Theology Events

Friday, December 5, 2025

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Clement of Alexandria, Priest and Theologian, c. 210

O God of unsearchable wisdom, you gave your servant Clement grace to understand and teach the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, the source of all truth: Grant to your church the same grace to discern your Word wherever truth is found; through Jesus Christ our unfailing light, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Friday Bible Study
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Held Via Zoom
This study, currently focusing on the book of Ecclesiastes, is led by Father Mark Brown, meets via Zoom at 1pm on Fridays, lasts one hour, and is open to anyone who is interested.

Sunday, December 7, 2025

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The Second Sunday Of Advent

Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the HolySpirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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Sunday Theology Talk - The Eucharist as Meal and Sacrifice: How Do These Fit Together?
Part of the Series - The Theology of the Eucharist: Worship that Makes us Whole

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor
We become a sacrifice to God by being united in one body through the sharing of one bread.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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Thursday Book Readings
Babette’s Feast by Isak Dinesen
6:45 p.m.-8:15 p.m., Parish House, Andrew Hall
The Thursday evening reading groups offer a slower, more conversational approach to learning together. This fall, we will take up two very different but complementary texts.
Register to Attend

Friday, December 12, 2025

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Our Lady of Guadelope

O God, Father of mercies, who placed your people under the singular protection of your Son’s most holy Mother, grant that all who invoke the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe may seek with ever more lively faith the progress of peoples in the ways of justice and of peace; through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Friday Bible Study
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Held Via Zoom
This study, currently focusing on the book of Ecclesiastes, is led by Father Mark Brown, meets via Zoom at 1pm on Fridays, lasts one hour, and is open to anyone who is interested.

Sunday, December 14, 2025

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The Third Sunday Of Advent (Gaudete)

Stir up thy power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let thy bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end. Amen.

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Sunday Theology Talk - One Bread, One Body (Communion): How United Do We Really Become?
Part of the Series - The Theology of the Eucharist: Worship that Makes us Whole

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor
The Eucharist heals us from division and isolation by calling us into fellowship with each other and with God.

Friday, December 19, 2025

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Ember Day
O Radix Jesse — “O Root of Jesse”

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Friday Bible Study
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., Held Via Zoom
This study, currently focusing on the book of Ecclesiastes, is led by Father Mark Brown, meets via Zoom at 1pm on Fridays, lasts one hour, and is open to anyone who is interested.

Sunday, December 21, 2025

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Saint Thomas
O Oriens — “O Rising Sun”

Saint Thomas

Everliving God, who didst strengthen thine apostle Thomas with firm and certain faith in thy Son's resurrection: Grant us so perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and our God, that our faith may never be found wanting in thy sight; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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Sunday Theology Talk - “Go in Peace to Love and Serve the Lord” (Mission): How Does the Eucharist Shape Our Lives?
Part of the Series - The Theology of the Eucharist: Worship that Makes us Whole

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor
The Eucharist blends into everyday life as God sends us out to love, serve, and be his witnesses to the world.

Sunday, January 11, 2026

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The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan didst proclaim him thy beloved Son and anoint him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with thee and the sameHoly Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

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Sunday Theology Talk -Living Bread: The Mass of St Gregory
Part of the Series: Seeing the Eucharist

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor
Guest Speaker: Dr. Felicity Harvey-McGowan: Lecturer in Christianity and the Arts at Yale Divinity School.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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HILARY, BISHOP OF POITIERS

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we may rightly understand and truthfully profess the divinity of your Son, which the Bishop Saint Hilary taught with such constancy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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The Pilgrims' Course - God the Father: Creation, the Fall, and What It Means to Be “Made in God’s Image”

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
The Pilgrims’ Course explores the Christian Faith as the Episcopal Church has received. The classes are especially for those who wish to be received in the Episcopal Church, receive baptism and be confirmed.
Register to Attend

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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Fabian, Bishop of Rome

Grant, Almighty God, that in all times of trial and persecution, we might remain steadfast in faith and endurance, according to the example of thy servant Fabian, who was faithful even unto death. We ask this for the sake of him who laid down his life for us all, Jesus Christ our Savior; who livest and reignest with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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The Pilgrims' Course - God the Son: Incarnation, Atonement, and Glory
God the Son: Incarnation, Atonement, and Glory

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
The Pilgrims’ Course explores the Christian Faith as the Episcopal Church has received. The classes are especially for those who wish to be received in the Episcopal Church, receive baptism and be confirmed.
Register to Attend

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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John Chrysostom

O God, you gave your servant John Chrysostom grace eloquently to proclaim your righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear reproach for the honor of your Name: Mercifully grant to all bishops and pastors such excellence in preaching, and faithfulness in ministering your Word, that your people may be partakers with them of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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The Pilgrims' Course - God the Holy Spirit: Being “Fully Alive” with the Gifts of the Spirit

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
The Pilgrims’ Course explores the Christian Faith as the Episcopal Church has received. The classes are especially for those who wish to be received in the Episcopal Church, receive baptism and be confirmed.
Register to Attend

Sunday, February 1, 2026

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Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thee that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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The three Sundays prior to Ash Wednesday are not ten days apart (that would indeed be quite miraculous), but nevertheless tradition gives these three "Gesima Sundays" the prefixes of Septua (70), Sexa (60), and Quinqua (50) as a countdown toward Lent. Quinquagesima is indeed 50 days before Easter, but Sexagesima and Septua aren't quite 60 and 70. Lent itself is that 40 day period (excluding Sundays, which traditionally are not penitential) from Ash Wednesday to the Great Vigil on Holy Saturday. /p>

In 2012, Septuagesima fell on the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. In 2011, Septuagesima fell on the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany. How can this be?

Epiphany is always on January 6, beginning immediately after the Twelve Days of Christmas (December 25 through January 5). We then have a period of "Sundays after Epiphany." However, the number of these Sundays after Epiphany varies because, beginning with Ash Wednesday, the church calendar switches over to its paschal cycle, which is determined not by fixed calendar dates (such as December 25, January 6 and February 2), but rather by the movable date of Easter, which the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 established as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox. The date of Easter can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25. That's quite a wide range.

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So now you know why the church has historically utilized the gesima system. The gesima weeks help the faithful to transition from a fixed cycle to a paschal cycle. As soon as you see the gesima Sundays appear on the calendar, you know that Ash Wednesday, and therefore Lent, is close at hand.

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Sunday Theology Talk - The Ministry of Truth: Words as Weapons
Part of the Series - Through George Orwell’s Eyes: The Road to Totalitarianism

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor
The manipulation of language unsettles our grasp of reality and sharpens the moral call to honesty and truthfulness.

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden

Keep your church from discouragement in the day of small things, O God, in the knowledge that when you have begun a good work, you will bring it to a fruitful conclusion, just as you did for your servant Anskar; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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The Pilgrims' Course - The Trinity: The Church Community Reflects Our Belief in God as “Three in One”

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
The Pilgrims’ Course explores the Christian Faith as the Episcopal Church has received. The classes are especially for those who wish to be received in the Episcopal Church, receive baptism and be confirmed.
Register to Attend

Sunday, February 8, 2026

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The Fifth Sunday After The Epiphany

Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us,we beseech thee, the liberty of that abundant life which thou hast manifested to us in thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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The three Sundays prior to Ash Wednesday are not ten days apart (that would indeed be quite miraculous), but nevertheless tradition gives these three "Gesima Sundays" the prefixes of Septua (70), Sexa (60), and Quinqua (50) as a countdown toward Lent. Quinquagesima is indeed 50 days before Easter, but Sexagesima and Septua aren't quite 60 and 70. Lent itself is that 40 day period (excluding Sundays, which traditionally are not penitential) from Ash Wednesday to the Great Vigil on Holy Saturday. /p>

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Sunday Theology Talk - Big Brother and the Worship of Power
Part of the Series - Through George Orwell’s Eyes: The Road to Totalitarianism

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor
Total surveillance breeds fear and corrodes the integrity of our desires and loyalties.

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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Scholastica of Nursia

Assist us, O God, to love one another as sisters and brothers, and to balance discipline with love and rules with compassion, according to the example shown by your servant Scholastica; for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be all honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

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The Pilgrims' Course - The History of the Church 1: From House Church to Established Religion

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
The Pilgrims’ Course explores the Christian Faith as the Episcopal Church has received. The classes are especially for those who wish to be received in the Episcopal Church, receive baptism and be confirmed.
Register to Attend

Sunday, February 15, 2026

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The Last Sunday After The Epiphany (Quinquagesima)

O God, who before the passion of thy only-begotten Son didst reveal his glory upon the holy mount: Grant unto us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Sunday Theology Talk - Love and the Breaking of the Human Spirit
Part of the Series - Through George Orwell’s Eyes: The Road to Totalitarianism

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor
Winston and Julia’s fragile defiance reveals both the resilience and the vulnerability of the human spirit under totalitarian rule.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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Janani Luwum, Archbishop and Martyr, 1977

O God, whose Son the Good Shepherd laid down his life for his sheep: We give you thanks for your faithful shepherd, Janani Luwum, who after his Savior’s example gave up his life for the sake of his flock. Grant us to be so inspired by his witness that we make no peace with oppression, but live as those who are sealed with the cross of Christ, who died and rose again, and now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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The Pilgrims' Course - The History of the Church 2: Reformation, Anglicanism, and the Oxford Movement

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Parish House, 3rd Floor, and via Zoom
The Pilgrims’ Course explores the Christian Faith as the Episcopal Church has received. The classes are especially for those who wish to be received in the Episcopal Church, receive baptism and be confirmed.
Register to Attend

Sunday, February 22, 2026

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The First Sunday In Lent

Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted of Satan; Make speed to help thy servants who are assaulted by manifold temptations; and, as thou knowest their several infirmities, let each one find thee mighty to save; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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Sunday Theology Talk - The Many Gods of the Secular Age: Idolatry and Restless Hearts
Part of the Series - Idolatry and the Eucharist: is Search of the Land of the Free

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor
Secularity undermines religion but gives way to new gods. Idolatry lurks in politics, economics, and culture, diverting our restless hearts from God’s liberating love.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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Saint Matthias

O Almighty God, who into the place of Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the Twelve: Grant that thy Church, being delivered from false apostles, may always be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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The Pilgrims' Course - The Christian Exodus: An Introduction to Lent and Holy Week

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Parish House, 3rd Floor, and via Zoom
The Pilgrims’ Course explores the Christian Faith as the Episcopal Church has received. The classes are especially for those who wish to be received in the Episcopal Church, receive baptism and be confirmed.
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Thursday, February 26, 2026

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Thursday Book Readings
The Uses of Idolatry by William Cavanaugh
6:45 p.m.-8:15 p.m., Parish House, Andrew Hall
The Thursday evening reading groups offer a slower, more conversational approach to learning together. This fall, we will take up two very different but complementary texts.
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