Holy Week & Easter 2023
Join us in person or online as we journey with Jesus towards his death and resurrection, during Holy Week and Easter 2023.
Our pattern of services for Holy Week and Easter will be as follows. You can visit our Online Resources page if you would prefer to join in online.
2 April – Palm Sunday
10:30 High Mass
A service of sung High Mass, with a congregational procession of palm branches outside the church and the sung Passion narrative.
18:30 Meditation for Holy Week
Father John & the OSP choir will lead us in meditation for Holy Week.
The Wounds by James Whitbourn & Motets for Passiontide and Holy Week.
3 April – Holy Monday
8:00 Morning Prayer & Low Mass
A said Office with readings and psalms, followed by a celebration of Low Mass. Held in the choir stalls – you are also welcome to join in via our Facebook livestream.
19:30 Sung Compline
A traditional service of Night Prayer, sung in plainsong chant and held in the choir stalls. You can also join in via our Facebook livestream.
You can find a recording of this service, and more explanation, on our Online Resources page.
Visit our Online Resources page
4 April – Holy Tuesday
8:00 Morning Prayer and Mass
A said Office with readings and psalms, followed by a celebration of Low Mass. Held in the choir stalls – you are also welcome to join in via our Facebook livestream.
19:30 Sung Compline
A traditional service of Night Prayer, sung in plainsong chant and held in the choir stalls. You can also join in via our Facebook livestream.
You can find a recording of this service, and more explanation, on our Online Resources page.
5 April – Holy Wednesday
8:00 Morning Prayer and Mass
A said Office with readings and psalms, followed by a celebration of Low Mass. Held in the choir stalls – you are also welcome to join in via our Facebook livestream.
19:30 Tenebrae
6 April – Maundy Thursday
8:00 Morning Prayer
A said Office with readings and psalms held in the choir stalls – you are also welcome to join in via our Facebook livestream.
19:30 High Mass with Foot Washing & Healing Ministry
High Mass in remembrance of the Last Supper, where Jesus instituted the Eucharist before being betrayed to the authorities. This service includes the washing of feet, symbolic of Christ’s hospitality to his disciples, and the stripping of the altar in preparation for Good Friday.
21:00 Vigil at the Garden of Repose
7 April – Good Friday
8:00 Morning Prayer
A said Office with readings and psalms held in the choir stalls – you are also welcome to join in via our Facebook livestream.
12:00 Good Friday Liturgy with Holy Communion
8 April – Holy Saturday
10:30 Family & Easter Garden Service
9 April – Easter Sunday
05:00 Easter Vigil
A dawn feast of music, light, scripture, baptism and Eucharist, emerging from darkness in celebration of the risen Christ.
The service is followed by a community breakfast in the church hall.
10:30 High Mass of Easter Day
A Festival High Mass for Easter.
18:30 Festal Evensong & Benediction
A sung Office with readings, psalms, hymns and canticles. Followed by Benediction – meditation and blessing with the Blessed Sacrament.
Flowers for Easter
Every Easter we fill the church with lilies. If you would like to remember a loved one or give thanks for something through the gift of a lily, please consider donating to our Flowers for Easter page.