7pm – Great Vigil of Easter – meet in Memorial Garden
This is the cardinal service of the Church Year. All that comes before and all that comes after hinges on it. It is no longer Lent and not yet Easter. It is both Lent and Easter. We gather in the garden to kindle the new flame and then light the paschal candle. It leads us into the dark church and we travel with the people of Israel from creation through the crossing of the Red Sea into the promised land in darkness, we bless the Font, and then in Darkness process into the Chancel where the resurrection is proclaimed, the lights come up, we blow out our hand candles, and we proceed with the First Mass of Easter.
Come join us in the Rectory (74 South Street) for refreshments afterward!
7pm – Great Vigil of Easter – meet in Memorial Garden
This is the cardinal service of the Church Year. All that comes before and all that comes after hinges on it. It is no longer Lent and not yet Easter. It is both Lent and Easter. We gather in the garden to kindle the new flame and then light the paschal candle. It leads us into the dark church and we travel with the people of Israel from creation through the crossing of the Red Sea into the promised land in darkness, we bless the Font, and then in Darkness process into the Chancel where the resurrection is proclaimed, the lights come up, we blow out our hand candles, and we proceed with the First Mass of Easter.
Come join us in the Rectory (74 South Street) for refreshments afterward!
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St Michael’s Church, 25 South Street, Litchfield, CT 06759
Litchfield, CT 06759 United States + Google Map 8605679465
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Litchfield, CT 06795 United States + Google Map 860-600-8018
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