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Religion In Norfolk Editor’s Note: Norfolk has three churches and a fourth church congregation that uses the town’s library.Next week is Holy Week, which includes the days when Christians commemorate the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, whom Christians worship as God. Below are Holy Week schedules for churches in Norfolk. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ St. Jude’s St. Jude’s is planning to offer confessions from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, the last in a series of confession sessions that have been part of the Archdiocese of Boston’s “The Light is On For You” program. A 9 a.m. daily Mass is scheduled as usual for Monday, March 29; Tuesday, March 30; and Wednesday, March 31; but there is no morning Mass on Thursday, April 1, which is Holy Thursday, the day Christians remember Jesus’s institution of the Eucharist. Instead, Mass is at 7 p.m. Holy Thursday. As usual, there is no Mass on Good Friday. Services are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, April 2. Holy Saturday schedule is also different from usual, as Mass is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. (Confessions are scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday, April 3.) For Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 4), Masses are scheduled for 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and noon. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Emmanuel Baptist Church Sunday, March 28 Palm Sunday 8 am & 10:45 am – Worship Services 9:15 am – Coffee Fellowship 9:30 am – Christian Education, all ages Friday, April 2 Good Friday 7:00 pm – Tenebrae Service (Communion is to be available.) Sunday, April 4 Resurrection Sunday 6 a.m. – Sunrise Service at Stony Brook 108 North Street, Norfolk 8 a.m. & 10:45 am – Worship Services 9:15 a.m. – Fellowship Continental Breakfast No Christian Education classes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Federated Church of Norfolk The Federated Church of Norfolk is scheduled to have a 7 p.m. communion service for Maundy Thursday (as Holy Thursday is also known) on Thursday, April 1. A prayer vigil is scheduled for 3 to 6 p.m. Good Friday (Friday, April 2). For Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 4), a sunrise service at Norfolk Cemetery at the intersection of Main Street and Seekonk Street is scheduled for 6:15 a.m.; followed by a 10 a.m. worship service with music at the church. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Below are the regular schedules of church services for the church congregations in Norfolk. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Federated Church of Norfolk (American Baptist and United Church of Christ) 1 Union Street, Norfolk www.fcon.org 508-528-0262 Sunday 10 a.m. Worship ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Emmanuel Baptist Church 63 Rockwood Road (Route 115), Norfolk www.emmanuelbaptistchurch.org 508-528-5862 Sunday Worship Service 8 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Christian Education 9:30 a.m. Sunday Wednesday 7 p.m.: Community Prayer Providence Baptist Church church office: 80 Boardman Street, Norfolk church worship space: Norfolk Public Library, 139 Main Street, Norfolk www.ProvidenceBaptistChurchMA.org 508-528-5750 Worship Service 10 a.m. Sunday at Norfolk Public Library Community Room, 139 Main Street, Norfolk Adult Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday (except first Sunday of the month) Call church for location Evening Men’s Bible Study 7 p.m. Tuesday church office, 80 Boardman Street, Norfolk ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ St. Jude’s Church (Roman Catholic) 86 Main Street, Norfolk www.stjudenorfolk.com 508-528-0170 Mass Schedule [but not for Holy Week] 5 p.m. Saturday 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., and noon Sunday 9 a.m. Monday through Friday Most Holy Days of Obligation: 5 p.m. on the eve; 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on the holy day Confession 4 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday |
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