Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford

Solemn High Mass for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany and Commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2025-01-19 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
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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Low Mass
2025-01-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-01-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-01-05 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

The Second Sunday After Christmas Day
2025-01-05 00:00 - 23:59
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 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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The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2025-01-01 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IChristmasWhitePsalm 8Numbers 6:22-27Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11Luke 2:15-21

Solemn High Mass for the First Sunday after Christmas Day
2024-12-29 10:30 - 12:00
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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Low Mass
2024-12-29 08:00 - 09:00
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

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

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

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

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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The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Christmas Day
2024-12-25 00:00 - 23:59
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

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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Christmas Eve
2024-12-24 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IAdventPurple or Blue

Solemn High Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
2024-12-22 10:30 - 12:00
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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Low Mass
2024-12-22 08:00 - 09:00
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

The Fourth Sunday of Advent
2024-12-22 00:00 - 23:59
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)
