Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford

The Second Sunday After Christmas Day
2025-01-05 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York)
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, 2025-01-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-01-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-01-26 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-02-02 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 Second Sunday after Christmas Day
2025-01-05 10:30 - 12:00
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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The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2025-01-06 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IEpiphanyWhitePsalm 72:1-7,10-14Isaiah 60:1-6Ephesians 3:1-12Matthew 2:1-12Psalm 72 or Psalm 72:1-2,10-17Isaiah 60:1-6,9Ephesians 3:1-12Matthew 2:1-12

The Feast of the Epiphany ~ Solemn High Mass of the Epiphany
2025-01-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Join us For the Feast of Epiphany ~ Solemn High Mass with Choirand Procession of the Three Kings

Followed by celebration with gifts for the children!

Music:

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

Organ Voluntary: Hymn Prelude on Stuttgart (“Eastern sages at his cradle”) ~ Charles Winfred Douglas (d. 1944)

Hymn ~ “Lo! the pilgrim Magi ” ~ Whitworth

Hymn 128 ~ “We three kings” ~ Three Kings of Orient

Hymn 117 ~ “Brightest and best of the stars of the morning” ~ Morning Star

Anthem, from L’Enfance du Christ (choir) ~ Hector Berlioz (d. 1869); English text by Paul England

Hymn 127 ~ “Earth has many a noble city” ~ Stuttgart

Organ Voluntary: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

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

Food Pantry Distribution
2025-01-09 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-01-16 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-01-23 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-01-30 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-02-06 09:30 - 11:30

The Eve of the First Sunday After the Epiphany
2025-01-11 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IEpiphanyGreen

The First Sunday After the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2025-01-12 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IWhitePsalm 29Isaiah 43:1-7Acts 8:14-17Luke 3:15-17,21-22

Solemn High Mass for the First Sunday after the Epiphany
2025-01-12 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

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

Voluntary: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

Carol (choir) ~ “The Holy Season” ~ Burgundian, ed. E. Lewis

Hymn 116 ~ “’I come’, the great Redeemer cries” ~ This Endris Nyght

Anthem, from Christus (choir) ~ “There shall a Star from Jacob come forth” ~ F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (d. 1847)

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 120 ~ “The sinless one to Jordan came” ~ Solemnis haec festivitas

Voluntary: This Endris Night ~ arr. 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 Facebook page.

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The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle
2025-01-18 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IEpiphanyWhitePsalm 23Acts 4:8-131 Peter 5:1-4Matthew 16:13-19

The Second Sunday After the Epiphany
2025-01-19 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenPsalm 36:5-10Isaiah 62:1-51 Corinthians 12:1-11John 2:1-11

Solemn High Mass for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany and Commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2025-01-19 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

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

Voluntary: Schmuecke dich, o liebe Seele ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

Hymn 339 ~ “Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness” ~ Schmücke dich

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 648 ~ “When Israel was in Egypt’s land” ~ Go Down, Moses

Voluntary: A Trumpet Minuet ~ Alfred Hollins (d. 1942)

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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Vestry Meeting
2025-01-22 11:00 - 13:00

The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
2025-01-25 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IEpiphanyWhitePsalm 67Acts 26:9-21Galatians 1:11-24Matthew 10:16-22

The Third Sunday After the Epiphany
2025-01-26 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenPsalm 19Nehemiah 8:1-3,5-6,8-101 Corinthians 12:12-31aLuke 4:14-21

Solemn High Mass for the Third Sunday After the Epiphany
2025-01-26 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

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

Voluntary: Aria ~ Flor Peeters (d. 1986)

Motet (choir) ~ Almighty and everlasting God ~ Orlando Gibbons (d. 1625)

Hymn 321 ~ “My God, thy table now is spread” ~ Rockingham

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Mode V

Hymn 539 ~ “O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling” ~ Tidings

Voluntary: Paean ~ Herbert Howells (d.1983)

Preacher: Mr. Sean Glenn, 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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2025 Annual Meeting for Grace Episcopal Church
2025-01-26 12:15 - 14:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Please join us for the Annual Meeting of Grace Episcopal Church

Sunday, January 26th, 2025

following the 10:30 a.m. Solemn High Mass

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 2025. This year’s Annual Report will be available and includes a list of voting members and a list of open offices with candidates for each, along with reports for 2024 and the new budget for 2025. Lunch will be provided.

2024 Annual Report.docxDownload

Evensong for the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas
2025-01-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Join the voices of Grace Episcopal Church & Haven Religious for Evensong on The Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:00 pm

All are welcome!

A quiet evening of sung prayer, psalms, scripture, with music ancient and new

If you would like to sing with the schola, please arrive at 5:oo pm

Grace Episcopal Church ✣ 55 New Park Avenue ✣ Hartford, CT

Eve of the Presentation
2025-02-01 00:00 - 23:59

The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany
2025-02-02 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IGreenPsalm 71:1-6Jeremiah 1:4-101 Corinthians 13:1-13Luke 4:21-30

The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
2025-02-02 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IEpiphanyWhitePsalm 84 or Psalm 24:7-10Malachi 3:1-4Hebrews 2:14-18Luke 2:22-40

Solemn High Mass for the Feast of Candlemas ~ The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple and The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2025-02-02 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa Puerorum ~ Josef Rheinberger (d. 1901)

Voluntary: Cantilena , from Sonata No. 11, Op. 148 ~ J. Rheinberger

Nunc Dimittis (choir) ~ Tone II.1

Hymn 259 (Candlemas Procession) ~ “Hail to the Lord Who Comes” ~ Old 120th

Gloria in excelsis from Missa Marialis ~ Plainsong, Charles. Winfred Douglas (d. 1944)

Hymn 278 ~ “Sing we of the blessed Mother” ~ Rustington

Motet (choir) ~ Senex puerum ~ Tomás Luis de Victoria (d. 1611)

Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (d. 1594)

Hymn 258 ~ “Virgin-born, we bow before thee” ~ Psalm 86

Voluntary: Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr’ dahin (Nunc dimittis) ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

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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