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you are referring to is likely either the Stations of the Cross or the Three Hours' Agony.

But there is a Mass-like liturgy service as well, which can be performed at several different times (morning, midday, evening, etc) depending on the parish. That is functionally a Mass (there are readings and prayers and Holy Communion) and would look so to anyone not steeped in Catholic doctrine and practice, but technically not a Mass since consecration of the Eucharist is omitted -- and that few minutes of the service is what defines a Mass. Instead sufficient surplus Eucharist has been consecrated on Thursday to last the parish through until Easter morning. Still, it is a Mass-like event with a congregation and a priest in a church, with reading and prayers and Communion, lasting a normal-ish Mass-time.