Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
Cycle of Prayer
Advent 2007 - Christ the King 2008


1 ADVENT, DECEMBER 2
St. Andrew's, Little Compton; The Rev. Gregory Prior, The Rev. Dcn. Buck Close; Emmanuel, Cumberland: The Rev. Peter Mayer; Emmanuel, Newport: The Rev. Greg Cole, The Rev. Dcns. Ann Pelletier and Sue Crowninshield. World AIDS Day

2 ADVENT, DECEMBER 9
International Human Rights Day! For social justice: Grant us grace to contend against evil and to make no peace with oppression. For Retired Clergy: Richard Simpson, Paul Pickens and Douglas Burger..

3 ADVENT, DECEMBER 16
For the peace of the world, for the welfare of the Holy Church of God, and for the unity of all peoples.

4 ADVENT, DECEMBER 23
St. Thomas, Greenville: The Rev. Michele Matott; St. Thomas, Alton: The Rev. Bettine Besier.

1 CHRISTMAS, DECEMBER 30
St. Stephen's, Providence: The Rev. John Alexander and The Rev. Gardner Shattuck; St. John's, Ashton: The Rev. Jeffrey Jencks and The Rev. Dcn. Mary Hitt; St. John's, Barrington: The Rev. Neal Goldsborough and The Rev. Jennifer West; The Cathedral of St. John: The Very Rev. Harry Krauss and The Rev. Dcn. Barbara Mays-Stock; St. John's, Newport: The Rev. Michael Tuck; and Chapel of St. John the Divine, Saunderstown: The Rev. Stephanie Shoemaker.

THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST, JANUARY 6, 2008

1 EPIPHANY, THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST, JANUARY 13
Church of the Epiphany, East Providence: The Rev. Jennifer Pedrick and The Rev. Tim Burger; Church of the Epiphany, Providence: The Rev. Karen Fraioli. The retired clergy of the Diocese: Edward F. Mason, Robert Anthony and Betty Lou Wright.

2 EPIPHANY, JANUARY 20
For all the Clergy and People of the Diocese; for our Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf; Assisting Bishop, The Rt. Rev. David Joslin and Retired Bishop, The Rt. Rev. George Hunt.

3 EPIPHANY, JANUARY 27
Retired clergy of the Diocese: Larry Bradner, Janet Broadhead, Dan Burke, David Cargill, Loring Chadwick and Royston Cochran

LAST EPIPHANY, FEBRUARY 3
Retired Clergy of the Diocese: Peter Chase, Michaela Johnson, Lois Nielsen and Nancy Miller.

1 LENT, FEBRUARY 10
Clergy Widows of the Diocese: Eileen Batchelor, Marjorie Beach, Nancy Brown, Constance Andrews. For The Rev. Cecilia Perry and the staff and residetns of Hallworth House.

2 LENT, FEBRUARY 17
St. David's-on-the-Hill, Cranston: The Rev. Nancy Willis; For Non-Parochial Clergy of this Diocese: Roy Green and Patricia Sheppard.

3 LENT, FEBRUARY 24
St. Matthias', Coventry: The Rev. Elizabeth Sherman; For Non-Parochial clergy of this Diocese: John Lawrence, Nancy Olmsted, Skip Almon and Richard Schweinsburg

4 LENT, MARCH 2
The Retired clergy of this Diocese: John Evans, David Gillespie, Harrington Gordon and Donald Hastings.

5 LENT, MARCH 9
For Non-Parochial clergy of this Diocese: Pamela Rannenberg, Ann Redding and Linda Strahan. For Retired clergy of the Diocese: Peter Michaelson, Frederick Spulnik, James Mauney, Paul Twelves and Gail Wheelock.

PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 16
For the Diocesan Staff; for Calvary, Pascoag: The Rev. Mary Canavan; Church of the Redeemer, Providence: The Rev. JoAnn Drake and The Rev. Dcn. Judy Collins.

EASTER DAY, MARCH 23
For the Unity of the Church: Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions; take away all hatred and prejudice and whatever else may hinder us from godlly union and concord, so that we may be all of one heart and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth an dpeace, of faith and charity.

2 EASTER, MARCH 30
For Clergy widows of this Diocese: Elisabeth Burns, Margaret Cole, Adeline Crenson, Elizabeth Farnlof and Lora Miller-MacFall.

3 EASTER, APRIL 6
St. George's, Central Falls: The Rev. Jose Roberts. For the leadership of St. George's School in Newport.

4 EASTER, APRIL 13
Church of the Good Shepherd, Pawtucket: The Rev. Edward Boucher; Retired clergy of this Diocese: Augustus Hemenway, Joan Lyon-McShane, Granville Henthorne, Jean Hickox, Frederick Jellison, Ida Johnson and Robert Duffy.

5 EASTER, APRIL 20
For the Non-Parochial clergy of the Diocese: Rebecca Blair, Mary Ellen Dolan and Teresa Matthews.

6 EASTER, APRIL 27
St. Mark's, Riverside: The Rev. David Ames; St. Mark's, Warwick: The Rev. George Warren. For the leadership and people of St. Mark's, Warren.

7 EASTER, MAY 4
For the leadership and people of Church of the Ascension, Cranston; for Church of the Ascension, Wakefield: The Rev. Sandra Haines-Murdocco and for the Non-Parochial clergy of the Diocese: Hannah Ulanowski, Sean Manchester and Livingston Merchant.

PENTECOST, MAY 11
Grace Church, Providence: The Rev. Robert Brooks and The Rev. Richard Bardusch; For Church of the Holy Spirit, Charlestown: The Rev. Susan Stiles.

TRINITY SUNDAY, MAY 18
Trinity, Cranston: The Rev. Wayne Runner; for the Leadership and People of Trinity, Newport; for Holy Trinity, Tiverton: The Rev. Alan Gates and for Trinity, North Scituate: The Rev. Pamela Gregory.

2 PENTECOST, MAY 25
Non-Parochial Clergy: David Robinson, Ronald Conner, Lorraine Mills-Curran and Michael Coburn.

3 PENTECOST, JUNE 1
St. Elizabeth's Canonchet, Hope Valley: The Rev. Robert Cummings; Episcopal Charities: Ms. Peggy Amatore and Mr. Jack StJean.

4 PENTECOST, JUNE 8
For the Non-Parochial clergy of this Diocese: Maria DeCarvalho, Carol Millette and Iris Mello.

5 PENTECOST, JUNE 15
St. Columba's Chapel, Middletown: The Rev. Christopher Epperson; St. Baranabas', Warwick: The Rev. William Fraatz.

6 PENTECOST, JUNE 22
St. Alban's, Centredale: The Rev. Evangeline Anderson and The Rev. Dcn. Patricia Bailey.

7 PENTECOST, JUNE 29
For St. Peter's-by-the-Sea, Narragansett: The Rev. Richard Shippee; St. Peter and Andrew's, Providence: The Rev. Joyce Penfield; St. Paul's, Pawtucket: The Rev. William Locke, The Rev. Susan Wrathall and The Rev. Dcn. Betsy Lesieur; For the leadership and people of St. Paul's, Portsmouth; and St. Paul's, North Kingstown: The Rev. Philip Tierney.

8 PENTECOST, JULY 6
For our Country, the President of the United States and all in Civil Authority; for Congress and Courts of Justice and for Sound Government.

9 PENTECOST, JULY 13
For Clergy Widows of the Diocese: Dorothy Cleasby, Elizabeth Cranston, Priscilla Martin, Betty Usher and Virginia Hastings.

10 PENTECOST, JULY 20
For Clergy Widows of this Diocese: Deborah Kintzing, Stella Kirby, Caroline Knox, Joann Landskroener, Kathryn Lewis, Kate Muir and Dorrien Neild.

11 PENTECOST, JULY 27
St. James', North Providence: The Rev. Al Barnaby and The Rev. Dcn. Sue North; St. James', Woonsocket: The Rev. Eletha Buote-Greig and for the leadership and people of St. Ann's-by-the-Sea, Block Island.

12 PENTECOST, AUGUST 3
Church of the Transfiguration, Cranston: The Rev. Gary Lemery and The Rev. Dcn. Robin Higbie.

13 PENTECOST, AUGUST 10
Non-Parochial clergy of the Diocese: Elizabeth Nestor and for Clergy Widows: Marilyn Sayles, Lillie Tebbetts, Courtney Malone and Irene Malpa.

14 PENTECOST, AUGUST 17
St. Mary's, Portsmouth: The Rev. Pamela Mott and The Rev. Virginia Dinsmore; For the Leadership and People of both St. Mary's in Warwick and St. Mary's in East Providence and for the leadership, staff and resident children of St. Mary's Home for Children, North Providence.

15 PENTECOST, AUGUST 24
The Staff of the Episcopal Camp and Conference Center, Pascoag.

16 PENTECOST, AUGUST 31
St. Augustine's, Kingston: The Rev. Jennifer Phillips. For a blessing upon all human labor and those who suffer from want and anxiety from lack of work.

17 PENTECOST, SEPTEMBER 7
For the Retired Clergy of the Diocese: David Ryan, Gordon Stenning, Henry Turnbull, James Verber, Ashley Peckham and Edward Winsor.

18 PENTECOST, SEPTEMBER 14
The leadership and people of Holy Cross Church, Middletown.

19 PENTECOST, SEPTEMBER 21
St. Matthew's, Barrington: The Rev. Judith Mitchell; St. Matthew's, Jamestown: The Rev. Kevin Lloyd.

20 PENTECOST, SEPTEMBER 28
The Retired Clergy of the Diocese: Peter Westhorp, Everett Greene, George Chaplin, John Chrisman and Robert Vanderau.

21 PENTECOST, OCTOBER 5
St. Michael's, Bristol: The Rev. David Dobbins, The Rev. Cecilia Perry, The Rev. Edward Gammons, The Rev. Mark DeWolf, The Rev. Dcn. Janice Grinnell and The Rev. Dcn. Robert Field.

22 PENTECOST, OCTOBER 12
Clergy Widows of this Diocese: Dorothy Westhorp, Juanita Juhr, Karen Robbins-Taylor, Marie Robinson an Gloria Phillips.

23 PENTECOST, OCTOBER 19
St. Luke's, East Greenwich: The Rev. Craig Burlington, The Rev. Dcn. Dorothy Brightman and The Rev. Dcn. Dennis Bucco; St. Luke's, Pawtucket: The Rev. John Hall.

24 PENTECOST, OCTOBER 26
For Clergy Widows of the Diocese: Shirley Teasley, Jessie Janes and Janet Hillman.

ALL SAINTS', NOVEMBER 2
All Saints' Memorial, Providence: The Rev. James Bocchino and The Rev. Dcn. Ed Trafford; All Saints', Warwick: The Rev. Philip Devens; For an election: Guide the people of the United States in the election of officials and representatives; For those that serve in the ARmed Forces of our Country.

25 PENTECOST, NOVEMBER 9
For the Retired Clergy of the Diocese: Edward Mason, Hedwig Neale, Lois Nielsen, Alexander Ogilby, Marshall Rice, John Rogers and Keith Scott.

26 PENTECOST, NOVEMBER 16
For St. Martin's, Providence: The Rev. Clare Fischer-Davies and The Rev. Gregory Lisby; for Retired Clergy of the Diocese: August Kuehl, Doanld Lavallee, Kenneth Franklin, Ted Hallenbeck and Henry Fairman.

CHRIST THE KING, NOVEMBER 23
Christ Church, Coventry: The Rev. Elizabeth Sherman; Christ Church in Lonsdale, Lincoln: The Rev. Scott Gunn and The Rev. Dcn. M.P. Schneider; for Christ Church, Westerly: The Rev. Frederick Nestrock and The Rev. Dcn. Christine Burton.

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