Past Events for Lectures
St Michael’s Lecture with Piano Recital: Samantha Knights KC & Will Lambert
Lectures, Music
We have the real privilege of welcoming Samantha Knights KC and Will Lambert to St. Michael’s Mount Dinham, for a stirring evening of words and music.
Doors open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start.
Samantha Knights brings a wealth of experience and insight to her talk entitled “Modern Slavery in England in 2025: how,…
Evensong & Notes from the Choir ~ Timothy E. Popple with the University of Exeter Chapel Choir
Community, Lectures, Music, Services
Starting at 7:00pm, as the sun sets on Mount Dinham, join us for Choral Evensong followed by a wonderfully engaging talk by Timothy E. Popple, from his new book “Evensong – Notes from the Choir”.
REGISTER HERE NOW for this free event!
Fr Nigel and the community of St. Michael’s are delighted…
Heritage Open Days ~ peregrine lecture, parlour songs & cream tea
Community, Lectures, Music
Our Heritage Open Days events are FREE and inspired by this year’s national theme of architecture.
| 4pm: Cream Tea & Parlour Songs
| 5pm: Nick Dixon’s Illustrated Peregrine Talk with Q&A
St. Michael’s Cafe will be open as part of these events – we look forward to welcoming you!
For Saturday 13th September,…
Heritage Open Days ~ exhibition, architecture talk & vocal recital
Community, Lectures, Music
Our Heritage Open Days events are FREE and inspired by this year’s national theme of architecture.
Sunday 14th September
| 4pm: Architecture Exhibition and Heritage Trail
| 5pm: Richard Parker’s History Talk and Tour
| St. Michael’s Cafe will be open as part of these events.
We look forward to welcoming you!
On Saturday 13th, Sunday…
Heritage Open Days ~ exhibition, architecture talk & music recital
Community, Lectures, Music
Our Heritage Open Days events are FREE and inspired by this year’s national theme of architecture.
Saturday 13th September
| 4pm: Architecture Exhibition and Heritage Trail
| 5pm: Richard Parker’s Architecture Talk and Tour
| 6pm: Music Recital with Adrian Janssen (violin) and Will Lambert (piano)
St. Michael’s Cafe will be open as part of…
Guided Tour of Mount Dinham ~ Dr Richard Parker
Community, Lectures
Hosted by the Devonshire Association: 2:00pm
A guided tour of Mount Dinham and St Michael & All Angels Church.
Dr Richard Parker is the guide for the tour, which will be looking at the philanthropic housing on Mount Dinham and other points of interest followed by a tour of the church.
The church…
David Cook Lecture and Matthew Write Piano Recital | Faith in Stained Glass
Community, Lectures
At 7:30pm, David Cook presents “Faith in Stained Glass: the Poor Man’s Bible and Other Stories”.
Matthew Wright performs piano works by Philip Glass and others.
We are delighted to introduce David Cook to the Lectures Series; an antiquarian author based in Devon and great friend of St. Michael’s Mount Dinham. This evening, he shares discoveries…
Bijan Omrani | Lecture: The Beauty of Holiness, Book Launch, Recital & Party
Community, Lectures, Music
Bijan Omrani presents his talk at 7:30pm; The Beauty of Holiness: where did it come from and do we still need it? The evening will feature a vocal recital from international tenor soloist and former resident of Mount Dinham, Matthew Jeffrey.
Bijan Omrani is a British historian, journalist, teacher, barrister and author of Persian descent.…
The Ven. David Gunn Johnson | Lecture: The Cost of Anglican Catholicism
Lectures
We are delighted to welcome the Ven. David Gunn-Johnson to the S. Michael’s Lectures Series for his talk at 7:30pm: The Cost of Anglican Catholicism.
Drawing from his recently published book, Mamerto Gueritz: A Country Catholic 1823-1912, this lecture is informed by the fascinating tale of a country priest in the second…
Lent Reading Group: The Confessions of S. Augustine of Hippo
Community, Lectures
This week: Conversion to Christian asceticism Conff. 8-9. The group meets from 7 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. to discuss the Confessions of Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430 A.D.), every Wednesday during Lent.
All dates: March 12th, 19th, 26th, April 2nd, 9th.
The group is led by Professor Oliver Nicholson. Copies of the Confessions…