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Vigil before the Altar of Repose

We join our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane, as we keep vigil before the altar of repose. All are invited to stay and watch for a few minutes or the entire evening. Keep watch and pray a while. All welcome.

Compline (Night Prayer)

Our vigil before the altar of repose ends with the short night office of Compline (Night Prayer). All welcome as our vigil ends and we leave the Lord alone in the silence of the empty Church awaiting the events of Good Friday.

Maundy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper with Foot-Washing

We begin the Sacred Triduum - the three days at the culmination of Holy Week - by celebrating the institution of the Eucharist. We enact our Lord's washing the feet of his disciples, celebrate the Eucharist together, before the  sudden turn to darkness and stripping of the Church of all hangings as a sign of […]

Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday

We mark the events of our Lord's Passion with the solemn liturgy of Good Friday, the singing of the Lord's Passion, and Communion from the altar of repose. All welcome.

Easter Vigil followed by fizz reception

The culmination of the Sacred Triduum, the three sacred days of Holy Week. We hear the story of our salvation, light the Easter fire and carry the newly lit Easter candle into the dark Church as a sign of Christ's victory over death, we sing the exultet - the Church's song of Easter praise - […]

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