Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford

Mass for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2025-05-31 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States

The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension
2025-06-01 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IWhitePsalm 97Acts 16:16-34Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21John 17:20-26

Low Mass
2025-06-01 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-06-08 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-06-15 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-06-22 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-06-29 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 Seventh Sunday of Easter ~ The Sunday After Ascension Day
2025-06-01 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Mass of St. James ~ Walter MacNutt, 1974

Voluntary: Prayer of Christ ascending to his Father, from L’Ascension ~ Olivier Messiaen (d. 1992)

Vidi aquam (choir) ~ Tomás Luis de Victoria (d. 1611)

Introit (choir) ~ Exaudi, Domine ~ Mode I

The Gradual: Psalm 97 ~ Dominus regnavit ~ Tone V.2

Alleluia ~ Emitte Spiritum tuum ~ Tone VI

Offertory (choir) ~ Ascendit Deus ~ Mode I

Motet (choir) ~ O Rex gloriæ ~ Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (d. 1594)

Communion (choir) ~ Pater, cum essem ~ Mode IV

Hymn 315 ~ “Thou, who at thy first Eucharist didst pray” ~ Song 1

Regina cœli (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn ~ “Christ Triumphant, Ever Reigning” ~ Guiting Power

Voluntary: Fugue in C major, BuxWV 174 (The “Jig” Fugue) ~ Dieterich Buxtehude (d. 1707)

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 Facebook page.

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Food Pantry Distribution
2025-06-05 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-06-12 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-06-19 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-06-26 09:30 - 11:30

Eve of Pentecost
2025-06-07 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IWhite

The Day of Pentecost
2025-06-08 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IRedEarly or Vigil ServicePsalm 33:12-22 or Canticle 2 or Canticle 13 or Psalm 130 or Canticle 9 or Psalm 104:25-37Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:1-9a,16-20a;20:18-20 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 or Joel 2:28-32Acts 2:1-11 or Romans 8:14-17,22-27John 7:37-39aPrincipal ServicePsalm 104:25-35,37Acts 2:1-21 or Genesis 11:1-9Romans 8:14-17 or Acts 2:1-21John 14:8-17(25-27)

Solemn High Mass for The Day of Pentecost ~ Whitsunday
2025-06-08 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa brevis ~ Arthur Wills (d. 2020)

Voluntary: Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist ~ Dieterich Buxtehude (d. 1707)

Hymn 225 (in Procession) ~ “Hail thee, festival day” ~ Salve festa dies

Introit (choir) ~ Spiritus Domini ~ Mode VIII

The Gradual: Psalm 104 ~ Benedic, anima mea ~ Tone III.5

Alleluia ~ Emitte Spiritum tuum ~ Mode II

Sequence (choir) ~ Veni, Sancte Spiritus ~ Mode I

Offertory (choir) ~ Confirma hoc, Deus ~ Mode IV

Motet (choir) ~ If Ye Love Me ~ Thomas Tallis (d. 1585)

Communion (choir) ~ Factus est repente ~ Mode VII

Anthem (choir) ~ Draw us in the Spirit’s tether ~ Harold W. Friedell (d. 1958)

Regina cœli (choir) ~ Gregor Aichinger (d. 1628)

Hymn 412 ~ “Earth and All Stars” ~ Earth and All Stars

Voluntary: Fantasia on Komm, Gott, Schoepfer, heiliger Geist ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

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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Saint Barnabas the Apostle
2025-06-11 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeRedPsalm 112Isaiah 42:5-12Acts 11:19-30;13:1-3Matthew 10:7-16

Ember Day
2025-06-11 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-06-13 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-06-14 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeGreen

Eve of Trinity Sunday
2025-06-14 00:00 - 23:59

Trinity Sunday
2025-06-15 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeWhitePsalm 8 or Canticle 13 or Canticle 2Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31Romans 5:1-5John 16:12-15

Solemn High Mass for the Most Holy Trinity
2025-06-15 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa brevis ~ Arthur Wills (d. 2020)

Voluntary: “Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott” ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

Introit (choir) ~ Benedicta sit ~ Mode VIII

Gradual: Canticle 2 ~ Benedictus es, Domine ~ Tone VIII.1

Alleluia ~ Benedictus es, Domine Deus ~ Tone VI

Hymn 362 ~ “Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty” ~ Nicæa

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Benedictus sit ~ Mode III

Hymn 370 ~ “I bind unto myself today” ~ St. Patrick’s Breastplate/Dierdre

Communion (choir) ~ Benedicimus Deum caeli ~ Mode IV

Anthem (choir) ~ All hail, adored Trinity ~ Leo Sowerby (d. 1968)

Salve Regina (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 366 ~ “Holy God, we praise thy name” ~ Grosser Gott

Voluntary: “St. Patrick’s Breastplate,” from Sonata No. 4 “Celtica” ~ Charles Villiers Stanford (d. 1924)

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 Facebook page.

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Corpus Christi Sunday (transfered from 6/19)
2025-06-22 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IWhitePsalm 42 or Psalm 43 or Psalm 22:18-271 Kings 19:1-4(5-7)8-15a or Isaiah 65:1-9Galatians 3:23-29Luke 8:26-39

Solemn High Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi
2025-06-22 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa Brevis No. 3 in F major ~ Healey Willan, 1928

Voluntary: Le banquet céleste ~ Olivier Messiaen (d. 1992)

Introit (choir) ~ Cibavit eos ~ Mode II

Gradual: Psalm 34 ~ Benedicam Dominum ~ Tone IV.1

Alleluia ~ Caro mea ~ Tone VI

Sequence Hymn 320, vv. 1-4 ~ “Zion, praise thy Savior” ~ Lauda Sion Salvatorem

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Portas caeli ~ Mode VIII

Motet (choir) ~ Ave, verum corpus ~ W. A. Mozart (d. 1791)

Communion (choir) ~ Qui manducat ~ Mode VI

Motet (choir) ~ Sacerdotes Domini ~ William Byrd (d. 1623)

Hymn 329 ~ “Now, my tongue, the mystery telling” ~ Pange lingua

Voluntary: Resurrection, from Symphonie-Passion ~ 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 Facebook page.

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Eve of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
2025-06-23 00:00 - 23:59

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
2025-06-24 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeWhitePsalm 85 or Psalm 85:7-13Isaiah 40:1-11Acts 13:14b-26Luke 1:57-80

Evensong for St. John the Baptist
2025-06-24 18:00 - 20:00

Ordinary Time, Proper 8
2025-06-29 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenPsalm 77:1-2,11-20 or Psalm 162 Kings 2:1-2,6-14 or 1 Kings 19:15-16,19-21Galatians 5:1,13-25Luke 9:51-62

Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles
2025-06-29 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IOrdinary TimeRedPsalm 87Ezekiel 34:11-162 Timothy 4:1-8John 21:15-19

Sung Mass for the Third Sunday after Pentecost ~ Proper 8
2025-06-29 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

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

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

Introit (choir) ~ Omnes gentes plaudite ~ Tone VII

Gradual: Psalm 16 ~ Conserva me, Domine ~ Tone VIII.1

Alleluia ~ Omnes gentes plaudite ~ Tone VI

The Nicene Creed from Missa de Angelis

Offertory (choir) ~ Sicut in holocausto ~ Tone II

Hymn 458, vv. 1, 2, and 7 ~ “My song is love unknown” ~ Love Unknown

Communion (choir) ~ Inclina aurem tuam ~ Tone I

Hymn 308 ~ “O Food to pilgrims given” ~ Psalm 6

Salve Regina (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 478 ~ “Jesus, Our Mighty Lord” ~ Monk’s Gate

Voluntary: Invention on Monk’s Gate ~ Tim Attride, 2000

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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