Special Wies Festivals and Days 2012
last changes: January 23, 2011
Lenten Fridays in the Wies
March 2,9,16, 23, 30
8:00 a.m. morning prayer
8:30 a.m. Confession 9:00 a.m.Rosary
9:30 a.m. Holy Mass with Lenten Sermon
Sunday, April 1, Palm Sunday
11:00 a.m. Celebration of Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
15:00 p.m. Celebration of the Passion
April 5 - 8 Celebration of the Holy Week and Easter Liturgy
April, 21 Maundy Thursday
8:00 p.m. Holy Mass: Celebration of the Last Supper with Foot Washing
April, 6 Good Friday
1:15 p.m. Good Friday Procession from Chapel of the LVHS to the Wies Church
3:00 p.m. Celebration of the Suffering and Death of Christ
April, 8 Easter Sunday
4:00 a.m. Easter Sunrise Service
11:00 a.m. Festive Easter Mass
5:00 p.m. Solemn Vesper
In the month of May: Sunday, Tuesday and Friday: 7:00 p.m. Traditional Marien Meditations
From May through October every Wednesday general Pilgrim day
8:15 a.m. morning meditation
10:00 a.m. pilgrim mass
11:00 a. m. general guided tour of the church
11:45 a.m. musical meditation
2:30 p.m. general guided tour of the church
4:00 p.m. Pilgrim meditation
May 1, Tuesday: Opening of the Pilgrimage Year in the Wies
8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m. Pilgrimage Mass
May 28, Monday after Pentecost: Pilgrimage of the "Oberer Lechgau" in native costumes
9:30 a.m. Pilgrimage Mass
Festival of Christ's Tears
(Remembrance of the miracle of the Scourged Saviour of the Wies shedding tears on June 14, 1738)
June 16, Saturday
5:00 p.m. Solemn Vesper
8:00 p.m. Opening of the Night of Prayer with Eucharistic Celebration and procession in the church.
Prayer until 1:30 a.m. .
June 17, Sunday
11:00 a.m. Festival Mass
5:00 p.m. Solemn Vesper
Guardian Angel Festival - Church Consecration of the Wies Church September 1, 1754
September 1, Saturday
5:00 p.m. Solemn Vesper
7:00 p.m. Festival Concert
10:00 p.m. Vigil
September 2, Sunday
11:00 Uhr Festival Mass
4:00 p.m. Solemn Vesper
Festival of the Brotherhood of the Scourged Saviour of the Wies
October 13, Saturday
5:00 p.m. Solemn Vesper 8:00 p.m. Vigil
October 14, Sunday
9:30 a.m. Festival Mass with concluding outdoor procession
5:00 p.m. Solemn Vesper