Easter ceremonies taking place all over Offaly

Easter ceremonies are scheduled all over the county for Holy Week.

See below for a guide to those taking place in Tullamore Catholic parish, Church of Ireland Tullamore Union of Parishes, Tullamore Presbyterian Church, Tullamore Methodist Church and Cornerstone Slieve Bloom Church, Tullamore.

Also in Tullamore, a special ecumenical event is taking place on Good Friday at 9pm, the Churches Together Walk of Witness, which begins at St Catherine's Church, Hop Hill. Participants are asked to bring a small lantern.

Church of the Assumption, Tullamore, and Durrow Church

Holy Thursday, April 17 -

10am: Morning Prayer

4pm: Hospital, Mass of the Lord's Supper

7pm: Durrow, Mass of the Lord's Supper

7.30pm: Tullamore, Mass of the Lord's Supper, followed by reposition of the blessed sacrament and quiet time of prayer for vocations

10pm: Night Prayer, Tullamore

Good Friday, April 18

12 noon: Stations of the Cross (led by young people and JPPC)

Celebration of the Lord's Passion:

3pm: Tullamore

4pm: Hospital

7pm: Durrow

7.30pm: Tullamore (there will be an exit collection for the upkeep of the Holy Places in the Holy Land)

9pm: Churches Together Walk of Witness (Commencing at St Catherine's Church, Hop Hill, bring small lantern)

Holy Saturday, April 19

12 noon: Penitential Service

2-6pm: Confessions

4.15pm: Polish Community Food Blessing

9pm: Solemn Easter Vigil, Tullamore

Easter Sunday, April 20

6am: Dawn Mass (at site of old church in Axis Business Park)

Sunday Masses as normal: Tullamore 8.30am, 10am, 11.30am, 1pm; Durrow 11.30am (after 10am there will be a blessing for all infants baptised during the past year)

Easter Octave: Monday-Saturday, 10am

Church of Ireland Tullamore Union of Parishes

Holy Thursday, April 17

8pm: St Brigid's, Clara

3pm: St Sinian's, Tyrrellspass

8pm: St Catherine's, Tullamore

9pm: St Catherine's, Tullamore, Ecumenical Walk of Witness

Holy Saturday

8pm: St Sinian's, Tyrrellspass

Easter Sunday, April 20

6.30am: St Carthage's, Rahan

10am: St Brigid's, Clara

11.30am: St Catherine's, Tullamore

Sunday, April 27

11am: United Service in St Sinian's, Tyrrellspass, Meeting the Risen Jesus – Easter Hymns and Readings

Tullamore Presbyterian Church

Good Friday Walk of Witness, 9pm, from St Catherine's Church

Easter Sunday Service: 11am, newly refurbished Presbyterian Church, High Street, Tullamore where worshippers will be hearing from Matthew 28.

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Tullamore Methodist Church

Good Friday Walk of Witness: 9pm

Easter Sunday Holy Communion: 12 noon

Cornerstone Slieve Bloom Church, Tullamore

Easter Sunday Holy Communion: 10.30am