‘Weekly Post. Anno domini 2023 September 5

Beloved of the Lord:

Today is Tuesday, 5 September, in the year of our Lord 2023. The scheduled services are as-follows:

• Tuesday (today): 5:30 PM, Mass, S. Lawrence Justinian, Bishop & Confessor.
  6:30 PM, Holy Rosary & Sung Evensong.
• Wednesday: 12:10 PM, Mass, Feria of Trinity XIII,
• Thursday: 6:30 PM, Mass, S. Evurtius, Bishop & Confessor, followed by Soup & Study.
• Friday: 9:00 AM, Mass, Nativity of the BVM, with the Gregorian Canon.
  Immediately following, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
• Saturday: 5:00 PM, Mass, S. Peter Claver, Confessor.
• Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 AM, Mass, Trinity XIV.

We're entering a very busy period, in the life of the Parish. Please write-down these dates. Firstly will be the replacement of the carpet in the nave and Sanctuary. Next week, on Monday, 11 September, the furniture ~ everything from the Altar itself on down ~ will be removed for the Choir and the Sanctuary, to clear the way for the carpet-layers. Tuesday, the carpet will be installed. Wednesday, the furniture will be returned the usual positions. Since schedules of this sort are frequently subject to shifting, THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES on Monday - Wednesday of next week. The work should be done in-time to hold the usual mid-week service, but it may not, so we will play it safe.

Next, we will celebrate our Patronal Feast on Sunday, 24 September. There will be one service on that day, at 10:00 AM. A potluck luncheon will follow. As-per usual, that will also be the day when Archbishop Gordon makes his annual Parish Visitation. He and Jan will join us for Mass, and the meal following. There was some talk of also having a Clergy Appreciation Day on that date, but that seemed a bit much for a single day, so that celebration has been transferred.

The Clergy Appreciation Day will be held on Sunday, 15 October ~ The Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham. There will one service on this day, at 10:00 AM. After the Mass, a potluck luncheon will be held in the Parish Hall.

Gazing into the more distant future, General Convention will take-place next year in late July. This means that we are only nine months-away from this biennial gathering of the Body of the Church. We do not yet have a location, but bear the timing in-mind.

Thus, the year progresses, and we keep the pace. Virtually all of the Clergy and Staff will be out of the area sporadically for vacations and meetings in the coming months, especially in October. Keep a weather-eye on these pages, as dates, and any changes thereto, will be announced here. I remain

in His praise,

The Rev'd Canon. T. L. Crowder

Pastor, Saint Matthew's Parish