Diary of Church Festivals

 

Please see the Calendar of Services and Events for updated information.

Sunday 7 January 2024: Epiphany

10am: Family Eucharist

Sunday 28 January 2024: Candlemas

10am: Choral Mass & Procession

Sunday 3 February 2024: Choral Mass & Confirmation

10am: Choral Mass.
Celebrant and preacher: Bishop Graeme Knowles

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Lent 2024
Lent at St Michael & All Angels

We mark Lent at St Michael & All Angels in a variety of ways:
our services, our Lent study book, our Lent Charities Appeal, Reflections on our Stained Glass Windows, and study courses,

Wednesday 14 February 2024: Ash Wednesday

12.30pm Mass and Imposition of Ashes
7.30pm Choral Mass and Imposition of Ashes

Sunday 18 February 2024: Lent 1

10am Parish Mass – also streamed for worship at home
Preacher: Mother Sarah Lenton
6.30 Evensong – Guess who’s coming to dinner: Gavin Johnston

Sunday 25 February 2024: Lent 2

10am  Parish Mass – also streamed for worship at home
Preacher: Professor Graham Holderness
6.30 Evensong – Guess who’s coming to dinner: Tom Nolan

Sunday 3 March 2024: Lent 3

10am Parish Mass – also streamed for worship at home
Preacher: Anne Mower, Reader
6.30 Evensong – Guess who’s coming to dinner: Paula Nelson

Sunday 10 March 2024:
Mothering Sunday, Lent 4

10am Family Mass – also streamed for worship at home
Preacher: Mother Sarah Lenton
6.30 Evensong – Guess who’s coming to dinner: Susan Johnson

Sunday 17 March 2024: Lent 5 – Passion Sunday

10am Parish Mass – also streamed for worship at home
Preacher: Mother Maggie Davidge-Smith
6.30 Evensong – Guess who’s coming to dinner: Monty Lewis

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Holy Week

Sunday 24 March 2024: Palm Sunday

10am Mass and Blessing of Palms
Preacher: Fr Brandon Fletcher James

During the first part of the week, our devotions will be led by the Vicar and during the Triduum by Fr Brandon Fletcher-James, Assistant Priest

Monday 25 March 2024: Holy Monday

7.30pm Mass & Address: Fr Kevin Morris. Vicar

Tuesday 26 March 2024: Holy Tuesday

7.30pm Mass & Address: Fr Kevin Morris, Vicar

Wednesday 27 March 2024: Holy Wednesday

12.30pm Mass & Address
7.30pm Mass & Address: Fr Kevin Morris, Vicar

Easter at St Michael & All Angels 

The Triduum – The Great Three Days

Preacher: Fr Brandon Fletcher-James, Assistant Priest

Thursday 28 March 2024: Maundy Thursday

10.30am Chrism Mass at St Paul’s Cathedral
7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Stripping of the Altars
Preacher: Fr Brandon Fletcher-James, Assistant Priest

Friday 29 March 2024: Good Friday

12 noon Children’s Passion
2pm The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
Preacher: Fr Brandon Fletcher-James, Assistant Priest

Sunday 31 March 2024: Easter Day

5.30am Dawn Vigil and First Mass of Easter
Preacher: Fr Brandon Fletcher-James, Assistant Priest
10am: Parish Mass of Easter
6.30pm: Evensong & Benediction

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Sunday 28 April 2024

10am: Parish Mass
11.30am APCM – Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Thursday 9 May 2024: Ascension Day

10am Mass
7.30pm Choral Mass, Preacher TBC

Sunday 19 May 2024: Pentecost

1oam Parish Mass, Preacher: The Rt Revd Michael Marshall
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction

Sunday 26 May 2024: Trinity Sunday

1oam Parish Mass

Thursday 30 May 2024: Corpus Christi

7.30pm  Choral Mass & Procession of the Blessed Sacrament
Preacher: Fr Sam Rylands, Vicar of St Andrew, Fulham Fields

The Bedford Park Festival
Friday 7 June – Sunday 23 June 2024

Sunday 9 June 2024: Mass on the Green

10.30am: Mass – Preacher:
Fr Neil Evans, Canon Steward of St Paul’s Cathedral

Sunday 23 June 2024: Festival Mass

10am: Choral Mass with Festival Choir and Orchestra

Sunday 14 July 14 2024:  Getting To Know You (GTKN) party

12 Noon in the Vicarage Garden

Sunday 4 August: Feast of the Transfiguration

12 Noon: Getting To Know You (GTKN) party in the Vicarage Garden

Sunday 18 August 2024: Feast of the Assumption

10am: Choral Mass and Procession
6.30pm: Evensong and Benediction

The 16th Chiswick Book Festival
Wednesday 11 September – Wednesday 18 September 2024

Sunday 15 September 2024: Book Festival

1oam  Mass: Preacher tba
6.30pm Evensong

Sunday 29 September 2024: Feast of St Michael & All Angels

10am: Procession, Choral Mass and Skirmish
Children: please come dressed as St Michael or as an Angel
6.30pm: Choral Evensong and Benediction

Sunday 6 October 2024: Harvest Thanksgiving

10am Family Mass with Presentation of Gifts

Sunday 15 October 2024: Charities Sunday (TBC)

Saturday 2 November 2024: All Souls Day

12 Noon: Choral Requiem Mass
Requiem Masses are offered in November for the departed.
Names to be commemorated at any of these services may be written on the lists at the back of the church.

Sunday 3 November 2024: All Saints Day (transferred)

10am Family Mass.
6.30pm Evensong & Benediction

Sunday 10 November 2024: Remembrance Sunday

9.45am Requiem Mass & Procession to the War Memorial

Sunday 24 November 2024: Feast of Christ the King

10am: Parish Mass

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ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS
Christmas at St Michael’s

Sunday 1 December 2024: Advent Sunday (the Church’s New Year)

10am: Choral Mass
6.30pm Advent Carol Service
A contemplative Service of carols, scripture, music & poetry to reflect on the coming of Christ

Sunday 15 December 2024: Nine Lessons and Carols

6.30pm Nine Lessons and Carols. Followed by mulled wine & mince pies

Tuesday 24 December 2024: Christmas Eve

4pm Children’s Crib Service
10.30pm Carols in the Porch
11.30pm Midnight Mass

Wednesday 25 December 2024: Christmas Day

10am Parish Mass of Christmas, with Choir & mini-panto

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