My thanks to you—from the bottom of my heart!

What a wonderful weekend it was—the Rededication of the parish church, the Setting Apart of two subdeacons, the Confirmation of four candidates, and the Ordination of two priests and a deacon! And it being St Stephen’s, celebrations would not have been complete without the two terrific parties.

Congratulations go to our two new associate . . . → Read More: My thanks to you—from the bottom of my heart!

Saint Jerome, Presbyter and Doctor

O Lord, who hast given us thy holy word for a light to shine upon the path of life: Grant us after examples of thy servant Jerome so to mediate upon the law and rule ourselves according to thy word, that we may find in it the light that shineth more and more unto the . . . → Read More: Saint Jerome, Presbyter and Doctor

No Choral Evensong this month

We will not be offering a service of Choral Evensong this Sunday, 5th October. We apologise for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause.

Please visit the Choral Evensong Webpage for the latest information, including upcoming events and cancellations. To have this information e-mailed to you, sign up on our choral e-mail list . . . → Read More: No Choral Evensong this month

Saint Michael and All Angels

O Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels always do thee service in heaven, so, by thy appointment, they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXV No 38

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 

Keep, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

How we came to be the way that we are

St Stephen’s was founded by the Baltimore branch of the Prayer Book Society in 1982. It was a typically dogged Maryland response to an edict by the Episcopal Diocese banning the use of the 1928 edition of the Prayer Book and mandating by fiat the new book of 1979.

The new book was not entirely . . . → Read More: How we came to be the way that we are

Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Westminster

O Lord and Father, our King and God, by whose grace the Church was enriched by the great learning and eloquent preaching of thy servant Lancelot Andrewes, but even more by his example of biblical and liturgical prayer: Conform our lives, like his, we beseech thee, to the image of Christ, that our hearts may . . . → Read More: Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Westminster

St Sergius, Abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow

O God, whose blessed Son became poor that we through his poverty might be rich: Deliver us, we pray thee, from an inordinate love of this world, that inspired by the devotion of thy servant Sergius of Moscow, we may serve thee with singleness of heart, and attain to the riches of the age to . . . → Read More: St Sergius, Abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow

The Sermon for Sunday September 21st – Trinity XIV

Fr Hawtin

Here is the sermon for Sunday September 21st: Trinity 14, 2014