Join us for Holy Week and Easter 2026 at St Mary’s and in the Parish.

Holy Week will begin with Palm Sunday on 29th March, which will include a reading of the Passion Story and a procession with palms around the church. On Tuesday 31st March, we will offer Stations of the Cross at St Mary’s at 7.30pm. On Wednesday 1st April, St Mary’s will host a Tenebrae service at 7.30pm, which will feature a reading of the Passion story along with music and poetry with the church becoming progressively darker.

On Thursday 2nd April at 7.30pm, there will be a Maundy Thursday Holy Communion at St Gabriel’s (which is located near the corner of Wood Street and Havant Road, a short walk from St Mary’s).

And then on Good Friday 3rd April, there will be Morning Prayer with Hymns at St Mary’s at 9am; a 10.30am Messy Good Friday service at St Mary’s for children and families with crafts; a 12-3pm Watch at the Cross at St Gabriel’s; and a Quiet Easter service for neurodiverse children at 2pm at St Mary’s (booking required – sign-up here).

In the evening, there will be a 7.30pm Good Friday Service at St Mary’s.

There will be no services on Holy Saturday.

On Easter Sunday, we will have an Sunrise Service with Easter Fire beginning outside St Mary’s at 6.30am; a 9am Easter Holy Communion at St Mary’s; and a 10.30am Easter Family Communion at St Mary’s.