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A note from Annie

I would like to thank you for the many cards and gifts I received following my recent retirement. Heartfelt thanks go out to Jim and Rosa Halbert for hosting my wonderful party at their beautiful home. I was totally overwhelmed to have seen so many there.

I so enjoyed my role as Director of Pastoral . . . → Read More: A note from Annie

Canon Mike Kerouac joins parish as vicar

Canon Michael Kerouac’s quiet, kindly manner and thoughtful sermons have won him a whole parish full of friends since he arrived here five months ago to help take care of the parish while I was recovering from surgery.

To say I am grateful to Fr. Mike and his wife Carolyn greatly understates the case. Indeed, . . . → Read More: Canon Mike Kerouac joins parish as vicar

Sermon for Sunday April 14th – Easter II

Here is the sermon for Sunday April 14th: Easter II, 2013

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 14

Saint Justin Martyr

Almighty God, who didst call Saint Justin Martyr to bear open witness to the certainty of those things wherein he had been instructed: Make us fearless to contend for the faith once for all delivered to thy Church, and sealed by the death of her Saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Or this:

. . . → Read More: Saint Justin Martyr

The Second Sunday after Easter

Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life: Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the . . . → Read More: The Second Sunday after Easter

William Law

O God, by whose grace thy servant William Law, enkindled with the fire of thy love, became a burning and shining light in thy Church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline, and may ever walk before thee as children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who . . . → Read More: William Law

Sermon for Sunday April 7th – Low Sunday

Here is the sermon for Sunday April 7th: Easter I 2013

Holy Trinity Seminary Closes Its Doors

Have you been watching our blog for news of the next classes at Holy Trinity Theological College and Seminary, and wondering why there haven’t been any announcements? Or perhaps you’ve noticed that the link to their website has disappeared from the links on the left? The explanation is that some—but not all—of the staff of . . . → Read More: Holy Trinity Seminary Closes Its Doors

Change clearly isn’t as good as a rest

Two thousand years of experience teaches us that churchgoers have never reacted well to change of any sort. And nowhere has this been more apparent than within the Anglican Communion.

In the 16th century, the replacement of liturgical Latin with English was by no means greeted with universal rejoicing. Nor was there unbridled joy when, . . . → Read More: Change clearly isn’t as good as a rest