Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2026
Lent, Holy Week and Easter invite us into the heart of the Christian faith - a season of reflection and joyful hope as we follow Our Lord’s journey to the cross and the glory of the Resurrection. At Holy Trinity, our worship is rich in prayer, music, and tradition, and you are warmly invited to join us as we keep this sacred season together. During Lent we have weekly Stations of the Cross, a Lent Course, and will be offering Lent Lunches. In Holy Week we will be offering a Mass every day except Good Friday.
Whether you are a regular worshipper, returning to church, or exploring faith for the first time, you will find a welcome here.
Below is our full programme of services and events for Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2026.
FEBRUARY
18 Ash Wednesday
10am Mass with ashing
7pm Mass with hymns and ashing
19 Thursday
10am Mass with coffee afterwards
21 Saturday
12 noon Lent Lunch in aid of Christian Aid (Capper Room)
22 First Sunday in Lent
11am Parish Mass - Fr Godfrey to preach: The Importance of Lent
3pm Singalong
5pm Stations of the Cross
6pm Evening Prayer
25 Wednesday
3pm Lent Group (Capper Room)
26 Thursday
10am Mass with coffee afterwards
28 Saturday
12 noon Lent Lunch (Capper Room)
MARCH
1 Second Sunday in Lent
11am Parish Mass with Anointing of the Sick - Fr John to preach: Stations of the Cross explained
3.30pm Teatime Concert
5pm Stations of the Cross
6pm Evening Prayer
4 Wednesday
3pm Lent Group (Capper Room)
5 Thursday
10am Mass with coffee afterwards
7 Saturday
12 noon Lent Lunch (Capper Room)
8 Third Sunday in Lent
11am Parish Mass - Archdeacon Kathryn Percival to preach: Maundy Thursday explained
4pm Stations of the Cross
6pm Evening Prayer
11 Wednesday
3pm Lent Group (Capper Room)
12 Thursday
10am Mass with coffee afterwards
14 Saturday
12 noon Lent Lunch (Capper Room)
15 Mothering Sunday
11am Parish Mass - Mthr Margaret to preach: Good Friday explained
5pm Stations of the Cross
6pm Evening Prayer
18 Wednesday
3pm Lent Group (Capper Room)
19 Thursday
10am Mass with coffee afterwards
21 Saturday
12 noon Lent Lunch (Capper Room)
22 Passion Sunday
11am Parish Mass - Fr Mike to preach: Easter explained
5pm Stations of the Cross
6pm Evening Prayer
25 Wednesday
3pm Lent Group (Capper Room)
26 Thursday
10am Mass with coffee afterwards
28 Saturday
9.30 -11.45am Quiet Morning: The Palm Sunday Journey led by The Very Revd Nicholas Frayling (lately Dean of Chichester)
12 noon Lent Lunch (Capper Room)
Holy Week begins [Clocks go forward]
29 Palm Sunday with Procession of Palms
11am Parish Mass with Reading of St Matthew’s Passion
3pm Singalong
5pm Stations of the Cross
6pm Evening Prayer
30 Holy Monday
7pm Mass
31 Holy Tuesday
10am Mass
APRIL
1 Holy Wednesday
3pm Lent Group (Capper Room)
7pm Mass
2 Maundy Thursday
10am Mass
11am Chrism Eucharist at the Cathedral with Renewal of Ministerial Vows
7pm Mass of the Last Supper followed by Silent Vigil until Midnight
3 Good Friday
2pm The Good Friday Liturgy with Reading of St John’s Passion and Veneration of the Cross
4 Holy Saturday
7pm Liturgy of the Fire and First Mass of Easter with Renewal of Baptismal Vows and Blessing of the Easter Garden
5 Easter Sunday
11am Parish Mass of the Resurrection with Renewal of Baptismal Vows and Blessing of Easter Eggs. Fr Godfrey to preach:
Easter Traditions explained
6pm Evening Prayer
Confessions by appointment