ONLINE PARISH NOTES

SUNDAY 17 AUGUST 2014

Emblem of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate

FROM THE RECTOR

Religious leaders in the United States, including the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, have called on people of faith to observe this Sunday, August 17, as a day of prayer for persecuted Christians and religious minorities in Iraq and elsewhere. Communities of Christians have existed in what is today Syria and Iraq since the earliest spread of the Gospel in the first century AD. They are now faced with genocide at the hands of Islamist extremists (whose teachings and practices are a distortion and perversion of the authentic teachings of Islam). Both Masses at S. Stephen’s this Sunday will be offered with special intentions for their safety and protection. Please join us and show your solidarity with persecuted Iraqi Christians by your prayers and presence. – Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Proper 15, Year A (August 17)
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8; Psalm 67; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15: (10-20) 21-28

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Guest Organist – Today we welcome Jeffrey Mills to the organ, who joins us this week and next while James Busby is out of town.

Curate Away – Fr. Blake Sawicky is on vacation this Sunday (August 17) and for the coming week. He will be back with us next Sunday.

Change in Weekday Mass Schedule – Please note that after Labor Day, the Monday service schedule will be changed to: Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm, Low Mass at 6 pm. All other weekday services will remain at the same times.

Flower Memorial Opportunities – If you would like to order flowers for the High Altar or the statue of our Lady in memory of a loved one or in thanksgiving for blessings received, the cost per vase for the High Altar is $80 (both vases $160), and $65 for a vase at the Statue of our Lady. You are welcome to contribute the cost of one or more vases on a Sunday. Please send a check to the parish office for the amount, and let Cory MacLean know the intentions for which the flowers are offered.

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Nicholas, Nancy, Will, Townsend, Norman, David, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Harrington, Davaughn, Hugh, Beverly, Angela, Rhoda, Henry, Thomas, James, Richard, Lynne, Kathleen, and Richard.

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Frank B. Mauk (20 August 1987), Edith Woolsey Nutt (22 August 2005), and Robert E. Latham (23 August 1999).

Birthdays this week: Bruce Lennihan (August 17th) Joel McCoy (August 21st)

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for The Church of South India (United): The Most Rev’d Gnanasigamony Devakadasham, Moderator CSI and Bishop of Kanyakumari; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for clergy of the Diocese: A. Milton Cheney, David W. Brown, Norman Catir, John Evans, Karen Fraioli, Michele Matott, and Michael Pearson.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes -- MC R Armidon; SD D Latimer: Thurifer L Verdelotti; Crucifer D Callanan; Torches K Rejto, R Callanan

Lector -- P Pettingell

Ushers -- B Lennihan, T Oakes

Coffee Hour -- E Hooks, L Latimer

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Saturday 23 August Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

Sunday 17 August TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am

Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Proper 15, Year Two

Monday 18 August Feria (G)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Tuesday 19 August Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Wednesday 20 August Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Teacher, 1153 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Thursday 21 August Jane Frances de Chantal, Founder of the Order of the Visitation, 1641 (W)
Abraham of Smolensk, Abbot, 1221
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Friday 22 August Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (B)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Saturday 23 August Rose of Lima, Dominican Nun, 1617 (W)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am

Sunday 24 August 

ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G) – 8 AM
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE (R) – 10 AM
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (August 24)

Proper 16, Year A – 8 am
Isaiah 51:1-6 

Psalm 138
Romans 12:1-8
Matthew 16:13-20

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle – 10 am
Deuteronomy 18:15-18
1 Corinthians 4:9-15
Luke 22:24-30