2026 Lent & Easter Triduum

— Lenten Fish Fry’s —
Select Fridays during Lent at our North Campus (3515 N Florida Ave.)
February 27 | March 6, 13, 20, 27 | from 4 to 8 p.m.
Provided by our Knights of Columbus Council #12110 and S.H. Young Adults

— Palm Sunday | March 28-29 —
Saturday Vigil | 5:30 P.M.
Sunday | 7:30 A.M. | 9 A.M. | 10:30 A.M. | Noon | 5:30 P.M.

Monday – Wednesday, March 30 – April 1 | Standard Daily Mass Schedule

— Holy Thursday | April 2 —
7 p.m. | Mass of the Lord’s Supper
9 to 11 p.m. | Adoration
No 7 a.m., 12:10 p.m. Mass or Confessions this day
Church will open at 5:30 and close at 11 p.m.
Gift Store open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

— Good Friday | April 3 —
12:10 p.m. | Stations of the Cross
3 p.m. | Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Parish Office Closed | No Confessions this day
Church will open at 11:30 a.m. and close at 4:30 p.m.
Gift Store open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

— Holy Saturday | April 4 —
8:30 p.m. | Easter Vigil
Church will open at 7 p.m. and close following the Vigil
No Confessions this day

— Easter Sunday | April 5 —
7:30 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. | Noon
No 5:30 p.m. Mass
Gift Store Closed

— Easter Monday | April 6 —
No Daily Mass or Confessions
Church, Parish Office Closed

Parishioners and visitors are advised to arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of any event or Mass on Easter Sunday.

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ’s will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ’s death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ. (Text: USCCB)

Read Pope Leo XIV’s Message for Lent (2026)

Lent offers us the opportunity to prepare our hearts for Easter and deepen our relationship with God through prayer, self-examination and repentance, but that doesn’t mean we have to walk that road alone, per se. There are many Lenten resources available from both our diocese and from our Friars’ province that can help you on your journey.

Lent with Francis | The Friars of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province can help you explore this season through a Franciscan lens. Pope Leo XVI has invited us to live more like St. Francis during this Jubilee year, therefore, dive into this season of penance through a series of weekly reflections on the Sunday Lenten Gospels in light of the penitential lifestyle and lived spirituality of St. Francis. Visit friars.us/news-and-media/lent-resources to receive these each week.

DOSP Lent | The Diocese of St. Petersburg has complied a resource page for Catholics across our region with access to daily reflections, prayer guides, information on resuming Reconciliation, and Lenten event listings for every parish in Tampa Bay. Visit dosp.org/our-faith/lent for all of this and more.

Every Easter, parishioners donate flowers in the memory of their loved ones to assist the parish in decorating the sanctuary for our celebration of the Risen Lord. In addition to the donated flowers adorning the sanctuary, the names of those we remember will be added to a digital memorial that will be available on the parish website throughout the Easter season.

Click here to view the 2025 Easter Season Digital Memorial.

There are two ways to order flowers for the 2026 Easter Season:

• Visit our Mass Intentions Memorials page
  • Click on a teal box for any date that states “Request Easter Flowers”
  • The memorial will be added to the Easter Flower Memorial book, and is not tied to the available date
• Our fillable order form is available for download here
  • Paper forms are also available in the back of the church.
  • Order forms are due on Monday, March 30.
    • These forms and donations can be submitted:
      • via email to Jennifer Williams | jwilliams@sacredheartfla.org
      • by mailing them to the Parish Office
        • Mailing Address | 518 N Marion Street, Tampa, FL 33602
      • dropping them of at the Parish Office during normal business hours | M-F, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
      • placing them with your donation in the offertory basket at Mass
• The suggested donation for an Easter Flower Memorial is $20.

Jesus’ journey to Calvary is stunningly depicted in 14 bas relief sculptures that encircle the nave and transepts of the church. This Lent, parishioners, visitors, and Jubilee pilgrims will have the opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross at any time outside of Mass, with a digital guide available to help you follow along with this special seasonal devotion. Posters featuring the link and QR code for the prayer guide will be visible near the entrances to the church. A limited set of booklets will be available as well, for those who can not access the digital prayer guide. This self-guided opportunity will take the place of the weekly prayer sessions previously held on Friday evenings during Lent. You can also access the guide here.

There are no free parking options available for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, or Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil). Should you choose to utilize the Madison Building garage on Thursday or Friday, the standard hourly/daily rates will apply. Parishioners are encouraged to utilize the City of Tampa’s Church Zone for Masses on Easter Sunday, which allows for free street parking.