Preconceptions and the historical Jesus

Every Christian, I’d venture to guess, has a unique mental picture of Jesus Christ—an image formed in large part by what they’ve learned about him in Sunday School, modified to a greater or lesser degree by what they have learned about him since.

When I was a very small boy, my mental image of Jesus . . . → Read More: Preconceptions and the historical Jesus

Saint Deiniol

Y Ddraig Goch

O God, the light of the faithful and shepherd of souls, who didst set blessed Deiniol to be a Bishop in the Church, that he might feed thy sheep by his word, and guide them by his example: Grant us, we beseech thee, to keep the faith which he taught, and to follow in . . . → Read More: Saint Deiniol

2018 Fall Picnic Redux

Bill, Annie, and Annie's niece Sarah

Bill, Annie, and Annie’s niece Sarah. Photo courtesy Carolyn Kerouac.

Carolyn Kerouac has provided some more pictures from the Fall Picnic. You can find them in the gallery.

Fall Picnic

2018 Fall Parish Picnic and send-off for Annie and Bill Hawkins. Photo courtesy Carolyn Kerouac.

We said bon voyage to Annie and Bill Hawkins at the Fall Parish Picnic, which was held indoors, due to the weather. But that didn’t stop people from coming to have fun and say their farewells.

2018 Fall Parish Picnic and send-off for Annie and Bill Hawkins. Photo courtesy Carolyn Kerouac.

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Fr Kerouac’s Sermon for Trinity XV

Fr Kerouac’s sermon for Trinity XV is now available as a podcast:

http://www.ststeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Trinity-15.mp3

You can find all our podcasts in our podcast library.

Au revoir, but not farewell to a much loved couple

There’s no easy way to break sad news: The time had come for us to bid adieu to Anne and Bill Hawkins. The pair will be leaving Timonium on September 10th to be closer to their family and to make a new home in Llanelli, the small town in south Wales where Annie was born.

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It’s a fact: Tolerance is a two–way street!

Fr Hawtin

America’s self-appointed arbiters of morality devote much time and energy to lecturing the peasantry (that’s us) on the need for “tolerance”—a virtue that apparently entails accepting uncritically all manner of unpleasant, antisocial and offensive behavior.

Since I hail from England, tolerance is an area in which I claim a modest degree of expertise. The . . . → Read More: It’s a fact: Tolerance is a two–way street!

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

Trinity (celtic knot)

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.

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Newsletters

Issues 34 and 35 are available:

St Stephen’s News XXIX No 34 September 4th

St Stephen’s News XXIX No 35 September 11th

And as a reminder, all newsletters are available in our Library: http://www.ststeve.com/library/newsletters/newsletters-2018/.

Star Trek Day

St Sigfrid baptizes the heathen

Almighty Father: Send down, we beseech thee, thy Holy Spirit, the great Dove of the Universe, to inspire us to preach the Gospel both with words and with deeds, both far and near. Let us go forth, both clergy and laity, to seek out new congregations, and to boldly go where no priest has gone . . . → Read More: Star Trek Day