Our new Rector, the Rev. Robert J. Hendrickson III, began at St. Philip's this week. On Sunday, August 7, he will celebrate at all services. At 10:15 a.m. there will be a special "welcome" reception in the Murphey Gallery.

Next Sunday, August 14, he will preach at all morning services. On the 14th we will be celebrating the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin.

Fr. Hendrickson was interviewed by parishioner Bill Buckmaster on Wednesday, August 3, on the Buckmaster Show. You can listen here (Robert's interview is at about the 30-minute mark).



Also on Sunday morning at 10:15 a.m., in conjunction with the welcome reception, there will be an opening reception for the children's artwork that is hanging in the West Gallery. The eight pieces of art were painted by the children, blessed by Interim Rector Canon Clark, and displayed as icons at each station for the Children's Way of the Cross Service held on Good Friday back in March. Watch for an article in the AZ Star, probably this Saturday, August 6, about the icons and what they mean.



The University of Arizona Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies joins with St. Philip's to present their annual summer lecture series, "European Catholicism in the Late Middle Ages," on Sundays in August beginning August 7, at 10:15 a.m. in the Music Center. Characterized by great turmoil, the Late Middle Ages was a period of religious diversity and vitality. The four lectures will probe the wide variety of beliefs and practices held by clergy and laity in Europe before the age of the Protestant Reformation. The series will explore: Prophecy, Prayer, and Penance: Lay Religiosity and Catholicism in Fifteenth-Century Germany (August 7; presented by Adam Bonikowske, doctoral student); Catholic Orders in Late Medieval Germany (August 14; presented by David Neufeld, doctoral student); Catholics and Lollards in Late Medieval England (August 21; presented by Annie Morphew, master's student); and Jan Hus and the Vigor of Late Medieval Catholicism in Bohemia (August 28; presented by Benjamin Miller, master's student).  These lectures provide a unique opporunity for scholars training in the field to prepare a project and present their work to a large audience at St. Philip's, assisting these students in their graduate careers. You are invited to attend and help support these future scholars of Reformation history. Read more here.

First Sunday Food Drive 

August 7 is the first Sunday of the month, and St. Philip's Food Pantry ministry will be accepting donations of nonperishable food in unbreakable containers. Desired items are canned meat and meat entrees, canned fruit, canned vegetables, canned beans, dried pasta and canned pasta sauce, soup, peanut butter, and cereal. We also gratefully accept checks made out to St. Philip's with "Food Pantry" on the memo line.

We are using Track 2 through the rest of the season after Pentecost
Genesis 15: 1-6
Psalm 33: 12-15, 18-22
Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16
Luke 12: 32-40