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Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2026

Updated: Mar 31

Lent Services

Ash Wednesday, 18th February

  • Midday, St Anne

  • 7pm, Holy Spirit

Palm Sunday, Sunday 29th March

  • 9am, St Anne; St Margaret Clitherow

  • 11am, Holy Spirit; Our Lady of Grace

Reconciliation

  • Tuesday 3rd March 9.30am, St Margaret Clitherow, Mass followed by Reconciliation

  • Wednesday 4th March 9.30am, Holy Spirit, Mass followed by Reconciliation

  • Thursday 5th March 6pm, Our Lady of Grace, Mass followed by Reconciliation

  • Friday 6th March 11am, St Anne, Reconciliation followed by Midday Mass

  • Friday 13th March 6pm, Holy Spirit, Reconciliation followed by Benediction with Mass

Stations of the Cross on Fridays during Lent

  • St Anne: March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, 11am Adoration, 11.30am Stations of the Cross, Midday Mass or Service of the Word and Communion

  • Holy Spirit: March 6th (lead by CAFOD), 20th (lead by SVP), 27th (lead by Confirmation Group), 6.15pm Stations of the Cross, 7pm Mass

  • St Margaret Clitherow: March 6th (lead by Coffee Rota Volunteers) 7pm, 13th (lead by Flower Arrangers) 6.30pm, 20th (lead by Readers) 7pm, 3rd April (Eucharistic Ministers) 7pm

  • Our Lady of Grace: After Sunday Mass (12pm)

 

The Easter Triduum & Easter Sunday Mass

Maundy Thursday, Thursday 2nd April

  • 7pm, St Anne (Live Steam); Holy Spirit (Live Steam), Mass of The Lord’s Supper followed by watching at the altar of repose until 10pm

Good Friday, Friday 3rd April

  • 3pm, St Anne; Holy Spirit (Live Steam), The Passion of the Lord

The Easter Vigil, Saturday 4th April

  • 8pm, St Anne; Holy Spirit (Sacraments of Initiation)(Live Steam), Easter Vigil Mass

The Easter Sunday Mass, 5th April


Health and Safety Guidance for Attending Mass


Lenten Course

Our Lady of Grace

  • In partnership with other Christian Churches in Cotgrave

  • Begins Ash Wednesday, 18th February

  • Wednesdays, 1.30–3.00pm

  • Venue: Our Lady of Grace

  • Course: “Lent in Plain Sight” – exploring ten simple objects Jesus would have seen and used in the Holy Land

  • All are welcome

 

St Margaret Clitherow

  • Churches Together in Keyworth Lenten Course 2026

  • Based on the award-winning film “I, Daniel Blake”

  • Five weekly sessions with discussion, reflection, Scripture and prayer

  • St Margaret Clitherow hosts the Wednesday afternoon group, beginning 25th February at 2pm

  • The film will be shown in full on Thursday 19th February at 7pm at Keyworth Methodist Church (Selby Lane)

  • For enquiries, please speak to Nuala, Paul or Carmel

  • All are welcome


Message of the Holy Father Leo XIV for Lent 2026 - Listening and Fasting : Lent as a Time of Conversion


Other Lenten Events Nearby Parishes and Resources        

  • The Polish Catholic Community in Nottingham is leading a Extreme Way of the Cross on Friday 13th March from 8.00pm, until about 6.00am the next morning.  The route takes in 41 kilometres across the city centre and fields around, and is an initiative started in Poland several years ago.  It is not a sport activity but a spiritual journey through meditations.  For those wishing to participate, gather at the Polish Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa, Nottingham NG7 6JN, by 8.00pm (Mass in Polish will be celebrated at 7.00pm).  More information is at: https://extremewayofthecross.org/

  • Lenten Women's Retreat being held on Saturday 21st March at Holy Family Church, Blenheim Drive, Allestree DE22 2LG, between 10.00am and 4.00pm.  The Retreat is entitled “The Great Women of the Old Testament”, and will be led by Sister Susan Richert.  The Retreat costs £15 per person, including a cream tea; please bring your own packed lunch.  To book, visit: www.dioceseofnottingham.uk/events/womensretreatday

  • A reflection through slides, music, and prayers of The Seven Last Words of Jesus led by Father Jonathan Cotton: on Tuesday 24th March in Saint Wilfrid’s Church, Coalville LE67 3JB, and on Thursday 26th March in Sacred Heart Church, Loughborough LE11 2HE.  Both evenings begin at 7.00pm, and conclude at 8.30pm with refreshments.

  • Men’s Retreat on Saturday 28th March between 9.45am and 3.45pm, at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, Coalville.  Canon Chris Thomas (Secretary of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales for 10 years) will lead the Day, entitled “Limitless: In the Lenten Gospel readings the Limitless power of God is revealed. In Christ we too can be limitless”.  The Retreat costs £15 per person; please bring your own packed lunch.  All men aged 18 or over are very welcome; to book (by 20th March) through online form:

  • A podcast called ‘Good Habits’, exploring questions of meaning through the wisdom of the virtues, hosted by Father John Church OP  (of Leicester Priory) and Fr Toby Lees OP, at: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLITo3ifsRMuqLGc5cGJiy4UT0EGP_hYWe

  • An online Lent Retreat with Newman, guided by Father George Bowen, designed to help Catholics to go deeper into the Gospels of Lent through the preaching of Saint John Henry Newman, at:


 
 
 

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