Palm Sunday 2025

-Michael Sullivan

The Church of Saint Luke celebrated Palm Sunday on April 13th, 2025 with the Confirmation students and the Youth Group dressing up as Jesus Christ, Mary the Mother of God, and Christ’s followers riding into Jerusalem. The pageant was performed at the 10:30 am Mass after starting the service outside with the Gospel Acclamation and palm branches.

Father Quinnan blessed the palms, Deacon Phil read the Gospel, and then the entire congregation was led in procession into the Church by the students dressed as Christ and his followers.

After the procession, the rest of the Palm Sunday Mass was celebrated and the Passion narrative of our Lord according to the Gospel of Luke was recited by the Parish. The full Mass with the procession of the children can be viewed on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A9M965Ngc/

Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday with Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savoir, arriving in Jerusalem, the site of His Passion and Death. On Holy Thursday, the Church will celebrate the Last Supper of our Lord at 7:00 pm. On Good Friday, the Church of Saint Luke will join the other churches in Stroudsburg in the annual ‘Walk for Christ’, which will begin at 11:00 am at Saint John’s Lutheran Church, followed by the Sacred Readings at noon, Veneration of the Cross service at 1:00 pm and the Polish Living Stations at 7:00 pm. On Holy Saturday, the Parish will welcome 8 candidates and 3 catechumen into our Church at the celebration of the Easter Vigil Mass at 8:00 pm.

On Easter Sunday, the Polish will celebrate the Risen Lord with a sunrise service, a 5:45 am Mass in the Polish language. Our English Easter morning Masses will be at 8:00 am and 10:30 am. We hope to see you there and we pray that everyone has a blessed Easter!