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Saturday at 6 p.m. and the feast of St Michael and all Angels marked by Teresa Munro celebrating her first Eucharist. Her sister joined us in the choir to sing alto and her sons were the impressive readers at the service. We began with "For all the saints" and the Peter Jones Gloria. The setting was the yellow card one so everyone could join in and the singing was splendid. We have a gospel to proclaim, Angel voices ever singing and Thine be the glory were the other splendid hymns. Christine Spurway preached. At communion the choir sang "Christ has no body now but yours" by David Ogden and "Strengthen for service Lord the hands" both at Teresa's request. I played the Dorian fugue. An excellent meal of chicken in sauce ("ordination chicken") and salads with wine and strawberry cream cake. I just missed the train so got buses home. Liz was at the cathedral where the choir of St Michael's school, Finchley sang and she took Dennis's medic...

Liz visited her Mum awaiting another procedure. No choir at Coulsdon so Vicky and Teresa acted as cantors for the Peter Jones Gloria. They hit top G twice and all was well. We celebrated Mary Magdalene with "Love's redeeeming work is done" and "Thine be the glory". I should have played "I know that my redeemer liveth" - ah well Eric Smith's meditations, Gordon Slater's "Easter Alleluya" and a Stanley Trumpet tune went well. I drove straight to Aylesford and arrived in good time for the Provincial president's Mass. Very good turnout of Catenians filling the relic chapel. Fr Jeff Cridland gave a good homily on the importance of such organisations in the church. Ann Shufflebottom did her best on the dreadful organ (she tells me she offered them money for a new organ and they turned it down!). Good to see Canon Bill Clements again. Anderson Gloria and Credo 3 got very slow. Drinks and picnic with the Cartons and Almeidas with wine and...