LENT, HOLY WEEK AND EASTER 2016
ASH WEDNESDAY : 10 February
10.00 am Mass with Imposition of Ashes
(St Joseph’s RC Primary School present)
11.00 am Exposition (Confessions on call)
3.00 pm Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and Benediction
7.00 pm Mass with Imposition of Ashes
- 00 pm Polish – Mass with Imposition of Ashes
STATION MASSES : Fridays at 7.00 pm
12 February St Mary’s, Inverness
19 February St Mary’s, Beauly
26 February St Joseph’s, Invergordon
4 March Christ the King, Brora
11 March St Martin’s, Ullapool [ with Bishop Hugh OSB]
18 March St Mary’s, Nairn [ with Bishop Hugh OSB]
DIOCESAN CHRISM MASS
Thursday 17 March at 6.00 pm in St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10.30 am – 1230 pm
(Confessions on call)
Fridays from 10.30 am -12.00 noon and from 1.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3.00 pm
(Confessions on call)
Saturdays from 10.30 am – 11.15 am (Confessions in Church)
Pope Francis’ Request : Exposition : Fri 4 Mar – Sun 6 Mar
Fri 4 Mar 1030 am – 12.00 noon & 1.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Sat 5 Mar 10.30 am – 5.00 pm
Sun 6 Mar 2.00 pm – 5.30 pm (Divine Mercy Chaplet – 3.00 pm)
LENTEN CATECHESIS & MEDITATION
( Talk, Reflection and Discussion)
7.00 pm Tuesday 23 Feb : LUMEN GENTIUM for the Year of Mercy
Mgr Basil Loftus
7.00 pm Thursday 3 Mar : LAUDATO SI’ of Pope Francis and the Year of Mercy
Alistair Dutton, Director SCIAF
7.00 pm Tuesday 8 Mar : ORIENTAL RELIGIOUS INTERFACE – Catholicism,
Orthodoxy and Islam
Fr Zeljko Pasa SJ
7.00 pm Tuesday 15 Mar : THE IMITATION OF CHRIST – The Royal Road for
Holy Week
Fr James Bell
POLISH RETREAT : 1 March until 4 March
( 7.00 pm Mass, Confessions and Consultations) with Fr Michal Olszewski SCJ
HOLY WEEK
19 March Saturday VIGIL 5.00 pm Confessions /6.00 pm MASS
20 March PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
10.00 am Confessions /11.00 am PROCESSION AND MASS
12.30 am Polish Confessions/1.00 pm POLISH MASS
5.45 pm Confessions / 6.30 pm MASS
21 March MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK
10.00 am MASS, followed by EXPOSITION (Confessions on call)
12.30 pm DEPOSITION
6.00 pm MASS
22 MARCH TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
7.00 am MASS
10.00 am MASS, followed by EXPOSITION (Confessions on call)
12.30 pm DEPOSITION
- 00 pm POLISH – EXPOSITION & DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET
7.00 pm HOLY HOUR -ROSARY(ENGLISH)- Confessions on call)
8.00 pm BENEDICTION
23 MARCH : WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
10.00 am MASS, followed by EXPOSITION (Confessions on call)
3.00 pm CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY
3.30 pm BENEDICTION and Deposition
6.30 pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS
THE TRIDUUM
24 MARCH : THURSDAY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER ( MAUNDY THURSDAY)
10.00 am MORNING PRAYER (NO MORNING MASS)
8.00 pm LITURGY OF THE SUPPER OF THE LORD
Procession to Altar of Repose [Marian Room]
VIGIL of Prayer
10.00 pm NIGHT PRAYER (COMPLINE)
25 MARCH : FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY)
10.00 am MORNING PRAYER (NO MASS)
10.30 am Confessions – on call
3.00 pm THE LITURGY OF THE PASSION
6.15 pm Confessions- on call
7.00 pm LITURGY of the CROSS – Way of the Cross
8.00 pm (POLISH) LITURGY of the CROSS – Way of the Cross
26 MARCH : HOLY SATURDAY
10 .00 am OFFICE of READINGS and MORNING PRAYER
- 30 am CONFESSIONS in Church
11.30 am & 12.00 noon & 12.30 pm Blessing of Food (Polish)
8.00 pm CONFESSIONS in Church
( Piety Stall until 8.45 pm /ENGLISH)
EASTER : THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
9.00 pm THE EASTER VIGIL and FIRST MASS OF EASTER
WIELKA SOBOTA I MSZA WIELKANOCNA (POLISH)
27 MARCH : EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
11.00 pm MASS
1.00 pm MASS (POLISH)
6.30 pm MASS
28 MARCH : MONDAY WITHIN OCTAVE OF EASTER
10.00 am MASS and EXPOSITION until 1230 pm
1.00 pm MASS (POLISH)
6.00 pm MASS
6.30 pm EXPOSITION and ROSARY
7.15 pm BENEDICTION
29 MARCH : TUESDAY WITHIN OCTAVE OF EASTER
7.00 am MASS
10.00 am MASS and EXPOSITION until 1230 pm
30 MARCH : WEDNESDAY WITHIN OCTAVE OF EASTER
10.00 am MASS and EXPOSITION until 1230 pm
31 MARCH : THURSDAY WITHIN OCTAVE OF EASTER
10.00 am MASS
1 APRIL : FRIDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
10.30 am EXPOSITION until 1200 noon
12.30 pm MASS and EXPOSITION
3.00 pm CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY
3.30 pm BENEDICTION and Deposition
7.30 pm MASS (POLISH)
2 APRIL : SATURDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER
10.00 am MASS and EXPOSITION until 1130 am
10.30 am CONFESSIONS in Church
THE DIVINE MERCY
6.00 pm VIGIL MASS of SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
(DIVINE MERCY)
3 APRIL : SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (DIVINE MERCY)
11.00 am MASS
1.00 pm MASS (Polish) and EXPOSITION
3.00 pm CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY (English & Polish)
3.30 pm BENEDICTION and Deposition
6.30 pm MASS
4 APRIL : SOLEMNITY OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
10.00 am MASS and EXPOSITION until 12.30 pm
7.00 pm PARISH FESTIVAL MASS (Homily Fr Tony NYE SJ)
/Reception in Hall
- APRIL : TUESDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER
7.00 am MASS
10.00 am Mass and EXPOSITION until 12.30 pm
- APRIL : WEDNESDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER
DEANERY YEAR OF MERCY PILGRIMAGE TO STRATHERRICK
No Mass at St Mary’s /No Exposition
10.00 Gather at Stratherrick for Pilgrimage Programme
12.15 pm MASS
1.15 pm LUNCH
3.00 pm DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET
3.30 pm BENEDICTION
- APRIL : THURSDAY : MEMORIAL of ST JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE
10.00 MASS
- APRIL : FRIDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER
10.30 pm – 1200 noon EXPOSITION (Confession on call)
12.30 pm MASS followed by EXPOSITION
3.00 pm DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET
3.30 pm BENEDICTION
- APRIL : SATURDAY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER
10.00 am MASS followed by EXPOSITION until 11.15 am
10.30 am CONFESSIONS ( Fr TONY NYE SJ)
6.00 pm VIGIL MASS OF THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER