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Year B PALM SUNDAY 24th March 2024
on March 23, 2024
Mass Times
Saturday | 6:00pm | Vigil Mass of Sunday |
Sunday | 9:00am | |
11:00am |
Holy Week and Easter 2024
Sacrament of Reconciliation – Confession
Friday | 22 March | 10:30am after Mass, during Exposition |
Saturday | 23 March | 12:00–12:30pm and after 6:00pm Mass |
Monday | 25 March | 10:30am after Mass |
Wednesday | 27 March | 7:30–8:00pm |
Holy Saturday | 30 March | 12:00–12:30pm |
Palm Sunday 24 March
Both morning Masses begin in the hall with the blessing of palms and procession to church.Wednesday 27 March
11:15am Chrism Mass – blessing of holy oils. St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, SE1 7HY. People from parishes in our diocese are welcome.Maundy Thursday 28 March
8:00pm Mass of the Lord's Supper with washing of the feet.After Mass, ‘Watching’ at altar of repose until Night Prayer at 11:50pm.
Good Friday 29 March
A day of ‘fast and abstinence’ – means eating less and no meat.11:00am Walk of Witness – begins at St Aidan's. Coulsdon Christians carry the cross from St Aidan’s to the Methodist Church, Brighton Rd. Refreshments provided after a short service outside.
3:00pm Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and Death
Tea in hall afterwards. Church remains open for private prayer before the cross until 7:30pm.
Holy Saturday 30 March
NB: No 6:00pm Mass8:30pm Easter Vigil – the first Mass of Easter
Blessing of the new fire and paschal candle.
Renewal of baptismal promises.
CLOCKS GO FORWARD ONE HOUR.
Easter Sunday 31 March
6:30am (BST) Sunrise Easter Service. Coulsdon Christians gather on Farthing Downs.Easter morning Masses: 9:00am and 11:00am.
Spiritual Resources
You can access the daily Mass readings by following this link: https://www.universalis.com/europe.england.southwark/mass.htm. In addition, each week from Wednesday you can find the upcoming Sunday readings with commentaries on the Wednesday Word website: http://www.wednesdayword.org/sunday-gospel.htm.
There are many other spiritual resources available. For information about some of them click here.
Keep in Touch
We have a parish mailing list which we are using to send to parishioners a weekly email including a direct link to the newsletter. Joining the mailing list is straightforward - just follow this link and fill in the short sign-up form: http://eepurl.com/gXMief. Please pass this link on to anyone else who might be interested.
Hospital Chaplaincy Contacts
If you or a member of your family are admitted to one of the local hospitals, do please let the hospital’s Catholic chaplain know. You should ask the ward staff to contact the Catholic chaplain. You can also phone chaplains directly -- see the list of contacts below.
Data protection laws prohibit hospital staff from taking the initiative of letting a chaplain know your religion. The request to ward staff MUST come explicitly from the patient, a family member or a friend.
There is always a priest on call for emergencies -- it is best to ask the ward staff because the hospital switchboard will have an emergency contact number for the duty priest. Your local parish will not have that number as it changes depending on the duty priest. Sometimes the priest will be on site in the hospital, at other times he will come from his parish.
Hospital | Chaplain | Contact |
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Croydon University | Sr Sheila with support of local clergy and laity |
020 8401 3105 (the chaplaincy) |
St Helier and Epsom | Fr Philip Pak | 020 8296 2000 |
East Surrey | Fr Alban Aguezeala | 01293 431703 (Horley parish) |
St George's | Fr Peter Littleton | 020 8725 3069 or 020 8672 1255 |
St Aidan's Meal Train
We have a "meal train" service in the parish, where parishioners have the opportunity to sign up to bring a meal to someone going through a difficult time or needing a short-term helping hand.
If you would like to request a meal train because you are struggling for any reason, are grieving a loved one, are about to have treatment or surgery, or have just welcomed a new baby, please email Katie Stockermans (katharine.stockermans@gmail.com) or speak to Fr Peter. Katie will discuss some details and timings with you and take it from there.
If you are interested in offering to cook a meal, keep an eye out for a newsletter notice about an active meal train: a MealTrain.com link will allow you to put your name on a calendar to commit to
cooking on a certain date and will tell you all the details you need for delivering the meal.
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St Aidan's RC Church
St Aidan’s RC Primary School
Portnalls Road,
Coulsdon,
Surrey,
CR5 3DE
Tel: 01737 556036
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Website: www.staidansschool.co.uk
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