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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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St. Thomas Ministry Fair
The annual St. Thomas Ministry Fair will be held on Sunday, 27 May after the High Mass. Tables with representatives and information about various ministries and guilds will be placed throughout the Parish Hall. This will be an excellent opportunity to thank all of those who contribute so much to St. Thomas as well as an opportunity for Parishioners to contribute time and talents.
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Vespers for Healing
for Bishop J. Jon Bruno
On Sunday, 27 May at 4pm, Fr. Davies will assist with a Vespers for Healing service for Bishop J. Jon Bruno sponsored by the Program Group on Black Ministry at the Cathedral Centre of St. Paul (840 Echo Park Blvd). All Parishioners are invited.
Several services of healing prayer for Bishop J. Jon Bruno have been scheduled around the diocese. For a complete list of all scheduled services around the diocese, CLICK HERE!
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Looking for Volunteers
We have a few production companies using our facilities in the coming months, and we're looking for Parishioners interested in volunteering to be our site representatives. Please email the office if you are interested and available.
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Parking Update
We continue to work hard on removing the weekend parking restrictions that the City recently imposed. We have had much dialogue with the City and have also requested Diocesan support. Although we were successful in getting temporary relief for Palm Sunday and Easter Day, the City declined to provide interim relief between now and August. The restrictions are set to expire on 17 August unless they are renewed. We anticipate that the area residents will request a renewal. We are working through the political process to oppose any renewal. Currently, we do not know when the hearing on the renewal will occur. We will distribute that information as soon as we receive it. We are also working on a petition for all 91 parishioners who reside in Mr. LaBonge's district. If you receive a copy of the petition in your email inbox, that means that you live in Mr. LaBonge's district based on your address in the Church's directory.
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The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735
 | | "The Venerable Bede Translates John" by J.D. Penrose (ca 1902) |
St. Bede was an English monk in modern Jarrow. He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The Father of English History." In 1899, St. Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII, a position of theological significance; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation. St. Bede was moreover a skilled linguist and translator, and his work with the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers contributed significantly to English Christianity, making the writings much more accessible to his fellow Anglo-Saxons.
At the time St. Bede wrote Historica ecclesiastica, there were two common ways of referring to dates. One was to use indictions, which were 15-year cycles, counting from 312 AD. The other approach was to use regnal years - the reigning Roman emperor, for example, or the ruler of whichever kingdom was under discussion. This meant that in discussing conflicts between kingdoms, the date would have to be given in the regnal years of all the kings involved. Although St. Bede used both of these approaches on occasion, he adopted a third method as his main approach to dating: the anno domini method invented by Dionysius Exiguus. Even though St. Bede did not invent this method, his adoption of it is the main reason why it is now so widely used.
At St. Thomas, we celebrate the life and works of St. Bede with a Mass tonight at 7pm.
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Whit Sunday
Lections
Acts 2:1-21
Psalm 104:24-36
Romans 8:22-27
St. John 21:20-end
Celebrant & Preacher
Choir Master & Pianist
Mr. James Keltner
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The Feast of the Visitation of Our Blessed Lady to St. Elizabeth
The Feast will be celebrated on Thursday, 31 May, with Holy Rosary at 6pm, Evening Prayer at 6:30pm, and a Solemn Mass at 7pm. All are welcome!
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On This Day in Church History
On this day in 1535 after holding Munster under siege for over a year, the army of the city's Roman Catholic bishop breaks in, capturing and killing the radical Anabaptists who had taken control. The Anabaptists had acted on the prophecy of Melchoir Hoffman (later modified by Jan Matthys) that Christ would soon return, and only Christians in Munster would survive. During the siege, Matthys and his followers became increasingly despotic and maniacal, enjoying excesses while the people starved and introducing wild innovations such as polygamy.
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Please join us for many Parish activities. Here's a sampling of upcoming events - a full list is available online
26 May @ 7:30am
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
26 May @ 5:00pm
LASchola sings the Mass
28 May - Memorial Day
The Parish Office will be closed, and due to the clinic's closure on this day, there will be no County-USC AIDS Clinic feeding program
9 June @ 7:30am
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
16 June @ 10:30am
Newcomer Orientation Series
20 June @ 7:30pm
Vestry Meeting
25 June @ 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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