Holy Week & Easter at Christ Church
Holy Week
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and continues through this most holy of weeks in the Church's liturgical year which culminates with the great feast of Easter.
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Palm Sunday (14th April 2019)
8am Said Mass
9.40am Blessing of Palms in Tower Square
10am Sung Mass
6.30pm Music & Readings for Passiontide
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Fig Monday
6.30pm Confessions
7.30pm Mass and Stations of the Cross
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Temple Tuesday
6.30pm Confessions
7.30pm Mass and Stations of the Cross
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Spy Wednesday
11.30am Chrism Mass at Lichfield Cathedral with the Bishop of Ebbsfleet
6.30pm Confessions
7.30pm Mass and Stations of the Cross
The Sacred Triduum
The three days that begin with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday and ends with Evensong on Easter Sunday. It recalls the Passion, Death, Burial
and Resurrection of Jesus as portrayed in the Gospels.
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Maundy Thursday (18th April 2019)
7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper & Watch before the Sacrament until Midnight
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Good Friday
10am Stations of the Cross and Children's Craft Activities & Hot Cross Buns
2pm The Liturgy of the Day and Veneration of the Cross
7pm The Maria Desolata
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Holy Saturday
8:30pm Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter, followed by refreshments.
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Easter Sunday
8am Mass
10am Sung Mass & Maria Consolata
6.30pm Evensong & Benediction