Charleston, South Carolina
From the Rector's Desk: I know that we aren’t the oldest Church in the world… or even in Charleston. It used to astound me that St. Philip’s dates to 1680 and St. Michael’s to 1751… until I went to England and walked up the stones “worn concave” by the knees of Canterbury pilgrims making their way to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket. (to see the rest of the article and newsletter please click here: February 2012 Newsletter)
+JMJ+ IV Epiphany, Yr. B Mk 1.21-28 29:I:2012 Fr. Patrick Allen(Listen) + + + Several days ago, Fr. Sanderson asked if I would put together a little flyer and some electronic publicity for our vigil mass of the Presentation of Our Lord (5.30PM this Wednesday; coffee and dessert to follow!), which I was glad to do. It was a pleasure, and actually kind of edifying, to do a little Google image search for the Presentation, to scroll across icons and paintings from multitudes of master artists across hundreds of years, all depicting this one event, each using their different materials,...
This Sunday January 15th we have our annual parish meeting. We will be electing 4 candidates to Vestry. 3 candidates will fill 3 year openings, and 1 will complete a 2 year vacancy. The Vestry Candidates are: Dawn Balsam, Melissa Dawson, Fred Fabian, Patricia Henley, John Jordan, Keith McElveen, & Terry Williams. The candidate profiles can be veiwed here: Profiles
From the Rector: Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a Blessed celebration of Our Lord’s Nativity. Fiona and I are so very thankful for your personal expressions of Christmas good cheer. I am also exceeding thankful for all the planning and hard work that went into making all of our liturgies so beautiful and inspiring. See full newsletter
Listen to Fr. Sanderson's Midnight Mass homily.Listen (or read below), Fr. Allen's Christmas Day homily. Christmas Day 25 December 2011 John 1.1-14 Fr. Patrick Allen + + + Here we are, we happy few, "on Christmas Day in the morning," and God bless you for being here this morning, for tearing yourselves away from home and hearth to attend Mass this Lord's Day morning. I figure we might as well talk about what is on all of our minds: Presents! And don't worry, I'm not about to kill your Christmas morning toy-buzz with some anti-consumerist, anti-materialism, anti-commercialism harangue. I've...