Why not join us to sit back, relax and have a ball (of wool)?

Are the cares of the world weighing on your shoulders? Do you lay awake all night worrying about the kids, the grandkids, the outcome of the election? Are you swallowing antacid pills by the handfull? Or do you not give a hoot what the neighbors think and you don’t have a worry in the world? . . . → Read More: Why not join us to sit back, relax and have a ball (of wool)?

Altar Flowers — Trinity III, 2017

Altar Flowers, Trinity III, 2017

Altar Flowers, Trinity III, 2017

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Visitation of the BVM

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mosaic from the Clyde Adoration Chapel of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.

Father in heaven, by whose grace the virgin mother of thine incarnate Son was blessed in bearing him, but still more blessed in keeping thy word: Grant us who honour the exaltation . . . → Read More: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Sermon for Sunday July 2nd – Trinity III

Fr Kerouac

Here is the sermon for Sunday July 3rd: Trinity 3, 2017

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXVIII No 25

Time to put the backwoods back into public education

More than any previous generation, we are told, Americans aged 18 and under are thoroughly detached from traditional Christian concepts. By and large they do not believe Jesus Christ is the unique savior of mankind. They do not read the Bible as God’s word. And they do not accept the idea of moral absolutes.

“Futurists” . . . → Read More: Time to put the backwoods back into public education

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mosaic from the Clyde Adoration Chapel of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.

Father in heaven, by whose grace the virgin mother of thine incarnate Son was blessed in bearing him, but still more blessed in keeping thy word: Grant us who honour the exaltation . . . → Read More: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Third Sunday after Trinity

Trinity (celtic knot)

O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may, by thy mighty aid, be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

☆ ★ ☆ Patriotic Hymnfest ☆★☆

Patriotic Hymnfest Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 6:00 PM Reception to follow

Come put your patriotism on display and raise your voice in a musical celebration of American Independence Day! The programme will include the usual patriotic spectaculars, supplemented by some of the parish’s most popular hymns. The boy choristers will be on hand . . . → Read More: ☆ ★ ☆ Patriotic Hymnfest ☆★☆

Saint Julius and Saint Aaron

Aerial view of Caerleon's Roman amphitheatre

Aerial view of Caerleon’s Roman amphitheatre, site of the martyrdom of Saint Julius and Saint Aaron. From Wikipedia.

Almighty god, by whose grace and power thy holy Martyrs Julius and Aaron triumphed over suffering, and despised death: Grant, we beseech thee, that enduring hardness, and waxing valiant in fight, we may with . . . → Read More: Saint Julius and Saint Aaron