February this year starts with Candlemas and ends with Ash Wednesday on the 26th starting Lent; there’s plenty of good Liturgy and Music to celebrate and enjoy as we follow mainly the Gospel of St Matthew in Year A of he Lectionary. Sun 23 Feb, Quinquagesima/Transfiguration. 11am Sung Mass. Hymns: 494:…
On Shrove Tuesday, 25th February 2020, there is Vespers & Meditation at 6pm, our regular weekly Choir Practice from 7pm, and by 8.30pm we hope to be cooking and eating Pancakes at the back of the Church. As always, you are most welcome to visit and join us for pre-Lent Pancakes,…
Ash Wednesday, the First Day of Lent, is Wednesday 26th February this year. It is marked at St Michael’s with Matins & Low Mass in the morning at 9.30/10am and in the evening with Sung Mass and Imposition of Ashes at 7.30pm. As usual on a Wednesday, Matins will be said…
A lecture at 7.30 pm. on Thursday 27th February entitled The Earliest English Christians: Four Ways of Reading Bede. Oliver Nicholson will introduce the book being covered by this year’s Lent reading group, which will meet at 7 pm. on Thursdays in Lent – March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2. Copies of the book…
The next Men’s Breakfast will be on Saturday 29th February 2020 November, at the Farmers’ Union, Queen’s Terrace, near the Clock Tower, from 9.30am – sign up/details in our churches, see Ian Smith, or just turn up. There’s usually about a dozen of us. It’s usually the the 4th Saturday of…
The first three Sundays in Lent are as follows:- Sunday 1 March, Lent I. 11am Sung Mass. Cranmer’s Litany of 1544 in Procession. Hymns 383: 406. Missa de Angelis; Motet: Nolo mortem peccatoris, Morley. Fr Dominic Cyrus. Sun 1 Mar at 6pm, Choral Evensong & Benediction. Byrd Responses. Ps 50:1-15. Hymn 377.…
The next monthly Parish Lunch is arranged for 12 noon on Thursday 5th March taking place at Exeter College’s @34 Restaurant. All are welcome at these friendly social gatherings over a first rate Lunch served for £10 or less. Please sign up in advance with your menu choices on the lists…
The Bountiful Table is held on the first Sunday (usually) of each month after 11am Sung Mass, at about 12noon – Sunday 8th March – N.B. Second Sunday this month. An opportunity to bring and buy Baking, Preserves & Produce. while sharing a cup of Tea or Coffee and friendly conversation…
Mothering Sunday, or Laetare Sunday, with Sung Mass at 11am, is on 22nd March this year. It’s always a special day at St Michael’s and a moment of mid-Lent joy. Our Celebrant & Preacher is Fr Dominic Cyrus. The special set of Rose Red Vestments is used, posies of Spring flowers…
One of the few Feasts often to occur within Lent, the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary this year will be celebrated at St Michael’s on Wednesday 25th March with Sung Mass at 7.30pm. Our Celebrant will be Fr Nigel Guthrie. N.B. This Wednesday there will be Matins at 9.30am…
The important Feast of Candlemas, or the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, takes place 40 days after Christmas (2nd Feb). And this year we celebrate it on Sunday 2nd February itself, with Sung Mass in the morning at 11am and Evensong & Benediction in the evening at 6pm. Visitors…
Sunday 26th January 2020, Sung Mass at 11am, with Celebrant Fr Nigel Guthrie and Preacher Reader Howard Friend. The Gospel Reading is the Call of the first Disciples of Jesus. Hymns: 36: 302: 57. Setting: Mass in F, by Charles Wood (rather than Darke). Motet: Sicut Cervus, by Palestrina –…
Sunday 19th January 2020, Sung Mass at 11am. Our Celebrant and Preacher is Fr Dominic Cyrus, Vice-Principal of South West Ministry Training Course. Hymns: 55: 294: 467. Setting: Missa Sancti Nicolai, by Nicholson. Motet: The Lamb, by Tavener – Jesus is the Lamb of God. On this Sunday in 2016 we remembered…
Sunday 12th January, our Sung Mass at 11am celebrates the Baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan by John the Baptist. Come and sing the Plainsong Propers and 3 splendid hymns – 56: 495: 58. Setting: Missa l’Hora passa, by Viadana. Motet: Guided by a shining star, by Graham Keitch (instead…
The first major Festival of 2020, the Feast of the Epiphany or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles (as the Book of Common Prayer has it), will be celebrated on Sunday 5th January. Mass will be sung at 11am and there will be Choral Evensong & Benediction at 6pm as…
As we approach the end of 2019, on Sunday 29th December we have Sung Mass at 11am remembering the Holy Family and their Flight into Egypt because of the envy & self-interest of Herod. Our celebrant and preacher once again is our friend Fr Dominic Cyrus and we thank him…
Please join us on Christmas Day morning at 10.30am (half an hour earlier than usual – Turkey time!) for Sung Mass and Prayers at the Crib, as we greet the Baby Jesus. All are welcome at St Michael’s. Our Celebrant & preacher is Fr Dominic Cyrus. Music – Hymns: 24 :…
Visitor or regular, you will be most welcome to join us at 11pm on Christmas Eve as the Choir sings Carols, or at 11.30pm for the start of our joyful Midnight Mass of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Sung Mass and Blessing of the Crib, by candlelight, with…
Sunday 22nd December at 11am, Sung Mass. As we light the 4th Candle on the Advent Wreath, the Readings, Hymns and choir music direct our thoughts to Mary. The Celebrant & Preacher will be Fr Dominic Cyrus. Music is Hymns 21: 57: 186. Missa Brevissima, by Casciolini. Ave Maria, by Arcadelt. Music…
Wednesday 18th December at 7.30 pm. The Revd. Dr. Alastair Logan “In Search of Ancient Gnostics” Dr. Logan taught for many years in the Theology Department at Exeter University, and is the author of The Gnostics: Identifying an Early Christian Cult (2006) A poster for Autumn 2019 can be found from the “bar” below…