A Season of Prayer - Day 30
Today, we complete our thirty days of prayers for The Episcopal Church's General Convention. #seasonofprayer - more info at https://iam.ec/ensopr
You can follow all the latest news about the General Convention at the Episcopal News Service - https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/
A Season of Prayer - Day 29
Our thirty days of prayers for The Episcopal Church's General Convention continue. #seasonofprayer - more info at https://iam.ec/ensopr
You can follow all the latest news about the General Convention at the Episcopal News Service - https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/
Sunday, July 10, 2022
Join us at church or “virtually” for worship this Sunday, July 10, 2022, The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 10, at St. Alban’s, St. Thomas’, St. Patrick’s, and Iglesia Episcopal La Esperanza de Familias Unidas.
Holy Eucharist, Rite Two
St. Alban’s - 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.*
St. Thomas' on the Bayou - 10:00 a.m.*
St. Patrick’s – 11:00 a.m.*
* These liturgies will be Live-Streamed on Facebook for those who choose to remain at home. Download a pdf of the leaflet to print or to use on your phone or tablet with this link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AvhqvA3zhBG8foOhNDHaQoVX0xrf31__/view?usp=sharing
La Santa EucaristÃa: Rito Dos
Iglesia Episcopal La Esperanza de Familias Unidas – Domingo - 5:00 p.m. (transmitido en Facebook)
Zoom Compline - All Welcome
Sunday - 8:00 p.m.
Join Zoom Compline
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83861688528?pwd=WFdBcndxV3hzbUpETDNTSFFzc3Z0QT09
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Passcode: 800
or dial in at +1 312 626 6799 or +1 346 248 7799
We hope to see you all on Sunday!
Rita+, Rob+ and Whit+
Art from Clip Art, Steve Erspamer, Liturgy Training Publications – ltp.org
A Season of Prayer - Day 28
Our thirty days of prayers for The Episcopal Church's General Convention continue. #seasonofprayer - more info at https://iam.ec/ensopr
A Season of Prayer - Day 27
Our thirty days of prayers for The Episcopal Church's General Convention continue. #seasonofprayer - more info at https://iam.ec/ensopr
A Season of Prayer For Revival - Day 26 of the 30 Days
In this dedicated season, we pray for The Episcopal Church, who by God's grace is becoming a new and re-formed church, to be the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, a church that looks, acts, and loves like Jesus and who follows his way of love. Your prayers will offer the foundation for The Episcopal Church's gathering of the General Convention, a time of worship, prayer, legislative action, and community building. #seasonofprayer - more info at https://iam.ec/ensopr
Today the Church remembers Eva Lee Matthew, Monastic, and continues our thirty days of prayers for The Episcopal Church's General Convention, with Day 25. #seasonofprayer - more info at https://iam.ec/ensopr
Join us today, Wednesday, July 6 at St. Alban's for Holy Eucharist at 12:10 p.m. or tonight for Evening Prayer to learn more about Sister Eva Mary.
Zoom Evening Prayer & Study - 5:30 p.m. with Father Whit+
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86781577595?pwd=VjNnZTZnUFFadkJPc3VOVTh3K21Idz09
Eva Lee Matthews, Monastic, 1928
The Collect:
O God, whose blessed Son became poor that we through his poverty might be rich: Deliver us from an inordinate love of this world, that we, inspired by the devotion of your servant Eva Lee Matthews, may serve you with singleness of heart, and attain to the riches of the age to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Eva Lee Matthews was born on February 9, 1862, in Glendale, Ohio. Her father was Thomas Stanley Matthews, a justice on the United States Supreme Court. She attended Wellesley College but did not graduate.
From a young age, Matthews was concerned with helping others. She was a devout member of the Episcopal Church. In 1891, Matthews spent some time in Omaha, Nebraska, helping the poor and teaching children at a parochial school. She left Omaha in 1894, and in 1895, she traveled with her brother to Palestine. Upon her return to the United States, Matthews authored a book, A Little Pilgrimage to Holy Places, which recounted her trip.
In 1896, Matthews relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she worked at the Bethany Mission House, an Episcopal charitable organization designed to help the less fortunate residents of Cincinnati. It was at this time that Matthews and coworker Beatrice Henderson decided to create a new Episcopal religious order. The purpose of this order was to assist Cincinnati's poor, especially children. On August 6, 1898, Episcopal Church officials formally recognized Matthews' and Henderson's order, formally naming the group the Community of the Transfiguration. At this time, Matthews formally became a nun, and she became known as Sister Eva Mary.
The Community of the Transfiguration remained in Cincinnati for only a short time. The order soon relocated to Glendale, Matthews's childhood home. The order grew slowly but by the 1920s, the Community of the Transfiguration had members engaged in charity work in China, Hawaii, Painesville, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, and Woodlawn, Ohio.
Matthews served as the leader of the Community of the Transfiguration until her death in July 1928. *
* The Lectionary, via Ohio History Central, http://satucket.com/lectionary/eva_lee_matthews.html