PARISH
NOTES
Sunday 22
April 2018
Jesus as the Good Shepherd, mosaic, 5th c. Galla Placidia Mausoleum, Ravenna |
FROM THE RECTOR
THIS
SUNDAY’S READINGS
Fourth Sunday of
Easter, Year B
THIS SUNDAY'S MUSIC
ANNOUNCEMENTS
David Conte (b. 1955)— Missa Brevis
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)— Surrexit pastor bonus
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Flowers at the High Altar – are given by Bruce Lennihan to the glory of God and in loving memory of Jeannine Lennihan Firestone.
The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist (April 25) – a major feast day of the church year, will be celebrated this Wednesday with Low Mass at 6:00 pm, preceded by Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm.
Rector’s Vacation – Fr. Alexander is still away this Sunday (April 22), and is scheduled
to be back in the Parish Office Tuesday 24 April. During his absence, Fr.
Pearson may be contacted at 610-513-2548 for any urgent pastoral needs.
Episcopal Ministry at
Brown & RISD (EMBR) – Sunday evening prayer with EMBR continues this
evening in the Lady Chapel at 5:30 pm.
The
Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Please mark your
calendars for a joint celebration by the three Episcopal parishes of the East
Side of Providence (Saint Martin’s, Church of the Redeemer, and Saint
Stephen’s) on the evening of Thursday 10 May at Saint Martin’s Church at 7 pm.
More details to follow.
FOR YOUR
PRAYERS
Prayers have been
requested for: Elizabeth, Richard, Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn,
Lynne, William, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan,
Elizabeth, Sally, Sandy, John, Phebe, Ed, Gregory, Richard, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten,
Beverly, Jonathan, Zac, Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Douglas, Beverly,
Allora, Carlos, Betsy, Rhoda, William, James, and Louis.
Birthdays this week: Gail Finch (Sunday 4/22) and Leonard
Gaucher (Monday 4/23).
The faithful departed:
Year’s
Mind: King David
Stamps (22 April 1985), William Brazil (24 April 1995), Kenneth Raymond (24
April 2010), Hazel G. Wyss (25 April 1991), and Jeannine Lennihan Firestone (25
April 2013). Recently Departed: Sandy McClatchy.
Anglican
and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked
to pray for The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Communion in Japan): The Most
Rev’d Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu, Primate of The Nippon Sei Ko Kai & Bishop
of Hokkaido; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the
people and clergy of San Jorge’s, Central Falls and for the leadership and
students of St. George’s School, Newport and for the people and clergy of St.
Mark's, Warwick, and Good Shepherd, Pawtucket.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC F Pisaturo;
Subdeacon NONE; Thurifer J Starks; Crucifer J Ihnen; Torches D Malo, K
Rejto
Lector – W Dilworth
Ushers – Patricia
Barnes and Tom Oakes
Coffee
Hour – Susan Rozzero
THIS WEEK
AT S. STEPHEN’S
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL
EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Friday 27 April
Reformed University
Fellowship (RUF) 7:00 pm (Great Hall)
Saturday 28 April
Epiphany Soup
Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL
CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
22
April
THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (W)
Morning Prayer
8:00 am
Low Mass
8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10:00 am
Evening
Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Office Lectionary: Easter IV, Year Two
Daily Mass Lectionary: Easter IV
23
April
George, Martyr,
Patron of England, c. 304 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6:00 pm
24
April
Tuesday
in Easter IV (W)
Mellitus,
Bishop of London, first Bishop at Saint Paul’s, 624
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
25
April
SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST (R)
Evening
Prayer 5:30 pm
Low
Mass 6 pm
26
April
Thursday in Easter IV
(W)
Cletus, Pope and
Martyr, c. 89
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
27
April
Friday
in Easter IV (W)
Christina
Rossetti, Poet, 1895
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
28
April
Saturday in Easter IV
(W)
Peter Chanel, Religious, Missionary in the South Pacific,
Martyr, 1841
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10:00 am
29
April
THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (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 (29 April)
Fifth Sunday of
Easter, Year B