Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford

Food Pantry Distribution
2026-04-09 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-04-02 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-03-26 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-03-19 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-03-12 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-26 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-19 09:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-12 09:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)

Sung Mass
2026-04-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-29 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-22 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-15 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-01 10:30 - 12:00
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.

Low Mass
2026-04-05 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-29 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-22 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-15 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-08 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-01 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-02-22 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-02-15 08:00 - 09:00
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

Vestry Meeting
2026-03-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States

Vestry Meeting
2026-02-27 10:00 - 11:00

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 Ash Wednesday and Imposition of Ashes
2026-02-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
February 18, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Music

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

Introit (choir) Miseris omnium ~ Tone VII

Tract (choir) Domine, non secundum ~ Tone VIII

Psalm 51 (choir) Miserere Mei ~ Anglican chant, William Morley (d.1721)

Offertory (choir) Exaltabo te, Domine ~ Tone II

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

Communion (choir) Qui meditabitur ~ Tone I

Motet (choir) ~ Lay up for yourselves~ Ned Rorem (b. 1923)

Hymn 150 ~ “Forty days and forty nights” ~ Aur der Tiefe rufe dich

Preacher: Mr. Sean Glenn, Haven Religious

2026-02-18 Ash Wednesday Solemn High MassDownload

Ash Wednesday Low Mass and Imposition of Ashes
2026-02-18 09:15 - 10:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
2026-02-18 Ash Wednesday Low MassDownload

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

Annual Meeting
2026-02-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
ANNUAL MEETING ~ Sunday, February 8th, 2026

This is our yearly business meeting and it is important that as many parishioners as possible attend, so PLEASE JOIN US AFTER THE 10:30 A.M. MASS! Among the items on our agenda will be the election of officers and members of the vestry, as well as a review of our budget for 2026. This year’s Annual Report will be available and will include a list of voting members and a list of open offices with candidates for each, along with reports for 2025 and the new budget for 2026. In preparation for this, a list of voting members and a list of candidates for open offices has been posted on the church doors. Lunch will be potluck.

2025 Annual Report with covers VBDownload

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
