Lent, Holy Week and Easter
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Lent is the period of 40 days which comes before Easter. Beginning on Ash Wednesday. Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. By observing the 40 days of Lent, we replicate Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for 40 days. Lent is marked by fasting, prayer and giving.
During Lent it is a time of reflection for ourselves, and to help us on this important journey, the Parish provides a number of events: STATIONS OF THE CROSS
This Lent join us for Stations of the Cross, a 14-step Catholic devotion that commemorates Jesus Christ's last day on Earth as a man.
A beautiful service reflecting on the Journey of Christ to the Cross. Thursdays St Edward’s 7.30pm Fridays St Joseph’s 7.30pm | St Pius X 2.45pm Sundays - St Mary's 3.15pm RECONCILIATION
During Lent, we seek for God's mercy and forgiveness, through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Mondays St Pius X 8.00pm Wednesdays St Edward's 10.30am Saturdays St Joseph's 11am, St Pius X 5.15pm, St Mary's 6.15pm Other opportunities to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent: St Edward's - Friday 13th March - 5-7pm St Mary's - Friday 20th March - 5-7pm St Pius X - Friday 27th March - 5-7pm St Joseph's - Friday 3rd April - 5-7pm |
lent eventsRECONCILIATION FAMILY DAY
The CYF team invites families with children old enough to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation to the Reconciliation Family Day on Saturday 21st March, St Joseph’s Church Hall. Pop in anytime from 9.30am-4.30pm.
The hall is transformed, with activity stations to help your family to prepare to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. |
ROSARY & DEVOTIONS
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ADORATION |
During Lent we are asked to focus on our prayer life.
The rosary is a devotion in honour of the Virgin Mary. Mondays St Mary’s 10.30am, St Pius X 7-7.30pm Fridays St Pius X 2.45pm (Divine Mercy Devotion) Sundays St Mary’s X 2.30pm (Divine Mercy Devotion) |
This Lent spend time in prayer in the presence of the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
Mondays St Pius X 8pm Thursdays St Mary's 10.15am-6pm Fridays St Edward's 5pm Saturdays St Joseph's 11am |
LENTEN LUNCH |
PASSION PLAY ON Holy SATURDAY |
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During Lent, we are asked to focus more intently on "almsgiving," which means donating money or goods to the poor and performing other acts of charity.
ST EDWARD’S (FOR THE SAMSON CENTRE FOR MS) Wednesday 4th March Parish Lunch 1pm |
The Passion of Jesus - Wintershall’s much loved Passion enactment begins at the junction of the High Street and Quarry Street on Holy Saturday (11th April) at 12 noon and again at 2.30pm. It is also being performed in Trafalgar Square at 12noon and 3.15pm on Good Friday.
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Holy week & THE EASTER TRIDUUM
Join us for the greatest celebrations of the Liturgical year.
palm sunday 5th april
Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. Palms are distributed to parishioners at the beginning of Mass, and we carry them in a ritual procession into the church. The palms are blessed and many people will fashion them into small crosses. and they can be kept for the year as the memory of this event. Last year's palms are burnt to create the ashes that will be used in the following year's Ash Wednesday observance.
Maundy Thursday 9th April |
Good Friday
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Holy Saturday
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St Edward's 10am (Prayer & oils)
St Mary's 7pm St Joseph's 8pm St Pius X 9pm The Mass of the Lord’s Supper, which includes the washing of feet. A meal of unity, love and shared life; it was there that the disciples bound themselves to follow Christ.
At the Last Supper, Jesus instituted the Eucharist for the Church. Each time we celebrate the Eucharist we participate again in the death and resurrection of Jesus and commit ourselves to be His disciples. This Mass ends in silence because our celebration has not ended. We then spend time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, keeping watch with Jesus as we prepare for Good Friday. |
St Pius X, St Joseph's, St Mary's, & St Edward's All 3pm
The Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, remembering Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the cross. Good Friday is the only day of the year when the Roman Catholic Church does not celebrate Mass.
It is a day of fasting and abstinence. We stand and listen as the Passion of Jesus is proclaimed and we remember how He suffered and died for our sins. We also participate in the Adoration of the Cross by kneeling or bowing before the cross, by kissing it or by touching it respectfully. We do this to acknowledge the cross as the means of our salvation. FAMILIES WAY OF THE CROSS
A special journey through Jesus’ Passion especially for families with children in primary school.
St Joseph’s Church 10am With hot cross buns & refreshments after. WALK OF WITNESS ON GOOD FRIDAYAll are invited to gather on Good Friday for a walk of witness in the town centre. The walk starts at 10.30am starting at the bottom of North Street.
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The Solemn Vigil of Easter, marking the beginning of Easter.
St Edward's 9am (Office of Readings) St Mary's 7pm, St Joseph's 8pm St Pius X 9.30pm The Easter Vigil is the high point of the Triduum. The Vigil includes the blessing of the Easter fire and the Paschal candle, the singing of the Easter Proclamation, the expanded Liturgy of the Word that traces the story of our Salvation, the Liturgy of Initiation in which people become new members of the Church and the celebration of the Eucharist.
During the Triduum, we celebrate the essential mystery of our Christian faith: Jesus’ triumph over death and our own participation in that resurrection. EASTER SUNDAY 12TH APRIL
St Mary's 11am
St Joseph's 8am & 11am St Pius X 9.30am St Edward's 9am Easter is the celebration of Christ's resurrection from the dead. He is risen!
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