PARISH NOTES
Sunday 17 March 2019
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| David Roberts, Jerusalem (1839) Color lithograph. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio |
FROM THE RECTOR
Journeying towards Jerusalem: In the first installment of the Lenten lecture series last Sunday, Canon Jeremy Haselock emphasized the importance of the early Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the development of the Western Church’s Holy Week and Easter liturgies. Pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the great annual festivals was, of course, ancient Jewish practice. Jesus himself was making the pilgrimage for Passover when he was betrayed, arrested, tried, and crucified. In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, still in Galilee, Jesus has set out “on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying towards Jerusalem” (Luke 13:22). Some Pharisees approach Jesus and warn him: “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you” (13:31). The threat is more than credible, as Herod has already beheaded John the Baptist. But Jesus refuses to be intimidated. He must continue, casting out demons and performing cures along the way, “for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem” (13:33). At the beginning of Lent, we began our own spiritual pilgrimage to Jerusalem. On Palm Sunday, we shall liturgically re-enact our Lord’s entry into the holy city. In the meantime, we continue on the way of our Lenten disciplines. Just as Jesus refused to be deterred from his pilgrimage, so we need to be steadfast in perseverance on ours. May God grant us the grace to complete the good work he has begun in us. – Fr. John D. Alexander
Genesis 15:1-12,17-18
Philippians 3:17--4:1
Luke 13:31-35
Plainchant—Missa XI (Orbis factor)
Johann Christenius (1565 – 1626)—Jerusalem die du tötest die Propheten
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 Joseph (March 19th) – a major feast of the church year will be kept this Tuesday with Noonday Prayer at 12 noon, and Low Mass following at 12:10 pm.
Lent Supper and Lecture Series – takes place on the Sundays in Lent, continuing tonight, March 17—a great opportunity for food, fellowship, intellectual stimulation, and spiritual enrichment. Each evening begins with a pot luck supper at 6 pm: all participants are asked to bring a food item to share – such as bread, soup, or salad. (Dishes containing meat are perfectly appropriate, but during Lent we discourage sweets, cakes, cookies, etc., as well as alcoholic beverages.) The program starts at approximately 7 pm, featuring the Rev. Canon Jeremy Matthew Haselock, retired Vice Dean and Canon Precentor of Norwich Cathedral, and a Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen. Canon Haselock’s topic will be “The Sacrament of Easter: An Introduction to the Liturgy of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter.” Each evening concludes with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 8 pm in the Lady Chapel. All are cordially invited to attend all or any part of the evening.
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 through April 12. This is a great opportunity to experience this moving devotion anew or indeed for the first time! (Advance Notice: on Friday 12 April, concluding our series of Lenten Stations of the Cross, we will end with a Fish Fry in the Great Hall. Stay tuned for more details.)
Sorrowful Mysteries – Another opportunity for regular Lenten devotion is recitation of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary on Saturday mornings at 10:30 am (following 10 am Mass and 9:30 am Morning Prayer) through April 13th (except on March 23rd). These devotions are sponsored by the Our Lady of Providence Ward of the Society of Mary. All are welcome; no prior experience needed!
Spring Organ Recital – This Friday 22 March at 7:30 pm, we welcome International Concert Organist Katelyn Emerson, who will be offering an organ recital on the Goddard Memorial Organ at S. Stephen’s. This event is co-sponsored by the RI American Guild of Organists (RIAGO) and S. Stephen’s Church.
Lenten Quiet Day – is this Saturday 23 March with meditations by the Rev. Carlos de la Torre. A Quiet Day is like a mini-retreat without going away. The program begins with Morning Prayer and Mass at 9 am and concludes with tea at 2 pm. In between we have coffee, lunch, and three addresses interspersed with periods of silent reflection and prayer: the perfect opportunity for deepening Lenten devotion and preparing spiritually for Holy Week and Easter. Fr. Carlos de la Torre is Curate at Christ Church, and Director of Saint Hilda's House, New Haven, CT. He will soon be taking up his new call as Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Bellefonte, in central Pennsylvania.
The Annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ – a principal holy day of the Church year, will be kept with Sung Mass in the Lady Chapel on Monday 25 March at 7 pm. Canon Haselock will preach.
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!
Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, George, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Richard, Ethel, Henry, Norman, John, 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: Jon Berberian (Monday 3/18), Betty Jane Berberian (Thursday 3/21), and Ernest Drew (Friday 3/22).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Betty Louise Claunch (18 March 1999), Edna Brazil (19 March 2008), Richard A. Mayforth (22 March 1998), and Corinne Esther Joslin (23 March 1984). Recently Departed: Florence T. Bustamante, Elias Bustamante, James Stephen Clarke, and Angelica Garlatti.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the Church of England: The Most Rev’d and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the members and ministries of the Episcopal Church Women.
Acolytes – MC J Ihnen, SD R Noble, Thurifer J Starks, Torches TBD and F Pisaturo
Lector – A Campbell
Ushers – Simon Newby and Joy D’Ambra
Coffee Hour – Society of Mary
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Second Sunday in Lent (Year C)
Psalm 27 Genesis 15:1-12,17-18
Philippians 3:17--4:1
Luke 13:31-35
THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC
Plainchant—Missa XI (Orbis factor)
Johann Christenius (1565 – 1626)—Jerusalem die du tötest die Propheten
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 Joseph (March 19th) – a major feast of the church year will be kept this Tuesday with Noonday Prayer at 12 noon, and Low Mass following at 12:10 pm.
Lent Supper and Lecture Series – takes place on the Sundays in Lent, continuing tonight, March 17—a great opportunity for food, fellowship, intellectual stimulation, and spiritual enrichment. Each evening begins with a pot luck supper at 6 pm: all participants are asked to bring a food item to share – such as bread, soup, or salad. (Dishes containing meat are perfectly appropriate, but during Lent we discourage sweets, cakes, cookies, etc., as well as alcoholic beverages.) The program starts at approximately 7 pm, featuring the Rev. Canon Jeremy Matthew Haselock, retired Vice Dean and Canon Precentor of Norwich Cathedral, and a Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen. Canon Haselock’s topic will be “The Sacrament of Easter: An Introduction to the Liturgy of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter.” Each evening concludes with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 8 pm in the Lady Chapel. All are cordially invited to attend all or any part of the evening.
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 through April 12. This is a great opportunity to experience this moving devotion anew or indeed for the first time! (Advance Notice: on Friday 12 April, concluding our series of Lenten Stations of the Cross, we will end with a Fish Fry in the Great Hall. Stay tuned for more details.)
Sorrowful Mysteries – Another opportunity for regular Lenten devotion is recitation of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary on Saturday mornings at 10:30 am (following 10 am Mass and 9:30 am Morning Prayer) through April 13th (except on March 23rd). These devotions are sponsored by the Our Lady of Providence Ward of the Society of Mary. All are welcome; no prior experience needed!
Spring Organ Recital – This Friday 22 March at 7:30 pm, we welcome International Concert Organist Katelyn Emerson, who will be offering an organ recital on the Goddard Memorial Organ at S. Stephen’s. This event is co-sponsored by the RI American Guild of Organists (RIAGO) and S. Stephen’s Church.
Lenten Quiet Day – is this Saturday 23 March with meditations by the Rev. Carlos de la Torre. A Quiet Day is like a mini-retreat without going away. The program begins with Morning Prayer and Mass at 9 am and concludes with tea at 2 pm. In between we have coffee, lunch, and three addresses interspersed with periods of silent reflection and prayer: the perfect opportunity for deepening Lenten devotion and preparing spiritually for Holy Week and Easter. Fr. Carlos de la Torre is Curate at Christ Church, and Director of Saint Hilda's House, New Haven, CT. He will soon be taking up his new call as Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Bellefonte, in central Pennsylvania.
The Annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ – a principal holy day of the Church year, will be kept with Sung Mass in the Lady Chapel on Monday 25 March at 7 pm. Canon Haselock will preach.
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!
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, George, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Richard, Ethel, Henry, Norman, John, 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: Jon Berberian (Monday 3/18), Betty Jane Berberian (Thursday 3/21), and Ernest Drew (Friday 3/22).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Betty Louise Claunch (18 March 1999), Edna Brazil (19 March 2008), Richard A. Mayforth (22 March 1998), and Corinne Esther Joslin (23 March 1984). Recently Departed: Florence T. Bustamante, Elias Bustamante, James Stephen Clarke, and Angelica Garlatti.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the Church of England: The Most Rev’d and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the members and ministries of the Episcopal Church Women.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC J Ihnen, SD R Noble, Thurifer J Starks, Torches TBD and F Pisaturo
Lector – A Campbell
Ushers – Simon Newby and Joy D’Ambra
Coffee Hour – Society of Mary
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 17 March
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm (Lady Chapel)
Lenten Supper and Lecture Series 6-8:30 pm (Great Hall/Lady Chapel)
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm (Lady Chapel)
Lenten Supper and Lecture Series 6-8:30 pm (Great Hall/Lady Chapel)
Friday 22 March
Organ Recital 7:30 pm (Nave)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 23 March
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
17 March
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 8 pm
Daily Office Lectionary: Week of Lent II, Year One
Daily Mass Lectionary: Week of Lent II
18 March
Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386 (W)
Edward, King and Martyr, 978
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
19 March
SAINT JOSEPH (W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
20 March
Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 (W)
Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
21 March
Thursday in Lent II (V)
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1556
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
22 March
Friday in Lent II (V)
James de Koven, Priest, 1879
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Ecumenical Stations of the Cross 6 pm
23 March
Saturday in Lent II (V)
Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c. 332
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Organ Recital 7:30 pm (Nave)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 23 March
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
17 March
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 8 pm
Daily Office Lectionary: Week of Lent II, Year One
Daily Mass Lectionary: Week of Lent II
18 March
Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386 (W)
Edward, King and Martyr, 978
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
19 March
SAINT JOSEPH (W)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
20 March
Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 (W)
Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
21 March
Thursday in Lent II (V)
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1556
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
22 March
Friday in Lent II (V)
James de Koven, Priest, 1879
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Ecumenical Stations of the Cross 6 pm
23 March
Saturday in Lent II (V)
Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c. 332
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Noonday Prayer 12:15 pm
24 March
THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 8 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (24 March)
Third Sunday in Lent (Year C)
Psalm 63:1-8
Exodus 3:1-15
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Luke 13:1-9
24 March
THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 8 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (24 March)
Third Sunday in Lent (Year C)
Psalm 63:1-8
Exodus 3:1-15
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Luke 13:1-9
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| Altar Mosaic, Dominus Flevit Church Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
