Holy Thursday Altar of Repose
Thu, Apr 02
|Our Lady of the Angels Church
In honor of the Year of St. Francis, please join us on Holy Thursday night for the first Altar of Repose in Our Lady of the Angels Church since in nearly 30 years!
Time & Location
Apr 02, 2026, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Our Lady of the Angels Church, 3800 W Iowa St, Chicago, IL 60651, USA
About the event
To celebrate Holy Thursday and the jubilee year of St. Francis, Mission of Our Lady of the Angels will have an altar of repose open for visiting from 8 pm to 11 pm on Holy Thursday, April 2.
An altar of repose is a separate side altar where the Blessed Sacrament is kept on the evening of Holy Thursday. The altar is often times decorated intensely with plants to help us remember
Jesus' agony in the garden, which happened on Holy Thursday night. The faithful remember Jesus' words to Peter, James and John "Remain here and keep watch with me" and pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament for several hours on Holy Thursday night.
It is also tradition to travel to different churches on Holy Thursday to visit altars of repose. Thus, Mission OLA's altar of repose will be open for visitation from 8 pm to 11 pm on…