Easter Triduum with Bishop Phillip

We are so pleased that in this Centenary Year of the Diocese of Blackburn, the Bishop of Blackburn will spend the Easter Triduum with us in Rufford and Tarleton.

Bishop Philip will Preside and preach on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and at the Paschal Vigil on Easter Eve.

Maundy Thursday, April 2nd

7.30pm Mass of the Last Supper, Washing of Feet and Stripping of the Altars, followed by the Watch of the Passion (Tarleton)

Good Friday, April 3rd

10.15 Stations of the Cross ( Rufford)

2pm Liturgy of the Day (Tarleton)

Easter Eve (April 4th)

7.30pm Paschal Vigil (Tarleton)

Main Photo (C) Kaitlyn Rose for Blackburn Diocese

About the Author: Mark Soady

Fr Mark was appointed as Rector of Rufford and Tarleton in April 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold throughout the world. Previously, Mark was Area Dean and Vicar of Abergavenny & Rector of Llanwenarth Citra. Additionally, Mark was a Psychiatric Nurse and Founder/Prior of the Hollywell Community. Prior to Ordination, he was Head of Office to Rt Hon Lord Jenkins of Hillhead OM; and later worked for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (an arm of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) on democratisation programmes. Fr Mark served in the Royal Army Chaplain’s Department from 1998- 2012 and until 2017 was Chairman of Trustees of the Welsh Warrior: Richard Hunt Foundation, which cares for veterans. As Secretary to the Committee of Anglican Religious Communities in England, he also works with all nuns, monks and friars throughout the Church of England

Easter Triduum with Bishop Phillip