As we have now entered Holy Week, here are a few reminders about our celebrations: The parish Reconciliation Service will be celebrated on Tuesday 30 March at 7:30 p.m. Like last year, readers for the Easter Triduum will have a preparation workshop afterwards. The Diocesan Chrism Mass is on at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Wednesday … Continue reading 28/3/10 – Holy Week
Category: Easter Triduum
The Blessed Sacrament is carried through the church in procession, led by a cross-bearer and accompanied by candles and incense, to the place of reposition in a chapel suitably decorated for the occasion... From the Roman Missal for Holy Thursday On Holy Thursday evening, we are required to do something that does not occur at … Continue reading 5/4/09 – Altar of Repose
Holy Week will soon be upon us. As such, here are a few reminders about our celebrations: Passion (Palm) Sunday is next Sunday. All Masses begin with a solemn entrance from the parish centre except for 9:00 a.m., which will begin with a procession from the parish hall. Please be aware that daylight saving ends … Continue reading 29/3/09 – Holy Week Arrangements
We've now reached the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Traditionally, this has been called Laetare Sunday. In some places, rose coloured vestments are worn. The liturgical documents also allow for greater use of the organ on this day than on the other Sundays of Lent. The reason for this is because Laetare Sunday is a day … Continue reading 22/3/09 – Easter is Coming
When we were baptised in Christ Jesus we were baptised in his death; in other words, when we were baptised we went into the tomb with him and joined him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too might live a new life. (Romans 6:3-4) In … Continue reading 1/2/08 – St. Paul Writes on Baptism
