Holy Week
Palm or Passion Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred week in the liturgical year in Christianity. It begins with Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’s entrance into the city of Jerusalem, and concludes with his death on Holy Saturday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday
Palm Sunday
OUR LADY OF THE NATIVITY
Saturday 23 March 5:00pm Vigil
Sunday 24 March 10:00am Mass
ST THERESE’S
Saturday 23 March 6:00pm Vigil
Sunday 24 March 9:00am Mass
Sunday 24 March 10:15am procession and Mass (beginning in the Memorial Garden)
Tuesday 26 March
7:00pm Communal Penance at St Therese’s Church
Holy Thursday
OUR LADY OF THE NATIVITY
5:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper
ST THERESE’S
7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper
8:00pm – 10:00pm Altar of Repose
Good Friday
OUR LADY OF THE NATIVITY
9.30am Morning Prayer of the Church
10:00am Stations of the Cross
3:00pm Veneration of the Cross
ST THERESE’S
10:00am Stations of the Cross
3:00pm Veneration of the Cross
(Fr Colin McLean’s live-action Way of the Cross is also happening at St Therese’s at 10:00am)
Easter Saturday
OUR LADY OF THE NATIVITY
5:00pm Vigil (begins in the church grounds)
ST THERESE’S
6:00pm Vigil (begins in the church grounds)
Easter Sunday
OUR LADY OF THE NATIVITY
10:00am Mass
ST THERESE’S
9:00am Mass
10:30am Mass