Archbishop Wilson will celebrate Holy Week and Easter Liturgies at St George's Cathedral in 2023. All are welcome to join him, alongside the Cathedral Clergy. A schedule of services is listed below, alongside opportunities for Adoration, the Sacrament of Confession and the Children's Stations of the Cross. The Chrism Mass on Wednesday 5th April will also be live-streamed.

Paschal Candle

  • A full schedule of services for Holy Week and Easter is available to download here (PDF).
  • Archbishop Wilson will celebrate the services below marked with an asterisk (*).

Sunday 2 April: Palm Sunday

Mass will begin with the blessing of palms
Holy Mass: 8 am, 10 am (Family), *12 NOON (SOLEMN), 2 pm (Spanish), 6 pm
Confessions: at 10 am & 12 noon Masses
Stations of the Cross: 5.15 pm

Monday 3 April

Holy Mass: 7.30 am, 12.30 pm
Confessions: 12 – 12.20 pm
Adoration with Confessions: 4 – 5 pm

Tuesday 4 April

Holy Mass: 7.30 am, 12.30 pm
Confessions: 12 – 12.20 pm
Adoration with Confessions: 4 – 5 pm

Wednesday 5 April

Holy Mass: 7.30 am
*DIOCESAN CHRISM MASS: 11.30 am  (if you wish to join the Diocesan Choir for the Chrism Mass, please email singing@rcaos.org.uk 
Adoration with Confessions: 4 – 5 pm

Thursday 6 April: Maundy Thursday

*MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER: 7.30 pm
Watching at Altar of Repose after Mass
Confessions: 10 – 11.30 pm
Night Prayer: 11.45 pm

Friday 7 April: Good Friday

A day of fasting and abstinence
Children's Stations: 10 am (in Amigo Hall)
Celebración de la Pasión (Spanish): 11.30 am
*SOLEMN LITURGY OF THE PASSION: 3 PM
Confessions: 9 am – 12 noon

Saturday 8 April: Holy Saturday

Office of Readings: 9.30 am
Confessions: 11 am – 1 pm
*THE EASTER VIGIL: 8.30 PM

Sunday 9 April: Easter Sunday

Holy Mass: 8 am, *10 AM (FAMILY), 12 noon (Solemn), 2 pm (Spanish), 6 pm
Confessions: during 10 am & 12 noon Masses

The Cathedral's regular timetable resumes on Easter Monday.


Archbishop Wilson and the Cathedral Clergy wish you a blessed Triduum and Easter Season.