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| What: | Solemn Mass of the Feast of St. Charles Martyr and Annual Meeting. |
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| When: | Saturday, 31 January 2009, 11:00 A.M. |
| Where: | Saint Stephen's Church 114 George Street Providence, Rhode Island 02906-1189 |
| Preacher: | The Rev'd F. Washington Jarvis, L.H.D., D.Litt. |
| Music: | Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Messe à quatre
voix,HI.1 Thomas Tomkins - "Give Sentence with Me" Schola Cantorum supplemented with soloists, violins, bass and continuo James Busby, Organist and Choirmaster |
| Luncheon: | Follows meeting in the Parish Hall. |
| Cost: | $15 (for Luncheon). Send cheque marked "SKCM Luncheon" to S. Stephen's Parish Office. |
The 26th Annual Mass and Meeting of the American Region of the Society of King Charles the Martyr will be on Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 11 a.m. at Saint Stephen's Church in Providence, Rhode Island. We are grateful to the Rev'd John D. Alexander, SSC, Rector, for his kind invitation and are pleased to have The Rev'd F. Washington Jarvis, L.H.D., D.Litt., sometime Headmaster of the Roxbury Latin School and long-time S.K.C.M. Member as our preacher. Mass will be followed by a lunch, to which all are invited. Please make reservations for lunch by 20 January with a check payable to S. Stephen's, noted 'SKCM Luncheon', and sent to the address at the right. For directions, please consult www.sstephens.org or phone (401) 421-6702. If you would like to post a notice on your parish bulletin board, you may print a PDF document with details.
SKCM commemorates the martyrdom of Charles Stuart, first of the name, of England, Ireland and Scotland, King; and of France and Jerusalem also, by whose death the Communion was preserved from forces Puritan, intent of its destruction. St. Charles refused to resign both his faith in the order apostolic, as established by Christ Himself, and the authority of his bishops to the Puritan Roundheads, led by Oliver Cromwell, the sometime (and illegal) Lord Protector. The Roundheads committed regicide against the blessed Charles on 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House of Whitehall Palace. Immediately upon the Restoration of Church and King on 29 May 1660, the Convocation of Canterbury and York, now being free to assemble and act, canonised King Charles and added his name to the Kalendar of Saints at the revision of The Prayer Book. S. Charles is honoured for his strong personal piety, for his protection and patronage of the Church, and his martyrdom.
Inquiries to W. M. Gardner, Membership Secretary, 6152 Verde Trail North, Apt. D211, Boca Raton FL 33433-2487. Annual dues, $15.
American Representative Dr. Mark A. Wuonola, P. O. Box 79212, Waverly MA 02479-0212.
| 2009: | Saint Stephen's, Providence (details above) |
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| 2010: | Grace & Saint Peter's Parish, Baltimore |
| 2011: | Saint Paul's K Street, Washington |
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