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Next $5 monthly meal is Friday, September 4. Penne & meatballs, vegetables, sundaes. 5pm take-out and 5:30pm eat-in. Please email me (susan.montague2@gmail.com) or phone 705-254-1692 to order by Wednesday, September 2. Thanks.
Holy Trinity, SSM is part of “Open Doors” this year. Our doors will be open to all the curious people in our area from 10am – 4pm on Saturday, September 26.
St. Luke’s Cathedral is having a fundraiser at Icebreakers on Oct.1. Please check out the poster (photo) below for more information.
A Liturgical Note For You: Still Resisting Temptation…
I hate to mention this but, Labour Day is quickly approaching. I often talk about the guidelines for acknowledging the various observances of our Christian calendar but now Labour Day provides another opportunity to mention secular observances. We have a number of very important secular observances throughout the year and they absolutely should be acknowledged as part of life together as a society. So, don’t take me wrong when I say we need to be careful about the way in which we observe them as the Church. As I’ve said before, our Christian calendar is meant to form and transform us into the people of God, immersed in our great Story of Salvation, and living God’s way in God’s kingdom. Secular observances – such as Labour Day – can be acknowledged with a separate liturgy on the actual day they fall or acknowledged within the Intercessions and hymns during the worship of the Sunday prior. Sometimes, as is the case with Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day, these secular observances land on the Sunday so please resist the temptation to give them precedence over the usual Sunday observance of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Give them their due but please keep them in their place so that we solidify our place in the kingdom of God. By this I mean, let’s not allow the voice of dominant culture to drown out God’s voice spoken through the sign, instrument, witness, and foretaste (i.e. the Church) of the coming fullness of God’s kingdom on earth as in heaven.
For Your Devotions:
Monday, August 31st is the commemoration of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne who died in 651. Aidan was born in Ireland but was a monk on the Island of Iona when he was chosen to become a bishop and evangelize northern England. His career was relatively brief but his legacy has been long-lasting. He founded churches and monasteries and trained other ministers to follow in his footsteps. For more information: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Aidan
Wednesday, September 2nd is the memorial of the Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942. Anglican missionaries reached New Guinea in 1891. In 1898 the Anglican Diocese of Papua New Guinea was established and remained a missionary diocese of the Church of England in Australia until 1977, when an autonomous Anglican province, the Church of the Province of Papua New Guinea, was established. During World War II Christian missionaries and the natives of New Guinea suffered greatly from the Japanese invaders. On this day we remember the eight missionaries and two lay persons who, despite knowing the risk, stayed to continue their mission work and ended up losing their lives. If you’d like more detail, check this out: http://anglicanhistory.org/aus/png/rowland_faithful1964.html
Thursday, September 3rd is the memorial of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, who died in 604. Gregory was born into a wealthy, noble family and by the age of 30 held a top administrative position in Rome. He gave it all up to become a monk when his father died. Gregory tried to refuse the position of pope but, when he was elected anyway, he accepted and the rest is history as the saying goes. Gregory did some great things for the church. To find out more, check this out: https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/rulers/gregory-great.html
Friday, September 4th is the commemoration of the first recorded Anglican Eucharist in Canada, 1578. This Eucharist was celebrated on board the ship of the third Frobisher expedition to the Canadian Arctic. For more details about this and a couple of other landmark occasions, you can go here: https://www.anglican.ca/ask/faq/first-eucharist-canada/
In the joy of Christ,
Susan
Deanery of Algoma 