| Entr'acte this Sunday |
 Entr'acte // The Wisdom of Work // Parish Library @ 10:20 a.m. this Sunday: Work holds an important place in our lives and seems to only become more and more absorbing. What does our philosophical and theological heritage have to say about work and its meaning? Beginning with the ancient Greeks, moving through the middle ages, and ending with contemporary perspectives from philosophers and theologians, we will consider how work has been reflected upon, what sorts of work have been considered valuable (or not), and how we as Christians might consider our work in relationship to our faith. This last question is especially important when we recognize that in the Judeo-Christian tradition rest from work seems just as prized as work itself, if not more so. As our lives get busier and busier and more occupied with work, why and how should we make space for rest from labor? The series will be followed in November with a look at Sabbath, rest and its value for Christian life.
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| Coming Up: All Souls' Day |
Thursday, November 2, is All Souls' Day. A Low Mass of Requiem will be celebrated at 12:15 pm. A Solemn Requiem Mass will be sung at 6:30 pm.
If you wish departed friends, loved ones, and family members remembered at these Masses please fill out one of the envelopes to be found at the rear of the church or with your pledge envelopes, and return it with the offering on Sundays October 22 or 29 or to the Parish Office by Wednesday, November 1. You may, of course, include a donation in memory of the departed in the envelope.
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| Celebration for the Woods on November 5 |
We will bid Fr. Wood, Renee, Ellie, Patrick and Flannery adieu on Sunday November 5, All Saints' Sunda
y. Fr. Wood and his family have been an important part, a really essential part of the Advent community for the past eight years. I hope, then, that you will do everything you can to arrange to be with us on the 5th to let the Woods know how much we love them and how much we are going to miss them. We are arranging festive Coffee Hours after the 9 am and 11:15 am Masses to send them one their way. -- Fr. Warren
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| "Anglo-Catholicism: Uncovering Roots" |
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.
PLEASE REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 8!
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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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| Sunday's Collect |
Almighty and everlasting God, who in Christ hast revealed thy glory among the nations: Preserve the works of thy mercy, that thy Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of thy Name; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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