The Parish Magazine of St Stephen’s Church Guernsey

Mosaic of the Magi, Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy

January 2019

From the Editor We thought that it would be an interesting exercise to focus not on the ‘three wise men’, but on the gifts they brought and the meaning of those gifts. Origen (2nd-century theologian of the early Christian Church) wrote ’Gold, as to a King; myrrh as to one who was mortal; and incense as to a God’. Fr John will give us his thoughts on these presents brought from afar, while some of our frequent contributors, showing no sloth over the holiday period, have produced meritorious works for our reading pleasure. Claudia Moore

Taizé comes to Guernsey!

A service of music interspersed with times of silence, prayer, meditation and adoration in the style of the Taizé Community

Saturday 19th January 2019 4.00-5.00pm St Stephen’s Church, St Peter Port

Which Route Shall We Take?

The magnificent mosaic on the cover of this Parish Magazine depicts the three Magi or wise men, and is part of the sumptuous interior decoration of the Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, located in Ravenna, Italy. The basilica church was erected by Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great as his palace chapel during the first quarter of the 6th century. This Arian church was originally dedicated in 504 AD to ‘Christ the Redeemer’.

It was re-consecrated in 561 AD, under the rule of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, under the new name ‘Sanctus Martinus in Coelo Aureo’ (‘Saint Martin in Golden Heaven’). Suppressing the Arian cult, the church was dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, a foe of Arianism. According to legend, Pope Gregory the Great ordered that the mosaics in the church be blackened, as their golden glory distracted worshippers from their prayers. The basilica was renamed again in 856 AD, when relics of Saint Apollinaris were transferred from the nearby Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe, because of the threat posed by frequent raids of pirates from the Adriatic Sea.

In the row of mosaics where the Magi are represented, to the left is a group of twenty-two virgins; and they accompany the wise men in a procession to the Madonna and Child, who are surrounded by four angels. The Magi in this mosaic are named Balthassar, Melchior and Gaspar; and this is thought to be the earliest example of these three names being assigned to the Magi in Christian art.

And so the Magi arrive, wearing interesting trousers and Phrygian caps as a sign of their Oriental origin, and bearing three gifts. After the wise men encountered Jesus, they were warned in a dream not to go back to King Herod and tell him where the Lord was. Instead, they went home by another way (Matthew 2. 12).

As 2019 begins, perhaps you and I might consider another route for ourselves, now that we have had time to consider the Incarnation afresh, and what it means to us for God to come and live among us.

Let us resolve to listen closely to our God. He revealed Himself in Christ, and He continues to reveal Himself to those of us who turn to Him. What excellent news!

Fr John Moore

Church Diary – January 2019

Tuesday 1 The Festival of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel Wednesday 2 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, 7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel Teachers, 379 and 389 Thursday 3 Friday 4 7.00pm Mass Resurrection Chapel Saturday 5 Sunday 6 The Feast of the Epiphany 9.30am Said Mass (Family Min) Fr John 11.00am Sung Mass Fr John Monday 7 10.00am ‘Little Treasures’ Toddlers’ Group Tuesday 8 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel 12.00pm Friendship Lunch-Community Ctr Wednesday 9 7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel Thursday 10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645 Friday 11 Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 7.00pm Mass Resurrection Chapel Saturday 12 Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Sunday 13 The Festival of the Baptism of Christ 9.30am Said Mass (Family Min) Fr John (The Second Sunday of Epiphany) 11.00am Sung Mass Fr John Monday 14 10.00am ‘Little Treasures’ Toddlers’ Group Tuesday 15 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel Wednesday 16 7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel Thursday 17 Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356 Friday 18 Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, 7.00pm Mass Resurrection Chapel Spiritual Writer, 1951 Saturday 19 Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095 4.00pm Taizé Service Sunday 20 The Third Sunday of Epiphany 9.30am Said Mass (Family Min) Fr John 11.00am Sung Mass Fr John Monday 21 Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304 10.00am ‘Little Treasures’ Toddlers’ Group Tuesday 22 Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon, first Martyr of Spain, 304 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel Wednesday 23 7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel Thursday 24 Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622 Friday 25 The Festival of the Conversion of Paul 7.00pm Mass Resurrection Chapel Saturday 26 Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul ‘William Morris Windows Restoration’ Event (times tbc) Sunday 27 The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany 9.30am Family Service Fr John 11.00am Sung Mass Fr John ‘William Morris Windows Restoration’ Event (times tbc) Monday 28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher, 1274 10.00am ‘Little Treasures’ Toddlers’ Group Tuesday 29 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel Wednesday 30 Charles, King and Martyr, 1649 7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel Thursday 31 John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888

Looking Further Ahead

April 1 Monday 10.20am Ladies’ College Easter Service April 3 Wednesday 11.00am Beechwood Easter Service April 6 Saturday tbc Vox Humana Concert April 27 Saturday tbc Spring Tea Party—St Stephen’s Community Centre

A Note from David Le Lièvre

David wishes to express his gratitude for the love, support and prayers he and Sheila have received from all their friends at St Stephen’s over the past year. He wrote: ‘You have all made such a difference to our rather abruptly changed lives by your kind visits, newsy Emails and phone calls and your prayers. We cannot thank you all enough. I am so lucky to have been kept in the loop over things at St Stephen's thanks to Fr John, Tony and Marg who come all the way to St Sampson's eh! for meetings and also I am so grateful to them for all the extra work that they are involved in with me not doing my share of things. I trust and pray that they are getting sufficient help from you all to keep St Stephen's going as such a vibrant Church. It is so heartening to hear about the number of people coming and enjoying our lovely Church and the Concerts. I have more lined up for 2019 to make a final push for the funds needed for the William Morris Windows Appeal and then for the upkeep of the Church. My thanks go to Tony and Ann Goss for all their support together with the Social Events Committee. Unfortunately and frustratingly I can promote these Concerts but by the evening I get very tired and my breathing worsens so I cannot attend the event. So as many of you know my 'password' is to continue to be 'a patient patient'! I have my Faith, Sheila is a gem and I have a very caring family and friends. I cannot thank everyone personally but you know who you are and our dear Lord and I know and we appreciate so much all that you do for the Church and for Sheila and I.

Sheila and I wish you all a very blessed, happy and HEALTHY 2019.

Love from us both,

David and Sheila Le Lièvre

Why Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh?

The second chapter of St Matthew’s gospel tells us that the Magi, or wise men, travelled from the East in search of the Christ child. They inquired of King Herod where they might find Him, saying, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage’ (Matthew 2. 2). Upon finding the baby Jesus, ‘they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure -chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh’ (Matthew 2. 11).

The Scriptures do not tell us the significance of these three gifts; however, tradition has it that there is a deeper meaning for each of the three.

Gold was a valued commodity in the ancient world. Among the types of assets listed in the Bible (e.g., precious metals, livestock, servants, gemstones, etc.), accumulation of gold was one of the chief measures of wealth (cf. Genesis 13. 2, Ecclesiastes 2. 8). Because of its scarcity and immense value, gold was particularly associated with royalty and nobility, as seen in 1 Kings 10 when the Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon bearing great quantities of gold as a gift. By bringing a gift of gold, the wise men showed that they did indeed consider our Lord to be a king.

In addition to underscoring the royalty of Christ, some have noted that the wise men’s gift of gold may have foreshadowed another aspect of Jesus’s ministry. Under the Old Covenant, the Most Holy Place (also known as the Holy of Holies) was an inner sanctuary within the Temple where the priest would encounter the presence of God and offer a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. Likewise, the incarnation of our Lord heralded the presence of God—Immanuel—and the sacrifice of atonement He would make on behalf of his people when He went to the cross. The wise men may have had this connection in mind because, as described in 1 Kings 6. 20-22, the walls of the Most Holy Place and the altar within it were completely overlaid with gold.

Frankincense is an aromatic gum resin that is still widely used in parts of the Middle East and Africa today. It is produced by scraping the bark of certain native species of trees and then harvesting the beads of resin after they have dried. When burned as incense, it creates a strong and beautiful aroma. In the ancient Near East, the cost of frankincense precluded it from being used as a common household air freshener. Rather, the burning of frankincense was closely associated with ceremonial worship of a deity. In this way, the inclusion of frankincense as a gift for the Christ child may have indicated that the wise men understood that the prophecy of the new- born king carried with it a claim of deity.

As with gold, frankincense may also have an implied connection with the Temple worship of the Old Covenant. Burning incense at the altar was a key part of the sacrificial system prescribed by God for use in the Tabernacle and, later, in the Temple itself. According to Exodus 30, however, not just any incense would do. A specific recipe of spices mixed with ‘pure frankincense’ (v. 34) was to be consecrated as ‘most holy’ (v. 35) and was the only incense permitted at the altar. A speculative parallel can be drawn between this and Jesus’s life as a pure and holy offering to God.

Myrrh is a fragrant spice derived from the sap of a tree native to the Near East. Like frankincense, it can be used as incense, but in the ancient world it also had wider usage as a perfume, anointing oil, and was even imbibed as a medicinal tonic. Most notable with regard to our Lord’s life, myrrh was a key ingredient in the mixture of spices that were used to prepare bodies for burial (cf. John 19. 39-40). Perhaps the wise men intended this gift as an indication of Christ’s humanity and the manner in which he would save his people—namely, that he would die for them (cf. Isaiah 53. 5).

Just like the first two gifts, there is a Temple connection with myrrh as well. Exodus 30 tells us that liquid myrrh was a main ingredient in the anointing oil used to ceremonially prepare the priests, the instruments, the altar, and the Temple itself before sacrifices could be made. Again, parallels to Jesus’s consecrated life and sacrificial death are immediately noticeable.

All three gifts reveal thought-provoking implications that relate to our Lord’s life and ministry. Fr John Moore

St Wulfstan

St Wulfstan (d. 1095), whose life is commemorated on 19th January, belongs to the county of Worcester, a great part of which in his day was covered in forests, through which ran the river Severn, draining sluggishly the low- lying marsh land along its way. Wulfstan belonged to the West Saxons who had settled there in 578, after driving out the Britons. He was the last of the Saxon bishops and the last of their saints, Aidan, Chad, Cuthbert, Dunstan, Wilfrid and the rest. He was appointed to the See of Worcester by the Saxon king, Edward the Confessor, and, remarkably, was still there under the Norman king William Rufus. That he was not turned out of the See after the Battle of Hastings is attributed to a miracle. He was summoned to Westminster where he was called upon to resign, which he was quite willing to do ‘Only’, he said, ‘the man who persuaded me to accept the office, is the only man to whom I will resign it’ and with that he placed his crozier on the tomb of Edward the Confessor; when they tried to take it off, it would not budge. He went on being Bishop of Worcester and became a loyal and useful servant to William the Conqueror.

Two monuments remain of Bishop Wulfstan’s activity, one is the foundation of the existing cathedral of Worcester where, Saxon though he was, he adopted the Norman style of architecture and devised a building which in style and magnificence was in keeping with other efforts of the time. The undercroft alone remains. The other was the foundation of Malvern Priory, now a parish church. The side of the Malvern Hills was naturally a site for Christian hermits, but Wulfstan thought that an organised monastery would do more useful work. One of these hermits, Alwin, asked permission to go on pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre, but Wulfstan refused him leave saying, ‘God will do great work at Malvern’.

In the winter of 1967 I motored from London to Malvern Priory, where this ‘great work’ had been done, to talk on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. I reminded the meeting how in Wulfstan’s day, the inhabitants of Bristol were kidnapping their fellow-countrymen and selling them abroad as slaves. When Wulfstan heard of it, he made the journey down from the Malvern Hills to Bristol and told them to stop it, which they did. John Wesley did the same thing in 1747 which he records in his journal. ‘The terror and the confusion were inexpressible’, he wrote. ‘The people rushed upon each other with the utmost violence, the benches were

broken into pieces and nine-tenths of the congregation struck with panic. No wonder’, he concluded, ‘Satan fought lest his kingdom should be delivered up’. What perhaps Wesley did not know, was that the whole thing had happened before. Satan had had his kingdom in Bristol in Wulfstan’s day. We do not hear of any diabolical appearances during his visit, but after he left the slave-market disappeared.

It re-appeared in the 17th century when Bristol became the leading slave- port with the merchant Edward Colston and his fellow members of the Royal African Company becoming very rich owing to their holding the monopoly of the trade. There are now demands that Colston’s statue, an elegant one, be taken down and his name in public places and upon the buildings of the city be removed. But slavery, I went on to tell the Malvern meeting, had not been finally abolished when Wilberforce and the Protestant evangelicals took the lead against it. I told them of an occasion when I went to a remote African village and spent the entire day trying to persuade the elders to rebuild the school, which was in ruins owing to the ravages of termites. At last, as the sun went down, the Headman arose to say ‘We must eat, Father, and you must go on your way: I shall set the slaves to work on the building.’ ‘The slaves!’, I said, ‘What slaves? You can’t own slaves!’ and he pointed across to some huts, the doors bolted with cross beams of wood…

But lest we become too proud in recording the Christian endeavours of our holy men and women and the sins of others, we should not forget that The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel itself once had irons on its property for the branding of its own slaves with its initials S.P.G., and that slavery continues still in a variety of forms hidden behind barred doors in England and everywhere else.

Fr Leslie Craske

Sticks and Stones We will from time to time include this article in our magazine, to give you updates on what’s happening to the ’church fabric ‘ (as it is formally known in CofE circles), to let you know what needs attention and what the little elves have done to keep the church well-maintained and shining.

Gutters and Walls

Cleaning Gutters When you live in a bungalow you use a pair of steps. When you live in a house you use a ladder. However, to clean the top gutters on our church you use a ‘Cherry Picker!’ November 2018.

Wall Repair The observant among us might just have noticed the stump by the entrance at the top of St Stephen’s Hill has at long last disappeared and the wall has received some much-needed repair. Come spring we will level and re-seed the ground.

Tony Kaines

‘Christmas Stocking’ On Sunday 16th December, various groups from the St Stephen’s community (Guides, Scouts, Brownies, ’Little Treasures’ toddlers, Choir and Church members young and old) came together to produce a ‘Christmas Stocking’ musical extravaganza. Just as different gifts are extracted from a stocking on Christmas Day, so each group came with its own talent and gift which had been prepared: a song, a carol, a skit or a play. A great time was had by all (including by Fr John, who played the role of a grumpy innkeeper); and after carols were sung, everyone enjoyed mince pies and refreshments. Monies collected at the event were donated to the Tumaini Fund and to Mission Aviation Fellowship. Many thanks to Ann Goss for the organisation of this pleasant afternoon—the beginning of a new tradition at St Stephen’s? Fr John Moore

More on the ‘Curates of St Stephen’s’, courtesy of Fr John Luff’s research:

The Revd C S P Darroch

Many clergy of earlier times came from wealthy and privileged backgrounds. One such was Charles Stuart Parker Darroch. He was born on 22nd January 1843 at House, Renfrewshire, , and was the son of Major Duncan Darroch, DL, JP, 4th of Gourock and Susan Parker, his wife.

The family website states that Clan Darroch's links with Gourock began in the later half of the 18th century with Duncan Darroch, 1st of Gourock, who had returned to Scotland after making a fortune in the West Indies. There is a story that as a lad, before leaving for Jamaica, he climbed into the garden of Gourock House to get apples from the orchard, and when chased out by the gardener said he would return to buy the estate with its orchard. He acquired the Barony of Gourock from the Stewarts of Castlemilk in 1784. He was also granted arms by the and designated Chief of McIireich. The present head of the Darroch is titled Claire Darroch Thompson, 8th of Gourock, Lady of the Barony of Gourock, following the death of her father, the late Duncan Darroch of Gourock on 1st February 2011.

Charles had five sisters and two brothers. All of them, amazingly for the time, survived infancy. Apart from the eldest sister who was a spinster, the others, as one would expect, married well. One an MP, another a wealthy landowner, another a doctor, and the youngest a banker. His elder brother, Duncan, 5th of Gourock was a barrister-at-Law, DL, JP and FRAS. The younger, George, was a civil servant.

Charles was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated BA in 1865 and MA 1870. He appears to have been destined for the Law, as he was admitted to the Inner Temple in January 1865, and called to the Bar in 1867, but withdrew in 1869, and was made deacon in the Diocese of London in 1870 on a title at St Mary’s Wimbledon. Having been ordained priest in 1871, he remained there until 1873, when he

became curate of St Stephen’s, remaining for four years, after which he moved to be curate of Orpington, 1877-80. He was then vicar of Hayling Island for a year, before becoming rector of Medstead, Hampshire for eight years, for seven of which he was also Assistant Inspector of Schools for the Diocese of Winchester. Finally, he was vicar of St Thomas, Southborough, Kent from 1899 until his retirement in 1920.

Just before coming to Guernsey he married Alice Maude Pearson, daughter of Sir Edwin Pearson, FRS. They had three sons, all born in Guernsey, and a daughter born at Medstead. Unfortunately, only one son reached majority, and became a Crown agent for the Colonies. The daughter married a priest who was an assistant master at Tonbridge School.

In retirement Charles lived in Tonbridge and took a keen interest in the Parish Church and St Saviour’s, frequently conducting services in both. He was a keen sportsman, very fond of shooting and fishing, and was a member of Culverden Golf Club, playing regularly until he was eighty, and his enthusiasm for cricket was such that he never missed a county match on the Angel Ground until three years before his death. The photograph of him in his obituary shows a powerful man with a full beard, so it is not surprising that he lived to the grand age of ninety-three. Fr John Luff

Friendship Lunch

The next Friendship Lunch will be on Tuesday, 8th January at 12.00pm in the Community Centre.

Menu: Chunky Vegetable Soup

For planning purposes, kindly let Jean Le Huray (Tel 255207) know you are coming by Sunday, 6th January.

A Significant Anniversary

John Bamforth has been a server for 80 years this December. He is always a faithful attender at Sunday Mass and at the Tuesday morning Mass where 10-15 of us have become regulars and something of a close-knit ‘family’. When we knew this impressive anniversary was coming up, we planned a little celebration in December with cake, prosecco and coffee after the Tuesday Mass to mark the occasion. John gave a wonderful speech (see below) to much warm applause.

‘December 1938 was important to me in three ways. I was confirmed at Wakefield Cathedral on the 12th, became a server on the 18th and Mr Chamberlain, after a chat with Hitler, thought he had avoided a second great war.

I served at St John’s Clifton, my village church, till 1943 when I went to Oxford. I served at Pusey House in Oxford at Mass on Tuesdays with Father Eric Kemp, later the famous Bishop of Salisbury, and at High Mass on Sundays.

In 1944 I was called up and in the Indian Army I served as sacristan in the garrison church in Shaiba, South Iraq. There was no opportunity in Baghdad in 1947 as that had a Muslim week.

Back in Clifton in 1948 I served at St John’s again until I went to Singapore in the Colonial Service, where I served for some time as sacristan at Hill Station Church in Freetown.

In 1965 I transferred to Nassau in the Bahamas where I served at the Cathedral. The diocese is Anglo-Catholic and I served at Mass on Tuesday and Sundays. The priests’ preparation was always in Latin and I can still say the public prayers in Latin because that was sometimes used by the archbishop on Tuesday on his visits.

I was sometimes roped in as a subdeacon to make up a team at High Mass on festivals and holy days in Nassau but I was never comfortable with that as I felt that a subdeacon should be an ordained person. That also was my wife Enid’s view.

In 1975 I transferred to Hong Kong and immediately started serving at the cathedral on Tuesdays and Sundays. Sometimes I was asked to preach, particularly during St Luke’s tide as I was Deputy Director at Medical and Health Services.

On 9-1-1991 Enid, May Smith and I came to Guernsey. Enid had already arranged a house as we were looking after May, a long-time friend who was Chinese and who was developing Alzheimers. Enid had managed May’s domestic affairs for 20 years.

When I came here I met Bernard Cochrane who introduced me to Tony Kaines and the rest is history. I still sometimes serve on Tuesdays to help out but otherwise I am past it. St Stephen’s is all I ever wished for and I shall die here.

I would like to thank Claudia and Father John for arranging this and to all of you, my friends, for coming. I felt I would like to give some background to all this so you can understand why I so love St Stephen’s, the church God surely meant for me to belong to in my closing years.’

John Bamforth

In last month’s Do you know…? we interviewed

Hazel Greany

However, we only barely sketched out her eventful life moving around the globe, and did not include her considerable knowledge and work in the field of horticulture. We now include this important part of who Hazel is, details kindly provided by her husband.

Readers of the Editor’s Interview in the December Magazine may have got the impression that Hazel’s life revolved around the packing and unpacking of the marital assets as she and John moved from house to house, while he pursued his military career. However, that was not really the case. As the children grew up, went to school and began their own lives, so Hazel was able to pursue her real love, which was horticulture.

When they purchased their own house in Winchester in 1974, Hazel and John took their courage in both hands and walked into John Hillier’s office to ask for a job for Hazel. He was the co-director of Hillier’s Plants, one of the largest purveyors of trees, shrubs and plants in the UK, based at Braishfield near Winchester. John Hillier was a very pleasant and helpful man and Hazel was assigned to the potting team to learn the trade. There she was given intensive instruction in plant identification (John G spent many an evening asking questions from sheets of pictures of very similar looking leaves etc, which H had to identify). She was also instructed in tractor driving (though she never could reverse with a trailer) and all aspects of plant husbandry. She made many friends at Hillier’s and still corresponds with some of them.

Before long the next move to Germany came along and her career was put on hold. It was difficult for army wives to get employment overseas unless they had specific skills which could be used within the military establishment. Going back to Winchester enabled Hazel to return to Hillier’s until the time came to move to Colchester in 1978. There, again taking courage in both hands, Hazel and John approached the famous Beth Chatto, (recently deceased) to see if she could offer employment in

her extensive gardens. She could not offer part time employment but put Hazel in touch with a bearded giant called Jack Jingle, who ran a specialist nursery named Ramparts Nurseries in Colchester. There Hazel happily passed her time for 3 years and learned a lot from the ‘Gold Medal Growers of Silver and Grey Foliage Plants and Garden Pinks’ (citation from their 1989 price catalogue).

After John left the Army and commuted from Winchester, Hazel spread her wings. She approached first Rosy and Rob Hardy of Cottage Garden Plants fame and was taken on by them as a propagator. She spent many years with them, in fact until she moved to Guernsey in 1999, and became their senior propagator, specialising in cuttings of herbaceous perennials. In the same period she took on extra work at Longstock Park Nursery, owned by Waitrose, just north of Stockbridge, where she worked with a former Hillier’s colleague, making specialised cuttings. While in Winchester she also helped to create the Dean Garnier Garden in the Winchester Cathedral Close.

Her employment terminated with the move to Guernsey, but the house they bought in Guernsey offered many opportunities for further learning and experience. The large vine house was a completely new venture and many hours were spent on thinning, disease control, picking, selling and enjoying the produce. Several other fruits were grown including peaches, figs and strawberries with varying degrees of success! She would dearly love to start a new career in horticulture, but finds that the commute to Hillier’s would be both costly and difficult to manage within the working day. John Greany

Electoral Roll Revision

Every six years each parish electoral roll must be completely revised, and this will be due next year, 2019. Everyone, even if already on the existing roll, will have to complete a new form before 24th March, to remain on the list. Forms will be available from January, at the back of church. Please return your completed to me or to Fr John. Thank you.

Jill Stephenson

‘Anglo -Catholic’….matters St Stephen’s Church has a long and rich Anglo-Catholic tradition. Each month, the Parish Magazine will feature an article about one aspect of this tradition, which contributes so much to our corporate worship and the life of our church community.

The Proper of the Mass Part 1 of 3

The ‘Proper’ (Latin: proprium) of the Mass is a part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date, either representing an observance within the liturgical year, or of a particular saint or significant event.

The term is used in contrast to the ‘Ordinary’, which is that part of the liturgy that is reasonably constant (Kyrie Eleison, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei), or at least selected without regard to date; or to the ‘Common’, which contains those parts of the liturgy that are common to an entire category of saints, such as apostles or martyrs.

Strictly speaking, the Proper of the Mass consists of the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia or Tract, Sequence, Offertory, and Communion - in other words, all the variable portions of a Mass which are spoken or sung by the choir or the people. These are sometimes called the ‘Minor Propers’ to distinguish them from the Collect, Post-communion, and Readings (all the variable portions of a Mass which are spoken or sung by the priest or other attendants, such as a reader or deacon).

As with the Ordinary of the Mass, the earliest musical settings of the Proper were Gregorian chant or plainchant (one-voice part, in free rhythm) melodies. From the 9th to the 16th centuries some plainchants were expanded by the means of ‘tropes’, the grafting of new music and new texts onto the original chants.

The Winchester Troper, a manuscript from the 11th century, includes three Introits, fifty-three Alleluias, nineteen Tracts and seven Sequences (prolongations of the Alleluia). In 1200, two of the composers of Notre- Dame Cathedral in Paris, Léonin and Pérotin, wrote the Magnus Liber

Organi, a compilation including settings of fifty-nine Graduals and Alleluias in two to four voices.

In 1430, Guillaume Dufay (a Master from Burgundy, France who brought to completion developments of the cantus firmus Mass, in which each section of the Ordinary is based on a pre-composed melody, or cantus firmus) reawakened interest in settings of the Proper. Much later, collections of polyphonic Proper settings are found in the German Heinrich Isaac’s Choralis Constantinus (1550-1555) and in Georg Rhau’s publications for the Lutheran Church in 1539 and 1545.

Within the Roman Catholic Church, the liturgical reforms of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) gave new impetus to Proper settings. Starting with Giovanni Contino in 1560, numerous Italian composers wrote settings of the Proper. In 1605 and 1607 appeared the two books of the English composer William Byrd’s Gradualia, a collection of polyphonic Propers for major feasts.

Systematic development of the Propers in music was rare from the Baroque period onwards. Yet for hundreds of years, the music of the Mass has consisted of texts from the Scriptures and of other sacred texts set to Gregorian Chant and sacred polyphony.

In the next two issues of the Parish Magazine, ‘Anglo-Catholic Matters’ will discuss the individual Propers of the Mass in more detail. They are part of the historical and current liturgical observances of St Stephen’s Church.

Fr John Moore

The Guild of Intercession

De Vic Tupper, 12/1/1892; Henry Bingham De Vic Tupper, 11/1/1903; Emily Fisher, 9/1/1913; Rosalie Marie Corbin, 12/1/1922; Georgina Maud Lowe, 24/1/1929; Alice Rose King, 1/1/1936; Amelia Esther Ann Bassett, 17/1/1939; Stamford Raffles, 24/1/1942; George Alexander Mauger, 29/1/1944; Urie Enid Le Page, 16/1/1945; Grace Eaton Andrews, 2/1/1948; Arthur Edward Vizard, 18/1/1949; Frederick Henry Burnell, 4/1/1950; Charles Henry Manson, 5/1/1950; Walter Robert James Pinchemain, 17/1/1950; William John Dorey, 25/1/1950; Mary Leah Elizabeth Hillier, 27/1/1950; Emily Mahy Jory, 8/1/1951; Mary Judith Mauger, 8/1/1951; Stephen Alfred Carré, 13/1/1951; Ernest Wyatt, 13/1/1951; Hannah Mary Board, 16/1/1951; Lily Edwards Knight, 18/1/1951; Nathanial William Loaring, 11/1/1952; Edward Charles Chutter, 20/1/1952; Frank Zilwood Adams, 3/1/1953; Albert Henry Marquand, 5/1/1953; Florence Marion McCrea, 12/1/1953; Lewis Cyril Reginald Smith (Priest), 14/1/1953; Rhoda May Ingram, 17/1/1953; Eliza Ann Naftel, 20/1/1953; Edward Valentine Davis, 20/1/1954; Osmond Le Lacheur, 3/1/1955; Issac George Marshall, 4/1/1955; Sophia Lovell, 18/1/1955; Ethel Isabel Foster, 23/1/1955; Walter Colin Wheatley, 5/1/1956; Walter Gulson, 6/1/1956; Ellen Mary Ann Parkyn, 28/1/1956; Kathleen Mary Driskell, 5/1/1958; Annie Brown Warren, 7/1/1958; Horace Knight, 8/1/1958; Texina Beach Davis, 15/1/1958; Ethel Symons, 18/1/1958; Philip Hastings Irwin, 18/1/1958; Indiana Dimanche, 29/1/1958; Frank Sarre, 9/1/1959; Muriel Scott, 11/1/1960; Patrick James Meredith Mantell, 22/1/1960; Violet Frederica Vizard, 23/1/1960; Edith Ferris Scott, 28/1/1961; Daisy Mignot, 4/1/1962; Herbert George Black, 6/1/1962; John Brodie, 20/1/1962; Amy Edith Hunton, 31/1/1962; Emily Augusta Ross, 8/1/1963; Sidney Stanley Bullock, 23/1/1963; Walter Guilbert Grut, 24/1/1963; Horace Henry Carrington, 25/1/1963; Hilda Dorothy Alice Good, 26/1/1963; Herbert William John Sharman, 29/1/1963; William Henry Machon, 29/1/1963; Winifred Le Bargy, 18/1/1964; Ethel Mary Hayes, 29/1/1964; Hilda Gertrude Priest, 5/1/1966; Peter Louis Louvet, 20/1/1966; Vera Hamon, 11/1/1967; Florence Ogier, 15/1/1967; William Edgar Smith, 26/1/1968; Kathleen White, 17/1/1969; Mary Jane Udle, 17/1/1970; Kathleen Clare Greenhow, 30/1/1970; Dorothy Amy Cordwent, 10/1/1978; John Albert Dorey, 28/1/1981; Arthur Ashford Hurrell, 23/1/1983; Walter Butt, 6/1/1984; Agnes Martel, 28/1/1984; John Derek Higgins, 1/1/1988; Freda Elizabeth Robilliard, 5/1/1989; Freda Elizabeth Robilliard, 9/1/1989; John Cecil Brache, 6/1/1990; Kathleen Mary Anderson 26/1/1991; Reginald Board 15/1/1993; Dawn Marlene Sauvarin, 13/1/1994; Nelson Henry de la Mare, 29/1/1995; Eunice Alice Fallaize, 28/1/1996; David Clarkson, 24/1/1997; Eunice Emma Falla, 25/1/1997; William Baker, 12/1/1998; Geoffrey Ernest Le Page 13/1/1998; Albert Ernest Croucher, 4/1/1999; Joan Isobel Waddams, 9/1/2000; William James West 18/1/2000; Jean Elizabeth Dorau 5/1/2003; Frederick William Lohmeir, 19/1/2003; Ruth Olliver, 20/1/2004; Donald Eric Hampson, 5/1/2005; Elsie May Butt, 16/1/2005; Paul John Machon, 21/1/2005; Edwin James Thoume, 23/1/2005; Kathleen Dorothy Mallett, 30/1/2005; Lloyd Herbert George Renouf, 22/1/2006; Lena Dowdney, 5/1/2007; Margaret Winifred Chambers, 5/1/2007; Ian Byrne Yeaman 5/1/2007; Dennis Robert Carré, 21/1/2007; Lilian Ann Kaines, 25/1/2007; Michael Ronald Day, 28/1/2008; Brian Edward Renouf, 9/1/2009; Phyllis Georgina Haines, 12/1/2009; Derek Reginald Machon, 21/1/2009; Muriel Joan Rust , 13/1/2010; David William Lower, 14/1/2010; Noreen Gladys Ethel Le Poidevin, 15/1/2010; Jeffrey Michael Zabiela, 14/1/2012; Derek Percival Crisell, 18/1/2012; David Nicholas Leale, 21/1/2013; David George Yabsley, 26/1/2013; Rosamond Clara Swann, 13/1/2015; Heather Verena Anne Le Gallez, 2/1/2017; Hugh Barnabas Jefferson Bygott-Webb, 16/1/2017; Jayne Amanda Downes, 22/1/2017; Georgina Short, 24/1/2017.

Year unknown: Elizabeth Mary Shuff, 6/1.

May They Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory

Parish Registers

Baptisms None

Weddings None

Funerals Elizabeth Guy (née Turner) - 3rd December 2018 (died 21st November 2018) John Dennis Penfold - 13th December 2018 (died 3rd December 2018)

January Bible Readings

Sunday The Feast of the Isaiah Ch60 v1-6 6th January Epiphany Ephesians Ch3 v1-12 Matthew Ch2 v1-12 Sunday The Second Sunday of Isaiah Ch43 v1-7 13th January Epiphany Acts Ch8 v14-17 The Baptism of Christ Luke Ch3 v15-17, 21-22 Sunday The Third Sunday of Isaiah Ch62 v1-5 20th January Epiphany 1 Corinthians Ch12 v1-11 John Ch2 v1-11 Sunday The Fourth Sunday of Nehemiah Ch8 v1-3, 5-6, 8-10 27th January Epiphany 1 Corinthians Ch12 v12-31a Luke Ch4 v14-21

Hymns and Liturgical Music January

SUNDAY 6th 13th 20th 27th 11.00am January January January January Sung Mass The Feast The Second The Third The Fourth of the Sunday of Sunday of Sunday of Epiphany Epiphany Epiphany Epiphany

The Baptism of Christ Procession HYMN 52 367 343 50

PROPER 668 669 670 671

OFFERTORY 49 56 55 345 2nd Tune

COMMUNION 51 57 467 481

POST- COMMUNION 47 48 377 234

47 52 377 MP 457 9.30am SAID MASS MP 740 S 29 MP 367 MP 151

Guilds, Clubs & Activities at St Stephen’s

Lesley Le Huray Wednesday Community Centre RAINBOWS Tel: 254333 4.00pm – 5.00pm 5—7 years old Tamara Beach Wednesday Community Centre BROWNIES Tel: 07911 711052 5.00pm - 6.30pm 7 – 10 years old Debbie Robillard Tel: 714850 + 07911 Friday Community Centre GUIDES 132440 6.00pm – 7.30pm 10 – 14 years old [email protected] 1st VICTORIA Beavers Pierre Woodland Community Centre SEA SCOUT Monday Tel: 722210 6 – 8 years old GROUP 5.30pm - 6.45pm Cubs Paula Woodland Community Centre Group Scout Monday Tel: 722210 8 – 10 years old Leader 7.00pm – 8.30pm

Sea Scouts Rosalyne Julie Hutchins Community Centre Wednesday Le Huray Mob: 07781 430700 10 – 14 years old Tel: 257939 7.00pm – 9.00pm Andrea Bateman SUNDAY CLUB andrea.batement@yahoo. Sunday 9.30am Church Vestry co.uk Fr John Moore YOUTH ALIVE! As arranged Various venues Tel: 720268 ST STEPHEN’S Marg Kaines Church As arranged GUILD Tel: 254858 ‘housekeeping’ SERVERS Info: Guild of the Tony Kaines Monthly www.GSSonline.org Servants of the Tel: 254858 See notice board .uk Sanctuary SOCIAL Tony Goss EVENTS As arranged St Stephen’s Vestry Tel: 266214 COMMITTEE Steph Dragun ST STEPHEN’S Tel: 255654 As arranged Community Centre PLAYERS [email protected]

Copy deadline for the February Parish Magazine will be Monday 21st January 2019 Contributions are gratefully accepted and can be sent to [email protected]

ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH Vicar The Reverend Fr John Moore BA, MBA, MA, DHECT St Stephen’s Vicarage ▪ Les Gravées ▪ St Peter Port ▪ Guernsey ▪ GY1 1RN Tel: 01481 720268 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://st-stephens-guernsey.org

Honorary Assistant Priests The Very Reverend Canon Fr Marc Trickey The Reverend Fr Leslie Craske

Vicar’s Warden David Le Lièvre Tel: 255492 People’s Warden Tony Kaines Tel: 254858 Secretary (APCC) Mary-Carol Gales Tel: 712434 Interim Treasurer Tony Kaines Tel: 254858 Stewardship Officer Katherine Lau Tel: 233207 Safeguarding Officer Steph Dragun Tel: 255654 Director of Music Felicity Millard Tel: 725660 Community Centre Tony & Diana Renouf Tel: 711701 Flower Contacts Iris Dhanji Tel: 256528 Ann Goss Tel: 266214 Helping Hands David & Annie Peatfield Tel: 730688 Magazine Editor Claudia Moore Tel: 720268

SUNDAY MASSES

9.30am Said Mass with Family Ministry 11.00am Sung Mass with Sermon

WEEKDAY MASSES

Tuesday 11.00am The Book of Common Prayer Wednesday 7.00pm Common Worship Friday 7.00pm Common Worship