HOLY WEEK AND EASTER 2017

Holy Week and Easter 2017 booklet

PALM SUNDAY – 9th April

Normal Mass Times

Blessing of Palms at All Masses

Procession with Palms at the 10.00 a.m. Mass

Monday of Holy Week                      10th April

Parish Penitential Service                   7.00 p.m.

Tuesday of Holy Week                     11th April

Confessions                                         after 10 a.m. Mass
Penitential Service St Bartholomew’s            7.00 p.m.

Wednesday of Holy Week               12th April

Confessions                                          after 10 a.m. Mass & 5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Penitential Service St Mary Immaculate          7.00 p.m.

EASTER TRIDUUM

HOLY THURSDAY

Morning Prayer                                   9.30 a.m.

Chrism Mass in the Cathedral          11 a.m.

(Presided over by the Archbishop with the Blessing of the Oils and Renewal of Priestly Promises by the Priests of the Archdiocese.)

Mass of the Lord’s Supper                 7:30 p.m.

(After Mass, the Blessed Sacrament will be transferred to the Altar of Repose in the Hall until Night Prayer 10 p.m.)

GOOD FRIDAY

Good Friday is a day of Fast and Abstinence.

Morning Prayer                                   10 a.m.

Service with Young Children            12 noon

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion    3 p.m.

Evening Reflection and Veneration of the Cross     7.30 p.m.

Night Prayer                                        10 p.m.

HOLY SATURDAY

Morning Prayer                                   10 a.m.

EASTER VIGIL

Holy Saturday                                     9.00 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY

Masses at 10 a.m. and 12 noon

(No evening Mass on Easter Sunday)