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Easter Services 2010

Tom — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:35:53 +0000

Tuesday 23rd March

Lenten Penitential Service	St Joseph & St Mary	7.00pm

Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday) 28th March

Saturday Vigil Masses	Notre Dame du Rosaire	5.30pm
Saturday Vigil Masses	Our Lady Star of the Sea	6.00pm
Sunday Masses	St Joseph & St Mary	8.00am, 10.30am & 6.30pm
Sunday Masses	Our Lady Star of the Sea	9.30am

Monday 29th March

Mass	St Joseph & St Mary	7.30am
Mass	Our Lady Star of the Sea	12 noon

Tuesday 30th March

Mass	Le Platon	7.30am
Mass	St Joseph & St Mary	9.30am

Wednesday 31st March

Mass	St Joseph & St Mary	7.30am
Mass	Notre Dame du Rosaire	12.05pm

Stations of the Cross

Friday 26th March	Little Chapel, Les Vauxbelets	7.00pm
Saturday 27th March	Notre Dame do Rosaire	5.00pm
Monday 29th March	Our Lady Star of the Sea	11.30am
Good Friday 2nd April	Our Lady Star of the Sea	10.00am
Good Friday 2nd April	St Joseph & St Mary	7.00pm

Confession and Absolution

Saturday 27th March	St Joseph & St Mary	10.30am
Saturday 27th March	Notre Dame du Rosaire	Following the 5.30pm Mass
Monday 29th March	Our Lady Star of the Sea	11.00am
Holy Thursday 1st April	St Joseph & St Mary	Morning prayer 9.30am and confessions until 11.00am

The Triduum — The original Christian feast

Holy Thursday 1st April

Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by adoration until 11.00pm concluding with night prayer	St Joseph & St Mary	7.00pm

Good Friday 2nd April

Stations of the Cross	Our Lady Star of the Sea	10.00am
Stations of the Cross	St Joseph & St Mary	7.00pm
The Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion	St Joseph & St Mary	3.00pm
The Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion	Our Lady Star of the Sea	3.00pm

Holy Saturday 3rd April

The Easter Vigil and first Mass of Easter	St Joseph & St Mary	8.00pm

Easter Sunday

Mass	St Joseph & St Mary	8.00am, 10.30am (No evening Mass)
	Notre Dame du Rosaire	9.00am
	Our Lady Star of the Sea	9.30am

Fathers Michael, PJ, Stan and Charles wish you every joy and blessing this Easter and thank you for your support.

Père Lecour

Tom — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:40:16 +0000

Many of you will remember Père Lecour, a close friend of Canon Lecluze and his family. Sadly he died recently in France.

He often came to Guernsey to assist with the Easter and Christmas celebrations at Notre Dame.

Please remember him in your prayers.

Easter Services 2009

Tom — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:13:24 +0000

We invite you to be with us as we celebrate Holy Week in our parish.

Image from the stained glass window in the Lady Chapel at St. Joseph's Church

Fathers Michael, PJ, Stan and Charles wish you every joy and blessing this Easter and thank you for your support.

Lenten Penitential Service

St. Joseph’s – Thursday 2nd April 7:00pm.

Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday), April 5th

This day combines the commemoration of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and the proclamation of the Passion.

Masses with blessing of palms the same as the normal Saturday/Sunday schedule.

The Triduum

Holy Thursday, April 9th

The season of Lent ends on Holy Thursday and the Easter Triduum begins with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. The Mass is a memorial of the institution of the Eucharist and of the Priesthood. The ceremony of washing of the feet is a reminder of the example of service set by Jesus at his last meal with his disciples.

St. Joseph’s 7:00pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper, followed by Adoration until 11:00pm concluding with night prayer.

Good Friday, April 10th

This is a day of fast and abstinence for the whole Church. The main ceremony of the day is the Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion with the Veneration of the Cross and the Reception of Holy Communion.

Way of the Cross:

Our Lady Star of the Sea, 10:00am; St. Joseph’s, 7:00pm.

The Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion:

St. Joseph’s, 3:00pm; Our Lady Star of the Sea, 3:00pm.

Holy Saturday, April 11th

This day is a time of waiting at the tomb, fasting and meditating. The Easter Vigil begins no earlier than sundown. The ceremony includes both a vigil of waiting for the Resurrection of the Lord and the celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation.

The Easter Vigil and first Mass of Easter:

St. Joseph’s, 8:00pm.

Easter Day, April 12th

This is the day on which we celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord, it is the Sunday of all Sundays! We are invited to renew our Baptismal Promises.

This is the beginning of fifty days of celebration that conclude on Pentecost Sunday.

St. Joseph’s: 8:00am, 10:30am. No evening Mass.

Notre Dame du Rosaire: 9:00am.

Our Lady Star of the Sea: 9:30am.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Confession & Absolution

Saturday 4th April	10:30am	St. Joseph’s following Mass at 10:00am
Saturday 4th April	4:30pm	Notre Dame do Rosaire: followed by Way of the Cross at 5pm and Mass at 5:30pm
Monday 6th April	6:30pm	Our Lady Star of the Sea: followed by Mass at 7:00pm and Way of the Cross
Holy Thursday 9th April	9:30am	St. Joseph’s: Morning Prayer followed by confessions until 11:00am