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This Week's Announcements
If you are visiting or new to the Advent, we hope that you will feel welcome and at home. Please join us after Mass for Coffee Hour downstairs in Moseley Hall, and, if you will, fill out a visitor’s/newcomer’s card so that we can keep in touch. Infant & Toddler Nursery. Located within the parish office complex, this space is for infants during the 9 am service (and for infants and toddlers during the 11:15 am service). 9:00 am Toddler Nursery. Located in Moseley Hall, this space is for toddlers during the 9 am service. Special thanks to Boston's Best Babysitters for providing us with our professional caregivers. For more information, visit www.bbbabysitters.com. There will be no coverage for Child care on the third floor this Sunday. The flowers on the High Altar are given to the Glory of God and inloving memory of Thelma Enkema, Louis Enkema and Adolph Johnson.
Church School. All families and children are invited to attend Coffee Hour after the 9:00 AM Mass. Please join Bethany Farrell at her table to pick up a plant to celebrate Mothers’ Day. Supplies to make a simple care will also be available. Katrina Project : Those who were part of the Katrina Mission Project in Mississippi will present an Entr’acte this morning at about 10:15 AM in the Library. 
Antonín Dvořák, one of the great Czech nationalist composers of the nineteenth century, was the son of a butcher and innkeeper. Slowly and steadily his musical career advanced to become one of international recognition. In 1884 he made the first of nine visits to England where he became very popular as a composer and a conductor of his own works. In 1892 he set out for the United States; for three years he taught at the National Conservatory in New York City. It was during this time that his famous “New World” Symphony was composed. Constantly inspired by and drawn to Slovak cultures, his summers in the states were spent mostly in Spillville, Iowa, a small farming colony comprised of Czech settlers.
The Mass in D Major, op. 86, was commissioned by Josef Hlávka for the September 11, 1887 consecration of the private chapel of his castle at Lužany near Plzeň. Hlávka was an architect and an artistic patron and founder of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts (for more about him, see below). Dvořák himself conducted at the Mass of Consecration; his wife Anna was the alto in the solo quartet which included Hlávka’s wife Zdenka singing soprano. Originally scored simply for organ, chorus and solo quartet, the orchestration we hear this morning was added as a condition of publication by the English house of Novello in 1893 - the publisher Simrock twice turned down the piece prior to Novello’s conditional acceptance! Immediately following completion of the work in June 1887,  Dvořák wrote to Hlávka to express his delight; he summed up the mass as one of “faith, hope and love to Almighty God.” We offer the work this morning in the same spirit, with thanks to Selina Little whose great generosity has made it possible as a gift to the parish in memory of her parents. Josef Hlávka, like Dvořák, was a self-made man from humble peasant roots. He became one of the leading architects of 19th century Vienna, designing the famous Vienna State Opera House, among many other commissions. Upon his death, he left his entire (and considerable) fortune to establish the Hlávka Foundation to provide money for poor Czech students. The Foundation is still in existence today, having survived both the Nazi and Communist régimes. Lilac Time: The lilacs should be in their full glory (sight and smell!) at the Arnold Arboretum this morning! Why not join a group of parishioners for a picnic there following the Mass on the Feast of Pentecost. Pack a lunch and bring it with you to Church. Since it is Lilac Day, there will be vendors at the Arboretum selling cold drinks. For more information speak to one of the clergy, or to Abigail St. Hilaire, who is organizing this outing. On the Sunday itself, you may meet Abigail or her husband, Aaron Butt, at Coffee Hour and take the T to the Arboretum as a group. Ockham’s Kegger continues! Mr Tyrus Clutter, Advent parishioner and Director of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA), continues with the last of four presentations on “The Philosophy of Modern Art” at The Hampshire House (above Cheers Bar) (84 Beacon Street, Boston) this Tuesday, May 13 . Why is it so difficult to comprehend modern and contemporary art? This series will track some of the major philosophical underpinnings of artwork produced during the last hundred years. From methods based in chance procedures, to appropriation of images, to incorporation of non-traditional materials, artists from recent decades have sought alternate paths to communicate about the most important topics that face humanity. Come explore some methods for entering the dialogue with contemporary art. So mark it down now, and get your brain itched, have a brew, and meet other thoughtful people at Ockham’s Kegger - Nothing Like a Pint to Help Simplify Complex Ideas! For more information, see the Ockham's Kegger Web page. Upcoming Events: Trinity Sunday, May 18. Guest preacher, the Rev’d John W. Howard, SJ, administrator of the Jesuit Community at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, where he also teaches a course on Dante. Fr Howard is a longtime friend of the Advent. Corpus Christi, May 22 - 6:30 PM. Solemn High Mass with the Procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by a Garden Party hosted by the Rector. The preacher will be the Right Rev’d Geralyn Wolf, Bishop of Rhode Island. Friday, May 30 - 8:00 PM. A Concert by the Choir of the Church of the Advent Sunday, June 29. Parish Picnic at the home of Carolyn & Tom McDermott Anglican Poets Reading Group - Thursdays at 8:00. The Anglican Poets group is now reading selections from the poems of John Donne. Join us on Thursday evenings at 8:00 PM at the home of Adam and Katie Rutledge, 244 Highland Ave, Somerville, 02143. For more information, please contact Adam Rutledge or 864-270-7298. Introductory Latin Group Forming: A new introductory Latin course begins this summer at the Church of the Advent. Come join us and learn the historic language of the Church in the Latin West. This group is open to people with all levels of ability with the language, from absolute beginners to those who have studied Latin in the past and would like to review the grammar and read some simple Ecclesiastical texts. The class will meet once a week, and will use the Moreland and Fleischer grammar, Latin: An Intensive Course (ISBN-10: 0520031830 or ISBN-13:978-0520031838). Since we anticipate a small group, if you are interested, please contact Adam Rutledge or 864-270-7298, so that we can try to schedule a time that works for everyone. There are openings for flower thanksgivings or memorials at the High Altar June 8, June 15 and June 29. If you are interested, please contact Blenda Jeffry at 978-443-3519 or . Volunteer Opportunities: Match-Up Interfaith Volunteers, 105 Chauncy St, Suite 801 Boston. Your help is needed! Assist elders or adults with disabilities in getting to doctor’s appointments. Volunteer on your own schedule once a week or a few times a month. No car needed. Call 617-482-1510 or fill out an application online at http://www.matchelder.org/support/volunteer.html.
Community Groups are small weekly discipleship groups where parishioners study God's work in the Bible, pray together, and encourage one another in their Christian life. Please contact the person(s) listed for more info, or contact Fr Gray at 617-523-2377 x32 or .
Thanks to all who walked as, and all who pledged to, Team Advent in last week’s Walk for Hunger. Over $1,400 were raised by the team! And a special thanks to the entire Gurnon family, Jack, Cassie, Sarah and Emilie who walked with the Rector the entire 20 miles! Women's Fellowship group forming at the Advent! Are you interested in forming a deeper fellowship with other women of all ages at the Advent? We are in the process of developing an inter-generational fellowship group, open to all women, to begin meeting over the summer. For more information, please . We are working to coordinate an informational meeting and an opportunity to hear what the women at the Advent might want in such a group. Calling all Swingers! The Advent Swingers are ready to play in the fourth season of the co-ed Boston Metro Church Softball League! All pledging members of the Advent who are at least 18 years of age are eligible to play. (Pledge cards are available at the back of the Church.) The fee to play is only $35 (which includes the cost of a jersey), far less than all other softball leagues in the Greater Boston area. So if you want to be a Swinger, please fill out the slip in the leaflet along with a check for $35 made out to The Church of the Advent, with Advent Swingers in the memo line, and mail to Fr Gray here at the church. Practices will begin in May (dates to be determined), and the first game will be Saturday, June 21. All games will take place after that on Saturdays until October 11. Discount Parking Vouchers for the Boston Common Garage are available for $5 each from Nola Sheffer. You can find her between Masses at the Coffee Hour or Entr’acte. The vouchers can be used after 4 pm weekdays, and all day Saturday and Sunday. The current batch is valid through early February, 2009; more will be purchased when these have all been sold. The current coupons still cost only $5 because a large supply was purchased before the price increased on March 1. Questions? . 9:00 Coffee Hour: The hosts this morning are Jarvis & Marcia Coffin and Dick Edgar & Amy Gantt. Next week the hosts will be Ray Porter and Stephen & Rogina Jeffries. 11:15 Coffee Hour: Many thanks to all our Coffee Hour hosts, past, present, and future. We always welcome new volunteers, and we promise never to schedule hosts more than three times each year. The January to April rota is now complete, and I am taking Summer (May through August) signups. Sign up early and get the date you want! The entire month of May is already filled. Please go to http://coffee.theadvent.org to view the coffee hour schedule. You may sign up at the web site, or you may call John Covert at 978 263-5433 or talk to him at coffee hour. Today, Meg & Brent Nelson, John & Pam Covert, Joan Cammett and Thor Norregaard are the coffee hour hosts. Next week the hosts will be Adam & Katie Rutledge, Jeff & Roxy Hanson.
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