This Sunday, we enter into Passiontide. The crosses and images in the church will be veiled. We are moving towards Holy Week and Easter, but we have to celebrate Good Friday before we can celebrate Easter Day.Read more…
The Rector’s Weekly Messages
A message from Dr. Ahmad Ma’ali of the St. John Eye Hospital Group
Posted onDear Rev. Canon Turner, Thank you so much for your communication, kind words and prayers. This is an unprecedented crisis which has affected the whole country.Read more…
Archived Articles
The Rector's Message for the Week of March 10, 2024
Posted onOur Lenten Sermon Series on patterns of prayer continues on Sunday at 4pm Evensong with former Associate for Pastoral Care, Fr. Adam Spencer, preaching on his favorite pattern of prayer, the examen of St. Ignatius Loyola.Read more…
The Rector's Message for the Week of March 3, 2024
Posted onOur Lenten Sermon Series on patterns of prayer continues on March 3 with former Fr, Richard Alton, preaching on his favorite devotion, the Rosary. Fr. Alton is Rector of St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia, which is renowned for its extraordinary liturgy and music. Read more…
The Rector's Message for the Week of February 25, 2024
Posted onThis Sunday, I am preaching at HM Chapel Royal. In a historic visit, we will welcome the choristers from the Chapel Royal to New York in April this year. Read more…
The Rector's Message for the Week of February 18, 2024
Posted onDear Friends,
Ash Wednesday was a beautiful start to our Lenten journey with people coming to pray in our church throughout the day. Fr. Gioia reminded us that, unlike the way it is portrayed by those outside (and sometimes inside!) the church, Lent is a joyful season.Read more…
The Rector's Messager for the Week of February 11, 2024
Posted onLent is almost upon us; please make every effort to attend one of the Ash Wednesday Services in-person or on-line. Ashes will also be available all day in-between the services.Read more…
A Message from the Rector for the Week of February 4, 2024
Posted onDear Friends,
Lent is around the corner and, soon, we will be sending you a special edition of our e-news with all the details of our Lenten program. As a taster, the details of the Friday Film Night, back by popular demand are below.Read more…
A Message from the Rector for the Week of January 21, 2024
Posted onDear Friends,
The image above this week’s news was painted by Jeannie Michael, who attended last year’s Pilgrim’s Course.
Our Pilgrims’ Course 2024 got off to a flying start last Wednesday, with 36 people attending the hybrid class.Read more…
A Message from the Rector for the Week of January 14, 2024
Posted onDear Friends,
“A New Year, a new start!” I am afraid to tell you that in 2020, during the lockdown, I re-discovered the soap opera that I grew up with my parents watching twice a week when I was a boy – Coronation Street – it is set in the North of England in a working-class town near Manchester (so the wrong side of the Pennines as I said to the Sub Dean of the Chapel Royal at the Bicentennial Evensong, but the accents are very comforting). It is the longest-running soap on British TV.Read more…
The Rector's Message for the Week of January 7, 2023
Posted onDear Friends,
On Saturday and Sunday, we shall keep the Feast of the Epiphany. In Orthodox Churches, this is their celebration of Christmas; for us, it is the culmination of the Christmas feast when we celebrate the visit of the Magi to the Christ child.Read more…
The Rector's Message for the Week of December 24, 2023
Posted onDear Friends,
Wherever you may be this Christmas, be assured that you are all in our prayers here at Saint Thomas Church. We pray for our parish family every day, so whether you are a member of the online congregation or will be in church on Christmas Day, know that you are very much in our thoughts at this time.Read more…