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Greetings!
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.
St. Thomas has a great respect for both the rich liturgical heritage of the church and for living the message of social justice proclaimed by Jesus Christ. Whether you are young or old, gay or straight, single, married or in a relationship, female or male, poor or wealthy, you are welcome at St. Thomas just as you are...a child of God and an inheritor of God's grace. |
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Sermons
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Did you know that all of the Sermons from March 2011 on are available online at our website and on our YouTube channel?
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World Premiere Commission
World Premiere of Judith Bingham's anthem "Ave Virgo Sanctissima" commissioned by St Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood, to have its first performance by the LA Schola on Saturday 28th January, 2012 at the 5pm Latin Vigil Mass. All are welcome to attend, reception to follow. We are fortunate to have the composer present for this world-premiere.
Judith Bingham is a world-renowned composer of a younger generation and has written for the BBC Singers, St Paul's Cathedral, London, choirs in Utah and Albuquerque, as well as being an outstanding composer in the worlds of brass, orchestral and organ music.
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The commission is a gift to the Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle from its beloved Rector, Fr. Ian Elliott Davies. |
Fr. Davies will be on holiday beginning Monday, 30 January and will be returning on Tuesday, 21 February. On 6, 13, & 20 February, Fr. Gabriel Ferrer will be the Guest Celebrant & Preacher.
PLEASE NOTE: The Daily Masses (including Saturday mornings) will be replaced with Morning and Evening Prayer services. |
At its meeting during the Vestry retreat last weekend, the Vestry approved the following minutes, which are now available online via our website or by clicking the dates below:
21 December 2011
15 January 2012 |
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Parking Survey to be Conducted  As many of you know, a new parking regulation for the area south of Runyon Park - including the streets surrounding St. Thomas - recently went into effect. The new regulation prohibits street parking near St. Thomas on weekends, unless the parishioner has a special permit. Parking permits for the area are generally reserved only for residents.
Because the major days of worship at St. Thomas are on the weekend - the Vigil Mass on Saturday and the High and Low Masses on Sunday - the new regulation presents a serious threat to St. Thomas by placing a significant burden on many parishioners who travel to St. Thomas to attend weekend services. In fact, we believe the new restriction is so misguided that it violates federal law which prohibits the City from imposing a substantial burden on a person's right to exercise religion unless the City has a very good reason and the City can demonstrate that the regulation is the least restrictive means of furthering a legitimate goal. (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq.) So far, we believe the City has failed to meet its legal obligation to the St. Thomas community to find a solution to this problem that does not infringe upon your right to worship. Many of you have already contacted District 4 Councilman Tom LaBonge and others at the City to object to the new regulation and to explain the affect it has placed on your right to free and unfettered religious exercise. For this, we thank you profusely. However, more still needs to be done. We believe St. Thomas and its parishioners must continue to explain to the City and to Councilman LaBonge how serious the parking situation is for the entire St. Thomas family. Therefore, we have prepared a brief questionnaire which asks you to provide some basic information and explain the burden the parking restriction has had - or will have - on your ability to worship at St. Thomas. This survey will be inserted in all Orders of Service this coming weekend. Please take a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire. Your name will be kept confidential unless you specifically agree that St. Thomas can use it in its dealings with the City regarding the parking issue. Once you have filled out the questionnaire, please provide it to any Church officer, or hand it in at the table that will be set up to accept questionnaires after the Masses. Alternatively, you can send the scanned questionnaire to the Parish Office admin@saintthomashollywood.org or fax it to (323) 876-7738.
Thank you so much for your love and support during this critical time for St. Thomas the Apostle Hollywood.
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St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher, 1274 (January 28)
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"Thomas Aquinas"
by Fra Bartolommeo |
St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was an Italian Dominican priest of the Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus. "Aquinas" is not a surname, but is a Latin adjective meaning "of Aquino", his place of birth. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology (theology based on reason and ordinary experience), and the father of Thomism (a realist philosophy which believes truth is true wherever it is found). His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory.
Thomas is held in the Church to be the model teacher for those studying priesthood. The owrds for which he is best-known are the Summa Theologica (a manuel for beginners in theology which presents reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West; it is famous for, among other things, its five arguments for the existence of God) and the Summa Contra Gentiles (a mixture of several categories, but mainly scriptural commentaries and Aristotelian commentaries). As one of the 33 Doctors of the Church, he is considered the Church's greatest theologian and philosopher.
During the Devil's Advocate process of his canonization, to the objection that St. Thomas Aquinas produced no miracles, one cardinal answered, "there are as many miracles as articles [in the Summa Theologica]." That is to say, thousands!
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The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany
Lections
Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Psalm 111
Revelation 12:1-5a
St. Mark 1:21-28
Celebrant (8am & 10:30am)
Choir Master & Pianist
Jim Keltner |
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PRELUDE
"First Movement" from Concertino for Oboe
by W.A. Mozart
POSTLUDE
"Third Movement" from Concertino for Oboe
by W.A. Mozart
This week's guest musician:
Ms. Hayan Charlston, Oboe
See the announcement about The Organ Project online! |
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On This Day in Church History
On this day in 1343, Pope Clement VI issued Bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. This document was later used in the defence of indulgences after Martin Luther pinned his 95 Theses to a church in Wittenberg in 1517. |
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Please join us for many Parish activities. Here's a sampling of upcoming events - a full list is available online
28 January @ 7:30am
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
28 January @ 10:30am
Newcomer Orientation Series
28 January @ 5:00pm
LASchola sings the Mass
5, 12 & 19 February
Fr. Davies on vacation
Fr. Gabriel Ferrer celebrates and preaches
20 February
Parish Office Closed
27 February @ 9:30am
County-USC AIDS Clinic Feeding Program |
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ePrayer
Prayer is at the center of our worship and binds us together as a community of faith. This week we commenced our electronic prayer chain email. A list of persons on the prayer list is sent weekly.
The prayer chain email is an opt-in list only - it will not be sent unless you sign up for it. If you'd like to be on this distribution list, please update your profile (please use link at the bottom of the email, customized with your email) or contact the office.
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History online
Articles and photos from the early years of St. Thomas the Apostle are now available on our website!
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Video Introductions
A brief introduction to the liturgy at St. Thomas:
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A brief introduction to St. Thomas, its history, its place in Hollywood, the Damien Chapel and the organ.
 | | Introduction to St. Thomas |
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