We greet and welcome our new Rector, the Rev. Dr. Monrelle Williams, who will celebrate the Sunday liturgy, March 4, 2012 at 10:30 am. There will be a meet and greet reception following the Eucharist in the parish hall. Spread the word and help us welcome our new pastor!.

During the Lenten season, a Eucharist will be celebrated on Wednesday mornings at 7:00 am. The service will conclude around 7:30 am. If you are unable to participate at the Wednesday morning service, we invite you to join us at the United Lenten Devotions hosted on a rotating schedule by several churches in the Dorchester/Roxbury/Boston neighborhoods. This Wednesday, February 29, 2012, the Rev. Miriam Sedzro will preach at St. Mark’s 73 Columbia Road, Dorchester at 7:00 pm. You are invited to dine with other worshipers at 6:00 pm. The other locations and services details may be found here.

As we announced a few weeks ago, St. Cyprian’s was hosting the 2012 Diocese of Massachusetts-Union of Black Episcopalians’ Annual Absalom Jones celebration. This year’s festival was a joyful time of thanksgiving and celebration. A major part of the celebration is the awarding  of the Frederick Douglass Isaacs, Jr. Parish Lay Leadership Award of Merit to representatives of the participating parishes. Here are some pictures taken by Hamel Husbands of this year’s award winners.

We will mark the beginning of the Lenten season Wednesday, February 22, 2012 with an Ash Wednesday Eucharist and imposition of ashes. The service will begin at 7:00 am. As it is a workday for most, we plan to conclude the service at 7:30 am.

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing on January 25, 2012 of Greta Colleen Chandler Thomas. The viewing and visit with the family will take place at St. Cyprian’s on Saturday, February 4, 2012 beginning at 9:30 am until the beginning of the funeral service celebrating her life at 10:30 am. Interment will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery, 427 Cummings Highway, Roslindale, MA 02131

May she rest in peace.

The annual Absalom Jones Celebration hosted by the Union of Black Episcopalians will be held at St. Cyprian’s on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm. Please join us!

On Sunday, January 29, 2012 Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, will celebrate the 10:30 am Eucharist. He will be meeting with the vestry before the service. After the morning Eucharist, the parish will hold its annual meeting at which vestry elections will be held and reports to the parish will be made. Bishop Shaw will be joining us for the annual meeting.

On January 16, 2012 we will once again celebrate the life, ministry and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This will be the forty-second breakfast hosted by St. Cyprian’s parish and Union United Methodist congregation. The event will be held at the Boston Convention Center, 414 Summer St. in Boston. The Breakfast begins at 8:00 am. This year’s keynote speaker will be Professor Walter E. Fluker, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership in the School of Theology, Boston University. Here is a link to more information. We hope to see you there!

St. Cyprian’s will be celebrating its annual New Year’s Eve Night Watch Eucharist at 11:30 PM, December 31, 2011. The first Eucharist of 2012 –the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus–will be celebrated January 1, 2012 at 10:30 AM. Please join us as we close out the old year and usher in the new.

We cordially invite you to join us for one of our Christmas services. On Christmas Eve we will hold our Midnight Mass starting at 11:30 pm. On Christmas morning we will be celebrating the Feast of Jesus’ birth at 10:30 am. The members of St.Cyprian’s wish all of our website visitors a most blessed and merry Christmas!