Mission of All Saints
(Episcopal)
Calle Plinio Peterson 557, Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765
www.iglesiatodoslossantos.org
Email: todoslossantos@episcopalpr.org
(917) 697-7056
We cordially welcome you to our Church. We have been in the heart of this town for over 145 years. We are a hospitable community of love that walks and serves the people, where we welcome every person. Our home is your home.
Bilingual Mass – 9:00am
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost- Proper 18- September 7, 2025
Topic for this week: The Cost of Following Jesus
We have created four Committees to close 2025 in celebration. Do you want to be part of them?
-The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross to the rhythm of plena and bomba: Friday, September 19, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. We are continuing to coordinate with Carmín, the coordinator of this Committee, for the food and floral decorations. Talk to her.
– Celebration of the Devotion to the Rosary. The celebrations will be held at our church on Fridays the 10th (for the eternal rest of Adlymar, sponsored by the Torres Rodríguez family), October 24th (dedicated to the well-being, prevention, and treatment of mental illness among the Vieques population, sponsored by Amarilis and Luis), and October 31st (dedicated to cancer survivors, sponsored by the church), all at 6:00 p.m. If you would like to be part of the committee, please speak with Sister Gilda, who is coordinating this committee.
-The 145th Anniversary of our All Saints’ Mission: Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 2:00pm to give thanks for the achievements and renew the commitment to the mission. Speak with Héctor (Beef), who is coordinating this Committee.
-The Christmas Posadas: December 2025. Speak with Cynthia, who is coordinating this Committee.
The two Wardens, Pamela and Fabian, and the Vicar, Luis, will be supporting the four Committees.
Save also these two dates
We will celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King with our diocese.
Glory to CHRIST THE KING, Lord of our lives!
Sunday, November 23, 2025; at 9:00 a.m in Arecibo. This Sunday we will not meet at our All Saints’ Church.
Diocesan Convention – October 17-18, 2025: Eddie and Gilda Pimentel, and Fr. Luis, are our delegates
A penitential order: Rito 2
Processional hymn
The Word of God
The collect of the Day
First lesson
Psalm
Second Lecture
Gradual Song
The Holly Gospel
Homily
The Nicene Creed
Prayers of the People IV
The Great Thanksgiving A
The Great Thanksgiving A
The Lord Prayer
The breaking of the bread
Communion Song
Blessings
Final Song
The Collect & Bible Readings
The Collect: Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
All: Collection for immigrants
Merciful God, you walk everywhere with your sons and daughters. Accompany all those who leave their home and country in search of a better life in other lands. Protect them on their journey, comfort them in their sorrows, and help them to find hope and hospitality wherever they arrive. May your love sustain them and may they find in us a safe and welcoming refuge. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
First Lesson: Jeremiah 18:1-11 (We read in Spanish)
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him. 5 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 6 Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. 7 At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, 8 but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I intended to bring on it. 9 And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, 10 but if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will change my mind about the good that I had intended to do to it. 11 Now, therefore, say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says the Lord: Look, I am a potter shaping evil against you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, all of you from your evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17
The leader reads a verse, and the people respond with the other verse.
1- Lord, you have searched me out and known me; you know my sitting down and my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
2- You trace my journeys and my resting-places and are acquainted with all my ways.
3- Indeed, there is not a word on my lips, but you, O Lord, know it altogether.
4- You press upon me behind and before and lay your hand upon me.
5- Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain to it.
12- For you yourself created my inmost parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
13- I will thank you because I am marvelously made; your works are wonderful, and I know it well.
14- My body was not hidden from you, while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth.
15- Your eyes beheld my limbs, yet unfinished in the womb; all of them were written in your book; they were fashioned day by day, when as yet there was none of them.
16- How deep I find your thoughts, O God! how great is the sum of them!
17- If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sand; to count them all, my life span would need to be like yours.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen
Epistle: Philemon 1-21- (We read in English)
1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker, 2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my God 5 because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith toward the Lord Jesus. 6 I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective when you perceive all the good that we may do for Christ. 7 I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother. 8 For this reason, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do your duty, 9 yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.10 I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. 11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me. 12 I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. 13 I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel; 14 but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced. 15 Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever, 16 no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. 17 So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. 18 If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. 19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self. 20 Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ. 21 Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to
Luke 14:25-33
Glory to you Lord Crist
25 Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, 26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. 33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.
The Gospel of the Lord. People: Glory to you, Lord Christ!
Mission Committee
Pamela González Robinson, Senior Warden
Fabian Martínez-Junior Warden
Carmín Ivette Cruz, Treasurer
Gale Pearson-Vocal
Margaret Griffin, Vocal
Fr. Luis Barrios, Vicar
padrelbarrios@episcopalpr.org; Mobile 917-697-7056
Other Announcements, birthdays, anniversaries, and blessing
In our Church Committee meeting on Sunday, April 27, the Construction Subcommittee was established, composed of Junior Warden Fabian Martínez, Miguel Pagán, Ernesto Peña, Ché Soto, and Chuck Pearson. This subcommittee will be in charge of carrying out the hiring and processing the necessary procedures for the effective execution of the tasks for the rehabilitation of the Pastoral House located on Calle Baldorioty. We are currently in negotiations with the diocese to begin phase 1: electrical and plumbing repairs.
Mission Committee Quarterly Meetings Calendar. These meetings are open to the congregation.
April 27; July 20; October 19
Our Ministries at All Saints
Hogar San Miguel
We need to show our caring love by collecting cleaning supplies for Hogar San Miguel in Ponce. Hogar San Miguel is a safe and loving home for 20 young people ages 8 to 18. These children suffer from special needs and have been removed from their homes because they are victims of physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse. The children who reside here are received by a highly qualified staff. They receive special services such as housing and medical services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, social workers, speech pathology, occupational therapy, audiology, all in addition to meeting their basic needs. The vision of Fundación Vidas- Servicios Sociales Episcopales is to achieve a better society through the protection, support and development of the neediest children and youth, through excellent services that affirm the Christian values of the Episcopal Church of Puerto Rico. Our goal is that every two months, on a Saturday, we visit these young people bringing them a snack, cleaning supplies, and socializing with them. We will join the San Gabriel Arcángel Church in Humacao who will be present that same day.
WEEKLY PROGRAMMING
Every Tuesday at 1:00pm the program Bringing Heaven to Earth on Radio Leo 1170 am
(https://radioleo1170.com/quienes-somos/)
With Father Luis & Amarilis Guzmán
Every Tuesday from 3:00pm-6:00pm Prison Chaplaincy Ministry – Bayamón Jail-1072, Bayamón
Tuesdays from 7:00pm-9:00pm, teaching history of anglicanism at the Episcopal Seminary
Healing Spaces Third Tuesday every Month-4:00pm-6:00pm
Every Thursday from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., food distribution and spiritual and emotional support for college students and immigrants: Jesús Maestro Parish, Rio Piedras Heights.
Every Friday: Morning Prayer at the Monte Santo Geriatric Center (10:30am).
Every Saturday at 12:00 p.m., food distribution in collaboration with Corefi. We need volunteers.
Every Saturday afternoon, in collaboration with Intercambio-Fajardo, a ministry of harm reduction as a practical and transformative approach that incorporates community-driven public health strategies — including prevention, risk reduction, and health promotion that empower people who use drugs.
Episcopal Funeral Services
Good Shepherd Chapels and Funeral Home
Pre-arranging is a gift of love
(787) 625-1382; www.honorempr.com
WE ARE A CHURCH THAT FEELS WITH THE PEOPLE, WALKS WITH THE PEOPLE AND SERVES THE PEOPLE!
