Lent & Easter Guide 2025

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Confession/Reconciliation Service

  • Every Friday 5.30pm before Stations of the Cross
  • Saturday 11.30am – 12.30pm in the Church

Stations of the Cross 

  • Every Friday during Lent at 6.30pm followed by a Lenten Recollection
  • 14th, 21st, 28th March 4th, 11th April
  • Wednesday during Lent 10am followed by talk and Mass at 12 noon
  • 12th, 19th March, 2nd, 9th April (Not 26th March)

Exposition & Adoration

  •  Wednesday after 12 noon Mass until 6pm (We need people to commit)
  • Saturday after 10am Mass until 12.30pm
  • 24 hour Adoration Friday 7th March and Friday 4th April

Divine Mercy Chaplet

Easter Family Craft Afternoon

  •  Sunday 13th April  2-4pm

Easter Presentation – St Johns Primary School

  •  Thursday 3rd April 6pm in the Church

Saturday 12th April  @ 10am

 Parish Lenten Service of Reconciliation/Confession

           Holy Week Services

at St John’s  (unless otherwise stated)

Sunday 13th April – Palm Sunday (palms distributed at all masses)

  • Masses at 6pm (Sat) 8.30am, 9.30am (Denton), 10.30am & 6pm

Monday 14th April and Tuesday 15th April

  • Mass 9.15am

Wednesday 16th April No Morning Mass or Exposition

  • Chrism Mass at St Georges Cathedral 11.30am
  • 6.30pm Mass St John’s

Thursday 17th April  – Maundy Thursday (live streamed)

  • 8pm Mass of the Last Supper, followed by Watching until midnight.
  • Eucharistic Ministers renew commitment to Ministry.

Friday 18th April – Good Friday

  • 10.00am Children’s Stations of the Cross
  • 3pm Solemn Liturgy – The Passion of the Lord (Live streamed)

Saturday 19th April – Holy Saturday

  • Confession – 11.30-12.30pm  (No Exposition or 12 noon Mass)
  • 10am & 11am  Blessing of Food (Polish & Eastern European)

8.30pm Easter Vigil in the Holy Night (live streamed)

Sunday 20th April – Easter Sunday (Resurrection of the Lord)

  • Masses at 8.30am (St John’s), 9.30am (Denton), 10.30am (St John’s),
  • 11am (Shorne) 
  • 6pm (St John’s).

Monday 21st April

  • Mass 10am – Galilee Day