Palm Sunday 28th March
Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey ready to face His death. Sadly we can’t have a procession because of the pandemic.
10am Solemn Mass at St Mary’s
12noon Solemn Mass at St Mary’s
5pm Solemn Mass at the Good Shepherd
Monday 29th March
9.30am Mass at St Mary’s
12.15pm Mass at Good Shepherd
7.30pm Evening Prayer and Benediction at St Mary’s
Tuesday 30th March
9.30am Mass at St Mary’s
12.15pm Mass at Good Shepherd
8.30pm Rosary at St Mary’s
9pm Compline at St Mary’s
Wednesday 31st March
9.30pm Mass at St Mary’s
12.15pm Mass at the Good Shepherd
8.00pm Confessions (no need for an appointment, just turn up)
9.00pm Compline at St Mary’s
Maundy Thursday 1st April
before the Blessed Sacrament until midnight.
8pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper. On the night before He died, Jesus had supper with His disciples, washes their feet and gives them a new commandment. We follow His commandment to take bread and wine in memory of Him. After Mass, we pray and the Chancel will have become like the Garden of Gethsemane. Here we pray silently, coming and going as need be, in the presence of Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood. Compline at 11.45pm.
Good Friday 2nd
On this day, we gather to thank Jesus for dying for us. He was innocent, we the guilty, yet He suffered for us. The Solemn Liturgy is how we worship God on this day and it is done three times so we can each attend it once in a socially distanced context.
12noon Solemn Liturgy at St Mary’s
2pm Solemn Liturgy at St Mary’s
6pm Solemn Liturgy at Good Shepherd
Holy Saturday 3rd
8pm Solemn Mass of the Easter Vigil. We begin outside St Mary’s lighting the Easter fire, from which the Easter Candle is lit. This is processed into a dark church as the Resurrection of Christ is proclaimed.
Easter Sunday 4th
There are four Masses today so we can celebrate with joy the Resurrection of Jesus and the new life offered to everyone. (The photograph below is from pre-social distancing times, of course. We’ll keep 2 metres distance at the Masses.)
8am Said Mass at St Mary’s
10am Solemn Mass at St Mary’s
12noon Solemn Mass at St Mary’s
5pm Solemn Mass at the Good Shepherd
