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Prayer for Christ Church
Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for Christ Church Parish. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the  careless, and restore the penitent. Grant us all things necessary for our common life, and bring us all to be of one heart and mind within thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In This Issue
Spring Concert
Rogation
Baptism Report
Confirmation
Huchet House
Jewelry Sale
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Upcoming Events
The Propers
The Music
Quote of the Week
Church Schedule
This Week in Church History
Saint of the Week
Parish Hall
Sermon Blog
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St. Mark the Evangelist
April 25, 2013

Spring Concert
Tomorrow, April 26, 8pm  

This year's concert, "The English Anthem," will be made up of choristers from our parish and the Bordentown community as well as brass choir, tympani and organ.  The music will be comprised of some of the most popular anthems of the English church through the ages, from Edward Elgar to William Mathias.

 Tickets: $20
Seniors $15/Students $10

For tickets and information:
(609) 298-2348
[email protected]

Rogation w. Vox Fidelis

Sunday, May 5, 6pm 


Celebrate the Spring Rogation with Vox Fidelis on Sunday, May 5, at 6pm.   "Rogation" comes from the Latin "rogare," which means "to ask," and "Rogation Days" are days during which we seek to ask God's mercy and ask for His blessings, Rogationparticularly with regard to farming, gardening, and other agricultural pursuits. 

Because of this, it is especially appropriate to bless farm and garden implements, so feel free to bring representative equipment to be blessed. A light reception will follow in the Rectory.

P.S. - If you or someone you know wishes to have farm equipment blessed on the farm, please let Fr. Matt know. He would be happy to bless equipment, seeds, etc.
Baptism Report
   
We welcome into the fellowship of Christ's One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church Ava Grace Richardson, who by water and the Holy Spirit received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism on Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Confirmation Rescheduled

 

Due to the bishop having minor surgery prior to June 2, we will be joining St. Mary's in Burlington on October 20 for the rites of Confirmation and Reception. The Confirmation classes that were scheduled for May will be rescheduled for September and October. We apologize for the inconvenience! 

Mother's Day Outreach for Huchet House

 

As we have for many years, we're once again organizing a drive for bed and bath linens as well as toiletries and feminine hygiene products for Huchet House in honor of Mother's Day.  Huchet House is a HomeFront operation that provides temporary housing to homeless women pregnant with their first child.  While at Huchet House, the women get support learning effective parenting skills and other life skills to prepare them to live successfully on their own with their babies.  When the women leave  Huchet House, they're able to take the linens with them as they establish a household of their own.  
If you're able, please consider supporting Huchet House by donating one of the following:

Feminine Hygiene products
Shampoo and Conditioners formulated for ethnic hair
Body Lotion 
Twin-size sheet sets
Bath towels and washcloths

If you're able to help, please leave donations in the basket marked "Huchet House" in the back of the church, near the Children's Altar.  
The Annual Mother's Day Jewelry Sale

Sunday, April 28, after both Masses

 

Once again, parishioner Dana Vlahovic will host a Premiere Jewelry demonstration and take orders for jewelry for delivery in time for Mother's Day.  Dana will have displays set up in the parish hall after both Sunday masses.   If you've seen her jewelry line before, you know that she has very fashionable jewelry items that make great gifts at very reasonable prices, and she's holding this sale for us to benefit the parish. Plan on coming upstairs after Mass on the 28th to browse shop for great gifts, say hello to Dana, and enjoy some fellowship.

Birthdays & Anniversaries

 

MAY BIRTHDAYS

2 Charles Haydukiewicz

4 Karly Luthke

11 Karen Sutter

Stephanie Mickus

12 Christopher Vlahovic

Juliana Cartwright

15 Janet Atkinson

20 Barbara Cook

21 Ian Cartwright

22 Robert J. Kintner

24 Zachary Kintner

Debbie Mallard

31 Lisa Moscatiello

 

MAY ANNIVERSARIES

2 Mark & Karen Casais

30 Kate Williamson & Susan Preston

Upcoming Events

 

April 26, 8pm: Spring Concert

May 5, 6pm: Rogation Procession w. Vox Fidelis

May 9, 10am: Ascension Day Mass

May 11, 10am-7pm: Franklin Carr Iris Festival (302 Farnsworth) 

May 12, 9am: Mother's Day Breakfast

May 18 & 19: Street Fair 

May 25, TBD: Memorial Day Solemnities

May 31, 12:10pm: Feast of the Visitation

June 1 & 2: Citywide Yard Sale 

July 20, 7pm: Trenton Thunder Game

June 21: Street of Dreams Car Show  

August 5-9: Bordentown City Restaurant Week

August 16-18: Bordentown Summer Sidewalk Sale 

The Propers
For Sunday, April 28

This Sunday is the Fifth Sunday of Easter

OT:
Acts 13:44-52
Psalm 145
NT:
Revelation 19:1,4-9
Gospel:John 13:31-35
 
Collect:
Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. 
The Music
For Sunday, April 28

Ordinary - Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena in D Major - Healey Willan 
Voluntary - Pastorale from Revelations - Daniel Pinkham 
Anthem - Blessed be the God and Father - Samuel Sebastian Wesley 
Voluntary - Trumpet Voluntary in D Major - Jeremiah Clarke
 
Quote of the Week
"The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug."
                                     ~Flannery O'Connor

Church Schedule
The Week of April 28, 2013

Saturday, 27 April :: The Vigil of the Fifth Sunday of Easter
 � 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass (Lady Chapel) 

Sunday, 28 April :: The Fifth Sunday of Easter
� 8:00 a.m. - Said Mass (Church) 

� 8:55a.m. - No Church School (Teachers Meeting) 
� 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)

� 11:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
� 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)

Monday, 29 April :: Catherine of Siena, 1380

 � Church Offices Closed 
  
Tuesday, 30 April :: The Holy Abbots of Cluny, 10-11th C.)
� No Services - Offsite Meetings   
 
Wednesday, 1 May ::
Ss. Philip and James, Apostles
 � 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Marian Devotions (Lady Chapel)
 � 5:30 p.m. - Boy Scouts: God & Family (Classroom)   
 � 6:30 p.m. - Rosary (Lady Chapel)
 � 7:00 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel) 
 � 8:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)
 

Thursday, 2 May ::
Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373
 � 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Marian Devotions (Lady Chapel)

� 10:00 a.m. - Low Mass w. Anointing for Healing (Lady Chapel) 

        
Friday, 3 May :: The Finding of the Holy Cross, 335
 � Abstinence Dispensed
 � 8:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer w. Marian Devotions (Lady Chapel) 
 � 12:10 p.m. - Low Mass (Lady Chapel)  
 

Saturday, 4 May :: The Vigil of the Sixth Sunday of Easter

 � 5:30 p.m. - Vigil Mass or Evening Prayer (Lady Chapel) 

Sunday, 5 April :: The Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogation Sunday)
� 8:00 a.m. - Said Mass (Church) 

� 8:55a.m. - Church School (Classrooms)   
� 9:00 p.m. - First Holy Communion Class (Church)
� 10:00 a.m. - Sung Mass (Church)

� 11:15 a.m. - Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
� 6:00 p.m. - Rogation Procession w. Vox Fidelis (Church & Grounds)
� 7:00 p.m. - A.A. Meeting (Parish Hall)

The Parish Office is open Tuesday-Friday from 8:30am to 2:00pm.

Fr. Matt is available during normal business hours and most evenings. Please don't hesitate to call or stop by the church.

Confession is available by appointment. Please call the Church Office or Fr. Matt to schedule a time.

This Week in Church History

 

April 19, 526: Justinian I is crowned Roman Emperor in Constantinople's magnificent cathedral, the Santa Sophia. Attempting to restore political and religious unity in the eastern and western empires, he ruthlessly attacked pagans and heretics and created the Code of Justinian, a massive restructuring of law (including much regarding the relationship of church and state) that would be the basis of legislation for nearly a millennium.

 

April 19, 1054: Pope Leo IX dies. Because Leo refused the title of Ecumenical Patriarch to Michael Cerularius (Patriarch of Constantinople) and demanded recognition of the filioque clause (the western addition to the Nicene creed that asserts "the Holy Ghost . . . proceeds from the Father and the Son), he is usually assigned responsibility for the final break between Eastern and Western Christianity, though the conventional date for the schism is July 16.

 

April 19, 1529: At the Diet of Speyer (Germany), princes and 14 cities draft a formal protest of Charles V's attempt to crush Lutheranism, defending religious freedom for religious minorities, e.g. those involved in the Reformation movement. From then on, the Reformers were known as "Protestants."

 

April 20, 1139: The Second Lateran Council, led by Pope Innocent II and attended by 1,000 church leaders, opens in Rome. The council focused on reforming the church in the wake of the East-West schism (1054) and preserving the temporal possessions of the clergy.

 

April 20, 1233 (some say 1232): Pope Gregory IX appoints full-time papal inquisitors and gives the Dominican order authority to carry out the Inquisition. For their vigilant and persistent work, the order won the moniker "Domini canes" or "God's dogs."

 

April 20, 1494: Johann Agricola, Saxon theologian and reformer, is born. He studied under Martin Luther at Wittenberg, and the two worked closely until Agricola embraced antinomianism-an overextension of the doctrine of "justification by faith" that asserted Christians are exempt from the need to observe any moral law. A violent controversy with Luther began, and it persisted even after Agricola recanted (Luther was one of very few who refused to accept the recantation).

 

April 20, 1718: David Brainerd, missionary to New England's Native Americans, is born in Haddam, Connecticut. Expelled from Yale for attending a revival meeting, Brainerd attained fame after his death (at age 29, from tuberculosis) when Jonathan Edwards published his journal. The diary inspired countless other missionaries, including William Carey, who is called "the father of modern missions".

 

April 20, 1853: Fugitive slave Harriet Tubman, who had escaped from the eastern shore of Maryland four years earlier, makes a return trip to the South to rescue other slaves. By the time slavery was abolished, she had made 19 such trips, liberating at least 300 fellow African Americans.

 

April 21, 1142: Medieval French philosopher, teacher, and theologian Pierre Abelard dies. Though well-known for his writings on revelation and the relationship between faith and knowledge, he is probably most remembered for his love letters to Heloise, a nun.

 

April 21, 1897: A.W. Tozer, devotional writer (The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy) and influential pastor in the Missionary Alliance Church, is born.

 

April 24, 1581: Vincent de Paul, founder of the Lazarist Fathers and the Sisters of Charity, is born in Pouy, France. The Roman Catholic Churchnamed him patron saint of all works of charity because of his charity work during the Wars of Religion.

 

April 24, 1944: In "United States v. Ballard," the Supreme Court ruled that no governmental agency can determine "the truth or falsity of the beliefs or doctrines" of anyone-even if the beliefs "may seem incredible, if not preposterous to most people." But the court also reiterated its position that while freedom of belief is absolute, the freedom to act on those beliefs is not.


--taken from Christianity Today
Saint of the Week
Archbishop of Canterbury, 653

Archbishop of Canterbury, England, a native of Rome, sent to the British Isles by Pope St. Gregory I the Great. Honorius was a Benedictine who went to England at the request of St. Augustine of Canterbury. He succeeded to the see in 627. Honorius was consecrated by St. Paulinus, and he consecrated Sts. Felix and Ithamar, the first English born bishops. Honorius gave St. Paulinus refuge when he fled Caedwalla of Wales after the death of King Edwin.

 

 --Catholic Saints & Angels 

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Grace and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ Church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, His Excellency George E. Councell, Bishop. Our parish reflects the joy found in Anglo-Catholic worship and tradition, taking the joy and strength found at the Altar and bringing it out into the world in service to our neighbours.    
In Christ,

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