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Saint Winifred

St Winifred (Gwenfrewi)

O God of mercy, enlighten the hearts of thy faithful people, and grant, that after the example of thy blessed Saint Winifred, we may set our affection on things above, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one . . . → Read More: Saint Winifred

All Souls’ Day

jakub schikaneder all souls day

O God, the Maker and Redeemer of all believers: Grant to the souls of the faithful departed all the unsearchable benefits of thy Son’s passion, that in the day of his appearing they may be manifested as thy true children; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the . . . → Read More: All Souls’ Day

This week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 43

All Saints’ Day

Dürer Adoration of the Trinity

Adoration of the Trinity, by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). From Wikimedia.

¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.

O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to . . . → Read More: All Saints’ Day

ICYMI: Deacon Dan Bursi reads “The Raven”

The Raven (Corvus Corax)

Here’s a brief excerpt of Deacon Dan Bursi reading “The Raven” after this evening’s Family Eucharist.

Deacon Dan Bursi reading Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘The Raven’ Bursi The Raven

Set your clocks back tonight!

Fall Back

It’s the end of Daylight Saving Time! Not permanently, alas, but for the year. If you forget and show up to church early, you can use this opportunity to meet the parishioners who attend the previous service.

Raven it up for Halloween

Halloween is not the most cerebral of festivals, but, just for fun, The Rev. Dan Bursi, a talented thespian, is hoping to add a literary dimension to the celebration. Why not join him in the Cadwalader Room after the 5:00 PM Eucharist on All Hallows Eve, Saturday, 31 October, for a reading of Edgar . . . → Read More: Raven it up for Halloween

Some great cookie recipes
 for the 24th Cookie Walk

Cookie Walk Servers

It’s funny how the flight of time dims the memory! Members of the Parish Life Committee were recently trying to figure out how many years we had been holding the Cookie Walk at St Stephen’s. Most seemed to agree that this year’s event would be the 22nd.

Colby Hawks, however, was pretty sure it would . . . → Read More: Some great cookie recipes
 for the 24th Cookie Walk

The best kept musical
 secret in Baltimore

singers

People come from far and wide to hear St Stephen’s Choir of Men and Boys sing our monthly services of Evensong. Choral Evensong is the one of the great gifts the Anglican world has given the Church catholick, and it is cherished not only by Anglicans, but by music-lovers of many persuasions—including those with none . . . → Read More: The best kept musical
 secret in Baltimore

Halloween in Britain: It
 ain’t what it used to be

Medmenham Abbey

Today Halloween in Britain is celebrated almost as extravagantly as it is in America. Witches, ghosts, goblins, and carved pumpkins now abound on both sides of the Atlantic, but things were quite different when I was a child.

It was not really a time of celebration. In cities and towns, it passed virtually unnoticed. . . . → Read More: Halloween in Britain: It
 ain’t what it used to be