ASH WEDNESDAY, HOLY WEEK AND EASTERTIDE
ASH WEDNESDAY, HOLY WEEK AND EASTERTIDE
2018
ASH WEDNESDAY 14th FEBRUARY DAY OF FAST AND ABSTINENCE
08.40 Morning Prayer
09.00 Mass with distribution of Ashes.
12.00 Mass with distribution of Ashes
PALM SUNDAY 25th MARCH
Blessing and distribution of palms at each Holy Mass
Sat. 6.15pm, Sunday 08.00 and 10.30 Palm Procession and Sung Mass with Children's Liturgy.
Monday and Wednesday
Morning Prayer at 08.40 followed by Holy Mass.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 09.30-12.00.
Tuesday
Morning Prayer at 09.30 followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 11.45. Holy Mass at 12 noon.
Wednesday
As above for Wednesday
PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY AND THOSE WHO ARE HOME FROM UNIVERSITIES TO GO TO THE CHRISM MASS ON 28TH MARCH
Chrism Mass at Christ The King Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. 7.30pm.
HOLY TRIDUUM
Maundy Thursday 29th March
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer at 09.00
Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7.30pm.
Watching at the Altar of Repose up to 10.00pm followed by Compline.
Rosary at 9.00pm.
Good Friday 30th MARCH: DAY OF FAST AND ABSTINENCE
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer at 9.00am
Divine Mercy Novena - Day 1
Stations of the Cross 10.30am
Walk of Witness from St Mary's to St Lawrence's at 11.30am
THE LORD'S PASSION - 3.00pm
Easter Saturday 31st MARCH
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer at 9.00am with Novena to Divine Mercy.
11.00am Confessions until 12.00 noon.
12.00 Blessing of Paschal Food for the Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak and Russian Communities.
8.00pm Easter Vigil with bonfire in garden.
Easter Sunday 1st APRIL
08.00 Mass and 10.30 Mass with Children's Liturgy. Polish Mass at 14.00
Easter Monday 2nd APRIL
Morning Prayer at 9.40am with Novena to Divine Mercy.
Holy Mass at 10.00am
Divine Mercy Sunday - 8th APRIL - Special Divine Mercy Service
Sacred Heart Church, Brooke Street, Chorley. PR6 ONG.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
3.00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy, followed by Rosary and individual Confessions.
Holy Mass at approx. 3.45pm.
Easter Services of Reconciliation
INDIVIDUAL CONFESSIONS AND INDIVIDUAL ABSOLUTIONS
Sunday 25th March St Gregory's Weld Bank, Chorley. PR7 3NW, at 3.00pm.
Monday 26th March Sacred Heart Brooke Street, Chorley. PR6 ONG, at 7.00pm.
Tuesday 27th March , St Mary's Mount Pleasant, Chorley. PR7 2SR, at 7.00pm.
Languages: English, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, French, Spanish, German
Sick and House bound
Would Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion inform Fr Marsden a.s.a.p. if anyone would like Confession at home or in Nursing/Care Homes.
Palms and newsletters for the sick and housebound, available in the sacristy (palms already made into a Cross).
