Holy Week Liturgies at St George's Cathedral, Southwark.

Archbishop Wilson will celebrate Holy Week and Easter Liturgies at St George's Cathedral in 2023. All are welcome to join him and the Cathedral Clergy to celebrate Holy Week Liturgies, including the Easter Triduum. The Chrism Mass on Wednesday 5th April will be live-streamed and a schedule of services is listed below, alongside opportunities for Adoration, the Sacrament of Confession, Watching at the Altar of Repose, and the Children's Stations of the Cross.

Paschal Candle

  • A full schedule of services for Holy Week and Easter is available to download here (PDF).
  • Archbishop Wilson will celebrate the services below marked with an asterisk (*).

Sunday 2 April: Palm Sunday

Mass will begin with the blessing of palms
Holy Mass: 8 am, 10 am (Family), *12 NOON (SOLEMN), 2 pm (Spanish), 6 pm
Confessions: at 10 am & 12 noon Masses
Stations of the Cross: 5.15 pm

Read about Palm Sunday

 

Monday 3 April

Holy Mass: 7.30 am, 12.30 pm
Confessions: 12 – 12.20 pm
Adoration with Confessions: 4 – 5 pm

 

Tuesday 4 April

Holy Mass: 7.30 am, 12.30 pm
Confessions: 12 – 12.20 pm
Adoration with Confessions: 4 – 5 pm

 

Wednesday 5 April

Holy Mass: 7.30 am
*DIOCESAN CHRISM MASS: 11.30 am   Join the Livestream

(if you wish to join the Diocesan Choir for the Chrism Mass, please email singing@rcaos.org.uk 
Adoration with Confessions: 4 – 5 pm

Read about the Chrism Mass


EASTER TRIDUUM

 

Thursday 6 April: Maundy Thursday

*MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER: 7.30 pm
Watching at Altar of Repose after Mass
Confessions: 10 – 11.30 pm
Night Prayer: 11.45 pm

 

Friday 7 April: Good Friday

A day of fasting and abstinence
Children's Stations: 10 am (in Amigo Hall)
Celebración de la Pasión (Spanish): 11.30 am
*SOLEMN LITURGY OF THE PASSION: 3 PM
Confessions: 9 am – 12 noon

 

Saturday 8 April: Holy Saturday

Office of Readings: 9.30 am
Confessions: 11 am – 1 pm
*THE EASTER VIGIL: 8.30 PM

 

Sunday 9 April: Easter Sunday

Holy Mass: 8 am, *10 AM (FAMILY), 12 noon (Solemn), 2 pm (Spanish), 6 pm
Confessions: during 10 am & 12 noon Masses

The Cathedral's regular timetable resumes on Easter Monday.


Archbishop Wilson and the Cathedral Clergy wish you a blessed Triduum and Easter Season.