St. Paul's Cramlington

Easter Sunday
2022-04-17 10:00 UTC
Easter is the celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. It is celebrated on Sunday, and marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday), and is the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year.
As we know from the Gospels, Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day following his crucifixion, which would be Sunday. His resurrection marks the triumph of good over evil, sin and death. It is the singular event which proves that those who trust in God and accept Christ will be raised from the dead.
Since Easter represents the fulfilment of God’s promises to mankind, it is the most important holiday on the Christian calendar.
In the Gospels, the precise details of the Easter narrative vary slightly, but none of these variances are critical to the main story. In fact, it is argued that the variances are simply matters of style and not substance. Despite the variances, the key aspects of the Easter story all match. Above all, they agree that the tomb of Christ was indeed empty, which is the most essential fact.
Based on direct evidence from the mid-second century, it is believed that Easter was regularly celebrated from the earliest days of the Church.
The Easter date is movable and always falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Easter in the Roman Catholic Church is always on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.
Most Catholics attend the Easter Vigil although the services can be lengthy because many sacraments are performed, such as baptisms and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, during the Mass. Services during the daytime on Easter are shorter and well attended.
For Christ, having risen from the dead, has become the first-fruits for those who sleep.
To Him be glory and power forever and ever!
Amen. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!”

Easter Sunday Vigil Mass
2022-04-16 20:00 - 21:00
Easter Sunday Vigil Mass at 8:00pm

Good Friday
2022-04-15 10:00 - 11:00
Stations of the Cross at 10:00am
Passion of the Lord at 3:00pm.
Good Friday is the day which commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Catholics are joined by almost all other Christians in solemn commemoration on this day. It is also a legal holiday around much of the world.
According to the gospels, Jesus was betrayed by Judas on the night of the Last Supper, commemorated on Holy Thursday. The morning following Christ’s arrest, he was brought before Annas, a powerful Jewish cleric. Annas condemned Jesus for blasphemy for refusing to repudiate Annas’ words that He was the Son of God. From there, Jesus was sent to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of the province.
Pontius Pilate questioned Jesus but found no reason to condemn Him. Instead, he suggested Jewish leaders deal with Jesus according to their own law. But under Roman law, they could not execute Jesus, so they appealed to Pilate to issue the order to kill Jesus.
Pilate appealed to King Herod, who found no guilt in Jesus and sent Him back to Pilate once again. Pilate declared Jesus to be innocent, and washed his hands to show that he wanted nothing to do with Jesus, but the crowds were enraged. To prevent a riot and to protect his station, Pilate reluctantly agreed to execute Jesus and sentenced him to crucifixion. Jesus was convicted of proclaiming himself to be the King of the Jews.
Before his execution, Jesus was flogged, which was a customary practice intended to weaken a victim before crucifixion. Crucifixion was an especially painful method of execution and was perfected by the Romans as such. It was reserved for the worst criminals, and generally Roman citizens, women, and soldiers were exempt in most cases.
During his flogging, the soldiers tormented Jesus, crowning Him with thorns and ridicule.
Following his flogging, Jesus was compelled to carry his cross to the place of His execution, at Calvary. During his walk to the site of His execution, Jesus fell three times and the Roman guards randomly selected Simon, a Cyrene, to help Jesus.
After arrival at Calvary, Jesus was nailed to the cross and crucified between two thieves. One of the thieves repented of his sins and accepted Christ while on the cross beside Him. A titulus, or sign, was posted above Christ to indicate His supposed crime. The titulus read, “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” It is commonly abbreviated in Latin as “INRI” (Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum).
During Christ’s last few hours on the cross, darkness fell over the whole land. Jesus was given a sponge with sour wine mixed with gall, a weak, bitter painkiller often given to crucified victims.
Good Friday: The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Church and the Sacraments
Prior to death, Jesus spoke His last words, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” This line is the opening of Psalm 22, and it may have been common practice to recite lines of songs to deliver a greater message. Properly understood, the last words of Christ were triumphant. Guards then lanced Jesus’ side to ensure He was dead.
At the moment of Christ’s death, an earthquake occurred, powerful enough to open tombs. The long, thick curtain at the Temple was said to have torn from top to bottom.
Following the incredible events of the day, the body of Christ was removed from the cross and laid in a donated tomb, buried according to custom.
The events of Good Friday are commemorated in the Stations of the Cross, a 14-step devotion often performed during Lent and especially on Good Friday
Good Friday is a day of fasting within the Church. Traditionally, there is no Mass and no celebration of the Eucharist on Good Friday. A liturgy may still be performed and communion, if taken, comes from hosts consecrated on Holy Thursday. Baptism, penance, and anointing of the sick may be performed, but only in unusual circumstances. Church bells are silent. Altars are left bare.
The solemn, muted atmosphere is preserved until the Easter Vigil.

Maundy/ Holy Thursday
2022-04-14 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion. It also commemorates His institution of the priesthood. The holy day falls on the Thursday before Easter and is part of Holy Week. Jesus celebrated the dinner as a Passover feast. Christ would fulfil His role as the Christian victim of the Passover for all to be saved by His final sacrifice.
The Last Supper was the final meal Jesus shared with his Disciples in Jerusalem. During the meal, Jesus predicts his betrayal.
The central observance of Holy Thursday is the ritual re-enactment of the Last Supper at Mass. This event is celebrated at every Mass, as party of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, but it is especially commemorated on Holy Thursday.
He also establishes the special priesthood for his disciples, which is distinct from the “priesthood of all believers.” Christ washed the feet of his Disciples, who would become the first priests.
This establishment of the priesthood re-enacted at Mass with the priest washing the feet of several parishioners.
During the Passover meal, Jesus breaks bread and gives it to his Disciples, uttering the words, “This is my body, which is given for you.” Subsequently, he passes a cup filled with wine. He then says, “This is my blood…” It is believed those who eat of Christ’s flesh and blood shall have eternal life.
During the Mass, Catholics rightly believe, as an article of faith, that the unleavened bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ through a process known as transubstantiation. There have been notable Eucharistic miracles attributed to this event, such as bleeding hosts (communion wafers).
The Last Supper is celebrated daily in the Catholic Church as part of every Mass for it is through Christ’s sacrifice that we have been saved.
On the night of Holy Thursday, Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place where the faithful remain in the presence of the Eucharist just as the Disciples kept a vigil with Christ.
Following the Last Supper, the disciples went with Jesus to the Mount of Olives, where he would be betrayed by Judas.
On Holy Thursday there is a special Mass in Cathedral Churches, attended by as many priests of the diocese as can attend, because it is a solemn observance of Christ’s institution of the priesthood. At this ‘Chrism Mass’ the bishop blesses the Oil of Chrism used for Baptism and Confirmation. The bishop may wash the feet of twelve of the priests, to symbolise Christ’s washing the feet of his Apostles, the first priests.
The Holy Thursday liturgy, celebrated in the evening because Passover began at sundown, also shows both the worth God ascribes to the humility of service, and the need for cleansing with water (a symbol of baptism) in the Mandatum, or washing in Jesus’ washing the feet of His disciples, and in the priest’s stripping and washing of the altar. Cleansing, in fact, gave this day of Holy Week the name Maundy Thursday.
The action of the Church on this night also witnesses to the Church’s esteem for Christ’s Body present in the consecrated Host in the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, carried in solemn procession to the Altar of Repose, where it will remain ‘entombed’ until the communion service on Good Friday. No Mass will be celebrated again in the Church until the Easter Vigil proclaims the Resurrection.
And finally, there is the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament by the people during the night, just as the disciples stayed with the Lord during His agony on the Mount of Olives before the betrayal by Judas.

Mass
2022-04-13 19:00 - 19:30
Mass at 7:00pm in the Winter Chapel

Mass
2022-04-12 10:00 - 11:00
Mass at 10:00am in the Winter Chapel

Mass
2022-04-11 10:00 - 10:30
Mass at 10:00 am in the Winter Chapel

Palm Sunday
2022-04-10 10:00 - 23:00
Palm Sunday, also called Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter. It signifies and commemorates the triumphal entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem with cries of “Hosanna” and “ “ days before His crucifixion.
It is known as such because the faithful will receive palm fronds which they use to participate in the re-enactment of Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, and to the lavish praise of the townspeople who threw clothes, or possibly palms or small branches, in front of him as a sign of homage. This was a customary practice for people of great respect.
Palm branches are widely recognised symbol of peace and victory, hence their preferred use on Palm Sunday.
The use of a donkey instead of a horse is highly symbolic, it represents the humble arrival of someone in peace, as opposed to arriving on a steed in war.
A week later, Christ would rise from the dead on the first Easter.
During Palm Sunday Mass, palms are distributed to parishioners who carry them in a ritual procession into church. The palms are blessed and many people fashion them into small crosses or other items of personal devotion. These may be returned to the church or kept for the year.
Because the palms are blessed, they should not be discarded as trash. Instead, they are appropriately gathered at church and incinerated to create the ashes that will be used in the follow year’s Ash Wednesday observance.
The colours of the Mass on Palm Sunday are red and white, symbolizing the redemption in blood that Christ paid for the world.

Palm Sunday Vigil Mass
2022-04-09 18:00 - 19:30
Palm Sunday Vigil Mass at 6:00pm With Blessing of Palms

Friday @ 10 AM
2022-01-14 10:00 - 10:30
The Mass Will Be Held at 10.00 pm in the church Back Room

Sunday Vigil Mass: Saturday @ 6pm
2022-01-10 18:00 - 19:00
The Mass will be held at 6:00pm in church after Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 5:30pm – 5:55pm.

Sunday @ 10 AM
2022-01-10 10:00 - 11:00
The Mass will be held at 10:00 am in Church after Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 9:30am until 9:55am

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Friday evenings
2021-12-03 18:00 - 19:00
To be held between 6pm and 7pm In the church Back Room

SYNOD 2021 - 2023 @ 7:00pm
2021-12-02 19:00 - 20:00
Do you want to have a change in your church?
The Road To Emmaus: Journeying Together;
Our next SYNOD 2021 – 2023 parish meeting will be held @ 7:00pm in the church Back Room (or in church if numbers warrant it). Please do come along to hear about the process and share your views on how you would like to see the church move forward following COVID19.

Thursday @ 10:00am
2021-12-02 10:00 - 10:30
The Mass will be held at 10:00am in the church Back Room

Wednesday @ 7:00pm
2021-12-01 19:00 - 19:30
The Mass will be held @ 7:00pm in the church Back Room

Fr. Manoj's Induction Mass
2021-11-30 19:00
The Induction Mass for Fr. Manoj as Parish Priest of St. Paul’s Cramlington and also Our Lady & St. Joseph, New Hartley will be concelebrated in St. Paul’s church at 7:00pm and will be followed by light refreshments. If you wish to stay for the refreshments please leave your name on the list at the back of church.

Monday @ 10:00am
2021-11-29 10:00 - 10:30
The Mass will be held at 10.00am in church Back Room
