S. Stephen's Church in Providence: October 2018

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

PARISH NOTES

Sunday 4 November 2018

Icon of All Saints (19th century).
Agiou Pavlou Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece

FROM THE RECTOR

In the past week, we have witnessed horrifying manifestations of evil abroad in the world: letter bombs sent through the mail to public figures; eleven Jewish worshipers murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Such crimes of hatred confront us with the depths of depravity to which the human spirit can sink, especially in conditions of social tension and political dislocation.

As Christians we have a moral obligation to repudiate all forms of political violence and scapegoating of minorities; and anti-Semitism in particular. As Pope John Paul II rightly said, the Jews are our elder brothers and sisters in faith; through them we have inherited God’s promises to Abraham and his descendants. Christ, Our Lady, and the Apostles were all observant Jews. In a time of mounting anti-Semitism in our country, we are called to stand in solidarity with our Jewish neighbors.

All Saints and All Souls come this year at an opportune time. The Solemnity of All Saints reminds us that despite the evil in the world, God’s Spirit still moves among his people to inspire goodness and heroism. Think of the first responders who came to the aid of those under attack. Think of the way that community organizations in Pittsburgh, including the local Islamic Center, have rallied around to support the people of the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

The Holy Spirit’s work is not confined to the Church but, as Christians, we rely on our Saints to show us that lives of holiness in Christ remain possible for each one of us. On the Sunday after All Saints Day (November 4), we shall be administering Holy Baptism to Tayo Heuser and recommitting ourselves with her to our Baptismal Promises, which invite us to become saints, holy ones of God.

All Souls Day in turn bids us pray not only for those whom we love but see no longer, but for All the Faithful Departed. Those who lost their lives in the Tree of Life Synagogue were martyrs who witnessed to their faith even unto death. The All Souls Sung Requiem Mass (at 7 pm on November 2) will be offered with special intention that, along with all the Faithful Departed, they may rest in peace and rise in glory. – Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)— Messe in C-dur “Windhaagermesse,” WAB 25 for alto solo and French horns

Edgar Bainton (1880-1956)— And I saw a new heaven

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Sunday After All Saints Day

Psalm 149

Ecclesiasticus 2:7-11
Ephesians 1:15-23
Luke 6:20-36

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Stewardship Program – It’s that time of year again! If you are on our email distribution list, you will soon be receiving an invitation to make your pledge of financial contributions to S. Stephen’s for 2019. Please keep an eye out for this email, which will contain information on how to make your pledge online. If you are not currently receiving parish emails, please give Fr. Alexander or Jacob Ihnen your email address. The technologically challenged need not despair: hard-copy pledge forms will be made available to all who prefer to make their pledges the old-fashioned way! To aid the Vestry in planning and approving a parish budget for 2019, our goal is to receive ninety percent of all pledges by November 18th (the Sunday before Thanksgiving) In the meantime, please consider prayerfully what you can offer; your parish is counting on your support and generosity.

Volunteer for Acolyte Rota – Fr. Alexander is seeking parishioners young and old who would like to be trained as servers for the 10:00 am Mass on Sundays and for special services throughout the year. Please get in touch with him if you are willing or know someone else who would be. Thank you!

College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) will be meeting next Sunday, November 11th, at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer with dinner to follow. All undergraduate and graduate students are most welcome and invited to attend!

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, Richard, Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn, Lynne, William, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Sandy, John, Phebe, Gregory, Jack, Richard, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly, Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Rhoda, William, and James.

Birthdays this week: Andrew Alexander (Sunday 11/4), Albert Ferreira (Monday 11/5), Charles Calverley (Thursday 11/8), Leana Hooks (Friday 11/9), and Peter Gibson (Saturday 11/10).

The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Gilbert Jarvis (5 November 1999), Joseph James Bodell, Jr. (5 November 2006), June Littlefield (6 November 1983), Chester Arthur Files (9 November 1987), and Lillian A. Crumby (9 November 1997). Recently Departed: Patricia Herlihy.

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for The Church of Ceylon (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury), the Diocese of Colombo - (Ceylon): The Rt. Rev’d Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey, and the Diocese of Kurunegala - (Ceylon): The Rt. Rev’d Keerthisiri Fernando; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of All Saints', Providence and of All Saints', Pontiac and for fair and just elections.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes – MC J Ihnen, SD F Pisaturo, Thurifer J Starks, Crucifer W Dilworth, Torches K Rejto and G Benziger

Lector – T Oakes

Ushers – Bobby Rose and Joy D'Ambra

Coffee Hour – Leana Hooks

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 4 November

Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm (Lady Chapel)

Rector's Book Discussion Group: Walk in Love Chapters 21, 22, 23 (Videoconference)

Tuesday 6 November

Budget Committee Meeting 6:30 pm (Library)

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Friday 9 November

RUF Meeting 4:00-11:00 pm (Great Hall)

Saturday 10 November

Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

4 November

THE SUNDAY AFTER ALL SAINTS DAY (W)

Morning Prayer 8:00 am

Low Mass 8:10 am

Solemn Mass & Procession with Holy Baptism 10:00 am

Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm

Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Proper 26, Year Two

Monday 5 November

FERIA (G)

Evening Prayer 5:30 pm

Low Mass 6:00 pm

Tuesday 6 November

Leonard, Hermit, 6th century (W)
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944 (W)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Wednesday 7 November

Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739 (W)

Evening Prayer 5:30 pm

Low Mass 6:00 pm

Thursday 8 November

Saints and Martyrs of the Anglican Communion (W)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Friday 9 November

Margery Kempe, Mystic, c. 1440 (W)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Saturday 10 November

Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 461 (W)

Morning Prayer 9:30 am

Low Mass 10:00 am

11 November

Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Morning Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass 8:10 am (Green)
Solemn Requiem Mass for Remembrance Sunday 10:00 am (Black)
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (11 November)

Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 27, Year B (8 am)
Psalm 146:4-9
1 Kings 17:8-16
Hebrews 9:24-28
Mark 12:38-44

Remembrance Sunday (10 am)
Isaiah 2:1-5
Romans 8:31-39
John 15:9-17

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

PARISH NOTES

Sunday 28 October 2018

Lucas van Leyden. Christ Healing the Blind Man of Jericho. 1531. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

FROM THE RECTOR

“What do you want me to do for you?” In this Sunday’s Gospel Jesus asks blind Bartimaeus exactly the same question that he asked James and John the sons of Zebedee in last Sunday’s Gospel. Their response was prideful and ambitious: “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” Bartimaeus’s response is humble and simple: “Master, let me receive my sight.” Jesus grants his request, declaring, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” But instead of going his way, Bartimaeus follows Jesus on the way – in explicit contrast to the rich man in the Gospel reading of two weeks ago who “went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.” Bartimaeus thus stands as a model of faithful discipleship: crying out to the Lord, acknowledging his need, receiving his sight, and following Jesus on the way. If Jesus asked us the same question – What do you want me to do for you? – how would we answer? – Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)— Missa Aedis Christi

William Byrd (1538-1623)— Sing joyfully

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost – Proper 25, Year B

Psalm 126
Jeremiah 31:7-9
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 10:46-52

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to S. Stephen’s – especially to our visitors and guests! We’re glad to have you with us. Please join us for Coffee Hour following the 10 a.m. Mass in the Great Hall upstairs. If you have any questions or special needs, please speak to one of the ushers, who will be glad to assist you.

Saint Simon and Saint Jude (October 28th) – a major feast of the church year, is transferred this year to Monday, October 29, with Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm, and Low Mass following at 6:00 pm.

All Saints Day (November 1st) – a major feast of the church year will be kept this Thursday with Noonday Prayer at 12:00 noon, and Low Mass following at 12:10 pm.

All Souls Day (November 2nd) – will be commemorated with a Sung Requiem Mass this Friday at 7:00 pm. Please get your list of departed loved ones to the Parish Office no later than Tuesday, October 30, and make every effort to attend this beautiful and moving liturgy if you can. Thank you!

Society of Mary – meets this Saturday, November 3, beginning with Holy Rosary following the 10:00 am Mass and a brief meeting (for coffee and bagels) to follow in the Great Hall. All are welcome and invited.

Volunteer for Acolyte Rota – Fr. Alexander is seeking parishioners young and old who would like to be trained as servers for the 10:00 am Mass on Sundays and for special services throughout the year. Please get in touch with him if you are willing or know someone else who would be. Thank you!

College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) will be meeting next Sunday, November 4th, at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer with dinner to follow. All undergraduate and graduate students are most welcome and invited to attend!

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Clifton Milner Fidler (28 October 1983) and Heather A. Morgan (31 October 1997). Recently Departed: Lawrence DeCesare, John Hall (Priest), Pamela Haselock, Patricia Herlihy, Edward K. Hooks, and F. Washington (Tony) Jarvis (Priest).

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for The Church in the Province of the West Indies; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for our upcoming Diocesan Convention, for those to be elected or appointed and for the many ministries we will celebrate.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes – MC R Noble, SD W Dilworth, Thurifer F Pisaturo, Crucifer J Ihnen, Torches C Sylvia and L Verdelotti

Lector – P Pettingell

Ushers – Tom Bledsoe and Phoebe Pettingell

Coffee Hour – Modu Johnson

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 28 October

Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm (Lady Chapel)

Book Discussion Group: Walk in Love, Chapters 19, 20 (Videoconference) 7:00 pm

Saturday 3 November
Society of Mary 10:30 am (Lady Chapel/Great Hall)

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Friday 2 November

RUF Meeting 4:00-11:00 pm (Great Hall)

Saturday 3 November

Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

28 October

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)

Morning Prayer 8:00 am

Low Mass 8:10 am

Solemn Mass 10:00 am

Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm

Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Proper 25, Year Two

Monday 29 October

SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE (transferred) (R)

Evening Prayer 5:30 pm

Low Mass 6:00 pm

Tuesday 30 October

FERIA (G)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Wednesday 31 October

FERIA (G)

Evening Prayer 5:30 pm

Low Mass 6:00 pm

Thursday 1 November

ALL SAINTS DAY (W)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Friday 2 November

All Souls Day (Black)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Sung Requiem Mass 7:00 pm

Saturday 3 November

Richard Hooker, Priest, Teacher, 1600 (W)
Martin de Porres, Friar, 1639 (W)
Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, 1148 (W)

Morning Prayer 9:30 am

Low Mass 10:00 am
Holy Rosary 10:30 am

4 November

SUNDAY AFTER ALL SAINTS DAY (W)
Morning Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10:00 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (4 November)

Sunday After All Saints Day
Psalm 149
Ecclesiasticus 2:7-11
Ephesians 1:15-23
Luke 6:20-36

Friday, October 19, 2018

PARISH NOTES

Sunday 21 October 2018

Lorenzo Monaco, Christ as Man of Sorrows (1415-1417). Private collection.

FROM THE RECTOR

This Sunday’s readings emphasize Christ’s role as Servant. The Old Testament reading from Isaiah 53 speaks of “the righteous one, my servant” who by his suffering makes many to be accounted righteous. The Gospel reading from Mark 10 holds up the Son of man, who “came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Christ is the Servant first of God and then of those he came to save. When James and John the sons of Zebedee ask to sit one at his right and one at his left in his glory, he asks them whether they are able to drink the cup that he must drink and be baptized with the baptism with which he must be baptized—alluding to his imminent suffering and death. In other words, the pattern of Christian discipleship is not self-affirmation or self-fulfillment, but humble service of God and our neighbor even at the cost of total self-sacrifice. Paradoxically, however, this way of sacrificial self-giving is the only sure path to perfect freedom, fulfillment, and glory. Join us this Sunday as we explore what it means to be servants of Christ, the Servant of God. – Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC

John Taverner (1490-1545)— Missa Sancti Wilhelmi

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)— Vere languores nostros

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost
– Proper 24, Year B

Psalm 91:9-16
Isaiah 53:4-12
Hebrews 5:1-10
Mark 10:35-45

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Memorial Organ Recital – This evening, October 21st, at 5:30 pm, the annual Memorial Recital at S. Stephen’s will feature Choirmaster and Organist James Busby and guest Kevin Darrow, oboe. With works of J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, Guy Bovet, Joseph-Ermend Bonnal, and Louis Vierne. A reception follows the service. All are most welcome and invited to attend!

Reception following Recital – It’s not too late to sign up on one of the sheets in the Narthex and Great Hall to bring food items to the reception following the Memorial Recital this evening!

Saint James of Jerusalem (October 23rd) – a major feast of the church year, will be kept on Tuesday with Noonday Prayer at 12:00 noon, and Low Mass following at 12:10 pm.

The S. Stephen – All Saints and All Souls 2018 Issue is in the mail and available in the Narthex and online by clicking here.

Budget Committee – The Vestry Committee charged with drafting a parish budget for 2019 will begin meeting soon, and needs to include some parishioners who are not Vestry members. Anyone interested in finding out more about this volunteer opportunity, please speak to Treasurer George Ryan or Senior Warden Tom Bledsoe.

Volunteer for Acolyte Rota – Fr. Alexander is seeking parishioners young and old who would like to be trained to serve as acolytes for the 10:00 am Mass on Sundays and for special services throughout the year. Please get in touch with him if you are willing or know someone else who would be. Thank you!

College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) will be meeting next Sunday, October 28th, at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer with dinner to follow. All undergraduate and graduate students are most welcome and invited to attend!

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, Richard, Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn, Lynne, William, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Patricia, Sandy, John, Phebe, Gregory, Jack, Richard, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly, Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Rhoda, William, and James.

The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Mary Elizabeth Moss (21 October 2017). Recently Departed: Lawrence DeCesare, John Hall (Priest), Pamela Haselock, Edward K. Hooks, and F. Washington (Tony) Jarvis (Priest).

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for The Church of the Province of West Africa: The Most Rev’d Dr. Daniel Sarfo, Primate & Metropolitan, CPWA, Archbishop of the Internal province of Ghana and Bishop of Kumasi; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for those who serve on the Diocesan Commission on Investments, Commission on Finance, Program and Budget Committee, congregational stewardship committees, treasurers, auditors, bookkeepers and all those who are stewards of the wealth God has entrusted to the church.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes – MC F Pisaturo, SD J Ihnen, Thurifer J Starks, Crucifer L Verdelotti, Torches R Noble and W Dilworth

Lector – M Johnson

Ushers – Chris Martel and George Ryan

Coffee Hour – Nancy Gingrich, Tom Oakes, and Louis Verdelotti

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 21 October

Memorial Organ Recital 5:30 pm (Nave)

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Friday 26 October

RUF Meeting 4:00-11:00 pm (Great Hall)

Saturday 27 October

Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

21 October

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)

Morning Prayer 8:00 am

Low Mass 8:10 am

Solemn Mass 10:00 am

Memorial Recital (no Evening Prayer) 5:30 pm

Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Proper 24, Year Two

Monday 22 October

FERIA (G)

Evening Prayer 5:30 pm

Low Mass 6:00 pm

Tuesday 23 October

SAINT JAMES OF JERUSALEM (R)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Wednesday 24 October

Raphael, Archangel (W)

Evening Prayer 5:30 pm

Low Mass 6:00 pm

Thursday 25 October

Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c. 287 (R)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Friday 26 October

Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 (W)
Cedd, Abbot, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664 (W)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Saturday 27 October

FERIA (G)

Morning Prayer 9:30 am

Low Mass 10:00 am

28 October

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10:00 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (28 October)

Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost – Proper 25, Year B

Psalm 126
Jeremiah 31:7-9
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 10:46-52

Maestro de la Ventisilla, Apostles James and John, Sons of Zebedee (1501-1533). Museum of Santiago and the Pilgrimages, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In this painting, a bearded James bears his emblem of a pilgrim’s staff and hat with a scallop shell, while John is depicted as a young man bearing his emblem of a chalice with a snake. (According to legend, in Ephesus John was given a cup of poisoned wine to drink; when he blessed the cup the poison departed the cup in the form of a snake.)

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

PARISH NOTES

Sunday 14 October 2018

Contemporary Orthodox Icon of Christ as High Priest

FROM THE RECTOR

Traditional Christian theology speaks of Christ’s triplex munus or “threefold office” of Prophet, Priest, and King. (The Latin munus can also be translated “service,” “duty,” “work,” or “ministry.”) This Sunday’s reading from the Letter to the Hebrews refers specifically to his priestly office: “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been in every way tempted as we are, yet without sin.” A priest offers sacrifice to God on behalf of the people, especially for the forgiveness of sins. Christ is our great high priest in that as God incarnate he offers on the cross a sacrifice of infinite value, and then carries this offering into heaven to intercede before the Father on our behalf. Every Eucharist is a re-presentation, a making-present, of that one, full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. We are united with his sacrifice and receive his life into ourselves every time we come forward for Holy Communion. There is no greater joy in this world or the next than to know Jesus Christ as our great high priest. Let us hold fast our confession.
– Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC

William Byrd (1540-1623)— Mass for five voices

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)— Psalm 121

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost – Proper 23, Year B

Psalm 90:12-17
Amos 5:6-7,10-15
Hebrews 4:12-16
Mark 10:17-31

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Saint Luke the Evangelist (October 18th) – a major feast of the church year, will be kept on Thursday with Noonday Prayer at 12:00 noon, and Low Mass following at 12:10 pm.

Monthly Requiem – for the departed of this parish whose year’s mind falls during October will be offered this Saturday, 20 October, at 10:00 am (preceded by Morning Prayer at 9:30 am). If you have any names to add to those to be remembered, please let Fr. Alexander know. See GAS announcement below.

Guild of All Souls: St. Stephen, Proto-Martyr Branch – S. Stephen’s celebrates a parish Requiem Mass on the Third Saturday of most months at the 10:00 am Mass. Departed members of the parish whose anniversaries fall during the month are remembered in prayer, and anyone may submit additional names of the departed.

The Parish Calendar 2018-2019 – is in the mail along with The S. Stephen. Both it and the Liturgical Music brochure are available to view and download on the parish website: sstephens.org

Memorial Organ Recital – On October 21st, at 5:30 pm, the annual Memorial Recital at S. Stephen’s will feature Choirmaster and Organist James Busby and guest Kevin Darrow, oboe. With works of J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, Guy Bovet, Joseph-Ermend Bonnal, and Louis Vierne. A reception follows the service. All are most welcome and invited to attend!

Reception following Recital – Please sign up on one of the sheets in the Narthex and Great Hall to bring food items to the reception following the Memorial Recital (see above announcement) on October 21st.

Budget Committee – The Vestry Committee charged with drafting a parish budget for 2019 will begin meeting soon, and needs to include some parishioners who are not Vestry members. Anyone interested in finding out more about this volunteer opportunity, please speak to Treasurer George Ryan or Senior Warden Tom Bledsoe.

Volunteer for Acolyte Rota – Fr. Alexander is seeking parishioners young and old who would like to be trained to serve as acolytes for the 10:00 am Mass on Sundays and for special services throughout the year. Please get in touch with him if you are willing or know someone else who would be. Thank you!

College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) will not be meeting next Sunday, October 21st, as the Memorial Organ Recital will be taking place at our usual time. All undergraduate and graduate students are welcome and invited to attend the recital and reception afterwards!

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Birthdays this week: Christine Sylvia (Tuesday 10/16).

The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: David W. Marsland (14 October 1993), William N. H. Potterton (17 October 1997), Phyllis Hayden Potterton (20 October 1997), and Megda Dunham Hawkins (20 October 1984). Recently Departed: John Hall (Priest), Pamela Haselock, Edward K. Hooks, and F. Washington (Tony) Jarvis (Priest).

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for The Church in Wales: The Most Rev’d John Davies, Archbishop of Wales & Bishop of Swansea & Brecon; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of St. Luke's, East Greenwich and of St. Luke's, Pawtucket.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes – MC J Ihnen, SD R Noble, Thurifer J Starks, Crucifer F Pisaturo, Torches L Verdelotti and G Benziger

Lector – J Steiny

Ushers – Tom Oakes and Simon Newby

Coffee Hour – Alison Huff and Kate Lester

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 14 October

Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm (Lady Chapel)

Saturday 20 October

Guild of All Souls 10:00 am (Lady Chapel)

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Friday 19 October

RUF Meeting 4:00-11:00 pm (Great Hall)

Saturday 20 October

Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

14 October

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)

Morning Prayer 8:00 am

Low Mass 8:10 am

Solemn Mass 10:00 am

Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm

Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Proper 23, Year Two

Monday 15 October

Teresa of Avila, Carmelite Nun, Teacher, 1582 (W)
Funeral Mass of Edward K. Hooks 10:00 am

Evening Prayer 5:30 pm

Low Mass 6:00 pm

Tuesday 16 October

Gall, Hermit, 670 (W)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Wednesday 17 October

Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c. 107 (R)

Evening Prayer 5:30 pm

Low Mass 6:00 pm

Thursday 18 October

SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST (R)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Friday 19 October

Frideswide, Abbess, Patron of the city and University of Oxford, c. 735 (W)

Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon

Low Mass 12:10 pm

Saturday 20 October

FERIA

Morning Prayer 9:30 am

Low Requiem Mass (Black) 10:00 am

21 October

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10:00 am
Memorial Recital (no Evening Prayer) 5:30 pm

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (21 October)

Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost – Proper 24, Year B

Psalm 91:9-16
Isaiah 53:4-12
Hebrews 5:1-10
Mark 10:35-45

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