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In this season of summering, the Rector gives thanks–for the Church and her clergy, staff, Vestry and volunteers; for John Scott’s Easter Mass; for the Choir School and the Class of 2011; and, in great depth, for Holy Scripture, and especially at this time of its 400th anniversary, the King James Version.Read more…

The Rector begins with the Holy Week to come and ends with the Ash Wednesday past. In between, he writes about an organ to be publicly played, a play to be publicly read, and more.Read more…

The Rector writes about upcoming Christmas services (nigh), the first few months of 2011 (upcoming), the Vestry election (past), two books by Fr Austin (new), the election for a new bishop (distant), the EMC (on-going) and the campaign for a new Great Organ (urgent).Read more…

The Rector writes about Clergy, Canvass and Count—our clergy, past and present; the canvass for our future; a count for the ages.Read more…

In this early summer Chronicle as the Rector prepares to leave for Maine, he discusses very interesting developments concerning the remains of our first Rector, the Rev’d Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie, and his family. He also offers us a preview of his summer reading list. Finally, there are some good words from the Rector Emeritus.Read more…

In this Chronicle, the Rector discusses spring growth: Fr Erdman as a rector in Kentucky, new priests on the scene at Saint Thomas, a new Verger on the loose in June, and an old Verger in the nave this summer. This issue also includes an update on Fr Andrew (growing ever stronger) and a milestone for the friendship (growing ever longer) between the Rector and his Secretary.Read more…

The Rector writes about Holy Week, a new priest for Saint Thomas, the Mardi Gras party, an upcoming visit by John Polkinghorne, and more.Read more…

The Rector writes about clergy changes, two rectory receptions, the new website, the Rector’s Doctrine Class, the buzz over the recent announcement by the Vatican regarding Anglicans, and more.Read more…