Sunday, October 20, 2024
THE FEAST OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEDICATION OF THE CHURCHA Gothic Bicentennial: The Architectural History of St. Thomas Church
Guest Speaker: Cole M. Wagner
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
This lecture will trace the course of Saint Thomas Church’s three buildings from the first church on Houston Street through to the window restoration that occurred in the current building in this millennium.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
The Twenty-Third Sunday After PentecostMapping the Issue of Suffering and Evil
The Price for Evil
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Jonathan Littell, The Kindly Ones.
Sunday, November 3, 2024
All Saints’ SundayMapping the Issue of Suffering and Evil
The Threat of Hell
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Remembrance SundayMapping the Issue of Suffering and Evil
Is God Cruel or Powerless?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov.
Sunday, November 17, 2024
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday After PentecostMapping the Issue of Suffering and Evil
The Collision of Evil and Grace
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Flannery O’Connor, A Good Man is Hard to Find.
Sunday, December 1, 2024
The First Sunday Of AdventThe First Sunday Of Advent
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Advent series on Marylinne Robinson: Should we see the World as Ugly or as Beautiful?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer.
Sunday, December 8, 2024
The Second Sunday Of AdventThe Second Sunday Of Advent
Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the HolySpirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Advent series on Marylinne Robinson: Is the Human Condition Bearable?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
The Third Sunday Of Advent (Gaudete)The Third Sunday Of Advent (Gaudete)
Stir up thy power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let thy bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end. Amen.
Advent series on Marylinne Robinson: Is There a Reason to Live this Life?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
The Fourth Sunday Of AdventO Rex gentium — “O King of the Nations”
The Fourth Sunday Of Advent
We beseech thee, Almighty God, to purify our consciences by thy daily visitation, that when thy Son Jesus Christ cometh he may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Advent series on Marylinne Robinson: Can God Find Delight in Sinful Human Creatures?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer.
Sunday, February 2, 2025
The Fourth Sunday After The EpiphanyThe Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany
Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and in our time grant us thy peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
What is the Origin of Evil?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
More Information about this Theology Talk will be posted as it becomes available.
Sunday, February 9, 2025
The Fifth Sunday After The EpiphanyThe Fifth Sunday After The Epiphany
Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us,we beseech thee, the liberty of that abundant life which thou hast manifested to us in thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
How Does the Question of Evil Impact our Belief in the Existence of God?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
More Information about this Theology Talk will be posted as it becomes available.
Sunday, February 16, 2025
The Sixth Sunday After The EpiphanySeptuagesima
The Theology of Evil and Suffering
Does the Devil Exist?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
More Information about this Theology Talk will be posted as it becomes available.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
The Seventh Sunday After The EpiphanySexagesima
The Theology of Evil and Suffering
Can we Reconcile the Reality of Hell with the Hope that God wants to save all Human Beings?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
More Information about this Theology Talk will be posted as it becomes available.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
The Last Sunday After The Epiphany (Quinquagesima)The Last Sunday After The Epiphany (Quinquagesima)
O God, who before the passion of thy only-begotten Son didst reveal his glory upon the holy mount: Grant unto us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
“Is There Any Value in Suffering?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
More Information about this Theology Talk will be posted as it becomes available.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
The First Sunday In LentThe First Sunday In Lent
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted of Satan; Make speed to help thy servants who are assaulted by manifold temptations; and, as thou knowest their several infirmities, let each one find thee mighty to save; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lent Series on The Crucified Jesus: How did the Cross Become the Epitome of God’s Love?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
The Second Sunday In LentThe Second Sunday In Lent
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from thy ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of thy Word, Jesus Christ thy Son; who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lent Series on The Crucified Jesus: Did Jesus on The Cross Experience the Wrath of God?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
The Third Sunday In LentThe Third Sunday In Lent
Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lent Series on The Crucified Jesus: Can we See the Cross as the Expression of the Justice of God?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
The Fourth Sunday In Lent (Laetare)The Fourth Sunday In Lent (Laetare)
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which giveth life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lent Series on The Crucified Jesus: Did God the Father Abandon Jesus on the Cross?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
Saint Thomas Theological Education Program is at the service of those who seek a deeper understanding of faith and want to nourish their worship and their prayer.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
The Second Sunday Of EasterThe Second Sunday Of Easter
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery hast established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Can we Perceive the Resurrection?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
More Information about this Theology Talk will be posted as it becomes available.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
The Third Sunday Of EasterThe Third Sunday Of Easter
O God, whose blessed Son did manifest himself to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open, we pray thee, the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
How do we Follow the Risen Lord?
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Parish House, 5th Floor, and via Zoom
More Information about this Theology Talk will be posted as it becomes available.