Advent Silent Meditation ~ Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
2024-12-11 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-12-18 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is a traditional practice of spending time with Christ, embodied in the Eucharist, in silence and contemplation. The time will open and close with simple prayers, and a booklet of suggested personal devotions will be provided. Please feel free to enter or leave quietly at any time during the hour, and stay as long (or as short) as you like.

Food Pantry Distribution
2024-12-12 09:30 - 11:30, 2024-12-19 09:30 - 11:30 | Connecticut

Advent Bible Study ~ Women, Mystics & Scripture
2024-12-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Join us for an Advent study of writings from women mystics and passages from Scripture, concluding with an Advent by Candlelight meal on December 13th.

The Third Sunday of Advent
2024-12-15 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IPurple or BlueCanticle 9Zephaniah 3:14-20Philippians 4:4-7Luke 3:7-18

Low Mass
2024-12-15 08:00 - 09:00 | Connecticut
Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Marta S. Rivera Monclova, PhD, Deacon

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 Third Sunday of Advent ~ Gaudete Sunday
2024-12-15 10:30 - 12:00 | Connecticut
Music:

Mass Setting (choir): Mass of St. John the Baptist ~ Walter MacNutt (d. 1996)

Voluntary: Veni Emmanuel, from Three Short Preludes ~ Edward Bairstow (d. 1946)

Alleluia (choir) ~ Excita Domine ~ Tone VI; v. harm. Healey Willan

Motet (choir) ~ “E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come” ~ Paul Manz (1919-2009)

The Great Antiphons (choir)

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn ~ “O North, with all thy vales” ~ Conquest

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

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 Facebook page.

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Ember Day
2024-12-18 00:00 - 23:59, 2024-12-20 00:00 - 23:59, 2024-12-21 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IAdventPurple or Blue

Saint Thomas the Apostle
2024-12-21 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IAdventRedPsalm 126Habakkuk 2:1-4Hebrews 10:35–11:1John 20:24-29

The Fourth Sunday of Advent
2024-12-22 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IPurple or BlueCanticle 3 or Canticle 15 or Psalm 80:1-7Micah 5:2-5aHebrews 10:5-10Luke 1:39-45(46-55)

Low Mass
2024-12-22 08:00 - 09:00 | Connecticut
Preacher: Mr. Aldon Hynes

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 of Advent
2024-12-22 10:30 - 12:00 | Connecticut
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa Advenio ~ Plainsong, 10th c.

Voluntary: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

Alleluia Veni Domine ~ Tone VI; v. harm. H. Willan

The Nicene Creed ~ Missa de Angelis

Carol (choir) ~ People, look East ~ Besancon carol tune, Arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

Hymn 265 ~ “The angel Gabriel” ~ Gabriel’s Message

An Advent Prose (choir) ~ Mode I; arr. J. H. Arnold, 1933

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 56 ~ “O come, O come, Emmanuel” ~ Veni, veni, Emmanuel

Voluntary: O come, Emmanuel (Variations on an Advent Hymn) ~ Daniel Pinkham (d. 2006)

Preacher: Mr. Aldon Hynes

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 Facebook page.

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Christmas Eve
2024-12-24 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut

Christmas Eve ~ The Vigil of the Nativity
2024-12-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123
Christmas Eve

Tuesday, December 24

8:00 p.m. MUSICAL PRELUDE with CAROLS of the Season for choir and congregation by candlelight

Prelude: Hymn 92 ~ “On this day earth shall ring” ~ Personent hodie

Chaconne in G minor for Violin and Continuo ~ Marc Rovetti, violin ~ Tomaso Antonio Vitali (d. 1745)

Carol (choir) ~ Jesus Christ the apple tree ~ Elizabeth Poston (d. 1987)

Hymn 101 ~ “Away in a manger” ~ Cradle Song

Carol (choir) ~ Lullee, lullay ~ Peter Niedmann

Hymn 107 ~ “Good Christian friends, rejoice” ~ In ducli jubilo

Organ: In ducli jubilo ~ Sigfrid Karg-Elert (d. 1933)

8:30 p.m. SOLEMN HIGH MASS of THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD

Music:

Ordinary of the Mass: Missa Papae Marcelli ~ Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (d. 1594)

Hymn 83 ~ “O come, all ye faithful” ~ Adeste fidelis

Hymn 82 ~ “Of the Father’s love begotten” ~ Divinum mysterium

Motet choir) ~ Hodie Christus natus est ~ Healey Willan (d. 1968)

Hymn 78 ~ “O Little Town of Bethlehem” ~ Forest Green

Motet (choir) ~ O magnum mysterium ~ Tomás Luis de Victoria (d. 1611)

Hymn 111 ~ “Silent night” ~ Stille Nacht

Hymn 87 ~ “Hark! the herald angels sing” ~ Mendelssohn

Voluntary: Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella ~ arr. Keith Chapman (d. 1989)

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

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The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Christmas Day
2024-12-25 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IWhiteVigil ServicePsalm 96Isaiah 9:2-7Titus 2:11-14Luke 2:1-14(15-20)Early ServicePsalm 97Isaiah 62:6-12Titus 3:4-7Luke 2:(1-7)8-20Principal ServicePsalm 98Isaiah 52:7-10Hebrews 1:1-4(5-12)John 1:1-14

The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ~ Christmas Day
2024-12-25 10:00 - 11:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Low Mass with hymns

Music:

Voluntary: Away in a manger (Cradle Song) ~ William J. Kirkpatrick (d. 1921), arr. K Chapman

Hymn 105 ~ “God rest you merry, gentlemen” ~ God Rest You Merry

Hymn 98 ~ “Unto us a boy is born!” ~ Puer nobis nascitur

Hymn 100 ~ “Joy to the world” ~ Antioch

Voluntary: “Hallelujah!” from Messiah ~ George Frideric Handel (d. 1759), arr. K. Swann

Preacher: Sr. Gregory Simmons, Haven Religious

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Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr
2024-12-26 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IChristmasWhitePsalm 31 or Psalm 31:1-5Jeremiah 26:1-9,12-15Acts 6:8–7:2a,51c-60Matthew 23:34-39

Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
2024-12-27 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IChristmasWhitePsalm 92 or Psalm 92:1-4,11-14Exodus 33:18-231 John 1:1-9John 21:19b-24

The Holy Innocents
2024-12-28 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IChristmasRedPsalm 124Jeremiah 31:15-17Revelation 21:1-7Matthew 2:13-18

Low Mass
2024-12-29 08:00 - 09:00 | Connecticut
Preacher: Ms. Gregory Simmons, Haven Religious Community

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 First Sunday after Christmas Day
2024-12-29 10:30 - 12:00 | Connecticut
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena ~ Healey Willan (d. 1968)

Voluntary: Away in a manger (Cradle Song) ~ William J. Kirkpatrick (d. 1921), arr. Keith Chapman (d. 1989)

Hymn 112 ~ “In the bleak midwinter” ~ Cranham

Carol (choir) ~ “Lullee, lullay” ~ Peter Niedmann (b. 1960)

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 115 ~ “What child is this, who, laid to rest” ~ Greensleeves

Voluntary: Variations on Greensleeves ~ Craig Phillips (b. 1961)

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 Facebook page.

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The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2025-01-01 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IChristmasWhitePsalm 8Numbers 6:22-27Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11Luke 2:15-21

Low Mass for New Year's Day
2025-01-01 11:00 - 11:45 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123
Please join Rev. Rowena Kemp for Low Mass to celebrate the new year. Also on Facebook Live ~ www.facebook.com/GECHartford

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Eve of Epiphany
2025-01-05 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IChristmasWhite

The Second Sunday After Christmas Day
2025-01-05 00:00 - 23:59 | Connecticut
Year C / IWhitePsalm 84 or Psalm 84:1-8Jeremiah 31:7-14Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19aMatthew 2:13-15,19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matthew 2:1-12

Low Mass
2025-01-05 08:00 - 09:00 | Connecticut
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 Second Sunday after Christmas Day
2025-01-05 10:30 - 12:00 | Connecticut
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena ~ Healey Willan (d. 1968)

Voluntary: Gottes Sohn ist kommen ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

Hymn 491 ~ “Where is this stupendous stranger?” ~ Kit Smart

Carol (choir) ~ Torches, torches! ~ John Joubert, 1951

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 119 ~ ” As With Gladness Men Of Old” ~ Dix

Voluntary: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich ~ 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 Facebook page.

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