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NOVEMBER 2015
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| Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, All Saints |
FROM
THE RECTOR
It is a great joy to be able to celebrate All Saints Day this Sunday. The Communion of Saints is both a doctrine and a reality in the spiritual lives of Christians. The Church consists not just of its members alive in this world, but of all those who have gone before us, known to us and unknown. They inspire us by their examples, strengthen us with their fellowship, and aid us with their prayers. That is cause for celebration. Please join us -- Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS
SUNDAY’S READINGS
All Saints Day, Year B
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Altar
Flowers today are given to the glory of God, and in thanksgiving for the
birthdays of James and Andrew Alexander, by Fr. John and Elizabeth Alexander.
All Souls Day – Requiem for
the Commemoration of all Faithful Departed will be tomorrow Monday 2 November at 6 pm, preceded by
Evening Prayer in the Lady Chapel at 5:30 pm.
Society
of Mary – The Society
of Mary will meet this Saturday 7 November for 9 am Morning Prayer, 9:30
Mass, and recitation of the Rosary. Everyone is invited.
Steve’s Poetry Slam – This afternoon at 3 pm, all are invited
to attend the second meeting of Steve’s Poetry Slam. All parishioners are
welcome. Please bring two poems, one to read and discuss and a second in
reserve. If you have questions, please see Tom Oakes.
Lecture-Recital – Next 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.
Mini-Pilgrimage – On Saturday
21 November, the parish ward of the Society of Mary will visit the Shrine
of Ste. Thérèse of Lisieux in Nasonville, Rhode Island, following Morning
Prayer (9 am) and Mass (9:30 am) in the Lady Chapel. Please let us know if you
would like to participate so we can organize car-pooling to get there. For more
information, please speak to Fr. Alexander (Ward Superior) or Phoebe Pettingell
(Ward Secretary).
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, Robert, 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.
Birthdays this week –
Charles
Rejto (November 3), Andrew Alexander
(November 4), Albert
Ferreira (November 5), and Devan Latimer (November 6).
The faithful departed:
Year’s mind: Gilbert Jarvis (5
November 1999), and Joseph James Bodell, Jr. (5 November 2006), and June
Littlefield. (6 November 1983).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the
Diocese of Truro (Canterbury, England): The Rt. Rev’d Timothy Thornton, and
Truro St. Germans (Canterbury, England): The Rev’d Christopher David
Goldsmith); and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of All Saints’, Providence
and of All Saints’, Warwick.
THE
SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes - MC S Brazil SD R Armidon; Thurifer R Noble; Crucifer W
Dilworth; Torches L Rejto, R Callanan
Lector – J Chamberlin
Ushers – J Steiny, K Benziger
Coffee Hour – K Vorbeck Williams, T Oakes, P Fuller
THIS
WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 1 November
Steve’s Poetry Slam 3 pm
Saturday 7 November
Society of Mary (following Low Mass & Recitation of the Rosary)
Berton Organ Rehearsal 11 am
Sunday 8 November
Lecture-Recital: The Improvisations of Gerre Hancock 4 pm
(Co-sponsored by the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Guild of Organists)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 7 November
Epiphany Soup Kitchen
2 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 1 November
ALL SAINTS DAY (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass & Procession 10 am
Evening Prayer with EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Office & Mass
Lectionary: Proper 26, Year 1
Monday 2 November
ALL SOULS DAY (B)
Evening Prayer
5:30 pm
Sung Requiem 6 pm
Tuesday 3 November
Richard Hooker,
Priest, Teacher, 1600 (W)
Martin de Porres, Friar, 1639
Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, 1148
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Wednesday 4 November
Charles Borromeo,
Archbishop of Milan, 1584 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 5 November
Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 6 November
Leonard, Hermit, 6th
century (W)
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944
Angelus 12 Noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 7 November
Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739 (G)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Holy Rosary 10 am
Sunday 8 November
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST (G) – 8 AM
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY (Black) – 10 AM
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass with Holy
Baptism 8 am
Requiem Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer with
EMBR* 5:30 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (November 8)
Proper
27, Year B – 8 am
Remembrance Sunday – 10 am
