POPE JOHN PAUL'S CALENDAR FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2001

VATICAN CITY, FEB 16, 2001 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has made public the following calendar of liturgical celebrations over which the Holy Father will preside from February to April:

FEBRUARY

- Sunday, 25: 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Pastoral visit to the Roman parish of the Nativity of Mary. Mass at 9:30 a.m.

- Wednesday, 28: Ash Wednesday. Mass, blessing and administering of the ashes at St. Sabina's Basilica, at 5:00 p.m.

MARCH

- Sunday, 4: First Sunday of Lent. Pastoral Visit to the Roman parish of St. Andrew the Apostle. Mass at 9:30 a.m. At 6 p.m. in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel of the Apostolic Palace, beginning of retreat for the Roman Curia.

- Saturday, 10: At 9 a.m. in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, conclusion of retreat.

- Sunday, 11: Second Sunday of Lent. Beatification of Servants of God Jose Aparicio Sanz and 232 Companions martyred in Spain (1936-1939), in St. Peter's Square at 10 a.m.

- Tuesday, 13: Consistory for various Canonization Causes, in the Apostolic Palace at 11 a.m.

- Monday, 19: Solemnity of St. Joseph. Episcopal Ordinations, in St. Peter's Basilica at 9:30 a.m.

- Sunday, 25: Fourth Sunday of Lent. Pastoral visit to the Roman parish of St. Dominic of Guzman. Mass at 9:30 a.m.

APRIL

- Sunday, 1: Fifth Sunday of Lent. Pastoral visit to the Roman parish of Our Lady of Suffrage and St. Augustine of Canterbury. Mass at 9:30 a.m.

- Sunday, 8: Palm Sunday. XVI World Youth Day. Blessing of palms, procession and Mass in St. Peter's Square at 10 a.m.

- Thursday, 12: Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at 9:30 a.m. Beginning of the Easter Triduum and Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, at 5:30 p.m.

- Friday, 13: Good Friday. Celebration of the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica at 5 p.m. Way of the Cross at the Colosseum at 9:15 p.m.

- Saturday, 14: Holy Saturday. Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica at 8 p.m.

- Sunday, 15: Easter Sunday. Mass of the Day in St. Peter's Square at 10:30 a.m. "Urbi et Orbi" blessing.

- Sunday, 29: Third Sunday of Easter. Beatification of Servants of God Manuel Gonzalez Garcia, Maria Anna Blondin, Caterina Volpicelli, Caterina Cittadini, and Carlos Emanuel Cecilio Rodriguez Santiago, in St. Peter's Square at 10 a.m.

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