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164: St. Jerome (Lion)
The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, October 18
8 AM —Indoor Holy Eucharist Rite I
9 AM —Outdoor Holy Eucharist Rite II
10 AM — Indoor Holy Eucharist Rite II & Live Stream
10 AM Church School
Sunday Guest Preachers – Fall 2026
The Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones
Sunday, October 11
The Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones is an Episcopal priest at Trinity Church in New York City. He served as Director of Pastoral Care and senior clergy for partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean. Presently, he serves as Priest and Director of Spiritual Formation at Trinity Retreat Center in West Cornwall, CT.
He is Jamaican and a former Roman Catholic Jesuit priest.
Fr. Mark has a wide range of experience, including 14 years of Jesuit training and work as a missionary in Belize, Brazil, and Guyana. Mark is fluent in Portuguese.
He is an avid reader, author, and seasoned public speaker and has taught at the elementary and university levels.
Fr. Mark’s intellectual interests include the impact of social issues on faith and spirituality, race relations, the economic plight of the poor in Third World countries, and liturgical renewal, with a focus on openness to diversity and recognizing the gifts of children. He enjoys poetry and music of all kinds. “Questions, poetry, stories, and sitting in silence and darkness make me live and bring me hope,” he says.
He is an award-winning author; recent books include God Created, Jesus the Word, The Gospel of Barack Hussein Obama According to Mark, The Rastafari Book of Common Prayer, Absalom Jones: America’s First Black Priest (2021), and Face to the Rising Sun: Reflections on Spirituals and Justice (2021).
The Rev. Ledlie Laughlin
Sunday, October 18
The Rev. Ledlie Laughlin recently retired as the rector of St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. With thirty-five years of experience in parishes of all sorts, Ledlie leads with an infectious and joyful faith in Jesus Christ and a deep commitment to justice in our society.
Before going to St. Columba’s, Ledlie served for sixteen years as the Rector of St. Peter’s Church in Philadelphia and in churches in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.
Ledlie received his BA with Honors from Oberlin College, a certificate in mastery of the Japanese Tea Ceremony from Urasenke Kyoto, and his Master of Divinity degree from Yale University. In this new season of life, Ledlie and his wife, Sarah, now live in Redding, where they enjoy lots of walking and time with family; they have two grown children and four grandchildren. Ledlie is the father of St. Mark’s parishoner India Cooley.
The Rev. Anne K. Bartlett
Sunday, October 25
In my nearly forty years of ordained ministry, I have served parishes in St. Louis, Missouri, and in Oregon, while also being active in diocesan positions and conferences for seminarians. I retired from Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland, Oregon, after ten years as rector. A project close to my heart was working with others to create a monthly Celtic Evensong service, which is still going strong.
In 2018, my husband, Bill, and I moved to Sisters, a little mountain town in central Oregon. Currently, I am one of the retired priests at the Episcopal church in nearby Bend, Oregon, where I am facilitating a course called “The Enneagram, God and You.”
When Bill and I visit our family – son John Harrison, Suzanne, and our three grandsons – in New Canaan, a highlight is worshipping together at St. Mark’s. What a privilege to be asked to be in the pulpit in worship with you all!
The Rev. Mary E. Haddad
Sunday, November 8
The Rev. Mary Haddad, born and raised in Canada, engaged in many professions before going to work for the church in 1992. She was a radio show producer, TV production assistant for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, publicist and concert manager for a university School of Music, owner and operator of a French café, and was even a Toyota car salesperson of the year—in Detroit, of all places!
She ventured into church work when she was hired as sexton and verger at an Episcopal church in Los Angeles, where she spent five years before being sent off to General Theological Seminary in New York, graduating and then being ordained in 2000.
She subsequently served as senior associate at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York, Canon Pastor at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Interim Rector at All Saints’ Beverly Hills, and frequent teacher and preacher on Hawaii’s Big Island and Maui. In her last full-time post, she served as Cathedral Canon at the American Cathedral in Paris, France, where she oversaw the creation of a meditation community. She has co-led annual meditation and yoga retreats to Greece since 2018.
In 2022, Mary retired from full-time work, taking her passions beyond the walls, leading meditation pop-ups on Zoom, and becoming a spiritual life coach and conseillère de vie. She continues to stay connected with the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, serving on the mission team for St. Nino’s in Tbilisi, Georgia. After taking a trip around the world in 2023–2024 to mark a milestone birthday, she worked as an official volunteer for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and again for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Mary resides in Paris and preaches regularly in churches around France.
Special Announcements
Servant Sundays: Celebrating Our Community of Hope
A visit, a warm meal, a bouquet, a caring phone call, and sometimes a wagging tail. Through our Community of Hope, St. Mark’s volunteers share Christ’s love in personal and practical ways.
Over five Servant Sundays, we’ll recognize and give thanks for a different team each week, learning more about the people and ministries that help us care for one another.
THIS SUNDAY, October 18 — Pastoral Pup Team: Frances and her handlers bring comfort and companionship through their visits.
Join us as we celebrate these ministries, and consider how you might be part of this community of care. To learn more or get involved, contact the Church Office or Rev. Elizabeth.
Pledge to the 2027 Annual Fund: One Spirit, One Community
Help sustain the St. Mark’s community with a pledge to the 2027 Annual Fund. Your gift supports the people, programs, and experiences that define St. Mark’s, and it makes the greatest impact on our operating budget. Our goal this year is 345 pledges and $2M. Learn more at the Stewardship & Development Table during Coffee Hour, or contact Nancy Walton, Director of Stewardship & Development, at nwalton@stmarksnewcanaan.org or (203) 966-4515.
138: Dialogue between Faith and Science (Maltese Cross and Atom)
Sunday’s Music
Sunday, October 18
The composer of this morning’s Offertory anthem, 16th century English composer and organist Christopher Tye, is said to have been music teacher to King Edward VI, who reportedly quoted his father, Henry VIII, as greatly admiring Tye’s musical talents. Tye was still active during the reign of Henry VIII’s daughter, Queen Elizabeth, and a contemporary of Tye’s wrote about him, “… a peevish man, especially in his latter days, and sometimes while playing on the organ in the chapel of Queen Elizabeth … she would send the verger to tell him that he played out of tune: whereupon he sent back word that her ears were out of tune”. Tye chose for the text of this anthem a few brief lines from the Book of Tobit, thought to have been written in the 2nd century B.C., regarded by Protestants as apocryphal. Tobit instructs his son Tobias regarding the values of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, before Tobias’ departure on a journey.