As Canon Montjean is away, there are some unavoidable changes to the schedule:
Thursday, 28th May 2026
No Adoration, Confession or Mass
Saturday, 30 May 2026
No Adoration. Canon Post will hear Confessions and celebrate Mass as usual.
Schedule
Alteration to Schedule
There will be no daily Mass next week Monday through Friday (May 4th – 8th) due to ICKSP provincial days. The provincial days are a fraternal gathering of the clergy of our Institute from an entire country or region. This year we have the joy of meeting with our fellow priests working in Ireland.
Holy Week Schedule
Palm Sunday 29th March
8.30am Low Mass
10.30am Sung Mass & Procession
4.30pm Solemn Vespers & Benediction
Maundy Thursday 2nd April
8.30am Tenebrae
7pm Sung Mass & Procession
Adoration until Midnight
Good Friday 3rd April
8.30am Tenebrae
2pm Stations of the Cross
3pm Mass of the Presanctified
Holy Saturday 4th April
8.30am Tenebrae
6pm Easter Vigil Mass
Easter Sunday 5th April
8.30am Low Mass
10.30am Sung Mass
4.30pm Solemn Vespers & Benediction
Holy Week is an extraordinary time for the entire community, filled with many graces. Pray for the catechumens throughout the world who will be received into Holy Mother Church. At Ss. Peter & Paul and St. Philomena, we look forward to the baptism of Curtis Ronan on the evening of Holy Saturday. Congratulations, Curtis!
Note carefully the extra confession times available this week. Holy Mother Church requires every practising Catholic to make a confession at least once per year and to receive Holy Communion during Eastertide.
Thursday 2 – 6 pm
Friday 12– 2 pm
Saturday 3 – 5 pm
We have our usual adoration time at 5.30pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Holy Thursday, following the evening Mass, there will be adoration at the altar of repose until Midnight. The special office of Tenebrae will be sung in our church on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30am. Tenebrae consists of the singing of psalms and the reading of prophecies and sermons from the Church Fathers which instruct us in the mystery of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection. Latin-English booklets are provided.
Two seminarians will be joining us this week, enabling us to have the rare privilege of Solemn ceremonies with deacon and sub-deacon throughout the Triduum. Deo gratias!
Via Crucis
The Via Crucis is a devotional journey that follows Our Lords’ path from his condemnation to his burial. It consists of 14 stations, each recalling a moment from the Passion. It is prayed especially during Lent and Holy Week, but can be prayed the year‑round. At its heart, it is about walking with Christ in his suffering and allowing that journey to help us prepare fpr Holy Week.
Each Friday during Lent at 5.30pm, we pray the Stations of the Cross (in place of Adoration).
The Feast of St Philomena – Sunday 11th August
On the occasion of the Feast of the co-patron of this Shrine Church, the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus will come to sing Holy Mass at 10.30am and the office of Vespers at 5.30pm.
Triduum Paschale 2024
Sunday 24th March
Palm Sunday
8.30am:
Low Mass
10.30am:
Blessing of the palms, procession and High Mass
5.30pm:
Solemn Vespers & Benediction
Thursday 28th March
Maundy Thursday
8.30am
Gregorian Matins – ‘Tenebrae’
2pm – 6pm
Confessions
7pm
High Mass & Procession – Adoration until Midnight
Friday 29th March
Good Friday
8.30am
Gregorian Matins – ‘Tenebrae’
12 noon – 2pm
Confessions
2pm
Stations of the Cross
3pm
Mass of the Presanctified – 5pm – 6pm: Confessions
Saturday 30th March
Holy Saturday
8.30am
Gregorian Matins – ‘Tenebrae’
2pm – 5pm
Confessions
6pm
Easter Vigil, Adult Baptism & High Mass
(This Mass doesn’t fulfill your Sunday obligation).
Sunday 31st March
Easter Sunday
8.30am
Low Mass with organ
10.30am
High Mass
5.30pm
Solemn Vespers & Benediction
Christmas Schedule
Sunday 24th December:
Vigil of Christmas. Sunday Morning Masses at 8.30am and 1030am.
First Vespers of the Nativity at 5.30pm.
Sung Matins (Gregorian Chant) at 8.00pm.
Christmas Carols at 10.300pm.
First Mass of Christmas at 11.00pm.
Please note Midnight Mass fulfils your Christmas obligation BUT NOT your Sunday obligation.
Monday 25th December:
Mass (Missa Secunda ‘The Aurora’) at 8.30am
Mass (Missa Tertia) ay 1030am.
Second Vespers of of the Nativity followed by Rosary & Benediction and concluding with Compline at 5.30pm
Ascension of Our Lord – Holy Day of Obligation: Thursday, 18th May
This year, 18th May is the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is a Holy Day of Obligation in England and Wales.
Holy Mass will be offered on Thursday at 6.30pm.
Christmas Day Services
Our Christmas Day schedule is shown below.
| Saturday 24th December VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS |
Sunday 25th December CHRISTMAS DAY |
| 9.30 am: Prime (Gregorian chant) 10 am: Low Mass of the Vigil 5.30 pm: 1st Vespers of the Nativity 7 pm: Matins of the Nativity 10.30 pm: Christmas Carols 11pm: ‘Midnight’ High Mass |
8.30 am: ‘Dawn’ Low Mass 10.30 am: ‘Day’ High Mass 5.30 pm: 2nd Vespers of the Nativity 6.30 pm: Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary & Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament |
Ash Wednesday 2nd March
Holy Mass will be offered at 12 noon in the day chapel and at 6.30pm in the main church. Distribution of ashes upon the forehead will take placebefore both Masses. Let us all begin this holy season of Lent with great humility, remembering that we are dust, and to dust we shall all return.