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The Easter Vigil, also known as the Paschal Vigil, the Great Vigil of Easter, or Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil on the Holy Night of Easter, is a liturgy held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. Historically, it is during this liturgy that people are baptized and that adult catechumens are received into full communion with the Church. It is held in the hours of darkness between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Day – most commonly in the evening of Holy Saturday or midnight – and is the first celebration of Easter, days traditionally being considered to begin at sunset.
Holy Saturday 19th April
All at the Cathedral
9am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
11am-12noon Confessions
No Vigil Mass at Caton owing to the following:
8pm Easter Vigil
Easter,[nb 1] also called Pascha[nb 2] (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday,[nb 3] is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.[12][13] It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.
Easter Sunday 20th April
Mass 9am St Thomas More
9am Hornby
10.30am Cathedral
6.30pm Cathedral
Consecrated in
1859
The Mother Church of the Diocese of Lancaster from Carlisle to the North, Workington to the West and Preston to the South.
Parish Clergy
Rev Fr John Millar (Cathedral Dean) - Contact
Cathedral House, Balmoral Rd, Lancaster, LA1 3BT
t: 01524 384820
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Parish News
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- Pastoral Letter on Amalgamating Lancaster Parishes 27 January 2025
- Welcome to Fr Philip Wrigley - 29th September 2024 01 October 2024
- 25th Anniversary of the Death of Cardinal Basil Hume 17 June 2024
- Letter of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God 28 October 2023