** Michaelmas, feast of the Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael.

For Greenacre's fiftieth anniversary of his ordination at Michaelmas ( the Feast of the Archangel Saint Michael ) of 2005, Cardinal Tauran traveled to Chichester and served as a guest preacher.

Michaelmas celebrated the beginning of autumn, and Michael the Archangel.

In colonial times all grants of land from the Lords Baltimore were in the shape of leases subject to small and merely nominal ground rents, reserved by the Proprietary, and payable annually at Michaelmas, the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, which in the calendar of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches occurs on September 29 ; hence St. Michael was considered to be the patron saint of colonial Maryland, and as such was honored by the river being named for him.

** Vice President: Socials & Events: Michael Cole ( Michaelmas )

Michaelmas has also delineated time and seasons for secular purposes as well, particularly in the United Kingdom and Ireland as one of the quarter days.

The Inns of Court of the English Bar and the Honorable Society of King's Inns in Ireland also have a Michaelmas term as one of their dining terms.

There is also a special, extra Halfway Hall Formal for second-year students to mark the middle of their time as an undergraduate student at the College, and a Christmas Formal for all students at the end of every Michaelmas Term.

Various scratch matches are also played throughout the Michaelmas and Lent terms, where boys from different year groups, as well as masters, take part.

Liverymen of the Company are also members of the City's Common Hall and thus can vote in the election of the Lord Mayor of the City of London each year on Michaelmas Day ( 29 September ) or on the closest weekday, and also in the election of the Sheriffs of the City of London on every Midsummer's Day.

It is also renowned for its contribution to university theatre, with the Bailey Theatre Company producing successful versions of Sarah Kane's 4. 48 Psychosis in the Epiphany term of 2009 and Arthur Miller's The Crucible in the Michaelmas term of 2008, as well as the annual Summer Shakespeare.

At Oxford, Hands held the office of Bursar of the Oxford Union and was also President of Oxford University Conservative Association in Michaelmas Term 1980.

The college also hosts two annual balls, the Christmas Ball at the end of Michaelmas Term and the Summer Ball after exams have finished.

Fairs were also held in the village at Michaelmas and Easter.

In 2012, the school completed a new cricket pavilion on the " Home Ground ", the school's main cricket ground which is also used as a rugby pitch in the Michaelmas term.

Starling was also Eton College's Visiting Writer in Michaelmas 2007.

Association Football is also played during the Michaelmas and Lent terms.

The Saturday after the end of Michaelmas term each year is Founder's Day which begins with a Founder's Eucharist in the chapel, followed by a Founder's Breakfast with ale and culminating in a sumptuous dinner in his memory called " Founder's Feast " to which all members of College in their third year of studies are invited.

The many novels influenced by the Ripper include: A Case to Answer ( 1947 ) by Edgar Lustgarten, The Screaming Mimi ( 1949 ) by Fredric Brown, Terror Over London ( 1957 ) by Gardner Fox, Ritual in the Dark ( 1960 ) and The Killer ( 1970 ) by Colin Wilson, Sagittarius ( 1962 ) by Ray Russell, A Feast Unknown ( 1969 ) by Philip José Farmer, A Kind of Madness ( 1972 ) by Anthony Boucher, Nine Bucks Row ( 1973 ) by T. E. Huff, The Michaelmas Girls ( 1975 ) by John Brooks Barry, Jack's Little Friend ( 1975 ) by Ramsey Campbell, By Flower and Dean Street ( 1976 ) by Patrice Chaplin, The Private Life of Jack the Ripper ( 1980 ) by Richard Gordon, White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings ( 1987 ) by Iain Sinclair, Anno Dracula ( 1992 ) by Kim Newman, A Night in the Lonesome October ( 1993 ) by Roger Zelazny, Ladykiller ( 1993 ) by Martina Cole, Savage ( 1993 ) by Richard Laymon, The Pit ( 1993 ) by Neil Penswick, Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem ( 1994 ) by Peter Ackroyd, Pentecost Alley ( 1996 ) by Anne Perry, and Matrix ( 1998 ) by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry.

In the Michaelmas Term 2005 the rugby First XV became the most successful team in 14 years after their win against The Leys School, again one member of this team achieved notable individual sporting success-Owen Giles now has a professional contract with Northampton Saints RUFC.

He began a sequel to Trouble at Willow Gables, set in a women's college at Oxford and entitled Michaelmas Term at St Bride's, but did not finish it: " All literary inspiration has deserted me ", he informed Amis on 13 August.

The Lord Mayor is elected each year at Michaelmas ' Common Hall ', and takes office on the Friday before the second Saturday in November, at ' The Silent Ceremony '.

Common Hall is summoned by the sitting Lord Mayor ; it meets at Guildhall on Michaelmas Day ( 29 September ) or on the closest weekday.

* During the Michaelmas Half, the sport curriculum is dominated by football ( called Association ) and rugby union, with some rowing for the more dedicated boys.

His own plays from this decade reveal a somewhat mellowed temper ; certainly there is no comedy among them with the satiric depth of Michaelmas Term and no tragedy as bloodthirsty as The Revenger's Tragedy.

Particularly in the early years of his career, this freedom led to a great diversity in his output, which ranges from the " snarling " satire of Michaelmas Term ( performed by the Children of Paul's ) to the bleak intrigues of The Revenger's Tragedy ( performed by the King's Men ), assuming he is the author of the latter.

Folklore in the United Kingdom is told that blackberries should not be picked after Old Michaelmas Day ( 11 October ) as the devil has claimed them, having left a mark on the leaves by urinating or spitting on them.

This declaration was traditionally oral, but is now usually made by signing a letter to the same effect — ceremonies in which readers recite the declaration are still performed for those who wish to take them, these occur primarily at the start of the University's Michaelmas term.

So March has five letters and Lady Day is 25 March ; similarly June has four letters and September nine, with Midsummer Day and Michaelmas falling on the 24th and 29th respectively.

The U. S. Supreme Court follows this tradition ( though not by name ) by convening each new term the first Monday in October, which is shortly after Michaelmas.

Michaelmas is still celebrated in the Waldorf schools, which celebrate it as the " festival of strong will " during the autumnal equinox.

Michaelmas and Upolu Cays is a national park in Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane and east of Cairns.

The vegetation on Michaelmas Cay is characteristic of cays found on the outer barrier reef.

Michaelmas Cay is important as a breeding site for several species of terns.

The lawn is off-limits during Michaelmas and Hilary terms but is accessible during Trinity term for sitting on ( at any time ) and croquet ( on Fridays and Sundays only ).

The village is home to a number of festivals that are held every year including ; the Moniaive Folk Festival, the Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival, the Moniaive Horse Show, the Moniaive and Distirct Arts Association annual exhibition, the Glencairn and Tynron Amateur Cottagers and Gardeners Horticultural Society show and the Moniaive Gala.

Selwyn is the only Cambridge college to hold an annual Winter Ball known as the Selwyn Snowball, which traditionally takes place on the night of the last Friday of Michaelmas Term.

The Michaelmas Fair takes over for 3 days on the second Monday in October, and there is a Carnival and, the biggest public gathering in Huntingdonshire.

Every week of the Michaelmas and Lent terms, and twice in Easter term, Churchill is host to Pav, a music event unusual for Cambridge events in that it is free and open to all university members.

ECSU's Executive Committee is elected on a yearly basis at the end of Michaelmas Term.

In Chertsey, it is rung at 8pm, from Michaelmas to Lady Day.