Schedule for Holy Week and Easter 2024
During the coming Sundays of Lent, we will offer the opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross. This is a long-held prayer within the Church. My understanding is that this devotion arose within the Church in the Middle Ages, as a way of allowing the faithful to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, without actually, physically going there. So, for us, the Stations of the Cross are a pilgrimage we can make this Lent in faith.
| Sunday, 24 March 2024 (Palm Sunday) | 8:30 am 10:00 am | Blessing of the Palm Leaves. Blessed Palm Leaves will be distributed at every mass English Mass |
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| Thursday, 28 March 2024 (Holy Thursday) | 9:30 am 7:00 pm | Chrism Mass Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper |
| Friday, 29 March 2024 (Good Friday) | 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm | The Way of the Cross in English The Way of the Cross in Thai Veneration of the Cross (No Daily Mass) |
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The Catholic Church asks that Good Friday be an extra day of sacrifice, including fasting and abstinence from meat. On ordinary Fridays during Lent, the Church asks we undertake some form of sacrifice – prayer, helping the poor, fasting.
For Good Friday, members of the Church, aged between 18 and 59, are obliged to fast – eat less. Abstinence from meat is obligatory for members from age 14.
| Saturday, 30 March 2024 (Holy Saturday) | 7:00 pm | Easter Vigil Mass (The Vigil of Easter) (No Daily Mass) |
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| Sunday, 31 March 2024 (Easter Sunday) | 7:00 am 8:30 am 10:00 am 5:00 pm | Easter Mass in Thai Easter Mass in Thai Easter Mass in English Easter Mass in Thai |
N.B. The ceremonies on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday will be in Thai. However, English booklets will be made available for the English-speaking community.
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