Lent & Easter 2023

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER TIMETABLE

 

SATURDAY 1^ST APRIL

10:00am Chrism Mass of the Holy Oils – St Patrick’s Cathedral East Melbourne

6:00pm Vigil Mass with blessing of palms – Barwon Heads

DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS OVERNIGHT SATURDAY. Clocks fall back 1 hour

 

SUNDAY 2^ND APRIL – PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

 9:00am Mass with blessing of palms – Ocean Grove

 10:00am Holy Qurbana, St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Community – Barwon Heads*

 11:00am Mass with blessing of palms – Queenscliff

 

TUESDAY 4^TH APRIL

9:15am Mass – Ocean Grove

6:00pm Holy Qurbana, St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Community – Barwon Heads*

 

WEDNESDAY 5^TH APRIL

 9:15am Mass – Queenscliff

 6:00pm Holy Qurbana, St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Community – Barwon Heads*

 7:00pm Evening Service of Reconciliation – Ocean Grove

 

HOLY THURSDAY 6^TH APRIL

10:00am Holy Qurbana, St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Community – Barwon Heads*

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 6:00pm – Ocean Grove

 

GOOD FRIDAY 7^TH APRIL

9:00am Way of the Cross – in the grounds of St Aloysius School & Holy Trinity Church, Queenscliff

10:00am St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Community – Barwon Heads*

3:00pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion – Ocean Grove

3:00pm Lay-led Liturgy – Barwon Heads

 

HOLY SATURDAY 8^TH APRIL

10:00–11:00am Final Rites for Catechumens & Candidates – Ocean Grove

10:00am St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Community – Barwon Heads

7:00pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night – Ocean Grove

 7:00pm Easter Vigil, St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Community – Barwon Heads*

 

EASTER SUNDAY 9^TH APRIL

6:30am Dawn Ecumenical Community Service – Point Lonsdale Beach

9:00am Mass – Barwon Heads

9:00am Mass – Ocean Grove

10:30am Holy Qurbana, St Mary’s Syro-Malabar Community – Barwon Heads*

11:00am Mass – Queenscliff

 

*The Syro-Malabar Rite is conducted in the Malayam Language