The Easter Triduum is the period of three days from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday.

There are three main services during the Triduum;

• The Mass of the Lord’s Supper is celebrated on Holy Thursday at 7pm. This year Holy Thursday falls on April 1st.
• On Good Friday we have the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 3pm. Mass is not celebrated on Good Friday and the Holy Communion distributed at the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion is consecrated on Holy Thursday. This year Good Friday falls on 2nd April.
• On the evening of Holy Saturday at 7pm we will have the Easter Vigil, the most important occasion in the Christian year. This year Holy Saturday falls on 3rd April.

We will also have Mass on Easter Sunday morning at 9.30am.

The team will be based at St Thomas More’s but will serve the entire diocese. Team members will be fed and housed and will receive a small weekly allowance.

Anyone who is interested please contact Fr Paul Farrer on 01642 814564 or email
youthchaplain@middlesbrough-diocese.org.uk

I write to you to ask for your help. We are extremely short of volunteers to help distribute Holy Communion in the James Cook Hospital. If you could spare one day every two months, I would appreciate your help.

Please contact Fr Simon Broughton on 01642 850113 for further details.

Thank you and God Bless.

There will be a retiring collection for CAFOD’s Family Fast Day after Masses on the weekend of 6th and 7th March 2010.

Monday 15th March, 9.30am in the Parish Room.

This was a joyful and moving ceremony which brought together all those preparing to be received into the Church from across our diocese.

Please pray for Lorna Rossi, Amanda Burns, Sharon Lindberg Smith and Claire Luke who are preparing to be received into the Church this Easter.

They have been given a card called an Azure card, which allows them to buy food in some shops. They are still not given any cash at all, so they cannot buy at cheaper outlets. They have no money for bus fares, phone calls etc.

We are asking them to exchange some of the £35 Azure card for gift cards in Asda, Tesco or Sainsbury and to bring these to the drop-in at the Avenue Methodist Church on a Wednesday. These will be usually £5 or £10 cards.

If you feel you would like to help to make their lives better, please buy these cards at their face value from Gerry Butterfield or Barbara Morris, who go each week to give money in exchange for a gift card. We will try to get you the card you would like. Just order it.

Many thanks to all who have supported us in this project to help the destitute.

Commencing on 19th February at St Clare’s, thereafter on 5th, 19th and 26th March in our Parish Room. Stations of The Cross will be at 12 o’clock in Church followed by shared soup.

On 26th February and 12th March there will be soup at St Margaret’s Church Hall following a short meditation led by Rev Ron Smith.

Proceeds will go to CAFOD’s work to help following the Haitian earthquake.

At 7pm on Monday evenings during Lent (except 8th March) there will be Stations of the Cross.