After two years without celebrating the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus in person, the Sanctuary of Health and Peace, Church of Blessed Father Eustáquio, has prepared a special program to welcome devotees during Holy Week this year. Check out the schedule and come participate with us in the in-person celebrations. The entire program will be broadcast on the Padre Eustáquio Channel.

The Holy Week of the Catholic faith begins to be celebrated in our community on the eve of the feast. On Saturday, April 9th, at 5 PM, there will be Holy Mass with a Palm Sunday procession. The celebration will begin at the church entrance, followed by a procession along Castigliano Street and ending at Cesário Alvim Street. The Holy Mass will conclude inside the church. On Sunday, April 10th, at the 10 AM Mass, there will also be a procession, just as on Saturday. At the other Masses, at 7 AM, 8:30 AM, 5 PM, and 7 PM, we will have Holy Mass with the blessing of the palms (without a procession).

On Monday and Tuesday (11 and 12) the Sanctuary will have the normal masses for these days, on Wednesday (13), at 7 pm, there will be mass in the church and at the same time two processions will leave: one from Conjunto Santos Dumont (with Our Lord of the Steps) and another from Lar Dona Paula (with Our Lady of Sorrows); afterwards the meeting of the images will take place in the Church with the Sermon of the Encounter.

On Thursday the 14th, we will join you on the Padre Eustáquio Channel for the Mass of Unity, live from the Christ the King Cathedral at 9 am. In the evening, at 7 pm at the Sanctuary, there will be a celebration of the Mass of the Washing of the Feet and Institution of the Eucharist. Afterwards, a small procession will carry the Blessed Sacrament to the Community Center where the assembly will hold Adoration until midnight. On the Padre Eustáquio Channel, the Adoration will be broadcast until 10 pm.

The day begins early on Good Friday (the 15th), at 7 am the traditional Stations of the Cross will be held through the streets of the neighborhood. It will begin at the corner of Vila Rica and Pará de Minas streets. At noon there will be the Sermon of the Seven Last Words at the Padre Eustáquio Church. At 3 pm there will be a Solemn Liturgical Action with the celebration of the Passion and Death of Jesus, and at 7 pm, the youth will reenact the Passion of Christ, also inside the Church; afterwards there will be the burial procession with the image of the Dead Christ.

On Saturday the 16th, a community tradition will be revived. The Washing of the Church is scheduled for 8:30 am so that all parishioners and devotees can participate and prepare the temple for a new moment. The Easter Vigil will be held at 7 pm, beginning in the courtyard of the Padre Eustáquio Marist School. Following this, the procession with the Paschal Candle will proceed to the Church where the celebration will conclude. And, on Easter Sunday, the Sanctuary will hold all its usual celebrations: at 7 am, 8:30 am, 10 am, 5 pm and 7 pm.

Come celebrate with us and experience this moment intensely, the greatest in the liturgy of the Catholic faith, and may your Easter truly be the resurrection of Christ in your life.