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Sunday, January 22, 2011

Solemnity of Saint Agnes

High Mass at 10:00 a.m.

Our Patroness
Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

According to holy legend, Agnes lived in Rome during the 4th century. As a young virgin of about 13 years, she attracted a number of suitors who were charmed by her beauty and sought to wed her. But she refused them all, asserting that she could have no spouse but the Lord Jesus. Her frustrated suitors (some say it was the father of a young man whom Agnes spurned) publicized her Christianity. Her punishment was exposure in a brothel. Read more >>

Notes on music of the Mass

Giovanni Peirluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), his name derived from his probable place of birth, was one of the principal composers of the late 16th century. Palestrina came of age as a musician under the influence of the northern European style of polyphony, which owed its dominance in Italy primarily to two influential Franco-Flemish composers, Guillaume Dufay and . . . Read More >>

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) was a gifted Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. He was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and is considered by many to be second only to Palestrina as a composer of sacred polyphony at the time. He was born in Avila, likely studying with Escobedo at Segovia early in his life. He is known to have gone to Rome around 1564 . . . Read More >>

The good life comes from being passionate about something bigger than yourself, belonging to a community of people who care for you, having a grateful heart, knowing your purpose in life, experiencing renewal and growth – the things that we can find and experience here together.

Church facade  Corpus Christi procession

Ascension and St. Agnes is a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and part of the worlwide Anglican Communion. Our congregation comprises families and individuals of all ages and from a variety of different backgrounds and experiences. We come from both the immediate neighborhood and from the larger Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. We value connection with God, with each other, and with our better selves. We are here for Christians to have a parish home, for those seeking God to explore and question, and for those feeling alienated from God to have a spiritual center.

Whoever you are and wherever you are in your spiritual life, we invite you to be part of our community.

Photos of parishioners

And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come.
And let them that hear say, Come.
And let them that are athirst come.
And whosoever will, let them take the water of life freely.

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