LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – St. Mary Immaculate Church in Lakeport and St. Peter Mission Church in Kelseyville are planning several special events to mark Holy Week.

St. Mary Immaculate Church is located at 801 N. Main St. in Lakeport and St. Peter Mission Church is at 4085 Main St., Kelseyville.

The services are as follows.

– Holy Thursday Mass, March 28, 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s, and Jueves Santo at 7:30 p.m., St. Peter. On this night they commemorate and celebrate the Last Supper, the institution of the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Holy Orders. At the end of the Mass the sanctuary and altar are stripped bare in preparation for the somber feast of Good Friday.

– Good Friday of The Lord’s Passion, March 29, noon interfaith service and 3 p.m. Catholic Service at St. Mary’s, and Viernes Santo 7:30 p.m., St. Peter. Good Friday is a somber remembrance of Jesus’ crucifixion and death on the cross. It is a day of fasting and penance. This is the only day in the entire year when no Mass is said. Instead, every Roman Catholic church in the world has a Veneration of the Cross ceremony with distribution of Holy Communion.

– Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil), March 30, 7 p.m., St. Mary Immaculate. The Easter Vigil is the restoration of the early Church’s tradition as the great celebration of adult baptism and conformation. It is the high point in the church liturgical year. The vigil begins in darkness (outside where the scared fire and new Paschal Candle are blessed) and a procession of candlelight follows that enlightens the church to remind us that Jesus is the light of the world who has conquered all sin and death.

– Easter Sunday, March 31: Morning Masses at 7 a.m. (sunrise service – outside) and 10:30 a.m., St. Mary Immaculate; 8:30 a.m. (English) and 2 p.m. (Spanish), St. Peter.  

For further information regarding both churches please call 707-263-4401.