Easter Season 2024 comes to its climax this weekend, with special worship events in and out of churches on Saturday and Easter Sunday.

In Catholic tradition, in addition to Easter Sunday Mass, an Easter vigil is typically held the night before, following sunset.

In Catholic tradition, in addition to Easter Sunday Mass, an Easter vigil is typically held the night before, following sunset.

The Easter Vigil has traditionally been the time when the unbaptized become baptized, are confirmed and receive Communion for the first time and thus become Catholic Christians.

After experiencing the beauty and pageantry of the time-honored vigil, Holmstrom turned to his wife, Amanda, a devout Catholic, and said, “I want to become Catholic.

During the April 16 Easter Vigil, he made his confirmation in the same chapel. Davis was among nearly 500 people who came into full communion with the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of ...

The Easter Vigil is a Mass that bears only a basic resemblance to typical Catholic weekend worship, but in breaking from that form it brings home the power of the Resurrection anew.

Giselle Thomas stepped into knee-deep holy water as Father Reynold Furrell performed her baptismal ceremony during Easter Vigil Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Ladera Ranch on Saturday ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Catholic Church pulls out all the stops for the Easter Vigil, the Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday. The Roman Missal, which spells out specifics of how the vigil is to be ...

Every Easter vigil, dioceses across the United States welcome thousands of new converts into the Catholic Church through RCIA. But how a parish’s RCIA efforts prepare and support new converts to ...

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service Saturday after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he began to put his mark on the Catholic ...

Siouxland Catholic parishes will celebrate Easter with Masses at different times from their regular schedules.