The principal Church festivals celebrated in 2008
Lent - Holy Week - Easter - Bedford Park Festival - Patronal Festival - Advent & Christmas
Sunday 6 January: Epiphany
Sunday 20 January: Confirmation 
10am Parish Eucharist and Confirmation
Celebrant: The Rt Revd Michael Colclough, Bishop of Kensington
Sunday 3 February: Candlemass (transferred)
10am Procession and Family Mass
Preacher: Sarah Lenton
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
LENT
Lent at St Michael & All Angels 
Sundays throughout Lent
Delighting in God: During Lent we will focus on the theme of prayer and creativity.
Lent Lunches - 12.30pm: Lunch in various homes in the Parish
to raise money for our Lent Charity Appeal
On My Desert Island: At the 6.30pm Evensong, members of the congregation give personal reflections on faith and the arts.
Fridays throughout Lent
Stations of the Cross
6.45pm Meditations on the Stations of the Cross
Wednesday 6 February: Ash Wednesday
12.30pm Mass and Imposition of Ashes
5pm Children's Service and Ashing
8pm Solemn Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
Preacher: Mother Katherine Hedderly
Sunday 10 February: Lent 1
10am Parish Eucharist
Preacher: Bishop Michael Doe, USPG
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Anne Mower
Sunday 17 February: Lent 2
10am Parish Eucharist
Preacher: The Venerable Alun Evans, Archdeacon of Carmarthen
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Gerald McGregor
Sunday 24 February: Lent 3
10am Parish Eucharist
Preacher: Mother Laura Burgess, Minor Canon of St Paul's Cathedral
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Nicola Chater
Sunday 2 March: Mothering Sunday
10am Family Eucharist, with distribution of flowers
Preacher: Sarah Lenton
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Sarah Lenton
Sunday 9 March: Lent 5
10am Parish Eucharist
Preacher: Mother Leanne Roberts, Chaplain, Hertford College Oxford
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Torin Douglas
HOLY WEEK
Mother Katherine Hedderly will lead our devotions for the first part of the Week
Sunday 16 March: Palm Sunday
10am Palm Procession and Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong
Monday 17 March: Holy Monday
8pm Mass and address
Tuesday 18 March: Holy Tuesday
8pm Mass and address
Wednesday 19 March: Holy Wednesday
12.30pm Mass
8pm Mass and address
THE TRIDUUM
Thursday 20 March: Maundy Thursday
10.30am Chrism Mass at St Paul 's Cathedral
8pm Solemn Eucharist of the Lord's Supper, Washing of Feet
and Watch at the Altar of Repose
Preacher: Father Kevin Morris
Friday 21 March: Good Friday 
Noon Children's Passion (right)
1pm Stations of the Cross
2pm The Liturgy of the Lord's Passion
Preacher: Father Graham Morgan
8pm Tenebrae: a meditation on the Cross, with music, readings and slides
Sunday 23 March: Easter Day
4.30am Vigil and First Mass of Easter
10am Parish Eucharist of Easter
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
Sunday 13 April:
11.30am Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Followed by Parish Lunch
Sunday 27 April: Rogation Sunday
Noon Beating the Bounds
A walk around the Parish with lunch on the way
Thursday 1 May: Ascension Day
10am Mass
5pm Children's Service
8pm Solemn Eucharist
Sunday 11 May: Pentecost
10am Family Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
Sunday 18 May: Trinity Sunday
Thursday 22 May: Corpus et Sanguis Christi
8pm Solemn Con-celebration
and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament
Preacher: Father Simon Brandes, Vicar of St Nicholas, Chiswick
THE BEDFORD PARK FESTIVAL
Saturday 7 June - Sunday 22 June
See separate programme for full details - published in May
Saturday 7 June: Green Day Fete
11am Opening of the Festival and Church Fete on Acton Green (opposite church)
Sunday 8 June: Green Day Fete
10.30am Open Air Mass on Acton Green
Preacher: TBC
Noon Green Day Fete continues
Sunday 22 June: Festival Mass
10am Solemn Sung Mass, with Festival Choir and Orchestra
Followed by Lunch in the Vicarage Garden
Tuesday 8 July to Friday 11 July: Pilgrimage
Parish Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Sunday 17 August: Blessed Virgin Mary
10am Parish Eucharist and Procession
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
PATRONAL FESTIVAL
Sunday 28 September: Patronal Festival Sunday
10am Choral Eucharist
Procession from Acton Green and Parish Eucharist
Preacher: Fr George Bush, Rector of St Mary le Bow
(Children to dress as St Michael or an angel)
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
Monday 29 September: Feast of St Michael & All Angels
8pm Solemn Mass
Preacher: The Reverend Lord Griffiths of Burry Port,
Superintendent Minister of Wesley's Chapel, London
Sunday 5 October: Harvest Thanksgiving
10am Family Eucharist and presentation of gifts
Sunday 2 November: All Saints Day (Transferred)
10am Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
Monday 3 November: All Souls' Day (Transferred)
8pm Requiem Mass
Requiem Masses will be offered in November for the departed.
Names to be commemorated at any of these services
may be written in the book at the back of the church. 
Sunday 9 November: Remembrance Sunday
9.45am Requiem and Procession to the War Memorial (right)
Sunday 23 November: Christ the King
10am Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS
Christmas at St Michael's
Sunday 30 November: Advent Sunday (the Church's New Year)
10am Parish Eucharist
Followed by Parish Lunch
6.30pm Advent Carol Service
(Note: not Christmas carols, but a reflective service
with Advent hymns, scripture readings and poetry)
Sunday 21 December: Advent 4
10am Parish Mass
6.30pm Nine Lessons and Carols
Followed by mulled wine and mince pies
Wednesday 24 December: Christmas Eve
4pm Children's Crib Service: Children are invited to come dressed as
angels, shepherds, kings etc - come early to get a good seat or
play a full part.
11.00 Carols at the Church door
11.55pm Midnight Mass
Thursday 25 December: Christmas Day
10am Parish Eucharist of Christmas
Sunday 4 January: Epiphany (Transferred)
10am Family Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction