United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough

Christ Church Cathedral

Palm Sunday, March 25:         11am Cathedral Eucharist

                                             3.30pm Choral Evensong

Monday March 26:                  6pm Sung Compline

                                             7pm Strong Threads Lenten Programme continues

Tuesday March 27:                 6pm Sung Compline

Wednesday March 28:             6pm Sung Compline

Maundy Thursday, March 29:   11.30am Chrism Eucharist

                                             6pm Eucharist of the Last Supper

                                             9pm Watch Service

Good Friday, March 30:           11.30am Reflections at the Cross

                                             3pm Good Friday Liturgy

Saturday March 31:                 9pm Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday, April 1:            11am Festal Eucharist

                                              3.30pm Solemn Evensong

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral

Palm Sunday, March 25:         11.15am Choral Eucharist

                                            6pm The Passion of our Lord according to St John. Bach

Monday March 26:                  5.30pm Choral Evensong

Tuesday March 27:                 5.30pm Choral Evensong

Wednesday March 28:             5.30pm Choral Evensong

Maundy Thursday, March 29:   5.30pm Choral Eucharist

Good Friday, March 30:           11.15am Matins

                                             2pm Liturgy of the Cross

Easter Sunday, April:              11.15am Festal Eucharist

                                             3.15pm Festal Evensong

Arklow, Inch and Kilbride

Wednesday March 28:            8pm Inch Parish Church

Thursday March 29:               8pm Kilbride Parish Church. Holy Communion

Good Friday, March 30:          1pm Ecumenical Service at the Bandstand, Main Street, Arklow

                                            8pm St Saviour’s Church, Arklow

Saturday March 31:                6.30pm Inch Parish Church. Paschal Service of Light.

Easter Sunday, April 1:           6.30am Son Rise Service, South Beach Car Park, Arklow

                                            10am Inch Parish Church. Holy Communion

                                            10am St Brigid’s Church, Kilbride. Holy Communion

                                            11.30am St Saviour’s Church, Arklow. Holy Communion

Booterstown and Carysfort

Monday March 26:                 8pm Holy Trinity Church Killiney

Tuesday March 27:                8pm Christ Church Dun Laoghaire

Wednesday March 28:            10.30am St Thomas’ Church Mount Merrion

Wednesday March 28:            8pm St Patrick’s Church Dalkey

Thursday March 29:               8pm Passover & Eucharist St Philip and St James’ Booterstown

Friday March 30:                    2pm Reflection on the Cross St Thomas’ Church Mount Merrion

Friday March 30:                     7.30pm Ecumenical Prayers at the Cross Church of the Assumption, Booterstown Avenue

Easter Day, April 1:                 7am Ecumenical Sonrise Service on Sandymount Strand

                                              8.30am Holy Communion St Philip and St James’ Booterstown

                                              10am Holy Communion St Thomas’ Church Mount Merrion

                                              11.30am Holy Communion St Philip & St James’ Booterstown

Christ Church Bray

The Rector will preach on the theme ‘But is it true…?’ throughout the week.

Palm Sunday, March 25:          8.30am Holy Communion 2

                                             11am Palm Sunday Service

Wednesday  March 28:            8pm Evening Prayer “What is Truth?”

Maundy Thursday, March 29:   8pm Holy Communion and Tenebrae “True Service”

Good Friday, March 30:           10am Bray Head Way of the Cross (commences at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church)

                                             2–3pm Vigil Service

                                             8pm A Service of The Passion “Truth Hurts”

Easter Sunday, April 1:            6.30am Bray Churches Together Easter Sunrise Service

                                             8.30am Holy Communion 1

                                             11am Family HC “Only A Fool Would Believe That!”

Christ Church Cathedral Group of Parishes

Wednesday March 28:            7pm St Werburgh’s Church will host a Tenebrae service. A   service of readings and music based on the events leading up to Good Friday. Sung by the Parish choir under the direction of Dr Gerard Downey. All welcome. 

Good Friday, March 30:          12pm to 3pm All Saints’ Church, Grangegorman (Phibsborough). Three hours of hymns, readings and prayers based on the Passion of Christ.  A series of five short addresses will be given by the Archdeacon of Dublin and worshippers are free to come and go throughout the three hours. 

Christ Church, Dun Laoghaire

Monday March 26

Tuesday March 27:                     12 noon Ecumenical service

Good Friday, March 30:               2pm Ecumenical service

Dun Laoghaire/Killiney/Glenageary/Dalkey Cluster Services for Holy Week

All services start at 8pm

Monday March 26:                  Holy Trinity Killiney. Cannon Gillian Warton

Tuesday March 27:                 Christ Church Dun Laoghaire. The Rev Bruce Hayes

Wednesday March 28:            St Patrick’s Dalkey. The Rev William Olhausen

Maundy Thursday, March 29: St Paul’s Glenageary. The Revd Ása Björk Ólafsdóttir O’Hanlon

Good Friday, March 30:          St Matthias’ Killiney/Ballybrack.

Donnybrook and Irishtown

St Matthew’s Irishtown is joining with Christchurch Sandymount (Presbyterian/ Methodist) for Holy Week 

Monday to Thursday:             7pm St Matthew’s Church.

Good Friday, March 30:          6.30pm meet at Mount Tabor Care Centre

St Mary’s Donnybrook

Good Friday, March 30:          10am to 3pm Good Friday Service of the Knanayan Oriental Orthodox congregation.

Holy Trinity, Rathmines

Saturday March 31:               6pm to 7.30pm @htrinity Black Saturday: An Easter Experience

Join us as we reflect on the tension and unresolved nature of Holy Saturday, also known as Black Saturday. Rather than following a traditional service structure, Black Saturday will be an immersive, interactive experience so come prepared to engage in something completely different.

 Kill O’ the Grange

CHURCHES TOGETHER 2018  HOLY WEEK

Monday March 26 to Thursday March 29:

7.30 pm Evening Services at Crinken Church. Holy Communion Service on Thursday March 29 is to be led by and the hospitality will be provided by, the team from Kill O’The Grange.

Good Friday, March 30:          7pm The Mark Gospel Drama

CHURCHES TOGETHER HOLY WEEK

Theme: “Behold the Lamb of God”

Monday March 26:                12 noon Holy Family RC Church Kill Avenue

Tuesday March 27:               12 noon St Patrick’s RC Monkstown         

Holy Thursday, March 29:      12 noon Methodist Church, Northumberland Ave               

Good Friday, March 30:         12 noon Dun Laoghaire Evangelical Church, Lr Glenageary Rd

Easter Sunday, April 1:          Sunrise Service at Kill Abbey followed by Tea & Toast in Kill O’The Grange COI Parish Centre.

THE MYSTERY OF GOOD FRIDAY

Good Friday, March 30:          10am Family fun investigating the case of the cross.

Monkstown 

Monday March 26:                  10.45am The Eucharist

Tuesday March 27:                 10.45am The Eucharist (traditional language)

Wednesday March 28:            10.45am The Eucharist

                                            7.30pm  Evening Service with hymns from Stainer’s Crucifixion

Maundy Thursday, March 29:  7.30pm Maundy Thursday Eucharist

Good Friday, March 30:          12 noon Soup Lunch in Knox Hall in aid of Housing Project

                                             2pm Good Friday Devotion

Saturday March 31:                9pm The Easter Vigil in Christ Church Cathedral

Easter Day, April 1:                 9am Eucharist

                                              10.45am Festival Eucharist for Easter Day

                                              11.30 MC3 Easter Egg hunt in church grounds for all children 

Powerscourt and Kilbride

Palm Sunday, March 25:                  8.30am Holy Communion One (said)

                                                     10am Liturgy of Palms, Reading of Passion Kilbride                                          11.30am Liturgy of Palms, Reading of Passion Powerscourt

Wednesday March 28:                      8.00pm Service of Wholeness & Healing Kilbride

Thursday March 29:                         10.30am Holy Communion in Powerscourt Church

                                                      7pm  Seder Meal & Liturgy in the School Hall

Good Friday, March 30:                    3pm Ecumenical Way of the Cross begins in St Mary’s

Saturday March 31:                          10am  Decoration of the churches for Easter

Easter Day, April 1:                          6.58am Sonrise Service begins in Powerscourt Old Church with procession to Powerscourt Church & First Eucharist of Easter followed by breakfast in School Hall

                                                      8.30am Holy Communion One Powerscourt

                                                     10am Festival Eucharist Kilbride

                                                     11.30am Festival Eucharist  Powerscourt

                                                     followed by children’s Easter Egg Hunt

Rathfarnham

Holy Week

Monday to Thursday:                       7.30am Holy Communion

                                                      8pm Reflective Prayer

Good Friday, March 30:                    9.30am Ecumenical walk with the Cross starting at Rathfarnham Church of Ireland Parish Church

                                                     10.00am to 12.00 noon Family Good Friday Parish Centre

                                                     2pm to 3pm An hour by the Cross

                                                     8pm Tenebrae

Easter Sunday, April 1:                    6.15am Son Rise service at Montpelier Hill

                                                      (service followed by refreshments in Ballyroan Parish)

                                                      8am, 10.30am and 12 noon

                                                      Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus, Holy Communion.

Sandford and St Philip’s

Wednesday March 28:            8 pm Sandford and St Philip’s Choral Scholars & Choral Union present a performance of Sir John Stainer’s passion oratorio ‘The Crucifixion’ in Sandford Church, with Warwick Harte (Tenor), Michael Lee (Bass) and David Leigh (Organ). Admission free; donations welcome in aid of Dublin & Glendalough Diocesan Housing Appeal for Refugees (in partnership with the Irish Refugee Council).

Maundy Thursday, March 29: 8pm Holy Communion, St Philip’s. Preacher Emma Rothwell, Wilson’s Hospital School Chaplain and Diocesan Youth and Children’s Officer in Meath and Kildare Dioceses.

Good Friday, March 30:          10am Ecumenical Walk behind the Cross from Church of the Holy Name, Beechwood Avenue to Sandford Church

                                            8 pm Office of Tenebrae, Sandford

St Ann’s, Dawson Street

Palm Sunday, March 25:         1pm St Ann’s Choir will be performing two pieces by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, his Mass for Double Choir in E flat major Opus 109 and his Stabat Mater Opus 138. The Stabat Mater is a setting of a text descriptive of the suffering mother of Christ as He is Crucified. Entrance is €8 with tickets available at the door. 

Good Friday, March 30:          12 noon The speaker at the traditional Three–Hour Liturgy on Good Friday will be the Director of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute, Canon Dr. Maurice Elliott. It begins at 12 noon with full choir – music to include Misere, Allegri; Lamentations of Jeremiah, Tallis; Stabat Mater, Rheinberger.

St Bartholomew’s, Ballsbridge

Palm Sunday, March 25:         9am Said Eucharist

                                             11am Solemn Eucharist with the Blessing of Palms

                                             6pm Solemn Evensong and Benediction

Monday March 26:                   7.30pm Compline

Tuesday March 27:                  7.30pm Late Evening Office

Spy Wednesday, March 28:      7.30pm Tenebrae

Maundy Thursday, March 29:   7.30pm Solemn Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar followed by The Watch

Good Friday, March 30:          12.00 noon Sung Matins

                                            1.30pm The Liturgy of Good Friday

Saturday March 31:                7.30pm The Great Vigil of Easter

Easter Sunday, April 1:           9am Said Eucharist

                                             11am Solemn Eucharist

St Catherine and St James’, Donore Avenue

Palm Sunday, March 25:         At the Church of St Catherine & St James, Donore Avenue, the Palm Sunday liturgy will be sung by the Episcopal Chorale Society of African–American Episcopal Churches in the Diocese of Los Angeles. The choir will sing; Sanctus and Agnus Dei – Proulx: Lord’s Prayer – Malotte: The Holy City– Adam: Sweet, Sweet Spirt– Aker:

St John the Baptist, Clontarf

Palm Sunday, March 25:         8.30am Holy Communion

                                            10.30am Family Service with Procession of the palms

Maundy Thursday, March 29:  8pm Holy Communion, Foot Washing and Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday, March 30:          11am to 1pm Reflective Prayer Stations on a drop in basis.

                                            3pm Service of Meditation on the Cross of Jesus

                                            7.30pm Ecumenical Walk from Seafield Road to St Gabriel’s

Easter Eve, March 31:             9pm Vigil Service & first Eucharist of Easter

Easter Sunday, April 1:           Ecumenical Sunrise Service, Bull Wall, Dollymount

                                             8.30am Holy Communion

                                            10.30am Holy Communion followed by Easter Egg hunt

St John the Evangelist, Sandymount

Palm Sunday, March 25:         11am Palm Procession, Reading of the Passion Gospel and Sung Eucharist

Holy Tuesday, March 27:        7.30pm Stations of the cross

Holy Wednesday March 28:    11am Holy Eucharist

Maundy Thursday, March 29: 8pm Sung Eucharist of the Lord’s Supper followed by

the Watch of Prayer until midnight.

 Good Friday, March 30:         2pm Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion

 Easter Day, April 1:                Festival Sung Eucharist

St Paul’s Glenageary

Palm Sunday, March 25:         7pm John Stainer’s The Crucifixion A meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer. Featuring the combined “cluster” choir with Oisin O’Dalaigh (Tenor) Eoghan Desmond (Bass) Nathan Barrett Conductor and Thomas Maxwell Organ.  Admission free all are most welcome.

Swords and Donabate

Monday March 26:                  7.30pm Compline Donabate

                                             8.30pm Compline Swords

Tuesday March 27:                  7.30pm Compline Donabate

                                              8.30pm Compline Swords

Wednesday March 28:              7.30pm Compline Donabate

                                              8.30pm Compline Swords

Maundy Thursday, March 29:    7.30pm The Lord’s Supper Donabate

                                              8.30pm The Lord’s Supper Swords 

Good Friday, March 30:            12 noon At the Cross Donabate – first half of the service in the Roman Catholic Church moving to the Church of Ireland Church.

                                              2pm At the Cross Swords

Easter Day, April 1:                  10.00am Holy Communion Donabate

                                              11.30am Holy Communion  Swords

                                              1.00pm Holy Communion Kilsallaghan

Wicklow & Killiskey

Monday to Wednesday:           8pm Services in Wicklow Parish Church

Maundy Thursday, March 29:   7.30pm Eucharist in Nun’s Cross

Good Friday, March 30:           12 noon Wicklow

                                             2.15pm Nun’s Cross.

                                             7pm Walk of Witness in Wicklow. Starts at the Methodist Church, continues to Wicklow Parish Church and finishes with prayers around the cross in St Patrick’s Church.

Saturday March 31:                 9pm Vigil in Nun’s Cross

Zion, Rathgar

Palm Sunday, March 25:          9am Holy Communion

                                             10.30am Holy Communion and Liturgy of the Palms

Monday March 26:                  10.30am Holy Communion

                                             8pm Compline

Tuesday March 27:                 10.30am Holy Communion

                                             8pm Compline

Wednesday March 28:             10.30am Holy Communion

                                              8pm John Stainer’s The Crucifixion at Sandford Parish Church

Maundy Thursday, March 29:    8pm Holy Communion

Good Friday, March 30:            8pm Evening Prayer

Saturday March 31:                 No Service. Easter Vigil Christ Church Cathedral at 9pm

Easter Day, Sunday April 1:      9am Holy Communion

                                              10.30am Holy Baptism