PARISH NOTES
Sunday 11 June 2017
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| Albrecht Durer, Throne of Mercy (Detail), 1511 |
FROM THE RECTOR
The biblically-based doctrine of the Holy Trinity teaches that the mystery at the heart of reality is communion. The three divine Persons of the Godhead each have a distinctive identity yet are united in relations of mutual love; and this love sets the pattern for all creation. As human beings we each have our distinct identity as individuals yet find the fulfillment of our being in loving relations of mutuality and reciprocity. In other words, we are made for life in community, precisely because we have been created in the image of the Triune God. Come join in the Church's celebration of this great mystery on Trinity Sunday. -- Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Trinity Sunday – Year A
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eucharistic Adoration – This Saturday 17 June, 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.
Change to Daily Mass Schedule – Effective Saturday 1 July, the schedule for Saturday and federal Public Holidays will shift back a half hour to Morning Prayer at 9:30 am and Mass at 10 am. Please make a note of the change.
Sunday School Recognition – On Sunday 25 June at the 10 am Solemn Mass, we will recognize the students and teachers who participated in the Sunday School program this year. Please make every effort to attend.
Annual Parish Barbecue – is scheduled for Sunday 25 June in the Great Hall, immediately following the 10 am Solemn Mass. We need volunteers to coordinate, help set up, to bring food and beverages, to work the grill, and to clean up.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Townsend, Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn, Mark, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Robert, Katherine, Sally, John, Ed, Virginia, Kirsten, Beverly, Deborah, Yolanda, Angela, Bobby, George, Carlos, Rhoda, William, and James.
Birthdays this week: Charles Andrews & DeOnte Latimer (14 June), Jason Ashley (16 June).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Warren Davis Phillips (13 June 1986), Palmer Congdon (14 June 1989), Agnes McCoy (16 June 1989), and J. Carter Brown (17 June 2002); Recently Departed: The Rev. Carlson Gerdeau, OGS.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the church in Northern California (VIII, The Episcopal Church): The Rt. Rev’d Barry Beisner; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of Trinity, Cranston; Trinity, Newport; Trinity, North Scituate; Holy Trinity, Tiverton; and St. Barnabas’, Warwick.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC S Brazil SD Z Painter; Thurifer D Malo; Crucifer L Verdelotti; Torches C Sylvia, R Callanan
Lector – M Johnson
Ushers – J Chamberlin, N Gingrich
Coffee Hour – P Fuller, T Oakes, & K Vorbeck Williams
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Tuesday 13 June
Vestry Meeting 7pm
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 17 June
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 11 June
TRINITY SUNDAY (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Daily Office and Mass Lectionaries: Proper 5, Year One
Monday 12 June
Feria (G)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 13 June
Anthony of Padua, Priest & Doctor, 1231 (G or W)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 14 June
Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass with 6 pm
Thursday 15 June
CORPUS CHRISTI (W)
Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Friday 16 June
Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752 (G or W)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 17 June
Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Eucharistic Adoration 10 am
Sunday 18 June
TRINITY SUNDAY (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (18 June)
Corpus Christi Sunday
Deuteronomy 8:2-3
Psalm 116:10-17
1 Corinthians 11:23-29
John 6:47-58
