Dear Friends in Christ, A few items for your attention: 1. Our 114 year old parish school is truly outstanding, and we most often receive recognition of the school’s quality for academic achievement. We are, for example, the only Blue Ribbon Middle School in the Upstate. But in this current school year, the recognition of…

Dear Friends in Christ, The 40 Days of Fasting, Prayer and Almsgiving which we call Lent begins in ten days with Ash Wednesday on 5 March. The e-bulletin this week includes a summary of the Church’s law of fasting and abstinence from meat and the Mass schedule for Ash Wednesday. Please plan now to abstain…

Dear Friends in Christ, The 40 Days of Lent begin on Ash Wednesday, which falls this year on 5 March — two weeks from this Wednesday. In the service of keeping a holy Lent, it is time to make a Plan of Life which should include the three pillars of lenten discipline: fasting, prayer, and…

Dear Friends in Christ, I want to share some good financial news and ask for your continuing support, both for the parish and for the ministry of our diocesan bishop. Our stewardship guidelines recommend that each household in the parish divide its tithe in this way: 5% to the parish in the primary offertory; 1%…

Dear Friends in Christ, Christmas was 40 days ago, and that is why today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. According to Jewish custom, described in Chapter 12 of Leviticus, every woman who gave birth required a ritual purification from her flow of blood, and a sacrifice was to be offered to…