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Sunday 29 March 2015 (Palm Sunday)

Pietro Lorenzetti, Jesus Enters Jerusalem, c. 1320

FROM THE RECTOR

This Sunday we celebrate two distinct liturgies. We begin in the Lady Chapel with the Liturgy of the Palms, commemorating our Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. After a Procession, we continue with the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, including the powerful and moving singing of the Passion Gospel by the Schola Cantorum. Make a good beginning of Holy Week by joining us. I look forward to seeing you there.  -- Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY'S READINGS

Palm Sunday, Year B (Revised Common Lectionary)

Liturgy of the Palms 
Mark 11:1-11

Liturgy of the Passion

Isaiah 50:4-9a  Philippians 2:5-11  Mark 14:32-15:47

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Bring your bells – Traditionally, bells are rung at the beginning of the Gloria in excelsis at the liturgies of both Maundy Thursday and Easter Vigil. If you have a bell at home, please bring it and join in.

Vigil at the Altar of Repose – There is a signup sheet in the narthex for the Vigil at the Altar of Repose, which begins on Maundy Thursday, April 2nd, after the completion of the 7:30 pm Liturgy, and ends at midnight. Come watch with Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane.

Good Friday Parking – We’ve arranged for emergency no parking on Good Friday (April 3rd) on George Street from Hope to Brown Street to allow space for parishioners arriving for Mass. We are providing dashboard signs for you to put in your car so you won’t be ticketed, which are available today in the narthex. You may also get one from an usher on Good Friday.

Easter Vigil Reception – Trays of ready-to-serve savory and sweet treats are needed for the reception following Easter Vigil (April 4th) in the Library. If you can prepare something, please contact Cory MacLean at 421-6702, ext.1, or via email at office@sstephens.necoxmail.com.

Acolytes and servers – Please check the schedule of Holy Week and Easter rehearsals below and make sure to attend the rehearsal for any service at which you are scheduled to serve.

Parish Retreat – Our annual parish retreat is scheduled for Friday 24 April through Sunday 26 April at Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham, Massachusetts. Deacon Buck Close will be giving the meditations. The cost is $140 per person. To reserve a place on the retreat please write a check for $70 payable to S. Stephen’s, with the notation “Retreat” in the memo line, and give (or mail) it to Father Alexander so that he receives it no later than Friday, April 10. (If the retreat is canceled this deposit will be refunded to you.) Don’t miss this opportunity to get away for some Eastertide quiet time with our Lord!

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Joyce Alexander, Nicholas Andrews, Patricia Barnes, Jonno Boyer-Dry, Patrick Brown, Townsend Cass, The Rev. Norman Catir, Andrea Dassori, Marion Dry, Sue Farley, Hannah Flanagan, Kaitlyn Flanagan, Mary Flanagan, The Rev. Gus Franklin, The Rev. Harrington Gordon, Kate Henwood, Davaughn Hooks, Bernice Howe, The Rev. Dr. Richard Cornish Martin, Angela Rose, Sally Saunders, Rhoda Steinhart, The Rev. Edwin. S. S. Sunderland, The Rev. Henry Turnbull, The Rev. James Verdelotti, Richard Viti, and Dianne Werner.

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Mary Weis (29 March 1993), Charles John McCloughan (30 March 1998), Elizabeth Kershaw (31 March 2007), Richard Sherman Nutt (1 April 2006), and Roy Sumner Bent, Sr. (4 April 1986).

Anglican Cycle of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church in Jerusalem - (Jerusalem & Middle East): The Rt. Rev’d Suheil Dawani.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Coffee Hour – Klara and Karl Benziger

Ushers – S Brazil, E Drew, L Verdelotti

Lector – M Johnson

Servers – MC-R Noble, SD-B Rose, Thurifer-R Armidon, Crucifer-W Dilworth, Torches-L Hooks, V Johnson

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S 

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Wednesday 1 April Acolyte Rehearsal (for Maundy Thursday) 7 pm
Friday 3 April Acolyte Rehearsal (for Good Friday) 10 am
Saturday 4 April

Orchestra Rehearsal 12 pm
Reception (following the 7:30 pm Easter Vigil)

Sunday 5 April Acolyte Rehearsal (for Easter Day) 9 am

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Saturday 4 April Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm


LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

Sunday 29 March 

THE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION: PALM SUNDAY (R)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Liturgy of the Palms and Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Passion 10 am

Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Holy Week, Year One

Monday 30 March 

MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Tuesday 31 March 

TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEEK (R)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Wednesday 1 April 

WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Thursday 2 April 

MAUNDY THURSDAY (W)
Maundy Thursday Liturgy 7:30 pm
Vigil at the Altar of Repose (until midnight)

Friday 3 April 

GOOD FRIDAY (Violet this year only)
Good Friday Liturgy 12 noon
Confessions following until 3 pm

Saturday 4 April 

EASTER EVE (V/W)
The Great Vigil of Easter with Holy Baptism 7:30 pm
(Reception following)

Sunday 5 April 

THE SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION: EASTER DAY (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass of the Resurrection 10 am


NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS

Easter Sunday, Year B (Revised Common Lectionary)

Low Mass 8 am
Exodus 14:10-31  Romans 6:3-11  Mark 16:1-8

Solemn Mass 10 am
Acts 10:34-43  1 Corinthians 15:1-11  Mark 16:1-8

Sung Evensong and Mass for the Annunciation

Philippe de Champaigne, The Annunciation, c. 1644

Please join us for Sung Evensong at 5:30 pm and Sung Mass at 6 pm in the Lady Chapel. Guest Preacher: the Rev. Nathan Humphrey, Vicar, St. John's Church, Newport, RI.

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Sunday 22 March 2015

Giotto di Bondone, Crucifixion,
Lower Basilica, Assisi, c. 1310

FROM THE RECTOR

In this Sunday's Gospel reading, Jesus speaks of his coming death in terms of being "lifted up." Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” He said this to show by what death he was to die. 

Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961 to 1974, wrote in his book The Christian Priest Today (1972): "Besides being the events which brought Christianity to birth the Death and Resurrection are the events which characterize the nature of Christianity. It is a gospel of life through death, of losing life so as to find it. Thus, the Christian's act of allegiance to the risen Lord Jesus was, and still is, an act of acceptance of the way of the Cross. So too the act of faith in the Christian God is an act which sees the sacrifice of self right down to the point of death and destruction, and then says: This, and only this, is the sovereign power of God."

We cannot rise to the challenge and realize the promise of this life -- dying to self to rise to new life in Christ -- on our own as isolated individuals. We need the active support and fellowship of a community committed to walking this path and living this life together. In Ramsey's words: 

"So the Church is called to be the fellowship of Christ crucified and risen. In the Eucharist it proclaims Christ's death and feeds upon its life. We are familiar with this, but how tremendous are the implications. It implies a fellowship of Christians marked by an unselfish openness to one another in Christ's name, a like openness to the service of the community and a commitment to the way which led to Calvary."

This Sunday, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, used to be known as "Passion Sunday." Come to Mass and experience -- and make your own unique contribution to -- the life of a parish community seeking to follow in the way of the Lord's Cross.         -- Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

The Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B
Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51:1-13, Hebrews 5:5-10, John 12:20-33

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Stations of the Cross & Stabat Mater – This evening at 5:30 pm, we will offer Choral Stations of the Cross, featuring the Schola Cantorum singing Orlande de Lassus’s Stabat Mater à 8 voci. All are welcome and invited to attend.

The Annunciation (March 25) – This Wednesday evening, we will offer Sung Evensong and Mass for the Feast of the Annunciation at 5:30 and 6 pm respectively in the Lady Chapel. Our guest preacher will be The Rev’d Nathan J. A. Humphrey, Vicar of St. John the Evangelist in Newport.

The Way of the Cross – This Friday evening (March 27th) we offer the final installment this year of Evening Prayer and Stations of the Cross at 6 pm.

Bring your bells – Traditionally, bells are rung at the beginning of the Gloria in excelsis at the liturgies of both Maundy Thursday and Easter Vigil. If you have a bell at home, please bring it and join in.

Vigil at the Altar of Repose – There is a signup sheet in the narthex for the Vigil at the Altar of Repose, which begins on Maundy Thursday, April 2nd, after the completion of the 7:30 pm Liturgy, and ends at midnight. Come watch with Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane.

Easter Vigil Reception – Trays of ready-to-serve savory and sweet treats are needed for the reception following Easter Vigil (April 4th) in the Library. If you can prepare something, please contact Cory MacLean at 421-6702, ext.1, or via email at office@sstephens.necoxmail.com.

Easter Flowers – If you would like to make a flower offering at Easter – in thanksgiving or in memoriam - please fill out the enclosed envelope and either put it in the offering plate or return it to the parish office no later than Wednesday 25 March.

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Joyce, Nicholas, Patricia, Jonno, Patrick, Townsend, Norman, Andrea, Marion, Sue, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Richard, Angela, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Henry, James, Richard, and Dianne.

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Richard A. Mayforth (22 March 1998), Corinne Esther Joslin (23 March 1984), Virginia Marie Disley (24 March 1990), Bette Drayton (26 March 2004), and Dorothy Adams Bellman (27 March 2005).

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church in Morogoro - (Tanzania): The Rt. Rev’d Godfrey Sehaba; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for retired clergy of the Diocese.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes - MC S Brazil; SD W Dilworth; Thurifer D Latimer; Crucifer L Verdelotti, Torches R Callanan, DO Latimer
Lector – E Alexander
Ushers – B Lennihan, J Steiny
Coffee Hour – N Gingrich, S Brazil K Vorbeck Williams

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Saturday 28 March
Acolyte Rehearsal (for Palm Sunday) 10:30 am
Altar Guild Cleanup Day (following the 9:30 am Mass)

(Please note that there is no Altar Guild Cleanup Day on Saturday 28 March)

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Saturday 28 March
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm


LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

Sunday 29 March
THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Choral Stations of the Cross & Stabat Mater 5:30 pm

Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Week of Lent 5, Year 1

Monday 23 March
Monday in V Lent (V)
(Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c. 332)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Tuesday 24 March
Tuesday in V Lent (V)
(Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Wednesday 25 March
THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (W)
Evensong 5:30 pm
Sung Mass 6 pm

Thursday 26 March
Thursday in V Lent (V)
(Harriet Monsell, Founder of the Community of Saint John the Baptist, Clewer, 1883)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Friday 27 March
Friday in V Lent (V)
(Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, and of Western New York, 1922)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Evening Prayer and Stations of the Cross 6 pm

Saturday 28 March
Saturday in V Lent (V)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am

Sunday 29 March
THE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION: PALM SUNDAY (R)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Liturgy of the Palms and Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Passion 10 am

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (March 29)

Palm Sunday, Year B (Revised Common Lectionary)

Liturgy of the Palms 
Mark 11:1-11

Liturgy of the Passion

Isaiah 50:4-9a   Psalm           Philippians 2:5-11    Mark 14:32-15:47

Stations of the Cross & Stabat Mater

Join us at S. Stephen's Church in Providence on Sunday 22 March 2015 at 5:30 pm for the traditional devotion of the Stations of the Cross accompanied by the Schola Cantorum singing the Stabat Mater à 8 Voci of Orlande de Lassus (1532 - 1592).

S. Stephen's Church is located at 114 George Street, Providence, RI, 02906. For more information, phone the parish office at (401) 421-6702.

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Sunday 15 March 2015

Alexander Gibbs, Moses and the Bronze Serpent, Tile Painting, 1889
All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London

FROM THE RECTOR

Mid-Lent Sunday. Mothering Sunday. Rose Sunday. Laetare Sunday. However we describe it, it's a good day to come to Mass. It's been a tough winter. Maybe we haven't made as good a start with our Lenten disciplines as would have liked. No matter. It's never too late to make a new beginning. We do well to come to Mass this Sunday and take advantage of the opportunity to recommit ourselves to following in the way of the cross this Lent and Holy Week, so that we may enter ever more fully into the joy of the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. -- Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

The Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year B
Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lenten Series – This evening at 6 pm, we will offer the fourth and final in our series “Science, Religion, and Extraterrestrials.” Tonight’s speaker will be Phoebe Pettingell on “Extraterrestrials, Mad Scientists, and Mere Christianity: The Science Fiction Trilogy of C. S. Lewis.” Phoebe Pettingell is a literary critic with a lifelong interest in C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams. From 1976 until 2010, she wrote the column “On Poetry” for The New Leader, and has published in numerous magazines. She is the author of the Foreword to the American edition of The Poems of Rowan Williams (2002). Following Evening Prayer at 5:30, a light dinner will be served at 6 pm. The program will begin at about 6:45 pm and will conclude by 8 pm. Please see the flyer enclosed in the Kalendar for more details.

Saint Joseph (March 19th) – a major feast day of the church year, will be celebrated on Thursday with Morning Prayer at 8 pm and Low Mass at 8:30 am.

Stations of the Cross & Stabat Mater – This coming Sunday 22 March at 5:30 pm, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we will offer Choral Stations of the Cross, featuring the Schola Cantorum singing Orlande de Lassus’s Stabat Mater à 8 voci. Please note the date and plan to join us.

Eucharistic Adoration -- In place of our usual Friday evening Lenten service of Evening Prayer and Stations of the Cross, this Friday, March 20, we will be observing an hour of silent prayer and meditation before the Blessed Sacrament in the Lady Chapel, beginning at 6 pm. This devotion begins with a Litany, and concludes with a simple service of Benediction. Please join us.

Vigil at the Altar of Repose – There is a signup sheet in the narthex for the Vigil at the Altar of Repose, which begins on Maundy Thursday, April 2nd, after the completion of the 7:30 pm Liturgy, and ends at midnight. Come watch with Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane.

Easter Vigil Reception – Trays of ready-to-serve savory and sweet treats are needed for the reception following Easter Vigil (April 4th) in the Library. If you can prepare something, please contact Cory MacLean at 421-6702, ext.1, or via email at office@sstephens.necoxmail.com.

Easter Flowers – If you would like to make a flower offering at Easter – in thanksgiving or in memoriam - please fill out the enclosed envelope and either put it in the offering plate or return it to the parish office no later than Wednesday 25 March.

Parish Retreat – Our annual parish retreat is scheduled for Friday 24 April through Sunday 26 April at Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham, Massachusetts. Deacon Buck Close will be giving the meditations. The cost is $140 per person. To reserve a place on the retreat please write a check for $70 payable to S. Stephen’s, with the notation “Retreat” in the memo line, and give (or mail) it to Father Alexander so that he receives it no later than Friday, April 10. (If the retreat is canceled this deposit will be refunded to you.) Don’t miss this opportunity to get away for some Eastertide quiet time with our Lord!

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Joyce, Nicholas, Jonno, Patrick, Townsend, Norman, Andrea, Marion, Sue, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Richard, Angela, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Henry, James, Richard, and Dianne.

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Eleanor Retallick (15 March 2009), Betty Louise Claunch (18 March 1999), and Edna Brazil (19 March 2008); Recently departed: Howard Johnson, Peter Shaw, and Arthur K. D. Kepert, Priest.

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for pray the Church in Missouri - (V, The Episcopal Church): The Rt. Rev’d Wayne Smith; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for clergy widows and widowers of the Diocese.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes - MC B Rose; SD S Brazil; Thurifer L Verdelotti; Crucifer L Bledsoe, Torches D Callanan, L Hooks
Lector – W Dilworth
Ushers – P Pettingell, J Chamberlin
Coffee Hour – L Latimer, E Hooks

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 15 March
Lenten Series (Speaker: Phoebe Pettingell) 6 pm


EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Saturday 21 March
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm


LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

Sunday 15 March
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Rose)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Compline 9 pm

Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Week of Lent 4, Year 1

Monday 16 March
Monday in IV Lent (V)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Tuesday 17 March
Tuesday in IV Lent (V)
(Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Patron of Ireland, c. 460)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Wednesday 18 March
Wednesday in IV Lent (V)
(Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386)
(Edward, King and Martyr, 978)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Thursday 19 March
SAINT JOSEPH (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Friday 20 March
Friday in IV Lent (V)
(Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687)
(Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Eucharistic Adoration 6 pm

Saturday 21 March
Saturday in IV Lent (V)
(Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1556)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am

Sunday 22 March
THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Choral Stations of the Cross & Stabat Mater 5:30 pm
Compline 9 pm


NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (March 22)

The Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B
Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51:1-13, Hebrews 5:5-10, John 12:20-33

LENTEN SERIES: "SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS," PART FOUR

Photo by Michael DiQuinzio

PHOEBE PETTINGELL, "EXTRATERRESTRIALS, MAD SCIENTISTS, AND MERE CHRISTIANITY: THE SCIENCE FICTION TRILOGY OF C.S. LEWIS"

SUNDAY 15 MARCH AT 6 P.M.

Phoebe Pettingell is a literary critic with a lifelong interest in C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams. From 1976 until 2010, she wrote the column “On Poetry” for The New Leader, and has published in numerous magazines. She is the author of the Foreword to the American edition of The Poems of Rowan Williams (2002).

Join us for a light supper followed by Phoebe's presentation and conversation, in the Great Hall at S. Stephen's Church, 114 George Street, Providence, RI, 02906.

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Sunday 8 March 2015

El Greco, "Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple," 1600.

FROM THE RECTOR

The month of March increases hope that we have seen the last of winter blizzards and deep freezes for the year. We dare to hope that the coming weeks will bring a thaw and maybe even signs of new life. The Season of Lent similarly promises the end of the winter of our souls. By faithfully observing its disciplines, we begin to thaw our spiritual and devotional life. Spring is coming: specifically the eternal Spring vouchsafed to us in the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We prepare to meet him best by attending to the spiritual practices that have the potential to unfreeze us.  -- Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

The Third Sunday of Lent, Year B
Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2:13-22

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Confirmation Class – Fr. Alexander’s Confirmation Class continues today in the Library at 9 am for young people (Middle School or High School age) who would like to be confirmed later in the year (date to be determined).

March Year’s Mind – Departed parishioners whose anniversaries fall during March will be prayed for at the Monthly Requiem on Monday 9 March at 6 pm, preceded by evening prayer at 5:30. If you have any additional names to be remembered, please let Fr. Alexander know.

Lenten Series – This evening at 6 pm, we will offer the third in our series “Science, Religion, and Extraterrestrials.” Tonight’s speaker will be Kenneth Miller, professor of Biology at Brown University, on “Matter, Life, and Evolution: A Universe Aware of Itself.” Professor Miller is the author of Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution (1999), among many other books and articles. Following Evening Prayer at 5:30, a light dinner will be served at 6 pm. The program will begin at about 6:45 pm and will conclude by 8 pm. Please see the flyer enclosed in the Kalendar for more details.

The Way of the Cross – Friday evenings in Lent (March 6, 13 & 27, but not March 20) we offer Evening Prayer at 6 pm, followed by Stations of the Cross. Come and make this one of your Lenten devotions.

Society of Mary – The Society of Mary will meet this Saturday (14 March) for 9 am Morning Prayer, 9:30 Mass, then recitation of the Rosary. Everyone is invited.

Stations of the Cross & Stabat Mater – On Sunday 22 March at 5:30 pm, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we will offer Choral Stations of the Cross, featuring the Schola Cantorum singing Orlande de Lassus’s Stabat Mater à 8 voci. Please note the date and plan to join us.

Easter Flowers – If you would like to make a flower offering at Easter – in thanksgiving or in memoriam - please fill out the enclosed envelope and either put it in the offering plate or return it to the parish office no later than Wednesday 25 March.

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Jonno, Patrick, Townsend, Norman, Andrea, Marion, Sue, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Richard, Angela, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Henry, James, Richard, and Dianne.

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Ruth Hannah Godfrey (9 March 1987), Donald S. Chase (11 March 1998), Frank Chace (11 March 1993), George Freemont Bliven (13 March 1983), and Elizabeth Grinnell Allen (13 March 1985); Recently Departed: Matthew Jeremy Baker, Priest, Zelma Smith, and Arthur K. D. Kepert, Priest.

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for pray the Church Meru - (Kenya): The Rt. Rev’d Charles Mwendwa; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of Amazing Grace at the ACI.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes - MC S Brazil; SD B Rose; Thurifer L Bledsoe; Crucifer R Himes, Torches G Benziger, DO Latimer
Lector – T Johnson
Ushers – T Bledsoe, K Benziger
Coffee Hour – M Johnson and RG Noble

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 8 March
Lenten Series (Speaker: Kenneth Miller) 6 pm

Monday 9 March
Guild of All Souls (following 6 pm Low Mass)

Saturday 14 March
Society of Mary (following 9:30 am Low Mass & Recitation of the Rosary)

Sunday 15 March
Lenten Series (Speaker: Phoebe Pettingell) 6 pm


EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Saturday 14 March
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE 

Sunday 8 March
THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Compline 9 pm

Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Week of Lent 3, Year 1

Monday 9 March
Monday in III Lent (V)
(Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass (with prayers for March departed) 6 pm (V)

Tuesday 10 March
Tuesday in III Lent (V)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Wednesday 11 March
Wednesday in III Lent (V)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Thursday 12 March
Thursday in III Lent (V)
(Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Friday 13 March
Friday in III Lent (V)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Evening Prayer & Stations of the Cross 6 pm

Saturday 14 March
Saturday in III Lent (V)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Holy Rosary 10 am

Sunday 15 March
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Rose)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Compline 9 pm


NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (March 15)

The Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year B
Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21