Media Advidory, March 17, 2005

1- Holy Week and Easter Celebrations with
Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais presiding

2- Schedule of Holy Week Services and Easter Masses in the Parishes of the Archdiocese of Ottawa

3- The Archbishops Easter Message

Holy Week and Easter Celebrations
with Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais presiding

March 20	Passion Sunday	10:30 (French) and Noon (English) The Archbishop is presiding and preaching.
March 22	Chrism Mass (Bilingual)	7:30 pm The Archbishop is presiding and preaching.
March 24	Mass of the Lord's Supper (Bilingual) followed by an evening of adoration in the Chapel	7:30 pm The Archbishop is presiding and preaching.
March 25	Celebration of the Lord's Passion (Bilingual)	3:00 pm The Archbishop is presiding and preaching.
March 26	Easter Vigil (Bilingual)	8:00 pm The Archbishop is presiding and preaching.
March 27	Easter	10:30 (French) and Noon (English) The Archbishop is presiding and preaching.

All these celebrations will be held at Notre Dame Cathedral (Sussex and St-Patrick)

Schedule of Holy Week Services and Easter Masses in the Parishes of the Archdiocese of Ottawa

The schedule of Holy Week Services and of Easter Masses in all the parishes of the Archdiocese is available on our web site as of March 19. If you wish to receive a paper copy by fax, do not hesitate to call our offices.

The Archbishops Easter Message

The Archbishops Easter Message is annexed to this press release.

Reminder concerning the closure of the Diocesan Centre for Easter:

The Diocesan Centre will close on Thursday, March 24, at noon and reopen on Tuesday, March 29, at 8:30 a.m. If you are planning on doing special Easter coverage and need information from the Archdiocese, we would be grateful if you could contact us at soon as possible.

For further information:

Gilles Ouellette, 738-5025, ext. 238
Director of Communications