St. Francis Weekly

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St. Francis Weekly

September 13 - September 20, 2020

Sunday's 10AM service can be accessed at:

https://www.facebook.com/StFrancisStamford/

The bulletin for the service can be accessed at: http://stfrancisstamford.org/sermons/

Quote of the Week. . .

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Food for Thought. . .

"...for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs." --George Eliot

The quote above is from George Eliot's Middlemarch, and it ends the compelling and wrenching movie, A Hidden Life. The movie--based on real events--follows the fate of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer and devout Catholic who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Because of Jägerstätter's conviction, he was summarily executed by the Nazis. The movie is not for the faint of heart. Indeed, the juxtaposition of the beauty of the Austrian Alps, the simplicity and joy of farm life there, and the devotion between Jägerstätter and his wife, Franziska, to the repulsiveness of Nazism and communal betrayal, the brutality of occupation and incarceration, and the horridness of the Jägerstätter's final sentence leaves one breathless. He was executed in August 1943, while his wife and three daughters survived. To read more, click here. . .

Link/Pic of the Week. . .

The trailer to A Hidden Life. It is haunting. . .

A HIDDEN LIFE | Official Trailer [HD] | FOX Searchlight

An uplifting story of dogs helping bring comfort to firefighters in California. . .

Therapy Dog Comforts Firefighters Battling California Blazes

Going Deeper . . .

Weekly Schedule

Sunday, September 13--Pentecost 15A--RALLY SUNDAY

10:00 AM Worship with Eucharist (https://www.facebook.com/StFrancisStamford/)

Celebrant: Debra Slade

Preacher: Mark Lingle

Following Worship Zoom Coffee Hour with brief presentations from committee chairs about ways to get involved at St. Francis (https://zoom.us/j/809952475)

This Week at a Glance

Monday (14)

11:00 AM Zoom Cottage Meeting

7:00 PM Zoom Poetry Reading

Tuesday (15)

10 AM - Noon Sign up for Private Prayer in the Church

5:00 PM Prayer Shawl Ministry Zoom (Access Zoom Call Here)

6:00 PM Evening Meditation Zoom(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6993581055)

7:00 PM Adult Forum: Book Discussion--The Warmth of Other Suns

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85884616656

Wednesday (16)

8:30 AM Episcopal Church in Connecticut Zoom Meeting -- Priests & Wardens