Times of Services

Sunday Mass; 8.30 am - 10.30 am (sung) - 5.30 pm

Mass on Holy Days of Obligation; 10.00 am and 8.00 pm

Daily Mass; 10.00 am, except Tuesday 8.00 am. Please note that the times of daily Mass can vary. Please check the parish newsletter each week.

Sacrament of Reconciliation; Saturday 10.30 - 11.30 am

Easter Services 2015

Maundy Thursday
8.00 pm - Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper

Good Friday
10.00 am - Ecumenical Walk of Witness (from Outside Asda)
3.00 pm - Commemoration of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
7.30 pm - Stations of the Cross.

Holy Saturday
9.00 pm - Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday
Masses at 8.30 am and 10.30 am. No evening Mass.

Sacrament of Reconciliation; Good Friday - 10.30am, Holy Saturday 10.30 - 11.30 am

Liturgy:
Sunday Mass is at the very heart of the life of a parish. While the priest presides at the celebration there is also – as was encouraged by the Second Vatican Council – the full, conscious and active participation of all the congregation. Many parishioners help out in special ways – special ministers of Holy Communion, Scripture readers and altar servers in particular. The choir leads the singing at the 10.30am Mass and are heavily involved during the Holy Week ceremonies. Parents of young children together with teenage parishioners help with the Children’s Liturgy at the 10.30am Mass. Other parishioners arrange the flowers, clean the church, wash the altar linen, clean the sacred vessels and help with the collections, the votive lights and in the repository. Mass is celebrated every day, the rosary is recited after weekday Masses and Confessions are heard on Saturdays. The special ministers of Holy Communion bring Holy Communion to parishioners who are housebound or in nursing homes. In addition there is an annual Service for the Sick in late September. There are parish-based programmes to prepare children for First Holy Communion, for Confirmation, and to prepare adults to receive the sacraments at Easter (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults).