Sunday 29 March – Palm Sunday
11am Mass for Palm Sunday
Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare and Leighlin concelebrates Mass for Palm Sunday, in the RTÉ studios, with an Ethiopian priest, Abba Teum Berhe Danne, to mark the end of development charity Trócaire’s annual Lenten campaign. Music is led by the Diocesan Youth Choir and the Mass is co-ordinated by Hannah Evans. (Simulcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW 252 / DAB)
5.05pm Passover
In the week of Pesach (Passover), Rabbi Zalman Lent and other members of Dublin’s Jewish community explore what it means to be Jewish in Ireland.
Thursday 2 April – Holy Thursday
4.40pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Fr Louis Illah, Chaplain of St Joseph’s School, Navan, celebrates Mass in the RTÉ studios with the school’s choir and pupils. Music is led by David Burke. The liturgy commemorates the Last Supper and includes the annual ceremony of foot-washing, in memory of Jesus’s famous demonstration of servitude. (Live on RTÉ One television and delayed broadcast on Radio 1 Extra / LW 252/Digital Platforms at 1900)
Friday 3 April – Good Friday
2.55pm Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion from the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Rathdowney, Co. Laois.
Celebrant: Fr. Martin Delaney PP; Liturgical Music from the Combined Choirs of Rathdowney and Errill, directed by Maureen Gilfoyle, featuring uilleann piper Billy Carrigan. Each year the people of Rathdowney participate in the liturgy of Holy Week in a special way. This year, parts of the liturgical cross will be carried from home to home within the parish. In each home prayers will be offered and petitions written on five pieces of the liturgical cross which will be assembled during the solemn celebration of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday. (Simulcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ Radio 1 LW252 / 1 Extra / digital platforms.)