The Easter Triduum is the most important time in the Church’s year. It runs from the Mass of the Lord’s Supper to the Easter Vigil. The Triduum (‘three days’) is really one long liturgy from Thursday to Sunday. The Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and then waiting and praying on Holy Saturday receive the crowning glory of the Resurrection at the Paschal Vigil.
Our services in the Abbey Church at this most holy time are listed below.
Maundy Thursday
| 6:00 am | Matins |
| 7:35 am | Lauds |
| 3:30 -5:30 pm | Confessions |
| 6:30 pm | Mass of the Lord’s Supper |
| until Midnight | Watching at the Altar of Repose |
Good Friday
| 8:30 am | Tenebrae |
| 12 Noon | Chidren’s Passion Liturgy |
| 3:00 pm | Celebration of the Passion of the Lord |
| followed by | Veneration of the Cross |
| 4:45 – 6:45 pm | Confessions |
| 7:00 pm | The Seven Last Words |
| 8:00 pm | Stations of the Cross |
| followed by | Veneration of the Relic of the True Cross |
Holy Saturday
| 8:30 am | Tenebrae |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Confessions |
| 11:00 am | Blessing of Easter Eggs and Baskets (Bulbeck Room) |
| 4:00 – 6:00 pm | Confessions |
| 6:30 pm | Vespers |
| 9:00 pm | Paschal Vigil |
Easter Sunday
On Easter Sunday the monks celebrate Lauds in the House Chapel.
Note that there is an extra Mass at 8 am. The midday Mass starts at 12:15 pm (not noon).
| 8:00 am | Mass |
| 9:00 am | Mass |
| 10:15 am | Family Mass in the Parish Hall |
| 10:30 am | Monastic Conventual Mass (Pontifical) |
| 12:15 pm | Mass |
| 6: 00 pm | Pontifical Vespers |
| 7:00 pm | Mass |
Easter Monday
There is no 7 am Mass on Easter Monday.
Compline will be prayed privately.
| 7:25 am | Matins |
| 8:45 am | Lauds |
| 9:15 am | Monastic Conventual Mass |
| 6:00 pm | Mass |
| 6:35 pm | Vespers |
Tuesday – Saturday of the Easter Octave
Service times as normal except that Compline will be prayed privately.