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The Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste
The Week of Lent II at All Saints
March 9, St. France of Rome, Wid.
10 a.m. - Monday Morning Bible Study
12:15 p.m. - Low Mass
March 10, Forty Holy Martyrs (see below)
7 a.m. - Men's Group
12:15 p.m. - Low Mass
March 11, Lenten Feria
12:15 p.m. - Low Mass
5:45 p.m. - Agape Classes & Dinner
March 12, St. Gregory the Great, B.C.D.
12:15 p.m. - Low Mass
March 13, Lenten Feria
12:15 p.m. - Low Mass
March 14, Lenten Feria
12:15 p.m. - Low Mass
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Parish Workday, March 21
Please join us for a parish workday on Saturday, March 21st, in preparation for the Bishop's visit the following weekend. Outdoor work will include planting flowers, mulching, picking up trash by the road, and possibly some tree trimming and work on the children's play area. Indoor work will include organizing the kitchen and pantry and helping the altar and flower guilds reorganize the sacristy.
Please email Austin Jamison, junior warden, if you can help out (austinejamison@gmail.com).
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Agape this Wednesday
Please join us for Agape this Wednesday. We will begin with dinner at 5:45 p.m. followed by classes for all ages from 6:30-7:15.
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All Saints Music Director Ken Myers curates Cantica sacra, a website dedicated to the music sung at All Saints and it's rich tradition. Bookmark the site and check often for updates!
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Lenten Confession Times
If you would like to say a confession, you may always make an appointment with Fr. Glenn, Fr. Dan or Fr. Sean for anytime during the week. For your convenience, here are set "drop-in" times during this Lent:
Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Confessor, Fr. McDermott
Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon
Confessor, Fr. Malcolm
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Book Group for Boys
The next Boys' Book Group is planned for Sunday, March 15, during Coffee Hour. The boys will discuss C.S.Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as well Prince Caspian.
We're hoping to read and discuss literature that has not only stood the test of time but that would also appeal to this age group of boys. Please bring your classic book suggestion to the next meeting so we can develop our reading schedule. Please email kristengodbold@gmail.com to register.
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Support local farmers this summer, and friend's of our parish (Fr. Dan & Alice's son!), by signing up for their awesome vegetable CSA.
Find more info, and pick-up site locations, on their website -- click here.
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Women's Lenten Retreat
The Women's Lenten Retreat will take place at All Saints this year on Saturday, March 28. Bishop Chad Jones will lead the retreat on the theme of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Find more information online: http://www.allsaintscville.org/retreat/
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Fr. Gene's Sermon for Lent II
Listen to sermon audio on our website, click here.
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Saints Bio: Forty Holy Martyrs
In the year 320, Constantine was Emperor of the West and Licinius of the East. Licinius, under pressure from Constantine, had agreed to legalize Christianity in his territory, and the two made an alliance cemented by the marriage of Licinius to Constantia the sister of Constantine; but then Licinius broke the alliance and made a new attempt to suppress Christianity. He ordered his soldiers to repudiate it on pain of death. In what was called the “Thundering Legion,” stationed near Sebaste in Armenia (Turkey), forty soldiers refused, and when promises, threats, and beatings failed to shake them, they were stripped naked one evening and herded onto the middle of a frozen lake, and told, “You may come ashore when you are ready to deny your faith.” To tempt them, fires were built on shore, with warm baths, blankets, clothing, and hot food and drink close by. As night deepened, thirty-nine men stood firm, while one broke and ran to the shore. However, one of the soldiers standing guard on shore was so moved by the steadfastness of the Christians that he stripped off his clothes and ran out to join them. They welcomed him into their company, and so the number of the martyrs remained at forty, and by morning, all were dead of exposure. One source says that the few in whom a little life remained were stabbed to death at dawn.
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