IN PREPARATION FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER CONFESSIONS

This is the time of year that we make every effort to go to confession. Why not take the opportunity? This Sacrament is the privileged moment in which the Church guarantees God's pardon to the sinner who truly repents. Confession should never frighten us. It is not so much an appearance before a judge who is about to sentence us, but rather a return home to a God who wants to be close to us. The best word we can use to describe God is LOVE, and Confession is a loving encounter between us and God. It is about hope, acceptance and a fresh start. In this Sacrament we allow God to love us.

OLSJ every day (except Sundays) after the midday Mass.

ALSO 6pm – 7pm:

Monday 7^th April St Bede's

Tuesday 8^th April Christ the King

Wednesday 9^th April St Augustine's

Thursday 10^th April Our Lady and St Wilfrid's

Friday 11^th April St Margaret Mary's

Holy Thursday 17^th April

Chrism Mass with the Bishop at Lancaster Cathedral 11.30am – See notice overleaf to book your place on the coach.

Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7pm at St Margaret Mary's

Good Friday 18^th April

Children's Stations of the Cross: Christ the King 10am

Service of the Passion (with veneration of the Cross)

3pm: OLSW, St A St B, St MM, OLSJ

EASTER VIGIL 19^th April: 8pmSt Margaret Mary's

EASTER SUNDAY

8am OLSW; 9am CtK; 9.30am St Bede's; 10am OLSJ; 11am St A, 11am St MM; 4.30pm OLSJ

All altar servers from all churches are encouraged to serve at St Margaret Mary's 7pm Holy Thursday and 8pm Easter Vigil. PRACTICE ON TUESDAY 15^TH APRIL 6PM.