PARISH NOTES
SUNDAY 22 MAY 2016
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| Andrei Rublev, The Trinity, 1425 |
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Trinity Sunday, Year C
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Flowers – at the High Altar are given to the glory of God, by Brian Ehlers.
Brown Commencement Sunday – Next Sunday, 29 May, we will offer our customary round of services: Morning Prayer at 7:30 am, followed by Low Mass at 8 am, and Solemn Mass at 10 am. Please note there will be no 10 am Coffee Hour due to a Brown departmental ceremony being held in the Great Hall. You should be able to find parking within a few blocks of the church, but please note that there will be no parking allowed on George Street between Prospect and Thayer Streets. If you wish to drop someone off, please note that traffic on George Street will be one way from the west between Brown and Thayer only. The stretch between Benefit and Brown Streets will be blocked off, so you must approach from Brown Street.
Church Sitting – We are seeking volunteers who are willing to come on Friday 27 May and Saturday 28 May to sit in the church so that we may keep it open for visitors. If you would like to serve, please let us know by sending email or calling the parish office at 421-6702, ext. 1.
Feast of the Visitation – On Tuesday 31 May, the clergy and people of St. John’s, Newport, will join us to celebrate the Visitation with Solemn High Mass at 6 pm here at S. Stephen’s. Our Guest preacher will be the Rev. Stephanie Shoemaker.
EMBR – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown & RISD (EMBR) concludes for the year this Sunday and will resume in September. The group has met on Sundays during the past academic year for Evensong, supper, and a discussion of Saint Augustine's Confessions. Sincere thanks to parishioners who provided meals. Be on the lookout in the fall for opportunities to support this ministry!
Change to Daily Mass Schedule – Following Memorial Day, the weekly Mass schedule will change: Tuesday and Thursday Low Masses will now be held at 12:10 pm, preceded by the Angelus at noon. All other service times will remain the same. (Please note that on Memorial Day we will have Morning Prayer and Low Mass at the customary holiday times of 9 & 9:30 am.)
Annual Parish Barbecue – will be on Sunday 12 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. To volunteer for any of these roles, please see Karl or Klara Benziger, Sue Brazil, Nancy Gingrich, or Cory MacLean.
Sunday School Recognition – On Sunday 12 June at the 10 am Sung Mass, we will recognize the students and teachers who participated in the Sunday School program this year. Please make every effort to attend.
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 you can contribute, please bring it.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Adam, Raymond, Elizabeth, Nicholas, Patricia, Townsend, Norman, John, Elva, Ethel, Peter, Michael, Richard, Mark, Michael, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Stephanie, Deborah, Peter, Harrington, Kate, Edith, Davaughn, Bernice, Richard, Ellen-Jean, Sandy, Thom, Stephen, Michael, Beverly, Angela, Bobby, Robert, Laura, Loretto, Sally, Ned, Charles, Frederick, Henry, James, Richard, and Dianne.
Birthdays this week: Bobby Rose (May 21), Rose Callanan (May 25).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Nancy Figliolini (28 May 2006), and Agnes Maud Cliff (28 May 1986).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico: The Most Rev’d Francisco Moreno, Presiding Bishop of La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico & Bishop of Northern Mexico; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of Trinity, Cranston, Trinity, Newport, Holy Trinity, Tiverton and Trinity, North Scituate.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes - MC D Malo; SD W Dilworth; Thurifer R Armidon; Crucifer L Verdelotti; Torches L Rejto, R Callanan
Lector – J Chamberlin
Ushers – N Gingrich, E Drew
Coffee Hour – Rejto/Elliot Family
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 28 May
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm
Sunday 29 May
Brown University Departmental Ceremonies 2 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 22 May
TRINITY SUNDAY (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer with EMBR* 5:30 pm
Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Proper 3, Year Two
Monday 23 May
Feria (G)
Vincent of Lerins, Priest, Teacher, 450
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 24 May
Feria (G)
Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Wednesday 25 May
The Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk, Scholar, Historian, 735 (W)
Gregory VII, Bishop of Rome, Reformer of the Church, 1085
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 26 May
CORPUS CHRISTI (W)
Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 27 May
Feria (G)
Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians, 1595
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 28 May
Feria (G)
Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Sunday 29 May
SUNDAY AFTER CORPUS CHRISTI (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
*EMBR=Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (May 29)
Sunday after Corpus Christi
Deuteronomy 8:2-3
Psalm 116:10-17
1 Corinthians 11:23-29
John 6:47-58
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
*EMBR=Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (May 29)
Sunday after Corpus Christi
Deuteronomy 8:2-3
Psalm 116:10-17
1 Corinthians 11:23-29
John 6:47-58
