Next Sunday, July 30, the St Cyprian's Singers, the Choir of St Cyprian's Clarence Gate, London, will be visiting us and offering the Missa Brevis of Zoltán Kodály.  Primarily consisting of alumni choral scholars from British university chapel choirs, the St Cyprian's Singers were founded by Philip de Grouchy and Julian Collings in 2012 as the choir of St Cyprian's Church, Clarence Gate in London.  Now one of the leading mixed-voiced church choirs in the city, the main focus of the choir's work is to provide music at the regular choral mass on Sundays and at special services throughout the year.

Volunteers needed for Advent service at B-SAFE in Dorchester:  Would you like to help provide a safe, fun, and healthy experience for kids in Boston this summer?

Our parish has signed up to provide lunch for the kids and staff at the B-SAFE (Bishops' Summer Academic and Fun Enrichment) Program at the Epiphany School in Dorchester from July 31-August 3. We need some volunteers for 1) food prep, 2) meal service, or 3) reading with kids (ages 7-12). You can help on any single day, or for all 4 days.Food prep will be at the Advent (9-11 am), and the other two activities will be at the Epiphany School (11:30 am-1:30 pm, accessible by Red Line T). I was a Site Director at this program last year, and can attest to how great a service this can be for kids and adults alike! To volunteer to work on this project or help coordinate it, contact Steve Armandt ( [email protected], 617-943-8355).

Mark your calendars now for a special event in advance of the American Academy of Religion Meeting in Boston: "Anglo-Catholicism: Uncovering Roots", November 15-16, 2017.

What  is Anglo-Catholicism? This brief conference, on the eve of the annual meeting of the AAR, will delve into our broad tradition in a bid to remember and retrieve the best of the past for a faithful future. Inspired by the Anglo-Catholic congresses of the 20th century, young scholars will deliver papers on the holy, catholic, apostolic pattern of Scripture, sacraments, prayer, and the Church herself, formed by God in Christ. 

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In April 2018: A group from the Advent has been to the Holy Land together. A group has also been to Turkey. We will now round out the New Testament sites by going together next spring to Greece where St Paul preached extensively and where some of the earliest and most influential Christian communities came into being.

The pilgrimage will depart Boston on Monday, April 16, 2018, and return on Saturday, April 29, 2018. Among the places we will visit will be: Thessaloniki, Philippi, Meteora, Delphi, Olympia, Corinth, Mycenae, Naphlion, Athens, Patmos (by overnight ferry), and others. A more detailed brochure prepared by the travel agency, Worldwide Pilgrimage Ministries, will be available next Sunday.

The cost will be $3,129, if we have 20 -24 pilgrims; $2,979, if we have 25 - 29 pilgrims, and, except for a few meals on one's own, is all inclusive. If you are interested, speak to Father Warren.