St Michael and All Angels Church and School,
Christchurch, New Zealand

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Normal Weekly Services (please scroll down for Lent/ Holy Week/ Eastertide Services):

Sunday 8:00 am Low Mass
  10:00 am Solemn Mass
(including Sunday School for school aged children)
  7:00 pm Evensong & Benediction (Taize Service every 4th Sunday)
Monday 8:00 am Low Mass
Tuesday 10:00 am Low Mass
Wednesday 7:00 am Low Mass
Thursday 12:15 pm Low Mass, with laying on of hands for healing
Friday 8:00 am Low Mass
Saturday 8:00 am Low Mass

 

2008 Lent @ St Michael and All Angels
Sundays of Lent 8:00am Low Mass
10:00am Solemn Mass
7:00pm Evensong and Benediction
Thursdays of Lent 11:00am - !2 noon Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Fridays of Lent 6:00pm Stations of the Cross
Mothering Sunday 2 March 8:00am Low Mass
10:00am Solemn Mass, blessing and distribution of flowers (with the School Community)
7:00pm Evensong & Benediction
Friday 7 March 12:10am - World Day of Prayer
Weekday services at the usual times.

 

2008 Holy Week @ St Michael and All Angels
Palm Sunday
(16 March)
8:00am Low Mass
9:30am (Blessing of Palms in the School atrium and Procession in honour of Christ the King) Solemn Mass with choral reading of the Passion according to S. Matthew
7:00pm Liturgical celebration of the Via Crucis (Franz Lizst)
Monday in Holy Week 8:00am Low Mass
6:00pm Low Mass with meditation
Tuesday in Holy Week 10:00am Low Mass
6:00pm Low Mass with meditation
Wednesday in Holy Week 7:00am Low Mass
6:00pm Low Mass with meditation
Maundy Thursday
(20 March)
7:30pm Solemn Mass of the Last Supper (foot-washing, procession of the Alter of Repose and stripping of the alters)
Watch of the Passion until 9:00am Good Friday
Good Friday
(21 March)
10:00am Children's Service
12:00noon Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Passion
Holy Saturday
(22 March)
8:00pm Easter Vigil (The New Fire/ Service of Light/ Renewal of Baptism Vows) Solemn Mass of the Resurrection
EASTER DAY
(23 March)
8:00am Low Mass
10:00am Solemn Mass and Procession (Renewal of Baptism Vows)
7:00pm Solemn Festival Evensong and Benediction

 

2008 Eastertide @ St Michael and All Angels
Easter Monday (24 March)- Saturday (March 29) Low Masses at the usual times
Low Sunday 30 March 8:00am Low Mass
10:00am Solemn Mass and Procession
7:00pm Evensong & Benediction
Harvest Festival (6 April) 8:00am Low Mass
10:00am Solemn Mass
7:00pm Taize Evening Service
Parish Annual Meeting Sunday 13 April after the Solemn Mass
Sundays of Easter (13 April + 20 April + 27 April + 4 May) 8:00am Low Mass
10:00am Solemn Mass
7:00pm Evensong & Benediction
Ascension Day
(Thursday 1 May)
7:00am Low Mass
12:15pm Low Mass with laying-on of hands for healing
7:30pm Solemn Mass and Procession at S. Luke's
Pentecost
(Sunday 11 May)
8:00am Low Mass
10:00am Solemn Mass and Procession
7:00pm Festal Evensong & Benediction

 

Service details for last Christmas (a guideline for people planning next Christmas).

Service details for last Easter (a guideline for people planning next Easter).