Holy Week 2017

9th April – 16th April

Easter Service Times leaflet Yellow coloured leaflets are available from the porches, with details of all the Service times for Holy Week. Please take home a copy.

Palm Sunday We enter into the celebration of Holy Week with our Blessing of Palms and our Solemn Entry Procession. We gather outside the Church at the 9.45am Mass.

Saturday, 8th April
6.00pm	Our Lady of Peace	Saturday Vigil Palm Sunday Mass

Palm Sunday, 9th April
9.45am	Our Lady of Peace	Mass
11.30am	St Andrew’s	Mass

Confessions We are encouraged to prepare for our celebration of the Easter Triduum by going to confession.

Thursday, 6th April
8.30am – 9.30am	St Andrew’s	Confessions

Good Friday, 14th April
12noon – 1.00pm	Our Lady of Peace	Confessions
7.00pm	St Gilbert’s	Confessions

Lenten Reconciliation Service During the Service there will be prayers, readings and hymns and a chance for us to reflect on God’s love and forgiveness freely offered to us in Jesus Christ. There will also be the opportunity to receive God’s forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). Guidance and help will be offered for those who would like to receive this Sacrament but feel worried or unsure about how to receive it. All are most welcome.

Monday of Holy Week, 10th April
9.30am	Our Lady of Peace	Mass
7.00pm	Our Lady of Peace	Lenten Reconciliation Service with visiting confessors

Tuesday of Holy Week, 11th April
9.30am	Our Lady of Peace	Mass

The Easter Triduum Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. The Easter Triduum includes the Easter Vigil, the summit of the Triduum. The word Triduum comes from the Latin word meaning “three days.” It begins on the evening of Maundy Thursday and ends at Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday, thus the Triduum consists of three full days which begin and end in the evening. The Triduum technically is not part of Lent (at least liturgically), but Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are still considered as part of the traditional forty day Lenten fast. The Triduum celebrates the heart of our faith, salvation, and redemption: the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Therefore it commemorates the Institution of the Eucharist (Holy Thursday), the passion, crucifixion and death of the Lord (Good Friday), and finally his glorious resurrection (Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday). Along with the Ascension, these important events make up the Paschal Mystery.

Chrism Mass at Northampton Cathedral Bishop Peter Doyle invites us all to the Chrism Mass. The Oils for the Sacraments will be blessed. The priests of the diocese renew their priestly commitment.

Mass of the Last Supper at Our Lady of Peace We welcome the Paschal Triduum, the Liturgy of the Word, the Washing of the Feet, collection for the poor (for SVP this year), the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Watching before the Blessed Sacrament.

Maundy Thursday, 13th April N.B. No morning Mass at St Andrew’s.
11.00am	Northampton Cathedral	Chrism Mass
7.30pm	Our Lady of Peace	Mass of the Last Supper (Watching until Midnight)

Good Friday Liturgy at Our Lady of Peace Our prayer begins with silent prostration, The Liturgy of the Word with the Passion of St John, The Intercessions for the world, The Veneration of the Cross, Holy Communion, Collection for the Holy Places.

Good Friday, 14th April Day of fasting and abstinence.
10.00am	St Andrew’s	Ecumenical Service
12.00noon – 1.00pm	Our Lady of Peace	Confessions
3.00pm	Our Lady of Peace	Good Friday Liturgy
7.00pm	St Gilbert’s	Confessions
7.30pm	St Gilbert’s	Stations of the Cross

Easter Vigil Mass at Our Lady of Peace The Easter Bonfire. We give thanks for light and Salvation. The story of God’s love proclaimed. The Blessing of the Baptismal water, The Baptism of Adults, Reception into full communion, The Liturgy of the Eucharıst (The Vigil is of course an Easter Sunday Mass). All are welcome to what is the most beautiful liturgy of the Church’s year (Your Easter Sunday offering is your personal gift to your priest).

Easter Saturday, 15th April
7.00pm	Our Lady of Peace	Easter Vigil Easter Sunday Mass

Easter Sunday, 16th April
9.00am	St Gilbert’s	Mass
9.45am	Our Lady of Peace	Mass
11.30am	St Andrew’s	Mass

Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
St Andrew’s – Washington Drive, Cippenham | SL1 5RE
St Gilbert’s – Eton Wick Rd, Eton Wick | SL4 6JH

Start of page. ↑

9th April – 16th April

Share this: