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Palm (Passion) Sunday
March 29, 2026
Palm (or Passion) Sunday falls on the Sunday before Easter each year, marking the start of Holy Week. It co...
Chrism Mass
March 31, 2026
The Chrism Mass, celebrated each year during Holy Week, is so named because it is when the sacramental oils...
Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper
April 2, 2026
Holy Thursday marks the start of the Easter Triduum – the summit of the Church’s Liturgical Year, which run...
Good Friday
April 3, 2026
Good Friday and the celebration of the Lord’s Passion is a somber service that commemorates the cruci...

News

Invite God into life’s struggles as well as joys, Bishop Martin preaches on Palm Sunday

� Palm Sunday’s mix of joy and suffering is an “odd juxtaposition” that reflects the reality o...

On first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo says Jesus cries out from the cross against war

In his first Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed that Jesus, the King of Peace, embraces all...

Israeli police prevent Latin patriarch, custos, from entering Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and Father Francesco Ielpo, the ...

Canadian speaker discusses ways to address medical euthanasia

Amanda Achtman is a young adult from Canada who has dedicated her life to battling euthanasia and as...

About the Diocese

Founded in 1972, the Diocese of Charlotte encompasses the 46 counties in the western half of North Carolina, bordering Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina, with more than 565,000 Catholics in 93 parishes and missions. We operate 20 schools and more than 50 ministries and programs – including food banks, counseling, prison ministry, youth and elder ministry, campus ministry, anti-poverty efforts, refugee resettlement and pro-life advocacy.

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