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These are Lent & Easter events this year.

Chrism Mass

for 1 hour
St Christopher's Church, Blackpool
Hawes Side Lane Blackpool, FY4 5AH

This year's Chrism Mass will be held at Blackpool St Christopher, on the evening of Palm Sunday. Come along to share in the celebration of this important liturgy, when the clergy renew their promises of ordination, and when Holy Oils are blessed for the parish to use over the coming year.

Mass and Holy Week Address

for 1 hour
St Mary Magdalen, Accrington
Devonshire Street Accrington, BB5 1DW, United Kingdom

Join us at St Mary Magdalen's as we make our journey through Holy Week, leading to the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. All welcome.

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Mass and Holy Week Address

for 1 hour
St Andrew, Accrington
Empress Street/Swiss Street. Accrington, BB5 1SJ, United Kingdom

Join us at St Andrew's as we make our journey through Holy Week, leading to the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. All welcome.

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Mass and Holy Week Address

for 1 hour
St Mary Magdalen, Accrington
Devonshire Street Accrington, BB5 1DW, United Kingdom

Join us at St Mary Magdalen's as we make our journey through Holy Week, leading to the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. All welcome.

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Liturgy of the Last Supper

for 1 hour
St Andrew, Accrington
Empress Street/Swiss Street. Accrington, BB5 1SJ, United Kingdom

Join us as we begin the Great Easter Triduum (3 Days) with our Liturgy of the Last Supper, followed by a Watch at the Altar of Repose until midnight.

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Maundy Thursday Watch

for 3 hours
St Andrew, Accrington
Empress Street/Swiss Street. Accrington, BB5 1SJ, United Kingdom

Join us in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament at the Altar of Repose, watching and waiting with Jesus in our own Garden of Gethsemane. Feel free to come and go as you please. The Gospel of the Watch will be read at 11.45 pm, before the Watch concludes at midnight.

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Way of the Cross at the Coppice

for 1 hour
Peel Park and the Coppice
Peel Park Avenue Accrington, BB5 6HF

Join us, with pupils from St Christopher's School and Mount Carmel School, for the annual Way of the Cross as we walk together with Christians from across Accrington up the Coppice reflecting on Jesus's journey to his crucifixion.

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Liturgy of the Lord's Passion

for 1 hour
St Andrew, Accrington
Empress Street/Swiss Street. Accrington, BB5 1SJ, United Kingdom

Join us for our main act of worship on Good Friday, with the reading of St John's Passion, Solemn Intercessions, Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion. All welcome

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Stations of the Cross

for 1 hour
St Joseph's Church
Belgarth Road Accrington, BB5 6AH

Join us at St Joseph's Church, Belgarth Road, for Stations of the Cross on the evening of Good Friday together with our friends from the Roman Catholic Parish of St Anne and St Joseph.

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Solemn Easter Vigil

for 1 hour, 30 mins
St Mary Magdalen, Accrington
Devonshire Street Accrington, BB5 1DW, United Kingdom

Join us as we celebrate the Easter Vigil in the darkness of Holy Saturday night. We begin with the New Fire of Easter in the churchyard, before moving into the dark church with the new Easter Candle, to hear some of the story of our salvation in the Old Testament. We then move to the Font to renew our Baptismal Promises, before celebrating the joy of the Resurrection in the first Mass of Easter. This is the highlight of the Church's year, and all are welcome to join us. There will be a celebratory drink after the service!

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