Lent and Easter at All Saints 2025

Ash Wednesday and Lent

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting and marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent. The name “Ash Wednesday” comes from the practice of placing onto the forehead, ashes - typically obtained by burning the palms blessed on the previous year’s Palm Sunday - in the shape of a cross, symbolizing mortality and the need for repentance.

Lent is a time of preparation for Easter, marked by repentance, fasting and reflection, and represents Christ’s time of fasting and temptation in the wilderness.  Lent asks us to set aside a time each year for similar fasting, marking an intentional season of focus on Christ’s life, ministry, sacrifice, and resurrection. The Lenten season culminates in Holy Week, which includes Palm Sunday and the joyous celebration of Easter.

At All Saints we start our Lenten journey with the following services:

Ash Wednesday, 5th March

10.00am - Ash Wednesday said Mass - with ashing
7.30pm - Ash Wednesday Liturgy - with ashing
 

Lent Programmes

Sermon Sequence

Parish Mass, Sundays @ 10.30am

Starting on Sunday 2nd March, the Sunday before Lent (before Ash Wednesday), there will be five sermons based on the five sections of the Nicene Creed, with an opportunity to talk with the ‘preacher’ after the Parish Mass.  

• Creator God
• Incarnation and the Messiah
• Inspiration of the Holy Spirit
• Mother Church and Unity
• The Hope of Resurrection and Communion of Saints. 

Guest Preacher

Parish Mass, Sunday 23rd March @ 10.30am

We welcome the Methodist Superintendent, the Revd Prof Teddy Kalongo, to join us in worship and to preach. 

Stations of The Cross

• 6.00pm - Friday 4th April
• 6.00pm - Friday 11th April

Join us for a guided, meditative and prayerful journey through the Stations of The Cross, which have formed part of Christian devotion at Passiontide for many centuries, enabling us to engage actively with the path of suffering walked by Jesus.

They originated when early Christians visited Jerusalem and wanted to follow literally in the footsteps of Jesus, tracing the path from Pilate’s house to Calvary. They would pause for prayer and devotion at various points. Eventually, those pilgrims brought the practice back to their home countries and ever since then, Christians of differing traditions have used this form of devotion.

Individual Prayer and Reflection through the USPG Study Guides and Reflections on the Nicene Creed  

2025 marks a significant year in the Anglican Communion and for other global Christian traditions as we mark the 1700th anniversary of the world's first Ecumenical Council. This study guide has been produced to encourage you, in the fellowship of other Christians, to prayerfully reflect on the significance of the Council of Nicaea and its legacy in shaping the Christian faith. The Study Guides are available via hard copies in the Atrium, or are available to download or order (free) here

Lent Conversations 2025: Facets of Violence - Paths to Peace

All Talks: 7pm refreshments; 7.30pm start

Holy Week & Easter

13th-20th April