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.
Schedule
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.