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Year C Easter Sunday 20th April 2025
on April 19, 2025
Mass Times
Saturday | 6:00pm | Vigil Mass of Sunday |
Sunday | 9:00am | |
11:00am |
Holy Week and Easter 2025
Sacrament of Reconciliation – Confession
Friday | 11 April | 10:30am after Mass, during Exposition |
Saturday | 12 April | 12:00–12:30pm and after 6:00pm Mass |
Monday | 14 April | 10:30am after Mass |
Wednesday | 16 April | 7:30–8:00pm |
Holy Saturday | 19 April | 12:00–12:30pm |
Palm Sunday 13 April
Both morning Masses begin in the hall with the blessing of palms and procession to church.
Wednesday 16 April
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 17 April
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 18 April
A day of ‘fast and abstinence’ – means eating less and no meat.
11:00am Walk of Witness Coulsdon Christians carry the cross from St Mary’s Catholic Church, Croydon Rd., Old Coulsdon to Glebe Green near St John’s and the Congregational Church. Refreshments provided after a short service outside.
3:00pm Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and Death
Tea and hot cross buns in hall afterwards in aid of the CAFOD Myanmar appeal.
Church remains open for private prayer before the cross until 7:30pm.
Holy Saturday 19 April
NB: No 6:00pm Mass
8:30pm Easter Vigil – the first Mass of Easter
Blessing of the new fire and paschal candle. Renewal of baptismal promises.
Easter Sunday 20 April
6:00am Sunrise Easter Service. Coulsdon Christians gather on Farthing Downs.
Followed by breakfast in Cameron Hall – Congregational Church.
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
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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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