Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford

Food Pantry Distribution
2025-10-16 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-10-23 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-10-30 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-06 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-13 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-20 09:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)

Vestry Meeting
2025-10-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-11-21 10:00 - 11:00

Saint Luke the Evangelist
2025-10-18 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeRedPsalm 147 or Psalm 147:1-7Ecclesiasticus 38:1-4,6-10,12-142 Timothy 4:5-13Luke 4:14-21

Ordinary Time, Proper 24
2025-10-19 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenPsalm 119:97-104 or Psalm 121Jeremiah 31:27-34 or Genesis 32:22-312 Timothy 3:14–4:5Luke 18:1-8

Low Mass
2025-10-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-26 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-11-02 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-11-09 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-11-16 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

Solemn High Mass for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost ~ Proper 24C
2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

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

Voluntary: In Quiet Mood ~ Florence Price (d. 1953)

Introit (choir) ~ Ego clamavi ~ Mode III

Gradual: Psalm 121 ~ Levavi oculos ~ Tone II

Alleluia ~ Lauda, anima mea ~ Tone VI

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Meditabor ~ Mode II

Hymn 709 ~ “O God of Bethel” ~ Dundee

Communion (choir) ~ Domine, Dominus noster ~ Mode II

Motet (choir) ~ Sing, my soul ~ Ned Rorem, 1955

Salve Regina (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 695 ~ “By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered” ~ Intercessor

Voluntary: Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 150 ~ Dieterich Buxtehude (d. 1707)

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.

2025-10-19 Proper 24 CDownload

Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Martyr, c. 62
2025-10-23 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeRedPsalm 1Acts 15:12-22a1 Corinthians 15:1-11Matthew 13:54-58

Ordinary Time, Proper 25
2025-10-26 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenPsalm 65 or Psalm 84:1-6Joel 2:23-32 or Ecclesiasticus 35:12-17 or Jeremiah 14:7-10,19-222 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18Luke 18:9-14

Solemn High Mass for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost ~ Proper 25c
2025-10-26 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis No. 6 in F minor ~ Healey Willan, (d. 1968)

Prelude: Rhosymedre ~ Ralph Vaughan Williams (d. 1958)

Introit (choir) ~ Laetetur cor ~ Mode I

Gloria in Excelsis from Missa de Sancta Maria

The Gradual: Psalm 84 ~ Quam delicta! ~ Tone III.2

Alleluia ~ Adorabo ~ Tone VI

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Domine, vivifica me ~ Mode III

Anthem (choir) ~ Jesu, Joy of man’s desiring ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

Communion (choir) ~ Laetabimur ~ Mode II

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

Salve Regina (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 665 ~ “All my hope on God is founded” ~ Michael

Voluntary: Paean ~ Herbert Howells (d.1983)

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.

2025-10-26 Proper 25 CDownload

Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles
2025-10-28 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeRedPsalm 119:89-96Deuteronomy 32:1-4Ephesians 2:13-22John 15:17-27

All Saints' Eve
2025-10-31 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeGreen

All Saints' Day
2025-11-01 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeWhitePsalm 149Daniel 7:1-3,15-18Ephesians 1:11-23Luke 6:20-31

Requiem Mass for Bonnie Marion Burns
2025-11-01 13:00 - 14:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
2025-11-01 Bonnie Burns Memorial VirtualDownload

Ordinary Time, Proper 26
2025-11-02 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenPsalm 119:137-144 or Psalm 32:1-8Habakkuk 1:1-4;2:1-4 or Isaiah 1:10-182 Thessalonians 1:1-4,11-12Luke 19:1-10

Solemn High Mass with Procession for the Solemnity of All Saints
2025-11-02 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa “Sine Nomine” ~ Ludovico Viadana (d. 1627)

Voluntary: Prelude in E minor ~ Nicolaus Bruhns (d. 1697)

Hymn 287 ~ “For all the saints” ~ Sine Nomine

Introit (choir) ~ Gaudeamus ~ Mode I

The Gradual: Psalm 149 ~ Cantate Domino ~ Tone VI

Alleluia ~ Venite ad me ~ Tone VI

Offertory (choir) ~ Justorum animae ~ Mode I

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

Communion (choir) ~ Beati mundo corde ~ Mode I

Motet (choir) ~ O quam gloriosum ~ Tomas Luis de Victoria (d. 1611)

Salve Regina (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 286 ~ “Who are these like stars appearing” ~ All Saints

Voluntary: Prelude on Sine Nomine ~ Jan Bender (d. 1994)

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.

2025-11-02 All SaintsDownload

The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed ~ All Souls' Day
2025-11-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Music:

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

Voluntary: “Chapelle des morts,” from Esquisses Byzantines ~ Henri Mulet (d. 1967)

Introit (choir) ~ Requiem aeternam ~ Tone VII

Gradual: Psalm 130 ~ De profundis ~ Tone IV.6

Tract (choir) ~ Absolve, Domine ~ Tone VIII

Offertory (choir) ~ Domine Jesu Christe ~ Tone II

Hymn 680 ~ “O God, our help in ages past” ~ St. Anne

Communion (choir) ~ Lux aeterna ~ Tone I

Anthem (choir) ~ The souls of the righteous ~ Stanley Marchant (d. 1949)

Russian Kontakion (choir) ~ Kievan Chant

In Paradisum (choir) ~ Mode VII

Voluntary: In Paradisum ~ H. Mulet

Preacher: The Rev. Rowena J. Kemp, Rector

This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

2025-11-03 All SoulsDownload

Ordinary Time, Proper 27
2025-11-09 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenPsalm 145:1-5,18-22 or Psalm 98 or Psalm 17:1-9Haggai 1:15b–2:9 or Job 19:23-27a2 Thessalonians 2:1-5,13-17Luke 20:27-38

Solemn High Mass for the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost ~ Proper 27
2025-11-09 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Grace Mass ~ Edward Ivor Wagner, 1987

Voluntary: Sonata in G major: Presto ma fiero ~ Johann Joachim Quantz (d. 1773) ~ Leonor Snow, flute and Sean R Glenn, ‘cello

Introit (choir) ~ Intret oratio mea ~ Mode III

The Gradual: Psalm 17 ~ Exaudi, Domine ~ Tone II.1

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Gressus meus ~ Mode VIII

Hymn 526 ~ “Let saints on earth in concert sing” ~ Dundee

Communion (choir) ~ Dominus regit me ~ Mode II

Motet (choir) ~ Panis angelicus ~ Camile Saint-Saëns (d. 1921)

Salve Regina (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 326 ~ “From glory to glory advancing” ~ St. Keverne

Voluntary: Sonata in G major: Vivace ~ J. J. Quantz ~ Leonor Snow, flute and Sean R Glenn, ‘cello

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.

2025-11-09 Proper 27 CDownload

Ordinary Time, Proper 28
2025-11-16 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenCanticle 9 or Psalm 98Isaiah 65:17-25 or Malachi 4:1-2a2 Thessalonians 3:6-13Luke 21:5-19

Solemn High Mass for The Solemnity of Saint Martin of Tours and the 157th Anniversary of Grace Episcopal Church (transferred from November 11)
2025-11-16 10:30 - 12:00
Music

Mass Setting: Grace Mass ~ Edward Ivor Wagner, 1987

Voluntary: Nef (“Nave”) ~ Henri Mulet (d. 1967)

Hymn 520 ~ “Blessed city, heavenly Salem” ~ Oriel

Introit (choir) ~ Terribilis est ~ Mode II

The Gradual: Psalm 84 ~ Quam dilecta! ~ Tone III.2

Alleluia ~ Adorabo ad templum ~ Tone VI

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Stetit angelus ~ Mode I

Motet (choir) ~ Locus iste ~ Anton Bruckner (d. 1896)

Communion (choir) ~ Domus mea ~ Mode V

Anthem (choir) ~ Behold, the tabernacle of God ~ William H. Harris (d. 1973)

Salve Regina (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn ~ “And did those feet in ancient time” ~ Jerusalem

Voluntary: Apparition de l’église éternelle (Apparition of the eternal church) ~ Olivier Messiaen (d.1992)

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.

2025-11-16 DedicationDownload
