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.