Holy Week Services

HOLY WEEK SERVICES 2024

24th March PALM SUNDAY
Mass times: 9.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m. (Please gather outside the Convent of Mercy, Cambridge Park at 11.20 a.m.) and 6.30 p.m.

Monday 25th March

9.00 a.m. Mass

Tuesday 26th March

NO MASS

Wednesday 27th March

NO MORNING MASS

CHRISM MASS 11.00 a.m. at Brentwood Cathedral
The Bishop, joined by the priests of the diocese, gather together to manifest their unity. During this Mass, the Bishop blesses three oils: the oil of catechumens, the oil of the infirm and holy
Chrism which will be used in the celebration of the sacraments throughout the Diocese in the coming year.

THE EASTER TRIDUUM: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday

These three days (the Triduum) are the most sacred days in the Church’s year as we participate in the saving events of Christ’s death and resurrection. Although spread over three days the
liturgies form a single unity and calls us to be especially generous in participating in them and giving our time to Christ.

HOLY THURSDAY 28th March

MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER WITH WASHING OF FEET at 8.00p.m. followed by watch at the Altar of Repose until midnight.

In this celebration we give thanks for the new Passover, the Eucharist, where Christ gives us Himself to liberate us from sin and death so that we can “pass over” with Him to the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit.

GOOD FRIDAY 29th March—day of fasting and abstinence

“By his wounds, we are healed.”

Walk of Witness leaving at 10.00 a.m. from United Reform Church, Nightingale Lane to Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

THE PASSION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST with veneration of the Cross at 3.00 p.m.

RETIRING COLLECTION to support the sacred sites of the Holy Land.

7.00 p.m. Stations of the Cross

HOLY SATURDAY 30th March

10.00 a.m.— 11.00 a.m. CONFESSIONS

THE GREAT AND HOLY VIGIL OF EASTER at 7.00 p.m.

This liturgy (the highpoint of the Church’s year) speaks of the joy and new life we find in Christ’s resurrection not only with  words but with music, fire, light, the waters of baptism, holy
oi`ls. Tonight we welcome men and women into our community as they receive the sacraments and become our brothers and sisters in Christ. With deep and profound joy, we sing and pray
together: Jesus Christ, our King, is risen! Darkness vanishes forever!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

PLEASE MAKE A VERY SPECIAL EFFORT TO ATTEND THE EASTER VIGIL
31st March EASTER SUNDAY

Mass times: 9.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO EVENING MASS