Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford

Lenten Organ Meditation (also on Facebook Live)
2025-03-21 17:45 - 18:00, 2025-03-14 17:45 - 18:00, 2025-03-07 17:45 - 18:00 (America/New_York)

High Tea and Lenten discussions ~ Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Heart, Soul, Strength and Mind from Living Compass
2025-03-21 16:00 - 17:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Tea, coffee, sandwiches and sweets, provided

March 21: Lenten Bible Study ~ Cultivating Joy

Led by Sean Glenn, Haven Religious

Food Pantry Distribution
2025-03-20 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-13 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-06 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-02-27 09:30 - 11:30

Saint Joseph
2025-03-19 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / ILentWhitePsalm 89:1-29 or Psalm 89:1-4,26-292 Samuel 7:4,8-16Romans 4:13-18Luke 2:41-52

Solemn High Mass for the Second Sunday in Lent
2025-03-16 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Missa brevis No. 2 in E-flat ~ Robert MacLennan, 1970

Voluntary: Ich ruf’ zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d.1750)

Introit (choir) ~ Reminiscere ~ Mode IV

The Gradual: Psalm 27 ~ Dominus illuminatio ~ Tone VII.3

Tract (choir) ~ Confitemini Domino ~ Tone VIII; harm by Healey Willan

Offertory (choir) ~ Meditabor ~ Mode II

Motet (choir) ~ Call to remembrance ~ Richard Farrant (d. 1581)

Communion (choir) ~ Intellige clamorum ~ Mode V

Hymn 148 ~ “Creator of the earth and skies” ~ Uffingham

Ave Regina caelorum (choir) ~ Mode VI

Hymn 598 ~ “Lord Christ, when first thou cam’st to earth” ~ Mit Freuden zart

Voluntary: Vater unser in Himmelreich ~ J. S. Bach

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.

2025-03-16 Lent 2CDownload

Low Mass
2025-03-16 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-03-09 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-03-02 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

The Second Sunday in Lent
2025-03-16 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IPurplePsalm 27Genesis 15:1-12,17-18Philippians 3:17–4:1Luke 13:31-35

Ember Day
2025-03-15 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-03-14 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-03-12 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / ILentPurple

Stations of the Cross & Benediction (also on Facebook Live)
2025-03-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-07 18:00 - 19:00

High Tea and Lenten discussions ~ Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Heart, Soul, Strength and Mind from Living Compass
2025-03-14 16:00 - 17:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
Tea, coffee, sandwiches and sweets, provided

March 14: Lenten Bible Study ~ Cultivating Peace

Led by Sr. Gregory Simmons, Haven Religious

Solemn High Mass for the First Sunday in Lent
2025-03-09 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

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

Voluntary: Prélude au Kyrie, from Hommage à Frescobaldi ~ Jean Langlais (d. 1991)

Introit (choir) ~ Invocabit me ~ Mode VIII

Tract (choir) ~ Qui habitat ~ Tone VIII

Offertory (choir) ~ Scapulis suis ~ Mode VIII

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

Communion (choir) ~ Scapulis suis ~ Mode III

Hymn 142 ~ “Lord, who throughout these forty days” ~ St. Flavian

Ave Regina caelorum (choir) ~ Mode VI

Hymn 688 ~ “A mighty fortress is our God” ~ Ein feste Burg

Voluntary: Fantaisie, from Homage a Frescobaldi ~ J. Langlais

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.

2025-03-09 Lent 1CDownload

The First Sunday in Lent
2025-03-09 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IPurplePsalm 91:1-2,9-16Deuteronomy 26:1-11Romans 10:8b-13Luke 4:1-13

High Tea and Lenten discussions ~ Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Heart, Soul, Strength and Mind from Living Compass
2025-03-07 16:00 - 17:30
Tea, coffee, sandwiches and sweets, provided

March 7: Lenten Bible Study ~ Cultivating Faithfulness

Led by The Rev. Rowena J. Kemp

Solemn High Mass for Ash Wednesday and Imposition of Ashes
2025-03-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 55 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106-2123, United States
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, Matthew Camidge (d. 1844)

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: The Rev. Rowena Kemp, Rector

2025-03-05 Ash Wednesday SHMDownload

Ash Wednesday Low Mass and Imposition of Ashes
2025-03-05 09:15 - 10:00
Preacher: The Rev. Rowena Kemp, Rector

2025-03-05 Ash Wednesday Low MassDownload

Ash Wednesday
2025-03-05 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / ILentPurplePsalm 103 or Psalm 103:8-14Joel 2:1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-122 Corinthians 5:20b–6:10Matthew 6:1-6,16-21

Solemn High Mass for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany ~ The Transfiguration of Our Lord
2025-03-02 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

Mass Setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour ~ George Oldroyd, 1928

Voluntary: Canzona in A minor ~ Johann Jacob Froberger (d. 1667)

Introit (choir) In excelso throno ~ Mode VIII

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 129 ~ “Christ upon the mountain peak” ~ Mowsley

Voluntary: Alleluyas ~ Simon Preston (b. 1938)

Preacher: The Rev. Rowena 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.

2025-03-02 Epiphany Last CDownload

The Last Sunday After the Epiphany
2025-03-02 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IWhitePsalm 99Exodus 34:29-352 Corinthians 3:12–4:2Luke 9:28-36(37-43a)

Saint Matthias the Apostle
2025-02-24 00:00 - 23:59
Year C / IEpiphanyRedPsalm 15Acts 1:15-26Philippians 3:13b-21John 15:1,6-16

Solemn High Mass for the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
2025-02-23 10:30 - 12:00
Music:

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

Voluntary: Adoration ~ Florence Price (d. 1953)

Motet (choir) ~ Cantate Domino ~ Giuseppe Pitoni (d. 1743)

Hymn 309 ~ “O Food to pilgrims given” ~ O Welt, ich muss dich lassen

Ave Regina caelorum (choir) ~ Mode VI

Hymn 610 ~ “Lord, whose love through humble service” ~ Blaenhafren

Voluntary: Recessional ~vWilliam Matthias (d. 1992)

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.

2025-02-23 Epiphany 7CDownload
