A busy week coming up full of so many contrasts

Monday: 10.00am, Organ lesson for adult pupil in Finchley; 12.30pm, Funeral in St Etheldreda’s, Hatfield; 1.30pm, Organ lesson for adult pupil in Hatfield.

Tuesday: 10.15am, Funeral in St Mary’s, Apsley; Abbey practice

Wednesday: 5.30pm, Organ lesson for Year 11 student in Finchley; 7.30pm, Choir practice in Hatfield

Maundy Thursday: 7.30pm, High Mass, Foot-washing and Procession to the Altar of Repose in St, Peter’s, London Docks, Wapping, East London (travelling on the Brompton cycle if dryish weather).

Good Friday: 12noon, St Nicholas’, Harpenden, Liturgy of the Cross; 2pm, St Mary’s, Apsley, Stations of the Cross; 7.30pm, St Augustine’s, Broxbourne, Rutter’s Requiem with the East Herts Church Choirs’ Association conducted by Derek Harrison

Holy Saturday: 8.00pm, St Albans Cathedral, Easter Vigil with Baptism and Confirmation by the Bishop of Hertford

Easter Sunday: 9.30am, Sung Eucharist for Easter, St Etheldreda’s, Hatfield