Lent and Holy Week 2026
1 Feb 2026 • General news
Tuesday 17th February — Shrove Tuesday
Pancake Party in St Patrick’s Room — 6.30 p.m.
Wednesday 18th February — Ash Wednesday
Said Mass — 10.00 a.m.
Sung Mass with Imposition of Ashes — 7.30 p.m.
Sunday 22nd February — First Sunday in Lent
Sung Mass — 10.00 a.m.
Compline and Benediction — 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday 25th February
Rosary — 6.30 p.m.
Friday 27th February
Stations of the Cross — 6.30 p.m.
Sunday 1st March — Second Sunday in Lent
Sung Mass — 10.00 a.m.
Compline and Benediction — 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday 4th March
Rosary — 6.30 p.m.
Friday 6th March
Stations of the Cross — 6.30 p.m.
Sunday 8th March — Third Sunday in Lent
Sung Mass — 10.00 a.m.
Compline and Benediction — 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday 11th March
Rosary — 6.30 p.m.
Friday 13th March
Stations of the Cross — 6.30 p.m.
Sunday 15th March — Fourth Sunday in Lent
Sung Mass — 10.00 a.m.
Compline and Benediction — 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday 18th March
Rosary — 6.30 p.m.
Thursday 19th March — St Joseph
Said Mass – 6.30 p.m.
Friday 20th March
Stations of the Cross — 6.30 p.m.
Saturday 21st March — Celebration of St Patrick
Sung Mass — 11.00 a.m. followed by parish lunch.
Talk by Andrew Harvey on the Theology of the Pollock Brothers — 2.00 p.m.
Organ Concert by Andrew Scott — 3:00 p.m.
Sunday 29th March — Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sung Mass — 10.00 a.m.
Compline and Benediction — 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday 25th March — The Annunciation
Said Mass 10.00 a.m.
Rosary — 6.30 p.m.
Friday 27th March
Stations of the Cross — 6.30 p.m.
Saturday 28th March
Family Easter Activity Afternoon — 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Sunday 29th March — Palm Sunday
Sung Mass with blessing and distribution of palms — 10.00 a.m.
Thursday April 2nd — Maundy Thursday
Sung Mass of the Last Supper Sung Mass — 7.30 p.m.
Followed by Solemn Watch from about 9.00 p.m. till midnight;
You are welcome to join or leave the Watch at any time via the side door reached along the path from the gate on Stanhope Street, but please keep silence while in the church.
Friday 3rd April — Good Friday
Stations of the Cross — 10.30 a.m.
Solemn Good Friday Liturgy — 12.00 noon
(Followed by Hot Cross Buns in the Hall)
Saturday 4th April — Holy Saturday
Morning Prayer — 9.30 a.m.
(Followed by preparations for Easter)
Easter Vigil — 8.00 p.m.
Sunday 5th April — Easter Sunday
Sung Mass — 10.00 a.m.