St. Cyprian’s Gospel Choir and the Celestial Infernos Steel Band are celebrating St. Cyprian’s centennial year with a Fall concert of seasonal music. The fall concert will be held on Sunday, December 1st at 5:00 pm in the church. The donation for the event is $15.00. Tickets are available now, call the parish office: 617.427.6275. Parking available on the church’s lot. Here is a flyer for download. See you there!

As photos are shared, we will be updating the attached linked album of pictures from the Centennial Week's celebration.

On September 15, 2013 at 4:00 pm, the congregation of St. Cyprian’s will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary of worship, witness and service with a solemn Eucharist of Thanksgiving. Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE will be the principal celebrant and preacher. There will be a reception after the service in the Edrick Bain Church Hall.

On September 20, 2013, the parish will host a joyous banquet at Lombardo’s in Randolph, MA. The evening begins at 6:00 pm with dinner at 7:00 pm. Bishop Barbara C. Harris will be our keynote speaker. Afterwards, there will be music and dancing. Tickets for the banquet are $100.00. For further information, call the church office: 617.427.6175 or send a note: office@stcyprians.org .

As part of St. Cyprian’s Centennial celebration, several members of the congregation have been invited to share with the parish their experiences of being part of St. Cyprian’s community. The reminiscences shared by the speakers can be heard again on the video page of our website. The first speaker was Charles Ramsey who spoke at the end of May. Most recently on June 10th, Margaret Lowell shared her memories of growing up and living in the parish. There will be two more reminiscence presentations later on in the year.

June is the month of many parish observances: Women’s Sunday, Men’s Day, and Youth Sunday. For each of these observances, the groups contribute something special to the Sunday service. June 2, 2013 marked Women’s Sunday. Ladies of the church sat together at the Eucharist. As part of the observance, the ladies of the church invited in cooperation with the rector, the Rev. Shevelle Johnson to give the Sunday homily. Towards the close of the service, awards were presented to several ladies of the parish for their contributions to the community throughout the year.

In his Easter letter to the Diocese of Massachusetts this year, Bishop Thomas Shaw SSJE invited the parishes of the diocese to join him in the 17th Annual Mother’s Day March for Peace to witness to the need for healing in our community and the need for all to work to reduce violence in our cities. This march will take place on Sunday, May 12, 2013 starting from Town Field Park, Fields Corner, Dorchester at 8:30 am.

Since this event coincides with St. Cyprian’s annual Mothers’ Day celebrations, we will forego our custom of serving Mother’s Day luncheon and will, instead, honor our mothers by taking part in the march.

At the conclusion of the march, our bishops and our fellow Episcopalians will celebrate the Eucharist at the march’s end point. Since our rector will be a participant in the march and Eucharist, there will be a said Eucharist at St. Cyprian’s instead of the sung service.

We hope you can join us in this shared witness honoring our mothers and working for peace in our communities.

You are invited to join St. Cyprian’s congregation in celebrating Holy Week and Easter. The schedule of services is as follows:

Palm Sunday (March 24, 2013):

Procession, Sung Eucharist and Sermon 10:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday (March 28, 2013):

Said Eucharist and Sermon (with hymns) 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday (March 29, 2013):

Good Friday Liturgy with Recollections 12:00 noon

Good Friday Sacred Recital 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday (March 31, 2013):

Easter Sunday Said Eucharist and Sermon (with hymns) 8:00 a.m.

Easter Sunday Procession, Sung Eucharist and Sermon 10:30 a.m.

May you enjoy the rich blessings of this holy season.

Mark your calendars–the Men’s Fellowship is hosting its annual Social Sip, Sunday, April 7, 2013 at Biff’s Lounge, 24 Washington Street, Dorchester. Donation: $15.00. The proceeds from this event support the Men’s Fellowship Scholarship Program. Click here for the flyer. See you there!