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Peter Quire Day
25 July 2021
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
In-Person & Live-Streamed
High Mass at 10:00 a.m.
Low Mass at 8:00 a.m.
The Zabriskie Memorial Church of
Saint John the Evangelist
Washington & Willow Streets
Newport, Rhode Island 02840
About Peter Quire Day Today we observe the 146th anniversary of the first service of this congregation, on July 11, 1875, in the Third Street rooms of Peter and Harriet Quire. We call this observance “Peter Quire Day,” though it might just as well be known as Peter & Harriet Quire Day. Mrs. Quire, however, did not live long enough to see the acorn she and her husband planted grow to become a young oak tree. Hers was the first funeral held in what is now our Guild Hall, which served as our first church building. Peter Quire, however, lived on to nurture the young sapling, and worshipped in this oak tree of a church from its consecration in 1894 until his death on May 5, 1899. Peter Quire was born on June 15, 1806. The 1870 census records his birthplace as Pennsylvania. In his youth, Peter Quire drove the chaise of Dr. Joseph Parrish of Philadelphia, a Quaker who was president of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery. A 1915 article from the Friends’ Intelligencer reports, “Dr. Parrish’s house was one of the stations of the famous Underground Railroad, and while the children could not fully participate in its workings, they learned to keep quiet when a slave was harbored in the cellar, and grew up with the knowledge that many were being secretly conveyed to the next station. Old Peter Quire, colored, who as a boy drove the doctor’s ‘chair,’ and who died recently in Newport, R.I., was never tired of telling how he and Dr. Parrish followed with untiring zeal, and often with success, masters trying to escape with runaway slaves, not always their own.” As for Harriet, although the census and other records attest that she was born in New York City, we may deduce from Harriet Quire’s maiden name, Hazard, that she came from a family with roots in Rhode Island, and may even have been an Episcopalian from birth. There is still some mystery to Harriet, however. At her death on April 10, 1883, Harriet Frances Quire is listed without a father, while her mother’s name is reported as “Nancy Rodman.” Her mother’s maiden name, Rodman, was a prominent Quaker surname in New England. Harriet’s birth year is either c. 1804 (as she is listed as 79 years old at her death) or c. 1817 (as she is listed as being 53 years old in the 1870 census).We now know that despite Peter Quire’s work with Quakers in Philadelphia, he was himself a member of the St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in that city. But he may have moved to the Point because of its history as a neighborhood first settled by Quakers. The census indicates that he worked as a shoemaker. By the time of his marriage he is listed as a faithful communicant of Trinity Church, Newport. When the St. Stephen’s Guild at Trinity was looking to begin mission work in the Point, they asked Mr. and Mrs. Quire if they could use an unfurnished room in their house, which was by all accounts upstairs, perhaps above Peter Quire’s workshop. The rest, as they say, is history.
Until further notice, anyone who has not been fully vaccinated as defined at www.cdc.gov is
required to wear a face covering at all times when in the church building, especially during the
sermon and any music, which must be sung softly while the face covering is in place, and when
coming forward to receive communion.
Music Notes
It so happens that three organist-composers whose music is heard today were students or teachers at
The University of Michigan. This is not intended as a veiled commentary on the team-cheering
proclivities of Fr. Kevin, who as a recent immigrant from the great state of Ohio, has every reason to
observe such a musical confluence with suspicion. This music was chosen for other reasons. Really!
Missa Zabriskie, a congregational Mass setting based on the hymn Sweet Sacrament Divine by The Rev.
Francis Stanfield, is dedicated to The People of The Zabriskie Memorial Church of Saint John the
Evangelist, Newport, Rhode Island (Past, Present, and Future). Stanfield was an English priest who
worked in London’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster. He published over a dozen
devotional hymns including one set to a tune written in about 1878 by Edward Elgar, another famous
Roman Catholic composer. Stanfield’s father, the prominent marine painter Clarkson Frederick
Stanfield, was named for the slave trade abolitionist Thomas Clarkson and was a friend of Charles
Dickens. The devout Stanfields were known not just for brilliance in their respective art-forms but
also for their “personal simplicity and modesty.” The organ part of the Gloria contains two hymns
for Maundy Thursday: Pange Lingua and Ubi caritas. It’s fun to say Missa Zabriskie out loud (try it),
honoring the namesake parishioner who caused our present building and organ to be built in 1894 at
a time when a fledgling nineteen-year old congregation in financial straits might have perished.
William Bolcom, professor of composition at The University of Michigan School of Music from 1971
until 2008, has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, and the
Detroit Music Award, and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He wrote four
suites of Gospel Preludes on commission from organ professor Dr. Marilyn Mason (the longest-
serving faculty member in the history of the school, from 1947 to 2014). The intent of the commission
was to expand the published repertoire available to “traditional” organists unaccustomed to playing in
the improvisatory style of gospel musicians. The resulting works are both immensely challenging to
see on the page and to play with hands feet, and at the same time rewarding to hear, and have become
popular in both recital and service contexts. Anyone who has spent a minute or two conversing with
Fr. Kevin knows that the centrality of his life and work is Jesus, and today’s first hymn is one of his
favorites. Bolcom’s setting takes the melody and slows it down four times until it is almost
unrecognizeably slow amidst the driving rhythms, clustered chords and exuberant textures
surrounding it; instead, the melody soars above the music like a descant.
Plainsong, the most ancient of church music, is used for the Psalm today owing to the inutility of the
choir pews in the chancel to maintain adequate distancing for unvaccinated singers, and for its relative
simplicity for our newest singers. This is turned to celebratory advantage with a modern
harmonization making this ancient form seem new, in the manner of the neoclassical harmonization
of plainchant in Duruflé’s setting of the Requiem. Deep River, a Spiritual with an honored simple
heritage, is likewise transformed into an exalted Anglican anthem with a lush 8-part arrangement,
written during choir camp in 1984 for the Choir of Men and Boys of Saint Thomas Church, NYC.The final hymn was authored by the assistant Master (head of school) at Eton from 1864-1901, in 1894 (the year of the building of the Zabriskie Memorial Church), with a dedication to Archbishop Benson. Shaw set it to music for the enlarged Songs of Praise (London, 1931). Episcopalians started singing it in 1940; a missing stanza asks: What can we do to work God’s work, to prosper and increase? The brotherhood of all mankind, the reign of the Prince of Peace? What can we do to hasten the time, the time that shall surely be? The music is a round, or canon, which celebrates equally leaders and followers, and its largely pentatonic, folk-like and march-like character caused the noted hymnologist and pastor Erik Routley to declare it the “best canon in hymnody since Tallis.” The leading voice of the canon however is not at a constant distance from the follower, so it is always written out separately. The printed music invites us to sing either voice of the canon during stanza 3, the most marchlike of the text. The final stanza is arranged for today’s service in honor of Peter Quire and the beginning of the ministry of Fr. Kevin. It concludes with a loud cluster seldom heard (except in music such as today’s opening voluntary!), where the palm and then entire forearm play all the notes of a raised-fourth (Lydian) scale at once. This could be played by Fr. Kevin himself, if he chose to comment angrily on all the Michiganian music, or perhaps in fulfillment of the Glory of God going everywhere without limits. Like many professional musicians who began singing as children, Calvin Taylor was drawn to music in his native Los Angeles as a young child through the cultural and musical life of the church. His instrumental and compositional training at Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Michigan give a classical structure to his colorful and thrilling arrangements of ten Spirituals for organ, also commissioned by his UM Professor, Marilyn Mason. Hold on! is a set of variations with a recurring pedal solo in the manner of North German baroque models, applied to a hymn tune of great strength, played softly in its entirety in the third variation. “Struggling with the tribulations and hardships of slave existence, believers needed the encouragement of others not to give up but to hold on. As a later Gospel song says, “Hold to God’s unchanging hand” – trust in His deliverance, keep pressing on. This exhortation is based on Luke 9:62, which says, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.” Another scripture, 1 Corinthians 9:10, says that those who plow should do so in hope.” (Note on the Spiritual from Ev’ry time I feel the Spirit by Gwendolyn Sims Warren.) We can think of Peter Quire in this context, both in his work as a “conductor” with the Underground Railroad and his personal journey through the mires of a country engaged in divisive rhetoric over race, and also in his hard yet fruitful work establishing a congregation in the face of many documented as well as imaginable challenges. Thank you, Peter Quire, for holding on, enabling this bountiful place to be here to prepare new harvests in 2021. Copyright Notices: Hymns reproduced from The Hymnal 1982 and from the Episcopal Hymnal Lift Every Voice and Sing are copyright The Church Pension Fund, reproduced by permission of the Rite Song License of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. All rights reserved. Reproduced under One License, License #734228-A. Missa Zabriskie graphics ©2021 Peter Stoltzfus Berton. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained: One License, #734228-A.
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
The Mass setting today is Missa Zabriskie by Peter Stoltzfus Berton (born 1968).
Voluntary Gospel Prelude on “What a Friend we have in Jesus” William Bolcom (born 1938)
The People stand at the sound of the bell for the entrance of the Sacred Ministers into the church.
Entrance Hymn What a Friend we have in Jesus
1Opening Acclamation
Collect for Purity
Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are
hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly
love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Christ our Lord.
People
Summary of the Law
Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second
is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the
law and the prophets.
Kyrie
2Gloria
Celebrant Glory be to God on high,
3Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Let us pray. O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong,
nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so
pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
People
Old Testament (Sitting; at High Mass only) 2 Kings 4:42-44
And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty
loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they
may eat. And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the
people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. So he set it
before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
Reader The word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 145:10-19 Plainsong, Tone V, arr. Peter S. Berton
10. All thy works praise thee, O Lord; *
and thy saints give thanks unto thee.
11. They show the glory of thy kingdom, *
and talk of thy power;
12. That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of thy kingdom, *
might be known unto men.
13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, *
and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.
14. The Lord upholdeth all such as fall, *
and lifteth up all those that are down.
15. The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord; *
and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16. Thou openest thine hand, *
and fillest all things living with plenteousness.
17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, *
and holy in all his works.
18. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him; *
yea, all such as call upon him faithfully.
19. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; *
he also will hear their cry, and will help them.
Epistle (Sitting) Ephesians 3:14-21
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family
in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
4that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the
breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be
glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Gospel Hymn All my hope on God is founded (stanzas 1-3)
Tune: MICHAEL. Words by Robert Bridges and Joachim Neander; Music by Herbert Howells
Copyright (c) 1938 Novello & Company Ltd. Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by Permission.
Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLC.
5Gospel John 6:1-21
Minister People
Minister
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
People
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude
followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. And Jesus went
up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip,
Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew
what he would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them,
that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith
unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they
among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So
the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given
thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of
the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the
fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve
baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that
had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that
prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and
take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. And when
even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, And entered into a ship, and went over the
sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. And the sea arose by
reason of a great wind that blew. So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs,
they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. But he saith
unto them, It is I; be not afraid. Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the
ship was at the land whither they went.
Minister
The Gospel of the Lord.
People
Gospel Hymn All my hope on God is founded (stanzas 4-5)
Sermon Father Kevin Beesley
6The Nicene Creed
All breathe at the asterisks. Where indicated below, it is customary to kneel (or bow) at the phrase “And was
incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.”
7Prayers of the People
The People remain standing. The Minister and People pray responsively.
Father, we pray for thy holy Catholic Church;
That we all may be one.
Grant that every member of the Church may truly and humbly serve thee;
That thy name may be glorified by all people.
We pray for all bishops, priests and deacons;
That they may be faithful ministers of thy Word and Sacraments.
We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world;
That there may be justice and peace on the earth.
Give us grace to do thy will in all that we undertake;
That our works may find favor in thy sight.
Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble;
That they may be delivered from their distress.
Give to the departed eternal rest;
Let light perpetual shine upon them.
We praise thee for thy saints who have entered into joy;
May we also come to share in thy heavenly kingdom.
Let us pray for our own needs and those of others.
The People may add their own petitions and thanksgivings, silently or aloud.
After keeping silence for a space, the Celebrant adds the following or another concluding collect.
O Lord our God, accept the fervent prayers of thy people; in the multitude of thy mercies, look with
compassion upon us and all who turn to thee for help; for thou art gracious, O lover of souls, and to
thee we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.
Confession & Absolution
The Deacon or Celebrant says
Ye who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors,
and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in
his holy ways: Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort, and make your
humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling.
Here the People kneel or stand as able.
The Leader begins
Almighty God,
The People continue
8Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail
our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed,
by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and
indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the
remembrance of them is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon
us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, forgive
us all that is past; and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life,
to the honour and glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Celebrant alone stands and says
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all
those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him, have mercy upon you, pardon and
deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Peace
The People stand.
The People and Ministers may greet one another, maintaining physical distancing as needed. To give online, please visit our
website at saintjohns-newport.org/sjegiving. Gifts by check are also welcome: 61 Poplar St. Newport, RI 02840.
Offertory Anthem
The offertory anthem and its words are restricted by copyright and streaming limitations, and will
be announced to the in-person congregation.
The livestream will switch to a prerecorded movie of something else prior to the announcement.
The People stand as the Thurifer approaches the Chancel steps and remain standing.
Intentions of the Mass
See the inside back cover of this booklet for the full list of Intentions, which the Celebrant offers, followed by
Celebrant Pray, my brothers and sisters, that this, my sacrifice and yours, may be acceptable
to God the Father Almighty.
People May the Lord receive this sacrifice at thy hands, to the praise and glory of
his Name, both for our benefit and that of all his holy Church.
Celebrant Amen.
9Sursum Corda
Facing the Altar, the Celebrant proceeds
It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks
unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God. Through Jesus Christ our Lord; who on
the first day of the week overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us
the way of everlasting life. Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven,
we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying,
Sanctus and Benedictus
10Canon of the Mass
The People kneel or stand as able. The Celebrant continues
All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that thou, of thy tender mercy, didst give
thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Cross for our redemption; who made there
(by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and
satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to
continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice, until his coming again:
For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took Bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it,
and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, This is my body, which is given for you, do this in
remembrance of me.
Likewise, after supper, he took the Cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying,
“Drink ye all of this; for this is my Blood of the New Testament which is shed for you, and for many,
for the remission of sins; do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Wherefore O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our
Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here before thy Divine Majesty,
with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us
to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and
glorious ascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured
unto us by the same.
And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us; and, of thy almighty goodness,
vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread
and wine; that we, receiving them according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in
remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood.
And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept this, our sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant that, by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus
Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole Church, may obtain remission of our sins,
and all other benefits of his passion.
And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable,
holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that we, and all others who shall be
partakers of this Holy Communion, may worthily receive the most precious Body and Blood of thy
Son Jesus Christ, be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him,
that he may dwell in us, and we in him.
And although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we
beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our
offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end.
11The Lord’s Prayer
And now, as our Savior Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say,
Cantors People
The Fraction
The Celebrant breaks the consecrated Bread. A period of silence is kept. Then is sung
12Agnus Dei
Presentation & Spiritual Communion
For those who cannot receive Holy Communion, the Celebrant presents the Body and the Blood in blessing, similar in
devotional intent and meaning to Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, since it is the Body and Blood of Christ that
blesses us in the Sacrament.
The server rings the bell and the Celebrant communicates himself and any others in the Church.
Non-communicants may wish to add the following prayer silently during this time.
In union, O Lord with the faithful at every altar of thy Church where the Holy Eucharist is now being
celebrated, and in particular the altar of St. John’s, I offer thee praise and thanksgiving. I present to
thee my soul and body, with the earnest wish that I may always be united to thee. And since I cannot
now receive thee sacramentally, I beseech thee to come spiritually into my heart. I unite myself to
thee, and embrace thee with all the affections of my soul. Let nothing ever separate thee from me.
May I live and die in thy love. Amen.
Adapted from the Armed Forces Prayer Book, 1951
13Communion Anthem
Deep river, my home is over Jordan. Deep river, Lord. I want to cross over into campground.
Oh don’t you want to go to that gospel feast, that promised land where all is peace?
African-American Spiritual, arr. Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
Communion Hymn (sitting) There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
14Post-Communion Collect
The People kneel or stand as able. The Celebrant begins
Let us pray. Almighty and everliving God,
The People continue
we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us
who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food
of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ;
and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us;
and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son,
which is the blessed company of all faithful people;
and are also heirs, through hope, of thy everlasting kingdom,
by the merits of his most precious death and passion.
And we humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father,
so to assist us with thy grace,
that we may continue in that holy fellowship,
and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost,
be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
Blessing
The Celebrant blesses the people, concluding with
The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and
remain with you always.
Dismissal
The Deacon or Celebrant dismisses the people, to which the People respond
15Final Hymn God is working his purpose out
16Voluntary Hold on! Calvin Taylor (born 1934)
Please maintain an atmosphere of reverent silence in the church during and after the voluntary.
17Intentions of the Mass
The Holy Sacrifice of this Mass is offered to the greater glory of God and in thanksgiving for the glorious
resurrection and ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in thanksgiving for the gift of the Holy Spirit
at Pentecost, and in thanksgiving for all the blessings of this life, including those for whom we offer our
thanksgivings now, silently or aloud.
For the birthdays this week of Sierra Abney, Crandall Close, and Tom Emmett (7/26), Samantha
Garagliano and Johanna Goewey (7/28), and Ian Chase (7/30).
We remember those for whom our prayers have been asked, especially those on the parish prayer list, for all those
affected by the coronavirus pandemic; and for all those for whom we pray now, silently or aloud.
Among them we remember, the Mulhollen family, Anthony, Craig, Elizabeth, Frank, Kelly, Kimberly,
Laurie, Michael, Pam, Stephanie, Paul & Elizabeth Amado, William Bachus, Joanne Barczynski,
Karl Berroth, Bruno Bich, Daniel Brenton, Ne’anci Brewer, John Brooks, Kathleen Sullivan Buck,
Hilda Camacho, Elliot Carter, Anne Close, Wendy Cressotti, Mike & Nancy Curran,
Roseanne Curry, Liz Davis, Caroline Davis, Clint Dempsey, Pamela Dolan, Randy Fabricant,
Patrick Feighan, Richard Funk, Joan Garrison, Cherie Good, Charles Gumkowski, Marilyn Hyder,
Ruth Kiker, Doris Little, Christine Luciano, Rosaleen Mazur, Trish Miller, Sherry Moe,
Mary Naylor, Julia Newberry, Heather O’Connor, Maria Octaviano, Kim Potter, Joseph Regalbuto,
Rita Rogers, Beatriz Diego Sanz & her husband, Fran Vela, Rita Scott, Will Serth, John Silvia,
Emmett Shaw, Donald Smith, Daniel Valle, Gloria Valle, Jan Watkinson, and Irene Weston; for
Lily Jazmine Dresser, granddaughter of David and Trish Dresser, and her parents, Robert and Brooke,
and sisters, brother, and caregivers; for the Sisters of the Holy Nativity: Abigail, Claris, and Ellie.
The Sanctuary Lamp Candle above the High Altar is given to the greater of God and in loving memory of Joseph A. Sansone.
And we pray for the repose of the souls of the departed and for all those we remember now, silently or aloud.
Especially Amelia Ferreira; and those whose year’s mind falls this week: Mary Shaw (7/25), in 1917,
Adm. Stephen B. Luce (7/27), Thomas Heffernan (7/28), Clara J. Troy (7/30), and John B. Packer
(7/31); for the departed members of the Guild of All Souls; for the departed Sisters & Associates of the
Holy Nativity; and for all those who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.
May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercies of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Coffee Hour Today
All are invited to expand the circle of fellowship online via Virtual Zoom Coffee Hour at 11:30 a.m.
To join, click here. Meeting ID: 896 2338 8521; Passcode: Quire.
18Upcoming Events
19Clergy & Staff
Father Kevin D. Beesley, Priest in Charge
The Reverend Buck Close, Deacon
Mr. Peter Stoltzfus Berton, Director of Music
Ms. Melanie Ventura, Director of Administration
Mrs. Beverly Brownell, Director of Finance
Ms. Kristin MacMannis, Director of Sustainability & Engagement
Dr. Jenn Berton, Director of Children’s Christian Formation
Mr. John Garnet Lord, Director of Adult Christian Formation
Vestry
Mrs. Cheryl Abney, Senior Warden
Mr. Christopher Schillaci, Junior Warden
Mrs. Ann Boyer, Clerk
Mr. Christopher Moe, Treasurer
Mr. Terry Chase
Mr. John Lord
Regular Services & Office Hours
Sunday: Low Mass at 8 a.m. & High Mass at 10 a.m.
Monday through Friday: Morning Prayer at 8:30 a.m. & Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.
Feast Days & Special Services as announced. Confessions by appointment.
Parish Office: Monday-Friday: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
The Zabriskie Memorial Church of Saint John the Evangelist
Washington & Willow Streets
61 Poplar Street, Newport, RI 02840
Phone: 401-848-2561
Email: parishoffice@saintjohns-newport.org
www.saintjohns-newport.org
The Choir School of Newport County
61 Poplar Street, Newport, RI 02840
Phone: 401-848-2562
Email: office@thechoirschoolri.org
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