Christmas Season Services 2009-2010

For a full-size view of our schedule of Christmas season services click the image below. To download a PDF version, click here.

December-January Parish Magazine

The December 2009--January 2010 issue of The S. Stephen is now online and available for download here.

Sung Vespers & Mass -- Immaculate Conception

Tuesday 8 December 2009
5 pm Vespers
5:30 pm Mass
In the Lady Chapel

Advent Lessons and Carols 2009

Sunday 29 November 2009
5:30 pm
Music by Anonymous, Dufay, Esquivel, Howells, Lister, Palestrina, Rheinberger, Shadle, Schütz

Parish Newsletter

The November-December 2009 issue of The S. Stephen is now online and available for download here.

Sudanese Bishop to Speak at S. Stephen's

Episcopal Campus Ministry is pleased to welcome

The Rt. Rev. John Zawo
Anglican Bishop of Ezo
in the Southern Sudan

Bishop John will be speaking at 6pm on Tuesday, November 17th at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at 114 George Street, Providence.

While there has been much attention paid to the violence in the Darfur region of the Sudan, it is important not forget the ongoing conflict in the southern Sudan. The southern region of the Sudan has been racked by civil war since 1983 with almost 2 million people killed and over 4 million people displaced from their homes. The 26 year old war has produced a ‘lost generation’ of children who have never known basic health care or educational opportunities. Despite the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005, violence continues in the southern Sudan. Over the past several years, most of the violence has been perpetrated by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) notorious for its sex trafficking of young girls and its use of child soldiers.

Bishop John Zawo is the leader of the Episcopal Christians in the region around the town of Ezo near the Sudanese border with the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bishop John is here to visit the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island with which his diocese has a companion relationship. He has seen, first-hand, the violence of this war, and he is able to be with us to share some of his experiences to help raise awareness of this ongoing conflict.

Please join us at 6 pm on Tuesday, November 17th at St. Stephen’s Church at 114 George Street for this important discussion.

Remembrance Sunday - Nov. 8th at 10am

Every year on the second Sunday of November, many churches stop to commemorate the deaths of soldiers who have died in war. This commemoration began as a remembrance of those who died in World War I but we now recognize and pray for the souls of the departed from all our wars.

This Sunday at the 10am service, we will have a Solemn Requiem to honor and pray for all who have died in war.

The Schola Cantorum will be singing the Messe de Requiem by Alfred Desenclos.