English-language religious services in Rome and the Vatican during Easter Week 2019.
Vatican ceremonies18 April. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30.
19 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, Vatican Basilica 17.00, Way of the Cross, Colosseum 21.15.
20 April. Holy Saturday. Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica 20.30.
21 April. Easter Sunday Mass, St Peter’s Square 10.00. Urbi et Orbi blessing 12.00.
Tickets - free of charge - are required for all ceremonies listed above, except the Way of the Cross and Urbi et Orbi. For info contact the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household, tel. 0669884857 or see website.
Easter Church Services in EnglishThis year the usual Easter programme at Caravita and the Pontifical Irish College is different from previous years. The changes follow a decree from the Roman Vicariate whose stated aim is "rediscover the centrality of the parish as a family home and a community of faith", putting the focus on parish churches and preventing the "Easter Vigil from being reserved for particular groups."
All Saints’ Anglican Church, Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881.
18 April. Maundy Thursday Eucharist. 19.00.
19 April. Good Friday – Three Hours' Devotion. 15.00.
21 April. Easter pre-dawn Eucharist 05.30. Easter ceremony 10.30.
Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church, Piazza Ponte S. Angelo 68, tel. 0668768314.
19 April. Service with the Lord's Supper 19.00
21 April. Easter Day Communion 10.30.
Pontifical Irish College (Roman Catholic), Via dei SS. Quattro 1, tel. 06772631.
Liturgies for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil will be celebrated at S. Silvestro in Capite (see below)
21 April. Easter Sunday 10.00.
Rome Baptist Church, S. Lorenzo in Lucina 35, tel. 066876652.
18 April. Maundy Thursday 19.00.
19 April. Church open 07.00-19.00 for personal prayer.
21 April. Sunrise Service at Pincio 07.00. Worship service in church 10.30.
St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Via XX Settembre 7, tel. 064827627.
18 April. Maundy Thursday Communion and supper 19.00.
21 April. Easter Sunday worship 11.00.
St Isidore’s College (Roman Catholic), Via degli Artisti 41, tel. 064885359.
21 April. Easter Sunday 10.00.
St Francis Xavier del Caravita (Roman Catholic), Via della Caravita 7.
21 April. Easter Sunday 11.00.
St Paul’s Within-the-Walls (Episcopal), Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli 58, tel. 064883339.
18 April. Maundy Thursday 19.00.
19 April. Good Friday 19.00.
20 April. Easter Vigil 20.00.
21 April. Holy Eucharist 10.30.
S. Silvestro in Capite (Roman Catholic), Piazza S. Silvestro 1, tel. 066797775.
18 April. Holy Thursday 17.00.
19 April. Good Friday Liturgy 17.00.
20 April. Easter Vigil 20.00.
21 April. Easter Sunday 10.00, 17.30.
St Patrick’s American Church (Roman Catholic), Via Boncompagni 31, tel. 0642014554.
18 April. Holy Thursday 18.00.
19 April. Good Friday 18.00.
20 April. Easter Vigil 20.00.
21 April. Easter Sunday 09.00, 10.30.
Venerable English College (Roman Catholic), Via di Monserrato 45, tel. 066868546.
18 April. Mass of the Lord’s Supper. 19.30.
19 April. Solemn Celebration of the Passion 15.00.
20 April. Easter Vigil 21.30.
21 April. Easter Sunday 10.00.
Wanted in Rome wishes all its readers a peaceful and happy Easter.