The week of September 21

 

 

 

The week of September 21 at St. Stephen’s

 

 

Wednesday, September 23

6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher

Deacon John, assisting

Incense will be offered at this mass

Supper afterward at a local restaurant

 

Friday, September 25

Wedding (off-site)

 

Sunday, September 27 – 18 Pentecost

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher

Deacon John, assisting

James Mackay, organist

Children’s Chapel

Coffee Hour following Mass

 

2:30 – Baptism of Loren Morales

 

 

Livestream:

We would love to see you in person but if you are unable to attend, please join us for Mass livestreamed at: https://www.youtube.com/@st.stephensfargo

 

Interesting Fact:

In the book, "Saint Francis of Assisi" by Ivan Gobry, the author stated that Saint Francis of Assisi never wrote the "Make Me A Channel of Your Peace" prayer.

 

Here is an excerpt from the book explaining what happened.

"The very widespread and very popular prayer that begins, 'Lord, make me an instrument of your peace', is usually entitled 'Prayer of Saint Francis' or is followed by the note, 'Prayer attributed to Saint Francis'.

In fact, it is not by Saint Francis, and over the course of the centuries it was never attributed to Saint Francis. It quite frankly dates back to the twentieth century and was composed by an anonymous author, one who was no doubt familiar with the saint's life and writings. It appeared for the first time in 1912 in a simple bulletin in Normandy, La Clochette, and then was reprinted several months later in a magazine, again in Normandy, Les Annales de Notre-Dame de Tinchebray, obviously without a by-line. In January of 1916, while war was ravaging Europe, the directors of a lay association, le Souvenir Normand, went to Rome to present this text to Pope Benedict XV for the cause of peace, under the title of 'A Simple Prayer'; again, without naming an author. Until that time, therefore, no one thought of attributing it to Francis of Assisi. Now, at around that same time (1916? 1917?), a Capuchin father from Rheims, Fr. Étienne (Stephen), reprinted the prayer on the back of a holy card depicting Saint Francis, without in any way suggesting that it was his composition. But some of those who had copies of this image spontaneously interpreted it in this sense: on the back, the text; on the front, the author. And the multitude followed." 

 

From the Green Team:

If we are recycling items, that means we are continually buying new things. We can reuse items like grocery bags, paper, boxes, and electronics. This saves us the cost of having to buy these items multiple times. Additionally, consider buying used items. Buying used will save you a bundle and conserve resources and prevent perfectly good products from being tossed.