Schedule of RTE broadcasts for Holy Week and the Easter Triduum.

Published on March 30, 2021
Palm Sunday – 28th March RTÉ News Channel, 2.15pm, Mass
Monday – 29th March RTÉ News Channel, 1030am, Mass, https://www.churchservices.tv/ardfinnan
Tuesday – 30th March RTÉ News Channel, 1030am – Mass,
Wednesday – 31st March RTÉ News Channel, 1030am – Mass,
Holy Thursday – 1st April RTÉ One, 16.40 (repeated Radio 1 Extra / LW252, 1900) – Mass of the Lord’s Supper celebrated by Fr Martin Smith (Chaplain, Carlow IT) with members of RTÉ Cor Linn
Good Friday – 2nd April RTÉ One / Radio 1 Extra / LW252, 1500-1600 – Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday from Knock Basilica.
There is also a liturgy in Irish at the same time on Raidio na Gaeltachta: Dé hAoine 02 Aibreán 2021, 15.00 – 16.00 Searmanas na Páise: Searmanas Aoine an Chéasta beo ó Shéipéal Ghobnatan i
gCúil Aodha, Co, Chorcaigh.
Holy Saturday – 3rd April RTÉ One, 1200 noon. Countdown to Calvary (Rpt). Downton Abbey star and Cambridge University theology graduate, Hugh Bonneville, tells the story of the last days of Jesus’ life.
RTÉ One / Radio 1 Extra / LW252, 2300-0015 – Easter Vigil Mass from Knock Basilica, which is recognised by Pope Francis as an International Marian and Eucharistic Shrine
Easter Sunday – 4th April RTÉ One / Radio 1 Extra / LW252, 1000-1100 – Easter Sunday Mass from « La Carità » COVID hospital in Locarno, Switzerland.
12.25-12.55 (approx) Pope Francis’ Easter Urbi et Orbi Message and Blessing will follow live coverage of the 1916 commemoration by President Michael D. Higgins.