Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows. This Thursday, May 29, is Ascension Day, or the Feast of the Ascension. It is a key Christian festival along with Christmas, Easter, Whitsun, and Trinity Sunday. Ascension Day commemorates the ascent of Jesus Christ into heaven forty days after he rose from
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday is the Fifth Sunday of Easter, the season, and the Fourth Sunday after Easter, the day. This Sunday’s service is Festal Morning Prayer, using the order for Daily Morning Prayer, Rite Two, from The Book of Common Prayer (1979). When the
Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows. May 8th is the date of the lesser feast of Julian of Norwich in the Church of England. The Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States also commemorate her on this date. Julian of
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday is the Third Sunday of Easter, the third Sunday of the Easter season. It is also known as Good Shepherd Sunday. In the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels of The Book of Common Prayer (1662), the Gospel appointed for the day is the
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday is Palm Sunday. It marks the beginning of Holy Week, a week in which Christians in the Western Church recall the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ and the events leading up to his suffering and death. It commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry
Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows. Since the invention of the telegraph in the nineteenth century, there has been a revolution in electronic communication, particularly in the last 50 odd years. This technological revolution has had a significant effect upon the church as well as larger society. In this
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday in Lent. It is also known as Laetare Sunday, Mid-Lent Sunday, Refreshment Sunday, and Rose Sunday. Laetare is the Latin word for “rejoice.” In the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, and some other Anglican churches this
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday’s service follows the order of service for A Service of the Word (SW 1) from the Anglican Church of Canada’s Eucharistic Prayers, Services of the Word, and Night Prayer Supplementary to The Book of Alternative Services. It conforms closely to the shape