Posts by Fr Jay Scott Newman

Dear Friends in Christ, 1. The bad weather last weekend caused our Mass attendance and collection to be a bit lower than usual. If you were among those unable to come last weekend, please do make up the missing offertory gift if possible. We depend upon your generosity from week to week to stay on…

Dear Friends in Christ, The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi is not observed in the sacred liturgy this year because 4 October, his date in the Roman Calendar, falls on a Sunday. But since today is his feast, let me commend to you two books about the Poverello of Assisi, both of which go…

Dear Friends in Christ, On Saturday 10 October 2015, Dr. Clark Brittain will be ordained deacon here at St. Mary’s. Clark is a member of the Community of St. Anselm’s and is being ordained for service in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, the jurisdiction for Anglicans who have been received into…

Dear Friends in Christ, Here at St. Mary’s, one of the distinctive features of our celebration of the liturgy is the deliberate pace of each part of the ritual. Nothing is hurried at Mass, and the reverent speaking or singing of every text helps all of us enter into the sacred time of prayer which…

Dear Friends in Christ, 1. I am delighted to announce that our new organist is Dr. David Rhyne, a master musician who is the Artistic Director of the South Carolina Bach Choir and an instructor at Furman University and the South Carolina Governor’s School. David will play on Sunday mornings during Mass at 9 and…