‘Weekly Post. Anno Domini 2022 October 24

Beloved of the Lord:

To-day is Monday, 24 October, in the year of our Lord 2022. The scheduled services are as-follows:

• Tuesday (tomorrow): 6:30 PM, Mass, Monthly Parish Requiem.
• Wednesday: 12:10 PM, Mass, Feast of Bl. Alfred the Great, King & Confessor.
• Thursday: 6:30 PM, Mass, Vigil SS. Simon  & Jude, Apostles & Martyrs. Soup and Study to follow.
• Friday: 9:00 AM, Mass, SS. Simon & Jude, Apostles & Martyrs, with the Gregorian Canon. Immediately following, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
• Saturday: 5:00 PM, Mass, Feria of Trinity XIX.
• Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 PM, Mass, Christ the King (Comm. Trinity XX)

It will be very busy for us, between now and the end of the calendar year. A week from today will be All Hallow's Eve, also known as the Vigil of All Saint's. On that evening, we will have Trick-or-Trunk at the Parish. This consists of sitting at your car, with treats for the tots in the open trunk. The City apparently sets the schedule for this; it will run from 6:00 'til 8:00 PM. 'Costumes at your discretion, preferably Christian-themed ones if you decide so to do.

There will be a general meeting for everyone willing to volunteer for the approaching General Convention. It will fall on Saturday, 5 November, at 10:00 AM, in the Parish Hall. Men and women are both encouraged to attend ~ tasks are available for all to do. Please mark this in your calendars, everyone! REMEMBER, volunteers are exempt from any fees associated with the 'Convention.

After the 10:00 Mass on Sunday, 6 November, we will empty the Parish Hall of all tables, chairs, and other moveable furniture, save-for the refrigerator. The carpets there, and in the main body of the Church, will be cleaned Monday morning, 7 November. As-such, there will be NO MASS on that Monday.

The General Convention will commence on Thursday, 10 November, at 2:00 PM, with a meeting for the Clergy. There will then be the opening of registration, at 4:00 PM. We will go non-stop from there through Noon on Saturday, when luncheon will have been served, and the faithful will begin to depart for their home parishes.

Friday, 11 November, will be ALL HANDS ON DECK! Saint Matthew's is responsible for saying the Mass that morning, at 8:00 AM. If you sing or serve, please be here no-later-than 7:30 AM. This will be sung, as we do at 10:00 every Sunday, with the addition of incense. We will hold a practice for this service.

Per the custom of the Regiment, there will be no Mass on Thanksgiving Day, as I will be on the other-side of the Continent. Morning prayer will be said at 10:00 AM, that we may offer thanks to God for our many blessings, and, in-particular, for our families, and their well-being, on that day. Also, being set in the morning, we aim to not interfere with the many preparations for the grand meal!

Once we've cleared all of the preceding hurdles, there remains one majour event on our Kalendar for the year. On the Feast of S. Nicholas, 6 December, the faitful will gather in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. There, The Rev'd Canons Charles H. Nalls and Joshua Gilliam will be Consecrated to the Episcopacy, for greater service to God's one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, within the Orthodox Anglican Church. A block of rooms has been reserved ~ it is suggested that reservations be made sooner-than-later, as the block is not large. This a pinnacle event, in the life of Holy Church, so as-many-as possible should attend. I remain

in His praise,

The Rev'd Fr. T. L. Crowder

Pastor, Saint Matthew's Parish