoration in the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls.

- Friday 7: Way of the Cross and penitential celebration in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

- Saturday 8: Recitation of the Rosary in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

- Sunday 9: Fifth Sunday of Lent. Mass and beatification rite in St. Peter's Square. Third scrutiny of the catechumens and formal giving of the Lord's Prayer in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

- Thursday 13: Eucharistic Adoration in the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls.

- Friday 14: Way of the Cross and penitential celebration in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

- Saturday 15: Recitation of the Rosary in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

HOLY WEEK:

- Sunday 16: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Commemoration of the Lord's entry into Jerusalem and Mass in St. Peter's Square.

- Tuesday 18: Tuesday of Holy Week. Communal celebration of the Sacrament of Penance with individual absolution in the major Basilicas.

- Thursday 20: Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Mass of the Lord's Supper in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

- Friday 21: Good Friday. Celebration of the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica. Solemn Way of the Cross in the Colosseum.

- Saturday 22: Easter vigil. Celebration of Mass and of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation of Adults in St. Peter's Basilica.

- Sunday 23: Easter Sunday - the Resurrection of the Lord. Mass, papal message and the "Urbi et Orbi" blessing in St. Peter's Square.

- Sunday 30: Second Sunday of Easter. Canonization in St. Peter's Square of Blessed Maria Faustina Kowalska, religious of the Institute of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. Mass for newly baptized adults in the Basilica of St. Pancratius.

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