EASTER RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING

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Broadcast Details: Sunday 10th April, 11.00am

Details of Easter Religious programming on RTÉ

Palm Sunday (10/4/22)

Mass (11.00am RTÉ One TV & RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW252)
Fr John Gilligan celebrates Mass for Palm Sunday with a congregation and choir from the pastoral areas of Saggart, Brittas, Rathcoole and Newcastle. Frank Brown is Musical Director.

Holy Thursday (14/4/22)

Mass of the Lord’s Supper (16.40-17.35 RTÉ One TV & 19.00-19.55 RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW252)

Fr Paul O’Driscoll celebrates Mass in commemoration of the Last Supper with members of the Parish of the Travelling People.

Good Friday (15/4/22)

Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday (15.00-16.00 RTÉ One TV & RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW252)
The Very Rev. Thomas O’Byrne leads the congregation of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow, in the solemn liturgy of the Lord’s Passion. Sacred music is led by Carlow Cathedral Choral Ensemble, directed by Marian Gaynor.

Walled City Passion (16.30-17.45 on the RTÉ Player on Good Friday & 2230-2330 on RTÉ One on Easter Sunday)

Walled City Passion is an ambitious, re-imagining of the events of Easter, transposing the 1st century narrative to the walls and streets of Derry/Londonderry, where a security alert during a Peace Festival leads to a lethal escalation. As tensions rise between various factions of the city’s authorities, thousands of festival-goers find themselves sucked into a series of dramatic events surrounding a charismatic and enigmatic figure. Reporters from the rolling news station, WCP News, originally sent to cover the Peace Festival find themselves, instead, giving live coverage to an inexorably unfolding tragedy. The performance features professional actors, supported by a cross-community cast of hundreds, including 700 schoolchildren from 11 local schools. It will air live on the RTÉ Player at 16.30 on Good Friday, followed by an edited version at 22.30 on Easter Sunday on RTÉ One.

The Leap of Faith (22.00-22.30, RTÉ Radio 1)
Presenter Prof. Siobhán Garrigan hosts a special Good Friday edition of RTÉ Radio 1’s flagship religious series.

Holy Saturday (16/4/22)

Easter Vigil Mass (22.50-00.05 on RTÉ One TV & 23.00- 00.15 on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW252)

The Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin, the Most Rev. Denis Nulty leads the congregation of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow, in the joyful celebration of the Easter Vigil Mass of the Lord’s Resurrection. Liturgical music is led by Carlow Cathedral Choir, directed by Marian Gaynor.

Easter Sunday (17/4/22)

Mass for Easter Sunday (10.00-11.00, RTÉ One & RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW252). Monsignor Jan Hendriks celebrates the resurrection of Jesus with live Mass in St Nicholas’ Basilica, Amsterdam, with commentary and translation by Michael Kelly.  The choir is directed by Giles Brightwell and the organist is Jos Maters.

Easter Sunday Service (11.00-11.45, RTÉ One TV & RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW252)

The Rev. Dr Julian Hamilton leads students and singers from Trinity College Dublin in a Methodist Service to celebrate Easter.

Urbi et Orbi (11.45-12.10, RTÉ One)

Pope Francis delivers his message and Easter blessing to the city and the world from St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, with commentary and translation by Michael Kelly.

Walled City Passion (22.30-23.30, RTÉ One)

An ambitious re-imagining of the events of Easter transposes the dramatic events of 1st century Jerusalem to the walls and streets of 21st century Derry/Londonderry.