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Holy Thursday Seven Churches Visitation

After every Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist is processed to an altar of repose. The faithful are invited to join in this procession and then “Remain here and keep watch with me” (Mt 26:38) by spending time in prayer and adoration. Churches stay open into the evening for people to visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. The Seven Churches Visitation is a pilgrimage where participants visit different churches and meditate on the Seven Movements of Jesus.

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How do I participate?

Choose your starting church and plan which others to visit. Decide if you’ll begin after Holy Thursday Mass or later in the evening. The altar of repose is often in a side altar or separate room, with the Blessed Sacrament exposed in the monstrance or tabernacle. Meditate on the Seven Movements of Jesus (below). If you can’t visit seven churches, you’re still invited to participate. Jesus longs for you to “remain here and keep watch with me” (Mt 26:38) in any way you can.

What should I expect?

After the Holy Thursday Mass, the Eucharist is placed on a temporary “altar of repose” for quiet prayer and adoration. Jesus is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. Feel free to stay as long as you like—kneel, sit, stand, or move around. The Seven Movements of Jesus (below) are there for reflection, but you can also pray in your own way. If you’re unsure what to do, just remember: you don’t have to do much—simply let Him love you.

Plan your route

Find your starting parish below. Then, for the most efficient route, simply visit the next six parishes on the list in order or in reverse order. Map links are provided to easily open directions on your phone as you go. If you live in a rural area or are otherwise unable to make it to seven different churches, consider doing multiple meditations at one location.

Elkhart County

St. John the Evangelist
109 W. Monroe Street, Goshen – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m. (Bilingual)
  • Holy Thursday Confessions: 8:30 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Mary of the Annunciation
411 W. Vistula St., Bristol – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Vincent de Paul
1108 S. Main Street, Elkhart – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m. (Bilingual. Confessions after Mass)
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Vincent Hall)

St. Thomas the Apostle
1405 N. Main Street, Elkhart – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (School Commons, Enter Through Door A)
St. Joseph County

Queen of Peace
4508 Vistula Road, Mishawaka – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m. Confessions following from 8:15-9:15 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 12 midnight (School gymnasium. Use the main doors for entry to the church area)
  • Good Friday Solemn Tenebrae Liturgy: 7:45 p.m.

St. Pius X
52553 N Fir Rd, Granger 46530 – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7:30 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until midnight (Chapel in the Schooler Parish Life Center)

St. Thérèse, Little Flower
54191 Ironwood Road, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m. (Side Adoration Chapel

Basilica of the Sacred Heart Notre Dame
Join Sacred Heart Parish for Mass and Pascal Watch at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart
101 Basilica Dr, Notre Dame (When you enter through a campus gate, you will receive a parking pass and may be directed where to go.)

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 5 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Inside Main Church)
  • Confession: 7-8 p.m., Holy Thursday
  • Tenebrae: 11 p.m., Holy Thursday

Christ the King
52473 S.R. 933, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Holy Cross Chapel, Adjacent to Sanctuary on the North Side)
  • Blessing of Easter Food: 1 p.m. Holy Saturday

Corpus Christi
2822 Corpus Christi Drive, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Parish Adoration Chapel)

St. John the Baptist
3526 St. Johns Way, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m. (Bilingual)
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight

Holy Family
56405 Mayflower Road, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m. (Confessions to follow)
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m.

St. Stanislaus Kostka
55756 Tulip Road, New Carlisle – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Adalbert
2505 W. Grace Street, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m. (Bilingual)
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Casimir
1308 W. Dunham St., South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: At St. Adalbert, 6 p.m
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

Our Lady of Hungary
829 W. Calvert St., South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m. (Bilingual. Confessions to follow.)
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight
  • Live Way of the Cross / Via Crucis: 3 p.m. on Good Friday (Spanish)

St. Patrick, South Bend
309 S. Taylor St., South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m. (Hedwig Memorial Center)

St. Hedwig
Holy Thursday Mass is offered at St. Patrick, South Bend.

  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m. (Hedwig Memorial Center)

St. Augustine
1501 W. Washington Street, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Check with the parish

St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
415 N Brookfield Street, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Nave of Church)

Holy Cross
920 Wilber Street, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m. (inside the main church)

St. Joseph, South Bend
226 N. Hill Street, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (School Gymnasium, Enter through Door 9)
  • Tenebrae: Good Friday at 8:30 p.m.

St. Anthony de Padua
2310 E. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Church Meeting Room Under the Bell Tower)
  • Tenebrae: 9 p.m. on Friday, April 3rd

St. Monica
222 W. Mishawaka Ave., Mishawaka – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (In the Lower Level of the Church)
  • Tenebrae: Good Friday at 8:30 p.m.

St. Joseph, Mishawaka
213 W. Third Street, Mishawaka – Google Maps.

Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
Altar of Repose: Check with the parish
Tenebrae: April 3, 9 p.m.

St. Bavo
502 West 7th St., Mishawaka – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m. (In the chapel)

St. Matthew Cathedral
1701 Miami Street, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (BVM Side Altar in the Main Church)
  • Tenebrae: Good Friday at 8 p.m.

St. Jude
19704 Johnson Rd, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until midnight (Inside the gym located next to the Church)

Sacred Heart of Jesus
63568 Old U.S. 31-South, South Bend – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Church basement)

St. Patrick, Walkerton
807 Tyler Street, Walkerton – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish
Marshall, Kosciusko, Whitley Counties

St. Mary of the Lake
124 College Ave., Culver – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Inside Main Church, side altar)
  • Holy Thursday Confessions: 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m

St. Michael the Archangel
612 N. Walnut Street, Plymouth – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight

St. Dominic
803 Bike Street, Bremen – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Adoration Chapel)
  • Confession will be offered from 7 – 9 p.m. on Holy Thursday

Our Lady of Guadalupe
225 Gilliam Drive, Warsaw – Google Maps.

  • Check with the parish

Sacred Heart
125 N. Harrison Street, Warsaw – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 8:30 a.m. Friday (In the gym, enter through front doors of the church, down the hallway to the left)

St. Francis Xavier
408 Catholic Street, Pierceton – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.

St. Martin de Porres
6941 Waco Drive, Syracuse – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 5:30 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Thursday until 8 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-noon (Back Table in the Church)

St. John Bosco
220 N. Main Street, Churubusco, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m. at Immaculate Conception, Ege

St. Paul of the Cross
315 S. Line Street, Columbia City – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Catherine of Alexandria
9989 S. STR 9, Columbia City – Google Maps.

  • Check with the parish
Adams, Wells Counties

St. Mary of the Presentation
5790 E 1100 S, Geneva – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish.

St. Joseph
1300 N. Main Street, Bluffton – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Parish Conference Room, Schaefer Parish Center / Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
  • Night Prayer: 11:45 p.m.

St. Mary of the Assumption
414 W Madison Street, Decatur – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m. (Confessions to follow)
Allen County

St. Patrick, Arcola
12305 Arcola Rd., Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m. (Inside Main Church)

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
10700 Aboite Center Road, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Inside Main Church)
  • Blessing of Easter Food: 9:30 a.m. Saturday

St. Joseph, Fort Wayne
2213 Brooklyn Ave., Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: English: 5 p.m. Spanish: 7:30 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: After Spanish Mass until midnight (Inside Main Church)

St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne
4500 Fairfield Ave, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Inside Main Church at St. Mary Side Altar)
  • Tenebrae: 8 p.m. on Good Friday

St. Therese
2304 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Chapel)

St. Aloysius
14623 Bluffton Road, Yoder, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m.
  • Easter Food Blessing 2026: Saturday, 9 a.m.

St. Joseph – Hessen Cassel
11337 Old Decatur Road South Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46816 – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Inside Main Church)
  • Tenebrae: Wednesday, April 1 at 8 p.m.

St. Henry
5711 St. Henry’s Ln., Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10:30 p.m.

Sacred Heart
4643 Gaywood Drive, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m. (Latin. Duration: roughly 90 minutes)
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight
  • Tenebrae: 8 p.m. Thursday (Confessions to follow)

St. Peter
518 E. DeWald St., Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 5:30 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m. (Inside Main Church)
  • No sensory-friendly Mass will be offered on Eater Sunday.

St. Patrick
2120 Harrison St., Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 8 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11:30 p.m.

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
1105 S. Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11:30 p.m. (Mother Theodore Guerin Chapel)
  • Blessing of Easter Food: 9 a.m. Saturday in the Cathedral

St. Mary, Mother of God
1101 South Lafayette St., Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 5:15 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose and Confessions: After Mass until 7:30 p.m.

Most Precious Blood
1515 Barthold Street, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6:30 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: until midnight (Church)

Queen of Angels
1500 W. State Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Activities Center)

St. Jude
2155 Randallia Drive, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.
In observance of the Holy Triduum, the Most Blessed Sacrament will be reposed from the St. Jude Adoration Chapel on Holy Thursday at 5 p.m.  Perpetual Adoration resumes in our chapel on Easter Sunday at 1 p.m.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Inside Main Church)

St. Vincent de Paul
1502 East Wallen Road, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 8 a.m. Friday (Oratory of St. Mary Magdalene)

Our Lady of Good Hope
7215 Saint Joe Road, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Parish Hall; Park around back of church building and enter double doors.)

St. Charles Borromeo
4916 Trier Road, Fort Wayne, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: The church will remain open for quiet prayer (no Adoration) until 9 p.m. on Saturday

St. John the Baptist, New Haven
943 Powers Street, New Haven, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11:30 p.m. (Inside Main Church)

St. Louis Besancon, New Haven
15535 Lincoln Highway East New Haven – Google Maps

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Rose of Lima
206 Summit Street, Monroeville, IN – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Inside Main Church)
    Confessions: Holy Thursday 7-8 p.m.; Good Friday 4-5 p.m.; Holy Saturday 4-5:30 p.m.
Noble, LaGrange, Dekalb, Steuben Counties

St. Patrick
300 Ravine Park Drive, Ligonier – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (In the basement of the church)

St. Joseph
50 N 100 E, LaGrange – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Gaspar del Bufalo
10871 N. St. Rd. 9, Rome City – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

Immaculate Conception
301 E. Diamond Street, Kendallville – Google Maps.

  • Check with the parish

St. Mary of the Assumption
228 N. Main Street, Avilla – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m.

Blessed Sacrament
2290 N. State Road 9, Albion – Google Maps.
Holy Thursday Mass and pascal watch is offered at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Huntington

Immaculate Conception Ege
7046 E 400 S, LaOtto – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m. (Confessions to follow)
  • Altar of Repose: Until Confessions conclude

St. Joseph
300 W. Houston St., Garrett – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until Midnight (Main Church at the side altar)

Immaculate Conception
500 East Seventh St., Auburn – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6:30 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 10 p.m. (Adoration Chapel)

St. Michael the Archangel
1098 County Road 39, Waterloo – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Anthony of Padua
700 W. Maumee Street, Angola – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m. (bilingual)
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Paul Catholic Chapel
8780 E 700 N, Fremont – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish
Huntington, Wabash Counties

St. Joseph
641 N. Main Street, Roanoke – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Check with the parish

St. Mary
903 N. Jefferson St., Huntington – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m. (Spanish)
  • Altar of Repose: 8–11 p.m. (Fr. Gollner Hall, SS Peter & Paul Parish, Huntington)
  • Good Friday Liturgy: 12:30 p.m.

SS. Peter and Paul
860 Cherry Street, Huntington – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Fr. Gollner Hall)
  • Good Friday Liturgy: 3 p.m.

St. Bernard
907 North Cass St., Wabash – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 7 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (School Basement, which is the building north of the church. Enter alley door.)

St. Robert Bellarmine
1203 State Road 114 East, North Manchester – Google Maps.

  • Holy Thursday Mass: 6 p.m.
  • Altar of Repose: Until 11 p.m. (Parish Hall)

Seven Movements of Jesus

1. Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane | Lk 22:39-46

Then going out he went, as was His custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him. When He arrived at the place He said to them, “Pray that you may not undergo the test.” After withdrawing about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, He prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.” And to strengthen Him an angel from heaven appeared to Him. He was in such agony and He prayed so fervently that His sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground. When He rose from prayer and returned to His disciples, He found them sleeping from grief. He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not undergo the test.”

History

The tradition can be traced to Rome with St. Philip Neri in the 1500’s who is said to have started with visiting the seven basilicas in Rome. Each Holy Thusday, after the Eucharist was processed to an altar of repose, St. Philip and those that followed in this tradition would process from church to church to “remain” with Jesus commemorating the beginning of his passion. This tradition spread throughout the world as immigration spread and was brought to the Americas by Italian and Polish immigrants.

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