ONLINE PARISH NOTES
SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 2015
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| Simone Martini, Saint Luke, 1330s |
FROM THE RECTOR
When a major Saint's Day falls on a Sunday during the "green season" of Sundays after Pentecost, a.k.a. "Ordinary Time," the Prayer Book gives us permission to substitute the "Collect, Preface, and one or more of the Lessons appointed for the Feast ... for those of the Sunday" (p. 16). Accordingly, this Sunday we are keeping the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel according to Saint Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. It is a great joy and privilege to be able to celebrate these feasts of the Saints at our Sunday Masses. Please join us. -- Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Saint James of Jerusalem (October 23) – a major Holy Day of the Church
year, will be kept this Friday with Angelus at 12 noon and Low Mass at 12:10
pm.
Eucharistic Adoration – This Saturday 24 October, the Confraternity
of the Blessed Sacrament will sponsor approximately an hour of silent prayer
and meditation in the Lady Chapel before the Blessed Sacrament, beginning
shortly after the end of the 9:30 am Mass, and concluding by 11 am. All are
welcome and invited to participate.
Stewardship Brunch – Our
Stewardship Brunch will be held next Sunday 25 October following the 10 am
Mass. (Please let us know if you have not received an invitation and would like
to come; you are definitely welcome to attend if you want to.) If you have not
already done so, please let us know whether or not you will be able to attend
by Wednesday 21 October, by leaving a message with the parish office at
421-6702, ext. 1, or via email to office@sstephens.necoxmail.com. We look
forward to seeing you there.
All
Souls Day –
Requiem for the Commemoration of all Faithful Departed will be kept on Monday 2
November at 6 pm, preceded by Evening Prayer in the Lady Chapel at 5:30 pm. If
you would like the names of departed loved ones read at the Mass, please
legibly fill out the form included in today’s Kalendar, and either give it to
an usher or slip it through the office door mail slot before you leave. The
deadline for submissions is Thursday, October 29th.
Lecture-Recital
– On Sunday 8 November at 4 pm, in conjunction with the
Rhode Island Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, we will host a
lecture-recital entitled “The Improvisations of Gerre Hancock”, featuring Peter
Stoltzfus Berton, organist/choirmaster at St. John the Evangelist in Newport,
and former assistant to Hancock. This event is free. All are welcome.
Goodwill
Industries –
There is a clothing collection box in the Great Hall for the next few weeks on
behalf of Goodwill Industries. One of their objectives is helping people in
need to find employment, and to that end, they are accepting donations of
clothing suitable for job interviews. If you have anything at home you can
spare, please bring it.
FOR
YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Nicholas, Patricia,
Nancy, Townsend, Norman, Elva, Ethel, Andrea, Michael, Mark, Sue, Hannah,
Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Deborah, Peter, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Bernice,
Ellen-Jean, Richard, Maureen, Sandy, Donald, Stephen, Angela, Bobby, Sally,
Rhoda, Ned, Charles, Frederick, Henry, James, and Dianne.
The faithful departed:
Year’s mind: Phyllis Hayden
Potterton (20 October 1997), and Megda Dunham Hawkins (20 October 1984). Recently
Departed: William Joyce.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church
in The Arctic - (Rupert's Land, Canada): The Rt. Rev’d David Parsons, and
Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of the Arctic - (Rupert's Land, Canada): The
Rt. Rev’d Darren McCartney; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray
for leadership and people of St. Luke’s, East
Greenwich and of St. Luke’s, Pawtucket.
THE
SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes - MC W Dilworth SD R Armidon; Thurifer L Verdelotti;
Crucifer S Brazil; Torches DO Latimer, E Benziger
Lector – E Alexander
Ushers – E Drew, T Oakes
Coffee Hour – M Johnson & family
THIS
WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 25 October
Stewardship Luncheon 11:45 am
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 24 October
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 18 October
SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST (R)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer with EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Office &
Mass Lectionary: Proper 24, Year 1
Monday 19 October
Frideswide, Abbess,
Patron of the city and University of Oxford, c. 735 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6:00 pm
Tuesday 20 October
Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Wednesday 21 October
Feria (G)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 22 October
Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 23 October
SAINT JAMES OF JERUSALEM (R)
Angelus 12 Noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 24 October
Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Eucharistic
Adoration 10 am (until 11 am)
Sunday 18 October
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer with EMBR 5:30 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (October 25)
Proper 25, Year B - (Revised Common Lectionary)
