Low Mass
2026-02-01 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-02-08 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-02-15 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-02-22 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-01 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-08 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-15 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-22 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York) and 7 more dates
Preacher: TBA

Our 8AM service is a Low Mass. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the Bulletin. We leave room for silence and contemplation, and there is no music at this service. A refreshing start to a Sunday.

For more information about Low Mass, click here: Services

Solemn High Mass for The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
2026-02-01 10:30 - 12:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Music:

Mass Setting: Communion Service in E ~ Leo Sowerby (d. 1968)

Voluntary: Aria ~ Flor Peeters (d. 1986)

Introit (choir) ~ Laetetur cor (all stand) ~ Mode II

The Gradual: Psalm 15 ~ Domine, quis habitabit? ~ Tone III.5

Alleluia ~ Confitebor ~ Tone VI

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Bonum est ~ Mode VIII

Motet (choir) ~ Cantate Domino ~ Giuseppe Pitoni (d. 1743)

Communion (choir) ~ Beati mundo corde ~ Mode I

Hymn 656 ~ “Blest are the Pure in Heart” ~ Franconia

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 542 ~ “Christ is the world’s true Light” ~ St. Joan

Voluntary: Lead, kindly light ~ Robert Hebble (d. 2020)

Preacher: Sr. Gregory Simmons, Haven Religious

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

2026-02-01 Epiphany 4 ADownload

Solemn High Mass for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
2026-02-08 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Grace Mass ~ Edward Ivor Wagner, 1987

Voluntary: Ich ruf’ zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

Introit (choir) ~ Venite adoremus ~ Mode II

The Gradual: Psalm 112 ~ Beatus vir ~ ToneVII.3

Alleluia ~ Laudate Dominum ~ Tone VI

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Perfice gressus meus ~ Mode IV

Anthem (choir) ~ He comes to us ~ Jane M. Marshall, 1957

Hymn 497 ~ “How bright appears the Morning Star” ~ Wie schön leuchtet

Communion (choir) ~ Introibo ad altare ~ Mode VIII

Hymn 641 ~ “Lord Jesus, think on me” ~ Southwell

Ave Regina caelorum (choir) ~ Mode VI

Hymn 344 ~ “Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing” ~ Sicilian Mariners

Voluntary: In Dir ist Freude ~ J. S. Bach

Preacher: The Rev. Rowena J. Kemp, Rector

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

2026-02-08 Epiphany 5 ADownload

Solemn High Mass for The Last Sunday after the Epiphany~ The Transfiguration of Our Lord
2026-02-15 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Christ Mass ~ Edward Ivor Wagner, 1989

Voluntary: Adoration ~ Florence Price (d. 1953)

Introit (choir) ~ In excelso throno ~ Mode VIII

The Gradual: Psalm 99 ~ Dominus regnavit ~ Tone IV.4

Alleluia ~ Jubilate Deo ~ Tone VI

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Jubilate Deo ~ Benjamin Britten (d. 1976)

Communion (choir) ~ Visionem ~ Tone I

Motet (choir) ~ O nata lux ~ Thomas Tallis, 1575

Ave Regina caelorum (choir) ~ Mode VI

Hymn 123 ~ “Alleluia, song of gladness” ~ Tibi, Christe, splendor Patris

Voluntary: Te Splendor et Virtus Patris ~ Marcel Dupré (d. 1971)

Preacher: Sr. Gregory Simmons, Haven Religious

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

2026-02-15 Epiphany Last ADownload

Solemn High Mass for The First Sunday in Lent
2026-02-22 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa Marialis ~ Plainsong, C. W. Douglas, ed.

Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in E minor ~ Johann Ludwig Krebs (d. 1780)

Introit (choir) ~ Invocabit me ~ Mode VIII

The Gradual: Psalm 32 ~ Beati quorum ~ Tone VII.3

Sequence Hymn 445 ~ “Praise to the Holiest, in the height” ~ Gerontius

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

The Prayers of the People (Form IV) ~ Hymnal S-108

Offertory (choir) ~ Scapulis suis ~ Mode VIII

Motet (choir) ~ Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake ~ Richard Farrant/Hilton, late 16th c.

Sursum corda ~ Hymnal S 112

The Lord’s Prayer ~ Hymnal S 119

Communion (choir) ~ Scapulis suis ~ Mode III

Hymn 142 ~ “Lord, who throughout these forty days” ~ St. Flavian

Ave Regina caelorum (choir) ~ Mode VI

Hymn 687 ~ “A mighty fortress is our God” ~ Ein’ feste Burg

Voluntary: Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott (Fantasie) ~ Michael Praetorius (d. 1621)

Preacher: Sr. Gregory Simmons, Haven Religious

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

2026-02-22 Lent 1ADownload

Solemn High Mass for The Second Sunday in Lent
2026-03-01 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa Penitentialis ~ Plainsong, Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944), ed.

Voluntary: Prelude in C minor ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d.1750)

Introit (choir) ~ Reminiscere ~ Mode IV

The Gradual: Psalm 121 ~ Levavi oculos ~ Tone II

Tract (choir) ~ Confitemini Domino ~ Tone VIII; harm by Healey Willan

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Meditabor ~ Mode II

Motet (choir) ~ Call to remembrance ~ Richard Farrant (d. 1581)

The Lord’s Prayer ~ Hymnal S 119

Communion (choir) ~ Intellige clamorum ~ Mode V

Hymn 313 ~ “Let thy Blood in mercy poured” ~ Jesus, meine Zuversicht

Ave Regina caelorum (choir) ~ Mode VI

Hymn 473 ~ “Lift high the cross” ~ Crucifer

Voluntary: Fugue in C minor ~ J. S. Bach

Preacher: The Rev. Marta S. Rivera Monclova, PhD, Curate

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

2026-03-01 Lent 2ADownload

Solemn High Mass for the Third Sunday in Lent
2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour ~ George Oldroyd, 1938

Voluntary: Dies sind die heiligen zehn Gebot, BWV 678 ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d.1750)

Introit (choir) ~ Oculi mei (all stand) ~ Mode VII

The Gradual: Psalm 95 ~ Venite, exultemus ~ Tone II

Tract (choir) ~ Ad te levavi ~ Tone VIII

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Justitiæ Domini ~ Mode IV

Motet (choir) ~ Never weather-beaten sail ~ Charles Wood (d. 1926)

The Lord’s Prayer ~ Hymnal S 119

Communion (choir) ~ Qui biberit aquam ~ Mode VII

Hymn 202 from 1940 Hymnal ~ “Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord” ~ Lammas

Ave Regina caelorum (choir) ~ Mode VI

Hymn 559 ~ “Lead us, heavenly Father” ~ Dulce carmen

Voluntary: Pastorale ~ J. S. Bach

Preacher: The Rev. Rowena J. Kemp, Rector

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

2026-03-08 Lent 3ADownload

Sung Mass
2026-03-15 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-22 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-29 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-04-26 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-05-03 10:30 - 12:00 and 1 more date
Music: TBA

Preacher: TBA

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.
