Welcome to St Michael and All Angels
Sung Mass is celebrated every Sunday at 11:00.
Vespers are sung to plainchant by candlelight on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 18:00.
Highlights of the month are listed below. We look forward to welcoming you!
Music & Services List for April, Holy Week and Easter is here.
SERVICES FOR HOLY WEEK & EASTER
Sunday 6th April PASSION SUNDAY
• 11:00 Sung Mass Celebrant Fr Nigel Mason
• 18:00 Evensong & Benediction Officiant Fr Nigel Mason
Tuesday 8th April PASSIONTIDE OFFICE
• 18:00 Vespers & Meditation Cantors Dr. Richard Parker & Tony Pugh
Thursday 10th WILLIAM LAW
• 18:00 Vespers & Meditation Cantor Dr. Richard Parker & Tony Pugh
Sunday 13th April PALM SUNDAY
• 11:00 Sung Mass Celebrant Fr Nigel Mason
Tuesday 15th April PASSIONTIDE OFFICE
• 18:00 Vespers & Meditation Cantor Dr. Richard Parker & Tony Pugh
Wednesday 16th April SPY WEDNESDAY
• 18:00 Stations of the Cross with Stabat Mater Fr Nigel Mason
Thursday 17th April MAUNDY THURSDAY
• 18:00 Vespers & Meditation Cantors Dr. Richard Parker & Tony Pugh
• 19:00 Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Vigil Celebrant Fr Nigel Mason
Friday 18th April GOOD FRIDAY LITURGY
• 10:00 Mass of the Pre-Sanctified & Adoration Celebrant Fr Nigel Mason
• 20:00 Tenebrae, the Lamentations of Jeremiah Cantor Dr Richard Parker
Saturday 19th April HOLY SATURDAY EASTER EVE
• 20:00 Sung Mass - the First Mass of Easter with the Ceremony at the Font : the Blessing of the New Fire and Lighting of The Paschal Candle
Sunday 20th April EASTER DAY
• 11:00 Sung Mass - with the Blessing of the Easter Garden
WEDNESDAYS IN LENT
• 6.00pm Stations of the Cross 2nd & 9th April | The journey to Calvary is marked as the officiant and congregation process to each of the 14 Stations of the Cross. Prayers are said and the Stabat Mater hymn is sung to plainsong at each Station.
• 7:00pm Lent Reading Group on S. Augustine | Led by Professor Oliver Nicholson, with refreshments. All welcome.
APRIL EVENTS
Sunday 6th, 13:00
• Cantores Chamber Choir recital “Beata Es, Virgo Maria” @ Exeter Cathedral read more here
Monday 14th April, 19:30
• Exeter Chorale concert “The Way of the Cross” read more and book here
Saturday 19th April, 10:30
• Big Clean for Easter, with installation of the Easter Garden - all welcome! Accompanied by piano music and refreshments.
Regular Thursday Groups
• 10:30-12:30 | Singing for Wellbeing with Marie Free.
• 13:30-14:30 | Ukulele for Beginners with Dickon Fell.
• 15:30-17:30 | Djembe Drumming with Allan Kerr of Shumba Arts.
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St. Michael’s Mount Dinham Exeter is a beacon of Anglo-Catholic Liturgy and Music in the south west of England; a favoured concert venue and a treasured resource for the community.
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People: Fr Nigel Mason is Curate in Charge of St Michael’s Mount Dinham. Find out more about our people, supporting clergy and governance on the about pages and contact us here.
Location: for a map and directions to St Michael’s church, you can find us, here.
Getting here: the Iron Bridge is closed for refurbishment until June 2025. You can walk under the bridge onto Dinham Rd, or access by car from St. David’s hill driving East. Click here for more information and diversion routes.
Free Parking: For approx 12 spaces on the south side of the church. Collect a pink permit from inside the church to display in your vehicle.
Safeguarding: if you have a concern about the safety of someone or the actions of those working with children or vulnerable adults, please contact St. Michael’s safeguarding co-lead Sabrina Gröschel, safeguarding@stmichaelsmountdinham.org.uk. Read our Safeguarding Policy here. The Diocesan Safeguarding Team can be contacted here.
SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS MOUNT DINHAM, DINHAM ROAD, EXETER, EX4 4EB
~ St Michael’s was consecrated to the Glory of God at Michaelmas, 29 September 1868 ~
Exeter Diocese: advice and news can be found here.
Slide show image credit: St Michael’s Mount Dinham and the Cathedral from the air, Geach Aerial Photography.
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Cantores Chamber Choir performs a concert of sacred music at 1pm at Exeter Cathedral. The programme, entitled Beata es, Virgo Maria, includes works by Franco-Flemish and Iberian composers of the Renaissance, with communion motets and pieces for the Virgin Mary, Lamentations and…
Read moreExeter Chorale presents Franz Liszt Via Crucis and Anton Dvorak Mass in D at 7:30pm on the Monday evening of Holy Week. Franz Litszt began the composition of Via Crucis in Rome in the autumn of 1878 and completed it in February…
Read moreExeter Singers with conductor, Tony Yates, offers an a capella programme of Folk songs for Choirs, including arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Holst and Rutter. Refreshements will be available during the interval. Admission: FREE Donations to local care charity, FORCE. ...
Read moreSt Wite’s Feast Day falls on the 1st of June. In the Dorset village of Whitchurch Canonicorum during the 16th-century there was a local custom of offering her cakes and ale on this day. A pilgrimage to Whitchurch Canonicorum may be happenieng on this…
Read moreWe are thrilled to welcome Bijan Omrani to St Michael’s Lectures Series for his talk at 7:30pm; The Beauty of Holiness: where did it come from and do we still need it? Bijan Omrani is a British historian, journalist, teacher, barrister and…
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