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Parish Life Committee meeting

The minutes from the February 10th meeting of the Parish Life Committee are now available. You can find the minutes from earlier meetings in the Parish Life Committee archive.

Beginning-of-Lent Events and Services

Shrove Tuesday Pancake & Sausage Supper

Prepare for Lent by joining us for our Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake & Sausage Supper on 17 February at 5.00 PM. These famous suppers are not only gastronomic events, they are also real inflation fighters. The price has remained unchanged for 26 years. We challenge you to find . . . → Read More: Beginning-of-Lent Events and Services

Explore the foundations of the Christian Faith

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The first five books of the Old Testament are known to the Jewish people as The Torah. The Church refers to them as the “Books of Moses. Surprisingly, perhaps, few Christians today study them in the depth they deserve. This is a pity, for they are the very foundation of our Faith.

It is . . . → Read More: Explore the foundations of the Christian Faith

Saint Scholastica

Kleinmariazell Altar Scholastica

Saint Scholastica Altar in the Kleinmariazell, Wienerwald, Austria

Blessed be thou, O Heavenly Father, for thy holy Virgin Saint Scholastica, who sought in this life to walk before thee with a perfect heart and now with all the redeemed rejoiceth eternally; through the merits and grace of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, . . . → Read More: Saint Scholastica

Saint Teilo

Celtic Cross

Almighty and most merciful Lord, who didst encourage the Church by the example of thy holy Bishop and Confessor Saint Teilo: Grant unto us thy servants that, remembering the victory of his faith, we too may learn to overcome the world and to glorify thy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Sermon for Sunday February 8th – Sexagesima

Fr Kerouac

Here is the sermon for Sunday February 8th: Sexagesima, 2015

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXVI No 5

Sexagesima Sunday: Second Sunday before Lent

O Lord God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Cornelius the Centurion

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout: Vision of Cornelius the Centurion

Vision of Cornelius the Centurion, by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621–1674). Walters Art Museum via Wikimedia

O God, who by thy Spirit didst call Cornelius the Centurion to be the first Christian among the Gentiles: Grant to thy Church, we beseech thee, such a ready will to go where thou dost send . . . → Read More: Saint Cornelius the Centurion

Saint Titus

¶ The modern observance of this feast, together with that of Saint Timothy, is on January 26.

O God, who by thine Apostle Saint Paul didst consecrate thy servant Titus a Bishop in the Church, that he might set in order things that were wanting: Give grace, we humbly beseech thee, to the Bishops and . . . → Read More: Saint Titus