We pray for our families, schools and parishes: that we may not take more than we need and that we may share food and resources fairly with each other.
Ministers of the Eucharist October. Unable to attend, please exchange with another Minister
07.00pm Mary Butler Joe Murphy Teresa Cassin
11.00am Tom Brett Carmel Coone Majella Morrissey
Ministers of the Word for October. Unable to attend, please exchange with another Minister
07.00pm
Michael Piert
Aleena
Vigil Saturday at 7pm
Sunday – 11.00am
Weekdays – Mon, Wed, Fri – 9.30am
Confessions after 7pm Mass when requested.
About Church of the AssumptionSunday: 9.30am
Tuesday & Thursday: 10am
Tuesday Mass in St. Columba’s Hospital 10.00am
Spy Wednesday Mass in Parish Church 09.30am
Chrism Mass in St. Mary’s Cathedral 07.30pm
Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by Adoration 07.30pm
Good Friday Day of Fast & Abstinence
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Parish Church 03.00pm
Stations
Easter is the celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. It is celebrated on Sunday, and marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday), and is the beginning of the Easter season of the
Holy Saturday is the period of Holy Week when Catholics remember Jesus’ entombment. It is a preparation day. Today is a day of quiet and prayerful reflection on the true gravity of the crucifixion and Jesus’ redemptive sacrifice. Throughout the world our Churches are empty of the Blessed Sacrament and
Good Friday is the day on which Catholics commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Catholics are joined by almost all other Christians in solemn commemoration on this day. It is also a legal holiday around much of the world.
According to the gospels, Jesus was betrayed by Judas on the
Maundy Thursday, also called Holy Thursday or Sheer Thursday, the Thursday before Easter, observed in commemoration of Jesus Christ’s institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper.
Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the