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On May 24, the church celebrates the Feast of Pentecost. It occurs on the 50th day after Easter, and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit. The Biblical narrative describes a mighty rushing wind and tongues as of fire that rested on all those gathered. Once a year the parishioners of St. Mary's experience the descent of the fire of the Holy Spirit in the Pentecost streamers designed and constructed by Judy Alison.
Click here to read about the artist and the streamers.
Earth Day is April 22, a day we demonstrate support for protecting the world that our God created for us. This world is the subject of the two tapestries in the Narthex, based on the text of the Canticle, O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him forever.
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One hundred and twenty-nine years ago on Easter Sunday, April 4, 1897, the altar that now stands in our chapel was dedicated as a gift to the Parish by Fr. Loveridge and his wife. Fr. Loveridge was the Rector at St. Mary's, and also the carver of this beautiful piece of liturgical furniture. It has had quite the journey. It was installed in the original church at 7th and Olive (pictured above), then moved to the second St. Mary's church at 7th and Charnelton, then to our current church at 13th and Pearl, then to the parish of St. Thomas, then to the Triangle Lake Conference Center, before finally coming home again to St. Mary's.
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On March 25, the church will celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation when the Angel Gabriel told Mary she had been chosen to be the Mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is therefore appropriate that the Statue of Mary, carved by Les Breidenthal, is the next article in the Sacred Art in our Sacred Space project.
Click “Read More” to read about our statue of Saint Mary and the artist, Les Breidenthal.
In 2014, Donna Brown, Lynda Christiansen, and Carolyn Gates responded to a call from the Liturgical Arts Committee to design and create banners for the season of Epiphany. The Greek word epiphaneia means appearance or manifestation, and it refers to the manifestation of Jesus to the world
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