PARISH NOTES
Sunday 24 February 2019
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| Léon Pierre Urbain Bourgeois, Joseph Recognized by his Brothers (1863), Musée Municipal Frédéric Blandin, Nevers, France |
FROM THE RECTOR
In this Sunday’s reading from Genesis, the patriarch Joseph reveals himself to his brothers who sold him into slavery in Egypt so many years before. Instead of exacting vengeance and retribution, however, he forgives them, thus exemplifying our Lord’s exhortation in the Gospel reading: “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has remarked that while our current secular age strives to be the most tolerant of all, it has succeeded in becoming one of the most unforgiving ages ever. How do we balance the demand to hold offenders accountable for their transgressions and the Christian imperative to forgive as we hope to be forgiven? Join us this Sunday as we explore the implications of the Gospel of reconciliation. – Fr. John D. Alexander
Genesis 45:3-11, 15
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
Luke 6:27-38
Jehan Alain (1911 – 1940)—Messe Modale en septuor
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)—Wenn ein starker Gewappneter (Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109
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 Matthias the Apostle (February 24) – a major feast of the church year, is transferred from Sunday and will be observed on Monday 25 February, with Low Mass at 6 pm, preceded by Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm.
College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) welcomes all students, both undergraduate and graduate, to join us in fellowship this semester. EMBR meets every Sunday at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer, followed by a meal. All are most welcome and invited!
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – will be Tuesday 5 March from 5:30 – 7 pm in our Great Hall. Pancakes are all you can eat. Tickets are available for $5 at the door or at Coffee Hour. All proceeds support our Sunday School Ministry. Come enjoy a final culinary indulgence before Lent, and bring your palms from last year’s Palm Sunday to be burnt to make new ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday – Solemn Mass with the Imposition of Ashes will be offered at 7 pm on Wednesday 6 March. The music will include Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere mei, Deus; and Thomas Tallis’s In ieiunio et fletu. Ashes will also be available at the following services: Morning Prayer and Blessing of Ashes, 9 am; Noonday Prayer, 12 pm; Evening Prayer, 5:30 pm. Make a good start to Lent by observing this principal fasting day of the Church year.
Sunday Evening Series – will take place on the five Sundays in Lent, beginning March 10th, with supper at 6 pm, program starting at approximately 7 pm, and concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 8 pm. This year’s speaker is the Rev. Canon Jeremy Matthew Haselock, from London, who will lead a lecture-and-discussion series entitled “The Sacrament of Easter: An Introduction to the Liturgy of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter.” All are cordially invited to attend all or any part of the evening.
Please Sign Up – to help with the Sunday Evening Lenten Series! (See preceding announcement.) We urgently need lots of volunteers to bring food and drink items and help set up and clean up. Sign-up sheets are available in the Narthex and Great Hall. Please do what you can to help!
Ecumenical Stations – This year, the Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) is teaming up with the Brown-RISD Catholic Community (BRCC) to offer Stations of the Cross at S. Stephen’s at 6 pm on Fridays in Lent, beginning March 8th. All are welcome and heartily invited! Please consider making this one of your Lenten devotions this year.
Sorrowful Mysteries – Another opportunity for regular Lenten devotions will be recitation of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary on Saturday mornings, beginning March 9th. All welcome; no prior experience needed!
Blue Heron Concert – On Sunday 10 March at 4 pm, Blue Heron, Boston’s premier Renaissance choir, continues its Ockeghem series with one of his most celebrated works, the astoundingly complex yet captivatingly beautiful Missa Prolationum, constructed (like Bach’s Goldberg Variations) as a series of canons at different intervals—but Ockeghem’s are double canons, in which four sung parts are generated from two written ones. A truly mind-expanding musical experience, here at S. Stephen’s Church! For ticket pricing and more information, click here.
Spring Organ Recital – On Friday 22 March at 7:30 pm, please join us for an organ recital with International Concert Organist Katelyn Emerson. This event is co-sponsored by the RI American Guild of Organists (RIAGO) and S. Stephen’s Church.
Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, George, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Richard, Henry, Norman, John, James, Shannah, Terri, Lynne, Fred-Munro, William, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Sandy, John, Phebe, Jack, Richard, Ann, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly, Gail, Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Rhoda, William, Roger, and James.
Birthdays this week: Florence Friedman (Wednesday 2/27).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Barbara Albee (26 February 2012), Robert Cartwright (28 February 1992), Jane Graves Raymond (29 February 1998), Flora Hilda Harding (2 March 1994), Alice Hunt (2 March 1998), and Mary Chase (2 March 1992).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America: The Rt Rev’d Julio Murray Thompson, Primate of IARCA & Bishop of Panama; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of St. David’s on-the-Hill, Cranston.
Acolytes – MC R Noble, SD F Pisaturo, Thurifer L Verdelotti, Torches J Ihnen and D Malo
Lector at 10 am – J Steiny
Ushers – Phoebe Pettingell and George Ryan
Coffee Hour – Rhoda Steinhart (and one volunteer, please)
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 24 February
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm (Lady Chapel)
Rector’s Online Book Group 8-9 pm (Videoconference)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 2 March
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
24 February
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Sung Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Epiphany VII, Year One
Monday 25 February
SAINT MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 26 February
Oswald, Archbishop of York, 992 (W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 27 February
George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 28 February
Founding of the Society of the Holy Cross, 1855 (W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Friday 1 March
David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c. 601 (W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 2 March
Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, c. 602 (W)
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10 am
3 March
THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (3 March)
Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C)
Psalm 99
Exodus 34:29-35
2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2
Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C)
Psalm 37:1-12,41-42Genesis 45:3-11, 15
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
Luke 6:27-38
THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC
Jehan Alain (1911 – 1940)—Messe Modale en septuor
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)—Wenn ein starker Gewappneter (Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109
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 Matthias the Apostle (February 24) – a major feast of the church year, is transferred from Sunday and will be observed on Monday 25 February, with Low Mass at 6 pm, preceded by Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm.
College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) welcomes all students, both undergraduate and graduate, to join us in fellowship this semester. EMBR meets every Sunday at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer, followed by a meal. All are most welcome and invited!
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – will be Tuesday 5 March from 5:30 – 7 pm in our Great Hall. Pancakes are all you can eat. Tickets are available for $5 at the door or at Coffee Hour. All proceeds support our Sunday School Ministry. Come enjoy a final culinary indulgence before Lent, and bring your palms from last year’s Palm Sunday to be burnt to make new ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday – Solemn Mass with the Imposition of Ashes will be offered at 7 pm on Wednesday 6 March. The music will include Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere mei, Deus; and Thomas Tallis’s In ieiunio et fletu. Ashes will also be available at the following services: Morning Prayer and Blessing of Ashes, 9 am; Noonday Prayer, 12 pm; Evening Prayer, 5:30 pm. Make a good start to Lent by observing this principal fasting day of the Church year.
Sunday Evening Series – will take place on the five Sundays in Lent, beginning March 10th, with supper at 6 pm, program starting at approximately 7 pm, and concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 8 pm. This year’s speaker is the Rev. Canon Jeremy Matthew Haselock, from London, who will lead a lecture-and-discussion series entitled “The Sacrament of Easter: An Introduction to the Liturgy of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter.” All are cordially invited to attend all or any part of the evening.
Please Sign Up – to help with the Sunday Evening Lenten Series! (See preceding announcement.) We urgently need lots of volunteers to bring food and drink items and help set up and clean up. Sign-up sheets are available in the Narthex and Great Hall. Please do what you can to help!
Ecumenical Stations – This year, the Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) is teaming up with the Brown-RISD Catholic Community (BRCC) to offer Stations of the Cross at S. Stephen’s at 6 pm on Fridays in Lent, beginning March 8th. All are welcome and heartily invited! Please consider making this one of your Lenten devotions this year.
Sorrowful Mysteries – Another opportunity for regular Lenten devotions will be recitation of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary on Saturday mornings, beginning March 9th. All welcome; no prior experience needed!
Blue Heron Concert – On Sunday 10 March at 4 pm, Blue Heron, Boston’s premier Renaissance choir, continues its Ockeghem series with one of his most celebrated works, the astoundingly complex yet captivatingly beautiful Missa Prolationum, constructed (like Bach’s Goldberg Variations) as a series of canons at different intervals—but Ockeghem’s are double canons, in which four sung parts are generated from two written ones. A truly mind-expanding musical experience, here at S. Stephen’s Church! For ticket pricing and more information, click here.
Spring Organ Recital – On Friday 22 March at 7:30 pm, please join us for an organ recital with International Concert Organist Katelyn Emerson. This event is co-sponsored by the RI American Guild of Organists (RIAGO) and S. Stephen’s Church.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, George, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Richard, Henry, Norman, John, James, Shannah, Terri, Lynne, Fred-Munro, William, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Sandy, John, Phebe, Jack, Richard, Ann, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly, Gail, Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Rhoda, William, Roger, and James.
Birthdays this week: Florence Friedman (Wednesday 2/27).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Barbara Albee (26 February 2012), Robert Cartwright (28 February 1992), Jane Graves Raymond (29 February 1998), Flora Hilda Harding (2 March 1994), Alice Hunt (2 March 1998), and Mary Chase (2 March 1992).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America: The Rt Rev’d Julio Murray Thompson, Primate of IARCA & Bishop of Panama; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of St. David’s on-the-Hill, Cranston.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC R Noble, SD F Pisaturo, Thurifer L Verdelotti, Torches J Ihnen and D Malo
Lector at 10 am – J Steiny
Ushers – Phoebe Pettingell and George Ryan
Coffee Hour – Rhoda Steinhart (and one volunteer, please)
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 24 February
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm (Lady Chapel)
Rector’s Online Book Group 8-9 pm (Videoconference)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 2 March
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
24 February
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Sung Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Epiphany VII, Year One
Monday 25 February
SAINT MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 26 February
Oswald, Archbishop of York, 992 (W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 27 February
George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 28 February
Founding of the Society of the Holy Cross, 1855 (W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Friday 1 March
David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c. 601 (W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 2 March
Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, c. 602 (W)
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10 am
3 March
THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (3 March)
Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C)
Psalm 99
Exodus 34:29-35
2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2
Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)
