Celebrating Easter at Ampleforth Abbey

Ampleforth Abbey Memorial garden

We are delighted to invite you to join us in worship over Easter and Holy Week at Ampleforth Abbey.

You'll find below the times at which you can join us in-person in the Abbey Church if you are able, or online if you are not, via our live streaming channels.

We also look forward to welcoming over 350 guests to the Abbey for our annual Easter Triduum Retreat. The theme for 2024 is ‘Christ is Alive’. Though the retreat is now at capacity for physical guests, we are delighted to confirm that we will continue to video stream our retreat talks live online, making them available to you no matter where you are. Details below.



HORARIUM FOR THE SACRED TRIDUUM 2024

All of our services will be live streamed via our audio streaming service, Mixlr.

Those marked * will be available to video stream via our YouTube channel. To find out how to access these and more, visit Live Streaming and Online Prayer.

MAUNDY THURSDAY

6.00am                Matins
7.30am                Lauds

9.00am                Choir Practise
1.00pm                Sext

7.15pm                 Retreat Conference Introduction - 'A Life Alive with Christ' by Fr Chad*

Vespers is replaced by Mass of the Lord's Supper
8.30pm                 Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper*   

Compline in private

 

GOOD FRIDAY

6.45am                Matins
8.20am                Lauds

10.00am              Retreat Conference Talk - 'Christ Alive in The Liturgy: A Benedictine Perspective' by Fr Cedd*


12.30pm              Sext
3.00pm                Solemn Liturgy*

Compline in Private

 

HOLY SATURDAY

6.45am                Matins
8.20am                Lauds

10.00am              Retreat Conference Talk - 'A World On Fire and Alive with Christ' by Brenden Thompson*


12.30pm               Sext

2.00pm               Retreat Conference Talk - 'Alive with Christ as a Woman in Faith' by Gabrielle Foster*


5.30pm                 Vespers
9.00pm                 Easter Vigil*

Clocks go forward one hour

EASTER SUNDAY

8.00am                 Lauds
10.00am               Solemn Mass*
12.15pm                Sext
6.00pm                 Solemn Vespers with Benediction
8.00pm                 Compline

 

EASTER MONDAY - EASTER SATURDAY

6.30am               Matins
8.00am                  Lauds
9.30am               Conventual Mass*
1.00pm                Sext
6.00pm               Vespers 
8.00pm               Compline


The usual timetable will resume on Sunday 7th April.