PARISH NOTES
Sunday 10 September 2017
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| The Prophet Ezekiel Theophanes of Crete Fresco, 1535-1536, Pantrokrator Monastery, Mount Athos |
FROM THE RECTOR
-- Fr. John D. Alexander
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 18, Year A
Ezekiel 33:7-11
Psalm 119:33-40
Romans 13:8-14
Matthew 18:15-20
Hurricane Harvey Relief – to contribute to the Episcopal Church's relief operations on the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast, we are invited to donate directly online via the Episcopal Relief and Development by following this link. Alternatively, checks may be written payable to "Episcopal Charities Fund of RI" with "Hurricane Harvey Relief" in the memo line and mailed to Episcopal Charities, 275 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903. Thank you for your generosity in helping those afflicted.
Monthly Requiem – for the departed of this parish whose year’s mind falls during September will be offered Monday 11 September at 6 pm (preceded by Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm). If you have any names to add to the list of those remembered, please email Fr. Alexander.
Weekday Mass Cancellations this Week -- Fr. Alexander will be out of town Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week attending (and giving the meditations at) the annual Synod of the Society of the Holy Cross in Belleville, Illinois, so the regularly scheduled Masses at S. Stephen's on those days regrettably must be canceled. However, lay officiants will conduct Noonday Prayer on Tuesday (the 12th) and Thursday (the 14th) at 12 noon; and Evening Prayer on 5:30 pm on Wednesday (the 13th). Those desiring to attend Mass for Holy Cross Day on Thursday 14 September are invited to St. John's, Newport, for Evening Prayer and Mass beginning at 5:30 pm.
Epiphany Soup Kitchen (ESK) Fundraiser – a gathering to generate publicity for ESK and raise funds towards purchase of a new freezer will be held at the Portuguese-American Social Club, 32 Sheldon Street, Providence, Thursday 28 September from 6 pm to 8 pm. The event includes appetizers and cash bar. Tickets are $20 and are available today from Susan Brazil or Bruce Lennihan.
Nave Flooring Project – We are pleased to announce that over the coming few months the entire tile floor under the pews will be covered over with a layer of birch paneling that will vastly improve the church's appearance and create a smooth surface underfoot. This project will not impact our Sunday worship schedule; but please exercise all due care and avoid any areas that have been cordoned off for this construction.
New Lights – Meanwhile, overhead, you may notice new lights shining in the hanging lanterns in the nave. These LED bulbs give increased light at greatly reduced energy usage and cost. We hope they make an improvement.
Prayers have been requested for: Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn, Mark, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Robert, Katherine, Sally, John, Ed, Virginia, Kirsten, Beverly, Deborah, Angela, Bobby, Douglas, George, Carlos, Rhoda, William, and James.
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Mary J. Seamans (10 September 1987), Michele Leighton (11 September 2009), James F. Littlefield (13 September 1986), Margaret Chase (13 September 1998), and George R. Finch (13 September 2009); Recently Departed: Stephen Powers, Priest, and Phebe E.A. Jacobs.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for The Most Revd James Richard Wong Yin Song, Archbishop, Province of Indian Ocean & Bishop of the Seychelles; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the people and clergy of Holy Cross, Middletown and of Church of the Redeemer, Providence.
Acolytes – MC F Pisaturo; Thurifer Z Painter; Torches R Callanan, L Retjo
Lector – E Alexander
Ushers – Bruce Lennihan and George Ryan
Coffee Hour – Karl and Klara
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS, & MEETINGS
Wednesday 13 September
Frank Pisaturo Parish Discernment Team 7 pm (Library)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Friday 15 September
Reformed University Fellowship 5 pm (Great Hall)
Saturday 16 September
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 10 September
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer & Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am
Monday 11 September
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Requiem Mass 6 pm (Black)
Tuesday 12 September
John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830 (G or W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Wednesday 13 September
John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407
Thursday 14 September
HOLY CROSS DAY
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Friday 15 September
Our Lady of Sorrows (G or Blue)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 16 September
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage and Martyr, 258, and Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, 253 (R)
Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c. 432
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10 am
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THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 18, Year A
Ezekiel 33:7-11
Psalm 119:33-40
Romans 13:8-14
Matthew 18:15-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hurricane Harvey Relief – to contribute to the Episcopal Church's relief operations on the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast, we are invited to donate directly online via the Episcopal Relief and Development by following this link. Alternatively, checks may be written payable to "Episcopal Charities Fund of RI" with "Hurricane Harvey Relief" in the memo line and mailed to Episcopal Charities, 275 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903. Thank you for your generosity in helping those afflicted.
Monthly Requiem – for the departed of this parish whose year’s mind falls during September will be offered Monday 11 September at 6 pm (preceded by Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm). If you have any names to add to the list of those remembered, please email Fr. Alexander.
Weekday Mass Cancellations this Week -- Fr. Alexander will be out of town Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week attending (and giving the meditations at) the annual Synod of the Society of the Holy Cross in Belleville, Illinois, so the regularly scheduled Masses at S. Stephen's on those days regrettably must be canceled. However, lay officiants will conduct Noonday Prayer on Tuesday (the 12th) and Thursday (the 14th) at 12 noon; and Evening Prayer on 5:30 pm on Wednesday (the 13th). Those desiring to attend Mass for Holy Cross Day on Thursday 14 September are invited to St. John's, Newport, for Evening Prayer and Mass beginning at 5:30 pm.
Epiphany Soup Kitchen (ESK) Fundraiser – a gathering to generate publicity for ESK and raise funds towards purchase of a new freezer will be held at the Portuguese-American Social Club, 32 Sheldon Street, Providence, Thursday 28 September from 6 pm to 8 pm. The event includes appetizers and cash bar. Tickets are $20 and are available today from Susan Brazil or Bruce Lennihan.
Nave Flooring Project – We are pleased to announce that over the coming few months the entire tile floor under the pews will be covered over with a layer of birch paneling that will vastly improve the church's appearance and create a smooth surface underfoot. This project will not impact our Sunday worship schedule; but please exercise all due care and avoid any areas that have been cordoned off for this construction.
New Lights – Meanwhile, overhead, you may notice new lights shining in the hanging lanterns in the nave. These LED bulbs give increased light at greatly reduced energy usage and cost. We hope they make an improvement.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn, Mark, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Robert, Katherine, Sally, John, Ed, Virginia, Kirsten, Beverly, Deborah, Angela, Bobby, Douglas, George, Carlos, Rhoda, William, and James.
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Mary J. Seamans (10 September 1987), Michele Leighton (11 September 2009), James F. Littlefield (13 September 1986), Margaret Chase (13 September 1998), and George R. Finch (13 September 2009); Recently Departed: Stephen Powers, Priest, and Phebe E.A. Jacobs.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for The Most Revd James Richard Wong Yin Song, Archbishop, Province of Indian Ocean & Bishop of the Seychelles; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the people and clergy of Holy Cross, Middletown and of Church of the Redeemer, Providence.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC F Pisaturo; Thurifer Z Painter; Torches R Callanan, L Retjo
Lector – E Alexander
Ushers – Bruce Lennihan and George Ryan
Coffee Hour – Karl and Klara
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS, & MEETINGS
Wednesday 13 September
Frank Pisaturo Parish Discernment Team 7 pm (Library)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Friday 15 September
Reformed University Fellowship 5 pm (Great Hall)
Saturday 16 September
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 10 September
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer & Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am
Monday 11 September
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Requiem Mass 6 pm (Black)
Tuesday 12 September
John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830 (G or W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Wednesday 13 September
John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Thursday 14 September
HOLY CROSS DAY
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Friday 15 September
Our Lady of Sorrows (G or Blue)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 16 September
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage and Martyr, 258, and Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, 253 (R)
Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c. 432
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10 am
Sunday 17 September
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer & Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (17 September)
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 19, Year A
Genesis 50:15-21
Psalm 103:8-13
Romans 14:1-12
Matthew 18:21-35
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer & Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (17 September)
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 19, Year A
Genesis 50:15-21
Psalm 103:8-13
Romans 14:1-12
Matthew 18:21-35
