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Lenten Devotions and Activities at St Michael's



Ash Wednesday. 5th March - Mass with distribution of ashes:

Vigil (4th) 7.00pm, 9.00am (St Martin's School), 12.00 noon.


Holy Hour. Each Monday of Lent (10th March - 31st April), 7.00 - 8.00pm. Quiet prayer with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Ending with Night Prayer and Benediction. Come for all or part of the hour.


Stations of the Cross.

Each Tuesday & Thursday after the Mass and 20 minutes before each weekend Mass.


We Dare to Hope. 7.00pm in the church on Wednesdays.
Being the Year of Jubilee with the theme 'Pilgrims of Hope', we will follow a sereies of reflections developed by the Domincan Sisters of the New Forest:
12 March     Christian Hope
19 March     The decision to Hope
26 March     The Prayer of Hope
2 April          Hope against Hope
9 April          No session
16 April        Christ our Hope


Lenten Walk With Me Booklets and Family Calendars are available at the back of the church.

Service of Reconciliation, Monday 14th April, 7.00pm. This will include the opportunity for the Sacrament of Confession with a visiting priest.

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The Last Supper

Holy Week (13th - 20th April)

 

Palm Sunday Masses with Blessing of the Palms: 5.30pm (Saturday Vigil Mass), 9am and 10.30am.


Monday 9.30am Eucharistic Service. 7pm Service of Reconciliation.


Tuesday 12.00pm Mass followed by Stations of the Cross.


Wednesday No liturgy


Holy Thursday 7pm Mass of the Lord's Supper with Washing of Feet. Followed by watching at the Altar of Repose until 10pm


Good Friday:

10am: Walk of Witness fromSt Michael's, Sonning Common.


Noon: Stations of the Cross for children.


3pm: The Solemn Passion of the Lord


7pm: Stations of the Cross


Holy Saturday 8pm: Easter Vigil with the Service of Light, Liturgy of the Word, Renewal of Baptismal Promises and First Mass of Easter.


Easter Sunday 9am and 10.30am: Easter Day Masses

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During Lent we will have two charitable appeals. The first for CAFOD and the other for the Mill Hill Missionaries.

Donations can be made under the GiftAid scheme.

 
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