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Sermon for Sunday May 19th – Whitsunday

Here is the sermon for Sunday May 19th: Whitsunday 2013

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s Newsletter :St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 19

Saint Dunstan

Almighty God, who didst raise up Saint Dunstan to restore the discipline of the Church and to be a faithful counsellor of kings: Grant that neither thy Church nor this people may lack gifted rulers, fearing thee and working righteousness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pentecost, commonly called Whitsunday

¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout Whitsun Week.

O God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in . . . → Read More: Pentecost, commonly called Whitsunday

Sermon for Sunday May 12th – Ascension Sunday

Here is the sermon for Sunday May 12th: Ascension Sunday, 2013

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter : St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 18

The Sunday after Ascension Day

O God, the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth . . . → Read More: The Sunday after Ascension Day

The Conversion of Saint Augustine of Hippo

St Augustine Reading the Epistle of St Paul (Conversion of Augustine of Hippo (Tolle Lege)), by Benozzo Gozzoli. Fresco in an Aspidal Chapel, Sant’Agostino, San Gimignano.

Renew in thy Church, we pray, O Lord, that spirit with which thou hast endowed thy Bishop Saint Augustine; that, filled with the same spirit, we may . . . → Read More: The Conversion of Saint Augustine of Hippo

The Ascension Day

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

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only–begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth . . . → Read More: The Ascension Day

2012 Report of the Treasurer

State of the Church: Part II

No matter what Washington tells us about a recovery, it still feels as though we are in the midst of a deep recession. But grim news from national economic front not withstanding, the parish enjoyed a reasonably successful financial 2012.

Pledged, unpledged and plate income—officially classed as . . . → Read More: 2012 Report of the Treasurer