St. Thomas Tidings: August 7, 2025
St. Thomas Tidings: August 7, 2025
August 7, 2025 our Priest celebrant will be The Rev Valerie Hart
August 10, 2025 The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am Liturgy 10:15 am Liturgy
Ushers: John Hannan Usher: Patrick Garvin
Lectors: John Cordi Lector: Dottie Cook, Emilee Garvin
Altar Server/LEM Camelia Jolly Altar Server/Lem: Kaylee Garvin
Closer: Bishops Committee Closer: Bishops Committee
“For Your Prayers”
Our current “For Your Prayers” page in our Sunday Bulletin has not been updated for quite a while. The new and continuing names will be active for the month of July. The process will repeat itself for August and each month thereafter. Note: You can have your name added to the list during the month as need arises.
To be added to the prayer list, please list the first and last name of the person being prayed for. You may (but are not required to) include why there is a need for prayer. Do indicate the category they should be listed under. (i.e. Serving in the Armed Forces, Protection and Guidance, Healing, or Homebound & Special Needs)
Contact Rick by email stlb47@verizon.net or call 562-425-4457
Memorial Service: Karen Adelsack August 23, 2025, Wendy Crafts sister, at 2:00 pm in the Church.
Memorial Service: Michelle Wallace, Carolyn Miller daughter, August 30, 2025 at Noon in the Church
Men’s Breakfast: Second Saturday of each Month. Next Men’s Breakfast September 13, 2025. Meet at the Denny’s at South and Bellflower at 8:00am for food and fellowship
St. Martha’s Guild is taking the summer off. If you are interested in taking responsibility for opening and closing on Tuesday moving forward, please let Rick know.
Bible Study is on hold for 8/4 and 8/11 as Holly will be out of town. We will continue having our Bible/Book study on Mondays. We will be studying “What is the Bible?” by Rob Bell. Available on Amazon. Please join us in Larkin Hall on Monday’s from 6:30-7:30pm. Bring your book and your bible. Rev. Holly Cardone will be leading this study.
School Backpack Collections: It’s time to donate Backpacks and Supplies for the upcoming School Year. If you feel so inclined, please get a new backpack and fill it with whatever supplies you like.
We will be Blessing the Backpacks on Welcome Back Sunday, September 7th.
Collect from the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost: Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
July 31, 2025 Is the Memorial of Ignatius of Loyola
IGNATIUS of LOYOLA
August 7, 2025 is the Memorial of John Mason Neale, Priest and Hymnographer, 186 6
JOHN MASON NEALE
PRIEST, SCHOLAR, AND TRANSLATOR (7 AUGUST 1866)
John Mason Neale was born in London in 1818, studied at Cambridge, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1842. He was offered a parish, but chronic ill health, which was to continue throughout his life, prevented him from taking it. In 1846 he was made warden of Sackville College, a position he held for the rest of his life. Sackville College was not an educational institution, but an almshouse, a charitable residence for the poor.
In 1854 Neale co-founded the Sisterhood of St. Margaret, an order of women in the Anglican Church dedicated to nursing the sick. Many Anglicans in his day, however, were very suspicious of anything suggestive of Roman Catholicism. Only nine years earlier, John H. Newman had encouraged Romish practices in the Anglican Church, and had ended up joining the Romanists himself. This encouraged the suspicion that anyone like Neale was an agent of the Vatican, assigned to destroy the Anglican Church by subverting it from within. Once Neale was attacked and mauled at a funeral of one of the Sisters. From time to time unruly crowds threatened to stone him or to burn his house. He received no honor or preferment in England, and his doctorate was bestowed by an American college (Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut). However, his basic goodness eventually won the confidence of many who had fiercely opposed him, and the Sisterhood of St. Margaret survived and prospered.
Neale translated the Eastern liturgies into English, and wrote a mystical and devotional commentary on the Psalms. However, he is best known as a hymn writer and translator, having enriched English hymnody with many ancient and mediaeval hymns translated from Latin and Greek.
Neale died on 6 August 1866 (age 48). Since 6 August is the Feast of the Transfiguration, he is remembered on 7 August.
PRAYER
Grant, O God, that in all time of our testing we may know your presence and obey your will; that, following the example of your servant John Mason Neale, we may with integrity and courage accomplish what you give us to do, and endure what you give us to bear; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, Center for Spiritual Development
A Day of Presence: An Introduction to BioSpiritual Focusing
Saturday, August 23 ~ 1-5 PM
434 S. Batavia St., Orange, CA 92868
This afternoon of inner reflection will offer an introduction to the practices and fruits of BioSpiritual Focusing.
Get more information and register: https://www.thecsd.org/event-details/a-day-of-presence-an-introduction-to-biospiritual-focusing-2
From the Diocese
Donations welcomed for local families affected by ICE
Sacred Resistance is organizing donations for families affected by ICE raids, seeking shelf-stable food donations, personal hygiene items, household essentials, and baby products, in addition to financial donations.
In-kind donations may be made at 6125 Carlos Ave, Los Angeles, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Financial donations may be made through St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Hollywood via PayPal or Venmo to @ststephenshollywood.
Bishop Search Committee offers updated timeline
The Bishop Search Committee has released an updated version of the Bishop Search timeline. The estimated dates for milestones in the Bishop Search are below:
July-August, 2025: The Search Committee reviews candidate files, conducts Zoom interviews and reference and background checks, and invites finalists to a discernment retreat.
Early September, 2025: The slate of candidates is announced, and the nominating period for petition candidates opens.
October 20-25, 2025: "Meet-and-Greets" are held across the diocese to introduce all candidates to the members of the diocese and the diocese to the candidates.
November 7-8, 2025: The election of the bishop takes place during the annual diocesan convention in Riverside.
May 2026: The bishop-elect begins work in the diocese.
July 11, 2026: Consecration and ordination of the new bishop.
July-September, 2026: Bishop Taylor remains as a consultant, providing support during the transition.
October, 2026: Bishop Taylor retires.
St. Thomas Post Scripts
September Canterbury Tales: We are in need of articles for the St. Thomas Canterbury Tales publication. Please send all article information to Shelley Arnold at shelleyarnold1@aol.com or Rick Fridrick at stlb47@verizon.net, or call the Church office. Due by August 28, 2025.
St. Thomas Tiding: If you have any article/announcement for the tiding please send to Rick Fridrick at stlb47@verizon.net or call the Church office.
Service Reminder: All our services stay on our Facebook page so you can view them whenever it’s convenient for you. It’s always better to view a service later in the day than not at all! The link to the page for all our services is here: https://www.facebook.com/Saint-Thomas-of-Canterbury-Episcopal-Church-of-Long-Beach-CA-124554214274325
Share Our Services: Please feel free to share our Sunday services. The more people we reach, the better we do at evangelism. People are hungry for what we have to offer, and I encourage you to do our part to share our services with your friends and neighbors. Send them the link when you email them, invite them to join you on Facebook or in person… whatever way works best for you to share what we have to offer.
Reminder the Church office is open Monday-Friday: If you have any need, Rick Fridrick is in the Church office Monday-Thursday from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm and Friday from 9:00 am – Noon. 562-425-4457
Pastoral Care: If you have normal “every day” pastoral concerns, contact Rick in the office at 562-425-4457, or Allen at (714) 381-5910. We hope to have a more detailed pastoral care plan soon.