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The S p e c i a l I, Issue 2 N o v e m b er 2 0 1 5 p o i n t s o f i n t e r e s t :

•Feast of All An Historic New n November 29, the First Sunday of has been described as “Prayer English” November 1st O , our Father Mark Lewis will and the texts allow for a certain adaptability to use our new missal for the celebration of local custom such as using “Holy Ghost” and • Evening Prayer our Sunday . Officially called Divine “” interchangeably throughout the at St. Anselm’s Worship: The Missal, the new altar missal is a Mass. November 7th, 4pm beautiful book with red leather binding, gilding and Florentine blocking that was purchased •Stewardship from the Truth Society (CTS) in the Sunday U.K. It has been approved and promulgated by November 22nd, Rome for use in . 8:30am As such, the new missal “gives expression and preserves for Catholic worship the worthy Anglican liturgical patrimony, understood as that which has nourished the Catholic faith throughout the history of the Anglican Inside this and prompted aspirations towards i s s u e : ecclesial unity,” according to its notes.

Deacon in 2 Monsignor Jeffrey N. Steenson, of Training the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, who was celebrant and preacher at Mass Stewardship: 2 on our patronal feast of St. Luke, while An Act of mingling with parishioners during our potluck Thanksgiving lunch said he was excited about the new missal. Praying for 3 “It has great significance,” said Monsignor Steenson, “because it is the first time since the the Dead The name was chosen by that a liturgical text developed in a Music at Mass Rome for the Ordinariate missal because it 3 separated tradition has been received back into this month harkens back to the 2003 Book of Divine the . It is faithful to what the Catholic Worship, the first that was From the 4 Church has said Christian unity would look authorized by Rome to include for Catholic Pastor like. It is not absorption but what the Second worship some elements of the Anglican Vatican Council called a ‘maturing of gifts.’ patrimony. Rome is very happy about this [missal].” Monsignor Steenson said he had just While the language and forms of worship ordered an altar missal and looks forward to the found in Divine Worship draw heavily from the day when there are affordable for use in English monastic tradition, this rite is not a the pew. “We want to get folks carrying little separate rite in the but part of leather bound prayer to Church like we the from which historically it used to,” he said. “We want to capture that developed. It remains “a recognizable tradition.” expression of the Roman Rite.” The language P a g e 2 Mark Arbeen, in Training ark Arbeen, Deacon-in-training for Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, he felt a M the Ordinariate, was born in Chicago, strong love for our Blessed Mother, and Illinois and was adopted by a loving family knew then that he was called to join his through the Episcopal Community of St. wife in the Roman Catholic Church. Mary’s in the of Chicago. He was Mark and Heather have two children, active as a child in the local Episcopal Jacob and Maria Sofia. Jacob is on the as an and choirboy, and he Autism spectrum, and Sofia is a wonderful enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1985, serving 8 advocate and protector for her brother. years on active duty and 12 years in the Mark is both a Knight of the Equestrian Naval Reserve before retiring in 2005. He Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem currently works at the and a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus. Service. Mark began training for the diaconate Mark and Heather Arbeen, Mark graduated from the University of in January 2015 through the diaconal Sofia and Jake Illinois at Chicago in 1997 and immediately training program of the Diocese of began studies at Virginia Theological Arlington. Part of his training is to learn all Seminary with the intent of being ordained positions on the altar, culminating in as an Episcopal . These plans changed serving as prior to when he met his wife, Heather, in 2002 and being installed as a in February 2016 started attending her Roman Catholic at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in parish on Saturday while still attending an Arlington, Virginia. He will complete the Episcopal parish on Sunday. In May 2003, formal education portion of his training in while attending Mass at the Basilica of Our December 2017.

Stewardship: Our Act of Thanksgiving “How can I” ll that we have and all that we are is a »The bottom line of stewardship make a” A gift from the loving God, who recognizes God’s generosity and our generously entrusts us with good gifts. As returning a portion to Him from the ‘first Return to” we acknowledge who we are, stewards of fruits’ rather than from what is left over. God’s creation, and whose we are – »Thus, each of us should to make our disciples of Christ – we begin to live The Lord” pledge as an act of thanksgiving rather lives of stewardship. We become more than as a process of raising money to generous, growing into the image of God, for all” balance our budget. experiencing the grace of God in new ways. He has” As we become people who give joyfully and May the hearts of all be led to some thankfully through Christ’s Church, we form of commitment that is an expression given me?” empower the Church for mission and of ‘first fruits’ thanksgiving to God. As we —Psalm 116: 12” ministry. As we become stewards, we read in our October 18 bulletin, “Each of experience the sense of offering, of us should be more of a ‘tither’ than a returning to God a portion of what He has ‘tipper’ in returning a portion of our so generously entrusted to us. And as we bounty back to God.” make joyful offerings to God, we are drawn Stewardship Sunday is November closer to Him and our spiritual lives are 22nd, the Feast of Christ the King. May we enriched. To make this happen … strive to be ever more obedient subjects of »We have a need to give that is more our merciful Saviour and ever more important than the Church’s need to faithful stewards of his gifts. receive.

The Epistle Volume I, Issue 2 P a g e 3 Praying for the Dead oly Scripture assures us that there can be no sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the H imperfections in heaven: “Too pure are your beatific vision of God. The Church also commends eyes to look upon evil, and the sight of misery you almsgiving, , and works of cannot endure.” (Habakkuk 1:13). According to undertaken on behalf of the dead. the Catechism, those who do not merit hell yet During November, which is dedicated to the still need purification before entering heaven, will, Holy Souls in Purgatory, there are more after death, pass through a state the Church calls opportunities to help them by earning indulgences purgatory: “All who die in God’s grace and that are only applicable to them: friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are Visit a Cemetery: obtain a partial by indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after praying at a cemetery during November or a death they undergo purification, so as to achieve plenary indulgence for visiting a cemetery the holiness necessary to enter the joy of each day between November 1st and 8th. heaven.” (CCC 1030) Visit a Church or Public on November 2nd: The idea that prayer for the dead contributes obtain a plenary indulgence after devoutly to their afterlife purification dates back to the reciting the Our Father and the on All people of Israel, “Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] Souls Day. made atonement for the dead, that they might be Pray the ‘Eternal Rest’: Obtain a partial indulgence delivered from their sin.” ( 12:46) So year round when reciting: Eternal rest grant to from the beginning, the Church has honored the them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon memory of the dead and offered prayers in them. May the souls of the faithful departed, suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic through the mercy of God, . . Music This Month May all who 1 November: The Feast of All Saints sleep in Missa O Quam Gloriosum [Tomás Luis de , 1583] O Quam Gloriosum [Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1572] Christ 8 November: 23 Mass for Four Voices [Thomas Tallis, mid 16th c.] find If Ye Love Me [Thomas Tallis, mid 16th c.] 15 November: Trinity 24 in His presence Mass for Four Voices [Giovanni Paolo Cima, c. 1610] Sicut cervus [Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, 16th c.] light, 22 November: Feast of Christ the King Mass No. 2 in G major [Franz Schubert, 1815] happiness, Postula a me [Jeffrey Quick, 2010] O God the King of Glory [Orlando Gibbons, c. 1610-1620] and peace. 29 November: First Sunday of Advent Mass for Three Voices [William Byrd, c. 1593/4] Ad te Domine levavi [Carlo Rossini, mid 20th c.]

Evening Prayer at St. Anselm’s Abbey St. Luke’s will hold a service of Evening Prayer on Saturday evening, November 7th at 4 pm, at St. Anselm’s Abbey [4501 South Dakota Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017] with a coffee hour to follow. All are welcome.

Please check our website for more information on upcoming events! StLukesOrdinariate.com St. Luke’s at Immaculate Conception is a parish of the Personal Ordinariate

1315 8th Street NW of the Chair of Peter, Washington DC 20001 which was established on January 1, 2012 by Benedict XVI The Very Rev. Mark W. Lewis, Pastor in to repeated requests Office by Anglicans 4002 53rd Street seeking to become Catholic. Bladensburg, MD 20710 Ordinariate parishes are fully Catholic 202-999-9934 StLukesOrdinariate.com while retaining elements of their Anglican heritage and , The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of That we all may be one including liturgical traditions.

From the Pastor Dear Brothers and Sisters, tithing. I ask you prayerfully consider your stewardship to St. Luke’s—time, talent and We begin the month of November with the treasure. celebration of All Saints and close it with the First Sunday of Advent; in between these two holy days we will celebrate All Souls and Christ the King. Furthermore, we will conduct our annual Stewardship Campaign. During the month of November the Church invites us to remember the dead, particularly with prayer, almsgiving and at Mass. All Saints celebrates those who now enjoy eternal life. All Souls, which is closely associated with All Saints, adds an emphasis on prayer for the dead in purgatory. Thus we will pray for all the faithful The month will end with the new liturgical departed throughout the month. I ask that you year—Advent. And this Advent is of particular please submit to me (by email) the names of those importance, for it will introduce to the Church the you wise to have remembered at Mass. new Divine Worship Missal that will be used in all Throughout the month of November we will Ordinariate communities. Rome has assured the devote portions of the weekly bulletin to teaching permanence of the Ordinariate; now it is our duty about stewardship. In addition, I am certain you to make sure it succeeds. will hear some about stewardship, as well as receiving some emails on the importance of Fr. Mark Lewis