Calendar

Friday, May 16

7:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist - St. Mary's Chapel

7:30 a.m.
Morning Prayer - St. Mary's Chapel

5:30 p.m.
Evening Prayer - St. Mary's Chapel

Saturday, May 17

8:30 a.m.
Morning Prayer - St. Mary's Chapel

4:30 p.m.
Evening Prayer - St. Mary's Chapel

Sunday, May 18

8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist I
The Rev. Michael Blewett

9:15 a.m. - Choral Eucharist II
The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith

5:30 p.m. - Holy Eucharist II
The Rev. Mike Wheeler

Upcoming Events

Confirmation - Sunday, May 18

The Church of St. Michael & St. George
9:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist
(there will be no 11:15 liturgy)

About St. George, Martyr

Feast Day - April 23
The earliest accounts suggest that George was a soldier under the Roman Emperor, Diocletian (c. 300 A.D.) who was beheaded after his conversion to Christianity. Subsequent legends tell how he slew a dragon that had been oppressing a kingdom, and rescued the princess who was to have been sacrificed to the monster. Dragons symbolize the forces of evil (see St. Michael).

St. George's feast day is celebrated on April 23 in the calendar of the Church of England and certain other calendars of saints. In 1344, The Order of St. George-better known as The Order of the Garter-was founded in England. The saint's banner had been carried into battle before English troops even before that date. St. George is the patron of soldiers and of chivalry. He is revered in many European churches as a champion of the oppressed because he was a knight willing to sacrifice himself for Christ to overcome evil.