LENT is the Church’s traditional season of renewal and repentance in Christ.
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence.
Fasting means that the amount of food we eat on these days is considerably reduced. Abstinence means that we give up a particular kind of food or drink or amusement on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday.
Catholics over the age of eighteen are bound by the Church’s law of fasting until the beginning of their sixtieth year, while all members of the Church over the age of fourteen are bound by the law of abstinence. Priests and parents are urged to foster the spirit and practice of penance among those too young to be the subjects of the Church’s laws of fasting and abstinence.
- Palm Sunday - Sunday 29th March, 2026.
Saturday (28th) - Blessing of Palms & Mass at Woodbridge, 6.00 p.m.
Sunday (29th) - Blessing of Palms & Mass at Framlingham, 08.45 a.m.
Sunday (29th) - Blessing of Palms & Mass at Woodbridge, 11.00 a.m.
- Monday in Holy Week - Monday 30th March, 2026.
Morning Prayer with the Cross Pilgrimage at 08.00 a.m. (Woodbridge)
Mass at Woodbridge at 09.30 a.m.
- Tuesday in Holy Week - Tuesday 31st March, 2026.
Mass at Woodbridge at 09.30 a.m.
- Wednesday in Holy Week - Wednesday 1st April, 2026.
No Mass today.
- Maundy Thursday - Thursday 2nd April, 2026.
Mass of the Lord's Supper at Woodbridge at 8.00 p.m.
Watching at the Altar of Repose until 10.00 p.m.
Night Prayer (Compline) said at 9.50 p.m.
- Good Friday - Friday 3rd April, 2026 - Fasting & Abstinence.
The Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Passion at Woodbridge at 3.00 p.m.
Stations of the Cross at Framlingham at 3.00 p.m.
EASTER IS A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION.
- Holy Saturday - Saturday 4th April, 2026.
The Easter Vigil & the First Mass of Easter at Woodbridge at 8.00 p.m.
- Easter Sunday - Sunday 5th April, 2026.
Easter Sunday Mass with hymns at Framlingham at 09.00 a.m.
Easter Sunday Sung Mass at Woodbridge at 11.00 a.m.
