Category: Lent
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28.Lent 2025

Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. These are the times of Masses for Ash Wednesday in the St. Colmcille’s Pastoral Area; Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It…
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19. Holy Week

We should see this week as a single unit, summed up under the phrase “Paschal Mystery”. It includes the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, as well as his ascension and the sending of the Holy Spirit. In fact, all these elements can actually be seen present on the cross on…
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18. Parish Arrangements for Lent 2024

Lent begins on Wednesday 14th March. It is a day of Fast and Abstinence, and while not a ‘Holy Day’, we are strongly encouraged to attend Mass, and receive the mark of the Ashes as a sign of our desire to turn back to God and during the holy season, develop…