Saint Edmund, Downham Market, Norfolk

 Feasts & Festivals 2008

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(Details are subject to revision - so please do double check nearer the time!)

EVERY SUNDAY - as the weekly Easter
9.30am Parish Eucharist

and...

Tuesday 1st January - Octave Day of Christmas - Mary, Mother of God
10.00am Eucharist with Prayers for the Peace of the World

Sunday 6th January - The Epiphany of the Lord
9.30am Parish Eucharist
3.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Sunday 14th January - The Baptism of the Lord
9.30am Parish Eucharist

Sunday 3rd February - Candlemas
9.30am Parish Eucharist with Candle Procession

Wednesday 6th February - Ash Wednesday
9.30am and 7.00pm Eucharist (both with Imposition of Ashes)

Sunday 16th March - Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion
9.30am Palm Procession and Parish Eucharist (beginning outside)

The Easter Triduum

Thursday 20th March - Maundy Thursday
7.00pm Eucharist of the Lord's Supper
Procession to the Altar of Repose and
Watch of the Passion until 10.30pm (concludes with Compline)

Friday 21st March - Good Friday
9.15am Ecumenical Walk of Witness - The Way of the Cross
3.00pm Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
7.00pm Tenebrae

Saturday 22nd March - Easter Eve (Holy Saturday)
7.45pm Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter

Sunday 23rd March - Easter Day
9.30am Parish Eucharist
3.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Tuesday 1st April - The Annunciation of the Lord (transferred because of Easter Week, etc)
9.30am Eucharist

Wednesday 23rd April - St George, Principal Patron Saint of England
9.30am Eucharist

Tuesday 29th April - The Translation of St Edmund
9.30am Eucharist

Sunday 4th May - The Ascension of the Lord
9.30am Parish Eucharist

Sunday 11th May - Pentecost
9.30am Parish Eucharist

Sunday 18th May - The Most Holy Trinity
9.30am Parish Eucharist

Sunday 25th May - Corpus Christi
9.30am Parish Eucharist

Friday 30th May - The Sacred Heart of Jesus
9.30am Eucharist

Monday 23rd June - St Etheldreda, Principal Patron of Ely Diocese
11.15am Eucharist
12 noon Ecumenical Midday Prayer (at St Dominic's RC Church)

Sunday 29th June - SS Peter and Paul
5.00pm Pontifical Eucharist of Ordination to the Priesthood of Fr Charles Miller, Asst Curate (d.v.)
Celebrant : The Rt Rev'd Keith Newton ssc, Bishop of Richborough

Monday 30th June
7.00pm First Mass of a new Priest, Fr Charles Miller (d.v.)

Wedneday 6th August - The Transfiguration of the Lord
9.30am Eucharist

Friday 15th August - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9.30am Eucharist

Sunday 14th September - Holy Cross Day
9.30am Eucharist

Sunday 21st or 28th September (check) - Harvest Festival
9.30am Parish Eucharist

Sunday 2nd November - The Festival of All Saints
9.30am Parish Eucharist

Monday 3rd November - Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
9.30am Requiem Eucharist
12 noon Requiem Eucharist
6.00pm Requiem Eucharist with Vespers

Sunday 10th November - Remembrance Sunday
9.30am Parish Eucharist of Requiem
2.30pm Laying of Wreaths at the War Memorial, followed by
3.00pm Service of Remembrance

Sunday 16th November - St Edmund of East Anglia, king & martyr (Patronal Festival)
9.30am Parish Eucharist
3.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Sunday 23rd November - The Festival of Christ the King
9.30am Parish Eucharist
3.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 8th December - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
7.30pm Eucharist followed by mulled wine and mince pies

Wednesday 24th December - Christmas Eve
4.30pm Family Carol and Christingle Service
11.45pm Midnight Mass and Blessing of the Crib

Thursday 25th December - Christmas Day
9.00am Parish Eucharist

Sunday 28th December - The First Sunday of Christmas - The Holy Family
9.30am Parish Eucharist
3.30pm Vespers & Benediction