St. Thomas the Apostle
Weekly E-Newsletter
Week Ending
April 3, 2009 
Dear Parishioner 

Welcome to the weekly St. Thomas the Apostle Hollywood newsletter.  We hope that you enjoy our new format.
 
St. Thomas the Apostle is an Episcopal Parish in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.  We are called by God to be a holy place where love is found, where all are named and where hearts are freed to change the world.
In This Issue
Easter Breakfsat
About Palm Sunday
Join us for Services
Holy Week is Here
Palm Sunday Lections
Passover
Doubt Screening & Discussion
Gourmet Easter Breaskfast
 
Join us for our annual gourmet Easter morning Breakfast created by our own John Boughner.
 
It's a wonderful way to mingle with your fellow parishoners and celebrate the Risen Lord!
 
Just $10 - tickets are available in the Parish Hall after Mass. 
About Palm Sunday
On Palm Sunday at St. Thomas (as well as many Anglican and Catholic churches) palm fronds are blessed with an aspergilium outside the church building and a procession enters, singing, re-enacting the entry into Jerusalem.
 
The procession includes the normal liturgical procession of clergy and acolytes, the parish choir.  The palms are saved to be burned the following year as the source of ashes used in Ash Wednesday services. 
 
The vestments for the day are deep scarlet red, the color of blood, indicating the supreme redemptive sacrifice Christ was entering the city who welcomed Him to fulfill His Passion and Resurrection in Jerusalem.
 
In the Episcopal and many other Anglican churches, the day is nowadays officially called The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday; however, in practice it is usually termed "Palm Sunday" as in the historic Book of Common Prayer, by way of avoiding undue confusing with the penultimate Sunday of Lent in the traditional calendar, which was "Passion Sunday."
 
(Adapted from Wikipedia)
Upcoming Services
 

5 April 2009   Palm Sunday

7:30 am      Morning Prayer

8:00 am      Low Mass & Blessing of Palms

9:45 am      Rosary

10:30 am    High Mass w/ Procession & Blessing of Palms

4:30 pm      Evening Prayer

 

6 April 2009   Monday in Holy Week

7:30 am      Morning Prayer

8:00 am      Low Mass

6:00 pm      Confessions

6:30 pm      Evening Prayer

7:00 pm      Low Mass Followed by Light Soup Supper

 

7 April 2009   Tuesday in Holy Week

7:30 am      Morning Prayer

8:00 am      Low Mass

6:00 pm      Confessions

6:30 pm      Evening Prayer

7:00 pm      Low Mass Followed by Light Soup Supper

 

8 April 2009   Wednesday in Holy Week

7:30 am      Morning Prayer

8:00 am      Low Mass

6:00 pm      Confessions

6:30 pm      Evening Prayer

7:00 pm      Low Mass Followed by Light Soup Supper

 

9 April 2009 (Triduum Begins)      Maundy Thursday

7:30 am      Morning Prayer

8:00 am      Low Mass

6:30 pm      Evening Prayer

7:30 pm      Solemn Mass

9:00 pm     All-Night Vigil Before the Blessed Sacrament

 

10 April 2009 Good Friday

7:00 am      Meditations on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary

12:00 pm    Stations of the Cross

6:00 pm      Confessions

7:30 pm      Mass of the Pre-Sanctified & Veneration of the Cross

 

11 April 2009 Holy Saturday

7:30 pm      High Mass of the Vigil of the Most Holy Feast   

 

12 April 2009 Easter Day

7:30 am     Morning Prayer

8:00 am     Choral High Mass of the Most Holy Feast

10:00 am   Holy Rosary

10:30 am   Choral High Mass of the Most Holy Feast

4:30 pm     Evening Prayer

We hope to see you soon!
 
Blessings from
 
St. Thomas the Apostle
Holy Week
Episcopal Church Welcomes You
We welcome back
Fr. Peebles as our preacher for Palm Sunday as well as the services through Holy Week and Easter.  John West, Organist in Residence, will play throughout Holy Week.  Mr. West will be playing throughout the Eastertide season.
 
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy week Fr. Peebles will be hosting a discussion after Mass in the Small Parish Halll.  Lenton Soup will be served.
 
"Could ye not watch with me one hour?" The Maundy Thursday all-night Vigil before the Blessed Sacrament will take place in the Damien Chapel from the end of the evening Liturgy until 7:00am Good Friday, at which time Frs. Davies and Stuart will conclude with a meditation Rosary on the Sorrowful Mysteries. A sign-up sheet will be available at the back of the church today and on Palm Sunday.
Palm Sunday (The Sunday of the Passion)
Liturgy of the Palms
St. John 12:12-16
 
Liturgy of the Passion
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm 31:9-16
The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Philippians 2:5-11
St. Mark 14:1--15:end
Passover
Passover begins at sundown April 8th and we wish our Jewish brothers and sister, especially at Temple Israel of Hollywood a most blessed observance of this sacred holiday.
Featured Article
Doubt
Friday, 29 May - Come one, come all to St. Thomas the Apostle's Movie Night.  An opportunity to see the thought-provoking movie, Doubt, discuss it with your friends and eat lots of popcorn!  What could be better than a little intellectual stimulation mixed with conviviality?  All are welcome - parishioners, friends of parishioners, children of parishioners, et al.  We've even got a big screen!  Mark your calendars for May 29th at 7:30 pm.  Josie Richstad will even be knitting - and will teach anyone who wishes to learn - as an added attraction.  Spread the word.  

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