Vatican Doc on Anglican Patrimony, Chrism Mass & Holy Week

Holy Week 2026 Schedule

Palm Sunday (March 29) - Regular Mass Times
8:30 am Solemn Entrance with Palms
11:00 am Procession with Palms

(The Procession at 11am will begin outside and move through the parking lot. Please plan to be here early and follow directions for parking in order to keep space clear for the procession.)

NO DAILY MASS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1

Maundy Thursday (April 2)
6:00 pm Mass of the Lord's Supper with Footwashing;
Eucharistic Adoration following Mass until 9:00 pm

Good Friday (April 3)
3:00 pm Liturgy of the Passion with Veneration of the Cross

Holy Saturday (April 4)
8:00 pm The Great Vigil of Easter
Festive Nighttime Celebration to Follow with
Grilled Meats & Libations

Easter Sunday (April 5)
8:30 am Low Mass
11:00 am Sung Mass
(no hospitality gathering following 11am Mass)

CONFESSIONS WILL BE HEARD
30 MINUTES BEFORE EACH MASS
EXCEPT THE EASTER VIGIL AND 8:30am EASTER SUNDAY

Ordinariate Chrism Mass

Fr. Joshua traveled to Houston this past Thursday (March 26) to participate in a day of recollection with his fellow Ordinariate priests, and to concelebrate the annual Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham. During the Chrism Mass, the Bishop consecrates the Sacred Chrism and blesses the Oil of the Sick and the Oil of the Catechumens, and priests renew their ordination promises. The oils which have been blessed are brought back to the individual parishes by the priests to be used throughout the year for baptisms, confirmations, and anointing of the sick.

Vatican Document on

Anglican Patrimony

Earlier this month, Bishop Lopes met with Pope Leo XIV during the plenary meeting of the Bishops of the Personal Ordinariates established under the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus. In addition, the bishops met with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. As a result of that meeting, Bishop Lopes stated in a message this week, "The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, in consultation with the three Ordinariate bishops, has prepared a reflection on our unique English patrimony. For those of us in the Ordinariate, it is an exhortation to live this patrimony in all of its richness. We have been given a unique set of tools (the way we worship, the way we structure parish life, the centrality of family life, etc.) which add to the vitality of the Catholic Church. Our Ordinariate identity arises from fidelity to this patrimony and this mission. Our diversity does not detract from the underlying communion of the Church…it strengthens it."

Click below to download a PDF of the document (first button) and read an article about the document from Our Sunday Visitor (second button).

Anglican Heritage as Lived in the Ordinariates

OSV Article on the Vatican document

Catechism and Coffee:

Secrets of the Triduum Liturgies

Sunday, March 29

Join us for Catechesis & Coffee at 9:20am (between the Masses); this week Fr. Joshua will speak on Holy Week, the Triduum, Holy Orders, and Questions on Confession.

Coffee/Social time from 9:20-9:35, talk and Q&A from 9:35-10:25.

NO CATECHISM AND COFFEE ON EASTER SUNDAY.

Snack Sunday March 29

After the 11am Mass on Sunday we will have coffee and snacks in the Parish Hall. Please bring a healthy snack to share - veggies and dip, fruit, cheese and crackers, chips and dip, etc. Thank you!

Upcoming hospitality!

EASTER WEEKEND (April 4/5): We will celebrate after The Great Vigil of Easter with an All***** toast, grilled meats, drinks, and treats - please bring something to share! This nighttime celebration will be our hospitality event for the weekend, so we will NOT have a gathering after the 11am Mass on Easter Sunday.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY (April 12): We will have a BBQ lunch after the 11am Mass. Meat and buns will be provided; please bring a BBQ side dish to share - coleslaw, potato salad, chips, etc. Extra volunteers are needed to help serve and clean up as Gary, Marcia, and Stephanie will all be gone this weekend!

We will also have our Easter Egg Hunt on April 12 - see next note!

Easter Egg Hunt April 12

We will have an Easter Egg Hunt after the 11am Mass on Sunday, April 12. We have plenty of plastic eggs but need a lead volunteer to coordinate filling and hiding the eggs. Multiple volunteers to assist a lead volunteer would be great - the eggs can be filled prior to Sunday, and then someone (or several someones) who attends the 8:30am Mass on April 12 can hide the eggs during the 11am Mass.

Please let us know if you can help by calling or emailing the parish office (wncord@gmail.com / 828-393-5775). Thank you!

Thanks to all who joined us for

Stations of the Cross and the Low Country Boil on Friday, March 27 - and thanks to Jake for doing the cooking!

Congratulations to our new Angelic Warfare Confraternity members!

The Angelic Warfare Confraternity is a fellowship of men and women bound to one another in love and prayer, dedicated to pursuing chastity under the patronage of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr. Johnson held an enrollment ceremony on Sunday, March 22. (Learn more at: angelicwarfareconfraternity.org)