The Epistle

St. Paul's Anglican / Episcopal Church / Iglesia San Pablo

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

EASTER TWO

April 27, 2025

Dear George,

If you were unable to attend Holy Week and Easter liturgies and desire Easter Communion during Easter week, contact the parish office and arrangements will be made for a Lay Eucharistic minister or a priest to carry Communion to you. Office Administrator Claudia Rangél may be reached at stpaulmmanagementSMA@gmail.com

(Note: the office will be closed Monday in Easter Week)

Extensive gratitude to our Altar Guild, Flower Guild, Hospitality Guild, Audio Guild, Usher Guild, Acolytes, Aspirants, Pepe Bustamante and Parish Staff for this past Lent, Holy Week, and the inception of Eastertide!

Please note our "End of Life" Seminars (below) April 12 and 26. These seminars and materials will require a fee and are open to the community. Pre-registration and payment are required. Memento quod moriaris.

Blessed Eastertide!

GFW+

Emergency and End-Of-Life Preparedness Seminars

Tell your friends!!! St. Paul’s is pleased to host two Emergency and End-Of-Life Preparedness seminars in the Parish Hall on Saturday, April 12 and Saturday, April 26, 11 AM – 1 PM (please arrive by 10:45 AM).

Between the two seminars, speakers will cover a range of topics, including how to be prepared for short and long-term medical emergencies, the importance of having a Mexican will and other legal documents prepared here, end-of-life planning and a variety of resources available in San Miguel.

Being prepared provides peace of mind – both for us and our loved ones here and abroad. There will be a fee to cover the cost of the binder of materials provided for all attendees. Please plan to attend both seminars and invite friends and neighbors. If you would like to attend, please RSVP by emailing our Office Administrator Claudia Rangel at

stpaulmanagementsma@gmail.com.

MAUNDY THURSDAY

THE WASHING OF FEET, INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST, STRIPPING OF THE ALTAR AND PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT TO THE ALTAR OF REPOSE

April 17th

7pm

58 in attendance

Four stations will be provided for the washing of feet, each with three chairs. The first chair is for the removal of footwear. Thereafter the disciple will move to the second chair for the washing of feet, and then to the third chair for the replacement of footwear and return to the pew.

GOOD FRIDAY

VENERATION OF THE CROSS, SOLEMN COLLECTS, HOMILY and BURIAL OF THE SACRAMENT

April 18th

3pm

46 in attendance

THE GREAT VIGIL

KINDLING OF THE PASCAL FIRE, SALVATION HISTORY INDWELT & THE FIRST MASS OF EASTER

Saturday April 19th

7pm

45 in attendance

THE FEAST OF THE RESURRECTION:

EASTER DAY

FESTAL MASS ON THE GRASS

10:15am

Augmented Instrumentation

Children's Easter Egg Hunt

PIÑATAS

Doug Craig's famous Mimosas at the reception

(English)

MISA EN ESPAÑOL: NOON

200 in attendance

The Liturgy for Easter Sunday 2025 may be found HERE

The appointed lessons for the Second Sunday of Easter, April 27, may be found HERE

Los propios para la segunda domingdo de Pascua estan AQUI

Sermons from our Companion Parish of All Saints'-by-the-Sea may be found HERE

WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY GROUP

Meetings are generally the first Saturday of each month at 10AM - 11:30 in the parish Church.

ST PAUL'S BEREAVEMENT GROUPS: Martha Hamill, thanatologist and bereavement counselor, leads groups in English and in Spanish. The pain of loss can be overwhelming, but there are healthy ways to cope and heal. The groups are free of charge.

Saturday Breakfast Group -

The Saturday 9:30 breakfast group meets at Ataño Cuatro HERE

Tom Burkdall (bereaved)

Adele Bushell (a friend of Mary and Tom undergoing chemo)

Hillary Canales (rotator cuff surgery)

Andres Candelaria

Nina Cavanagh (liver transplant)

Nolan Xavier Cavanagh (infant hemophilia A; grandson of Cheryl Cavanagh)

Joe Collerin

Robert Davis

James Fred

Kilmar Ábrego Garcia (illegally deported to El Salvador)

Lynne Gleason

Dorothy Glenn

Mireille Grovier

José Guadalupe

Linda Hickerson (cerebral tangle: friend of Carol Troys)

Deborah Holsworth

Laura Holleman (addiction recovery)

Ouida Huber (John Baker's mom)

Kathy Lapsys

Mike Lapsys

Josefina Ledesma

Tim Noel Marinello

Darlene Marinello

Marni McGee

Margie McKinley (macular degeneration)

Tracey Montauriol

Santiago Munguia

Francisco Ortíz

Sunni Putnam

Karen Ramirez

The Rev'd Tom Rosiello

Susan Robinson

Father Jeff Sells

Rosalba Suárez (leukemia)

Pamela Summers

Fr. Ernie Townsend+

Canon George Woodward (shoulder dislocation recovery)

Paul in Brussels (friend of Carol Troy)

REQUIESCANT IN PACE

Roberta Rambeau

Carolyn Vacchio (Canon Frank's aunt)

FOR OUR COMPANION COLLABORATIONS

All Saints'-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Montecito, California

Trinity Episcopal Church, Folsom, California

Santiago Apostol, Querétaro

UPCOMING DATES/EVENTS

• April 26: Second "End of Life" Seminar 11am - 1pm