Junior Choir Spring Concert
The Saint George's Junior Choir will present its Spring Concert on this Sunday, June 16 at 3 p.m. This year's jazz musical is 'A Technicolour Promise', a retelling of Noah and the Flood. A…
Plant Sale & More!
Bedding plants, perennials, hanging baskets, plant books and tools, collectibles, pantry items, and turkey burgers will be available Friday, May 31, 3-6 pm and Saturday, June 1, 9-12 noon, at St. George's Church Hall, 2221 Maitland St.,…
Choral Evensong for the 25th Anniversary of the Fire
The anniversary of the 1994 fire which destroyed over 30% of the Round Church will be marked on Sunday, June 2nd at 5 p.m. with Choral Evensong. A display of photos and other materials…
Holy Week & Easter 2019
The services appointed for Holy Week and Easter enact the narrative of our Lord’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. For a fuller description of these services, please see the Holy Week Booklet 2019Holy Week 2019…
Sunday Sung Evensongs During Lent
Throughout Lent, a sung Evensong with organ accompaniment will be held on Sunday evenings at 5 p.m. in the Chancel of the Round Church, with a meditation offered on the Scripture readings appointed for that day by various parishioners. Consider making these Evensongs a part of your Lenten discipline of increased attention to the divine Word [...]
A Holy Lent: Lenten Study Groups
The Exhortation appointed to be read on Ash Wednesday (page 611-612) in the Book of Common Prayer directs us to “the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance, by prayer, fasting, and self-denial, and by reading and meditation upon God’s holy Word.” The Rector will lead three bi-weekly sessions to help us better understand these disciplines, what the Book of Common Prayer says about them, and how we might undertake them with a renewed vigour. These sessions are especially designed for those new to the Book of Common Prayer [...]
Choral Evensong on the Eve of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sunday, March 24th at 5 p.m.
Music for this service will include Dixit Maria by Hans Leo Hassler, Preces & Responses by Richard Ayleward and Robert Ramsey's Evening Canticles. Hassler's Verbum caro factum est will be sung as the anthem. The organ voluntary will be Magnificat Primi toni, Bux WV 203 by Dieterich Buxtehude. The Rector will preach.
The Lenten Ember Days
Wednesday, March 13: 10am Holy Communion Friday, March 15: 12:15pm Holy Communion Saturday, March 16: 12:15pm Holy Communion The Ember Days are special days set aside for fasting and prayer. It is our hope that you keep them in preparation for the darkness of the death and passion.
Ash Wednesday 2019
6:30 a.m. Morning Prayer and Litany 7 a.m. Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion (said) 10 a.m. Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion (said) 7 p.m. Imposition of Ashes and Choral Holy Communion with full choir Music for the 7 pm service will include Mass for four voices by William Byrd, Miserere mei also by Byrd as well as his Emendemus in melius. The voluntary will be Bach’s O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig BWV 656.
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple. (1304-1306.) Giotto (1266-1337). Fresco
Candlemas 2019
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple. (1304-1306.) Giotto (1266-1337). Fresco The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, also known as the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin, and often called…