Welcome to
Lent & Holy Week 2026
At St Benedict's Ealing Abbey
We are in the blessed season of Lent.
Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture, serve by giving alms, and practice self-control through fasting. Lent is observed for 40 days, in imitation of Jesus Christ’s fast in the wilderness, and focuses on fasting, prayer, and almsgiving.
We have a number of events to help you with your Lenten reflection and preparation on this page. We wish you a very blessed Lenten season!
For our full 2026 Lenten Schedule – click here to download
Download our Holy week & Easter Schedule here (29th March – 5th April)
Please note our Parish Office is closed on Maundy Thursday 2nd April until Easter Friday, 3rd April inclusive. We reopen on Monday, 6th April at 9:30am.
PARISH LENT APPEAL 2026:
Mary’s Meals
Mary’s Meals, based in Scotland, serves nutritious school meals to children living in some of the world’s poorest countries. The promise of a good meal attracts these hungry children into the classroom, giving them the energy to learn and hope for a better future. Mary’s Meals will also have a big announcement to make.
Mary’s Meals provides life-changing school meals to children living in some of the world’s poorest communities. The promise of a good meal brings hungry children into the classroom, where they can gain an education and better opportunities for the future.
We are already serving more than three million every school day. But millions more are still waiting for Mary’s Meals. With your support more hungry children will wake each morning knowing they will eat a good meal today – your donation means they have hope for a brighter tomorrow.
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Lent & Holy Week : key dates and events
Wednesday 18th February
Ash Wednesday
Masses in the Abbey: 7am, 9:15am, 6pm, 8pm- extra Mass. Distribution of Ashes at all Masses
Saturday 21st February
Rite of Election at Westminster Cathedral
Sunday 22nd February
1st Sunday of Lent
Thursday 26th February
RCIA talk The Season of Lent, how to get more from the Mass
Benet Bar after 6:30pm Mass, All Welcome. Click Here to sign up
Saturday 28th February
Parish Lenten Retreat
9:15 Mass
10am-11am- Holy hour and Exposition
11am-11:15am- Coffee/ tea in the Newman Chapel
11:15am-12:30pm- Lent Reflection in the Newman Chapel led by Abbott MARTIN
12:30pm- Finish
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Liturgy for Families with Special Needs
2:30pm in the Coffee Lounge with an arts & crafts workshop and refreshments, followed by the Liturgy in the Church.
All welcome!
Sunday 1st March
2nd Sunday of Lent
Lenten Appeal: Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter (ECWNS) Speaker at all Masses, 9am, 10:30am, 12noon, 7pm and Saturday 14th March at the 6pm Mass
Sunday 8th March
3rd Sunday of Lent
Sunday 15th March
4th Sunday of Lent
Children’s Stations of the Cross after 12pm Mass, Meet in the Parish Hall
Sunday 22nd March
5th Sunday of Lent
Holy Week & Easter Program available in both porches
Sunday 29th March
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Blessing of Palms at all Masses with a Procession at the 10:30am Mass starting at 10:15am at St Benedict’s School (Marchwood Crescent Gate)
Thursday 2nd April
Maundy Thursday
10am: Children’s Passion Liturgy Rehearsal in the Church
Confessions- 3:30-5:30pm
6:30pm– Mass of the Lord’s Supper, followed by watching before the Altar of Repose until Midnight
Friday 3rd April
Good Friday
Morning Prayer (Tenebrae) 8.30am
Walk of Witness – 10.15am
Children’s Passion Liturgy – 12noon
Solemn Liturgy 3pm followed by
Veneration of the Cross
Confessions – 4.45pm-6.45 pm
The Seven Last Words Meditation and Music from Taize 7pm
Stations of the Cross 8pm followed by the:
Veneration of the Relic of the True Cross
Saturday 4th April
Holy Saturday
CONFESSIONS 10am-11am, 4pm-6pm
Blessings of Easter Eggs and Baskets- Bulbeck Room, 11am, 12 noon, and 1pm
Paschal Vigil begins at 9pm on the Abbey steps
Sunday 5th April
Easter Sunday
Masses at 8am, 9am, 10:15am (Parish Hall), 10:30am, 12:15pm and 7pm
Latin Vespers at 6pm
Monday 6th April
Easter Monday
Please note, no 7am Mass
Masses at: 9:15am, and 6pm as usual
Sunday 12th April
Divine Mercy Sunday
Confessions at 2:15pm-3pm, followed by Devotion and Mass at 3pm
Stations of the Cross
Friday 27th February
Friday 6th March
Friday 13th March
Friday 20th March
Friday 3rd April
1:30pm and 8:20pm
Friday 3rd April (Good Friday) –
STATIONS OF THE CROSS 8pm followed by VENERATION OF THE RELIC OF THE TRUE CROSS
Confessions in Lent and Holy Week
Thursdays in Lent 7:45pm-8:15pm
Friday 26th February 5:30pm-6pm
Friday 6th March 5:30pm-6pm
Friday 13th March 5:30pm-6pm
Saturdays during Lent 10am-11am and 4pm-5pm
Monday 2nd March 5:15pm-6pm
Tuesday 3rd March 5:15pm-6pm
Wednesday 4th March 5:15pm-6pm
Normal Mass Times in Lent
Sundays:
9am, 10:15am (Family Mass in the Parish Hall), 10:30am, 12 noon, 7pm
Weekdays and Saturdays:
7am, 9:15am and 6pm (Saturday Vigil Mass)
Easter Home Blessings
Parishioners can have a Home Blessing, if they wish, after Easter during the period of Eastertide.
Please contact Parish office at: parishoffice@ealingabbey.org.uk
Parish Quiz Night
Sunday 26th April