Take a look at all the wonderful photos from Holy Week and Easter Sunday! There will be more to come so check back in a bit to see everything. Holy…
Read more →During Eastertide, Mother Diana will lead a five part series on The Gospel of Mark as Story. The title comes from the text we will use, authored by David Rhoads,…
Read more →Two of our adult parishioners are going to be presented to the Bishop at the May 11th service. Carol Madden will be confirmed and Ann Watson will be received. The…
Read more →What a joyous weekend, as our seminarian was ordained as a Deacon by our Bishop, and then proclaimed the gospel for the first time on Sunday! Welcome to the newest…
Read more →On May 5th, after our worship service, Mother Diana will answer questions about the Episcopal Church – how we worship, what we believe, what it means to become part of…
Read more →Mother Diana attended this service alongside Mother Lynne Weber, Chair of the Ecumenical/Interfaith Commission of the Diocese of Newark. See the photos and read about the service here: https://jerseycatholic.org/cardinal-tobin-resides-over-ecumenical-prayer-service-held-at-st-helens-church-in-westfield
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Read more →During Eastertide, Mother Diana will lead a five part series on The Gospel of Mark as Story. The title comes from the text we will use, authored by David Rhoads,…
On May 5th, after our worship service, Mother Diana will answer questions about the Episcopal Church – how we worship, what we believe, what it means to become part of…
Two of our adult parishioners are going to be presented to the Bishop at the May 11th service. Carol Madden will be received and Ann Watson will be confirmed. The…
The Feast of Pentecost is Sunday, May 12th. Pentecost is the ending of the fifty days of Easter. We celebrate the Holy Spirit descending as flames of fire upon the…
What a joyous weekend, as our seminarian was ordained as a Deacon by our Bishop, and then proclaimed the gospel for the first time on Sunday! Welcome to the newest…
Take a look at all the wonderful photos from Holy Week and Easter Sunday! There will be more to come so check back in a bit to see everything. Holy…
JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK PALM SUNDAY – March 24th 10:30am Holy Eucharist We begin in the parish hall for a festive procession to the church. The Dzieci Theatre…
We have a wonderful time with the good people of Peace Islands Institute, who broke their fast with us at the Iftar on March 15th. Here are some photos of…
April 21, 2024: Alleluia, Christ is Risen! The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia! Amen. It is Good Shepherd Sunday, which always is the fourth Sunday of Easter. Of course, the obvious clues to this are Psalm 23 and the passage from the Gospel of John. Many, even those who have never been to church, know the words of the Psalm – we say it at services, especially funerals, at hospital bedsides, and for many, it is a personal mantra. The gospel is less familiar outside of the church, but still an image many grew up with for Jesus. In the fourth gospel, the authors include seven “I Am” statements one of which we heard today, where Jesus says “I am the good shepherd…” He also uses other ones – like door or gate, vine and bread – but we don’t do a Door Sunday. I guess it isn’t as catchy, and…
Easter Sunday – March 31, 2024: Alleluia, Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia! Amen. Well, that’s a really strange ending to this gospel’s resurrection narrative! Is it any wonder why later scribes added a tweak or two to the ending? Just look at that last part, where it says that Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome “…went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.” Now – that’s a bit of a problem, right? I mean, if they told no one – what the heck are you’all doing here? Obviously – somebody told somebody something, right? Well, that’s why we get the added on sections, known as the Shorter Ending of Mark and the Longer Ending of Mark – clearly, these later authors were not big on creative marketing. Here…
Good Friday-March 29, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Jesus says before he gives up his spirit “It is finished.” “It is finished.” God became incarnate, became human in Jesus through Mary his mother. Jesus breathed in the air with us, felt the warmth of human touch, tasted the food and drink made of the earth. Jesus taught us to love and serve others. Jesus challenged the injustice of the world – not through violence, but through love. Jesus saw the ones no one else noticed. Jesus met people where they were – going to places others would not dare. And Jesus felt the scorn of humanity’s capacity to hate, to hurt, to harm, as he died a criminal’s gruesome death on the cross. What crime had he committed? The one that angers oppressors the most – the willingness to love one’s enemies, do…
