<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730652541403731560</id><updated>2011-11-07T14:54:20.711-05:00</updated><category term='blogging'/><category term='retreat'/><title type='text'>BSG Province 2</title><subtitle type='html'>Province 2 (NY and NJ) of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory &amp;mdash; a community of the Episcopal Church</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Tobias Stanislas Haller</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/TLXnKbTFhgI/AAAAAAAAAg4/vxIthYmBwes/S220/tshavatarsquare.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730652541403731560.post-7803335643683304484</id><published>2011-11-07T13:55:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T14:54:20.808-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Quiet Day for Province II- October 15, 2011</title><content type='html'>The Quiet Day was held at St. Bartholomew's Church on Saturday, October 15, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Br. Millard Cook, n/BSG lead two conferences: "Seeking God in the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Rule&lt;/span&gt; of Saint Benedict and in the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Rule&lt;/span&gt; of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory" and  "Elijah the Prophet as the model of One who seeks God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some &lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/millardscook/BSGQuietDay101511"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; from the day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4730652541403731560-7803335643683304484?l=bsg-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/feeds/7803335643683304484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4730652541403731560&amp;postID=7803335643683304484' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/7803335643683304484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/7803335643683304484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/2011/11/quiet-day-for-province-ii-october-15.html' title='Quiet Day for Province II- October 15, 2011'/><author><name>Millard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144507785125829779</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730652541403731560.post-3940175125560380990</id><published>2009-10-15T16:45:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T16:47:55.907-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retreat'/><title type='text'>Advent Day of Reflection</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;“Getting the Word (of God) Out”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" &gt;Speaking the Unspeakable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Meditations by Br. Tobias Stanislas Haller BSG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for a quiet day of reflection and prayer&lt;br /&gt;before the frenzy of the season has a chance to draw you&lt;br /&gt;away from the true work of Advent!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;Saturday, December 5, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;9:00am to 3:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-6388&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;www.saintmarksphiladelphia.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;(215) 735-1416&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sponsored by The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory-Province II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;and St Mark’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4730652541403731560-3940175125560380990?l=bsg-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/feeds/3940175125560380990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4730652541403731560&amp;postID=3940175125560380990' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/3940175125560380990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/3940175125560380990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/2009/10/advent-day-of-reflection.html' title='Advent Day of Reflection'/><author><name>Tobias Stanislas Haller</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/TLXnKbTFhgI/AAAAAAAAAg4/vxIthYmBwes/S220/tshavatarsquare.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730652541403731560.post-4674567113216825694</id><published>2009-07-31T16:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T16:39:05.412-04:00</updated><title type='text'>An Invitation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You are cordially invited&lt;br /&gt;to attend&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;big&gt;A Celebration of the Holy Eucharist&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;big&gt;the Rites of Profession&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the 40&lt;small&gt;&lt;small&gt;th&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/small&gt; Anniversary of Foundation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;of the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brotherhood of Saint Gregory&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rt Rev Rodney Michel, Celebrant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brother Richard Thomas Biernacki BSG, Preacher&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 15, 2009 at 1:15 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Chapel of the Stigmata&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mount Alvernia Retreat Center&lt;br /&gt;158 Delavergne Avenue,&lt;br /&gt;Wappingers Falls, N. Y. 12590-0858&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4730652541403731560-4674567113216825694?l=bsg-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/feeds/4674567113216825694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4730652541403731560&amp;postID=4674567113216825694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/4674567113216825694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/4674567113216825694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/2009/07/invitation.html' title='An Invitation'/><author><name>Tobias Stanislas Haller</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/TLXnKbTFhgI/AAAAAAAAAg4/vxIthYmBwes/S220/tshavatarsquare.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730652541403731560.post-2733229271368236088</id><published>2007-12-01T18:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-01T18:16:17.083-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retreat'/><title type='text'>Preparing for Advent in South Salem</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/R1HpwPOUcdI/AAAAAAAAAE4/ieGlIRQqO1Q/s1600-R/panqd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/R1HpwPOUcdI/AAAAAAAAAE4/e_LBSV2xPtc/s400/panqd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139145664736031186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rev. Barbara Crafton led a retreat for the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory and members of Saint John's Church, South Salem NY on the eve of Advent 1. Her storytelling skills and gracious reflections were soul-nourishing and insightful, as she reflected on the significance of the vowed life to all Christians. In addition to Crafton's meditations, a reading from her imaginative revisiting of the Nativity story over lunch, and a fine sermon on separating the "good" fish from the "bad,"t he day included the Daily Offices, officiated by Brs James Teets and Christopher Stephen Jenks; a reading from the sermons of Gregory the Great; the Holy Eucharist celebrated by Br Tobias Stanislas Haller and Deaconed by Br Thomas Mark Liotta; healing touch sessions with Deacon Joanna Depue; a scrumptious lunch prepared by members of Saint John's Parish; and a chance to enjoy the new parish hall, and the surroundings, on a brisk but sunny fall day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4730652541403731560-2733229271368236088?l=bsg-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/feeds/2733229271368236088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4730652541403731560&amp;postID=2733229271368236088' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/2733229271368236088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/2733229271368236088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/2007/12/preparing-for-advent-in-south-salem.html' title='Preparing for Advent in South Salem'/><author><name>Tobias Stanislas Haller</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/TLXnKbTFhgI/AAAAAAAAAg4/vxIthYmBwes/S220/tshavatarsquare.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/R1HpwPOUcdI/AAAAAAAAAE4/e_LBSV2xPtc/s72-c/panqd.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730652541403731560.post-1943747498468854176</id><published>2007-10-29T15:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T15:13:27.256-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retreat'/><title type='text'>Advent Day of Reflection</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;What Does It Mean to Be Truly Free&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Liberation of Advent and the Paradox of Living a Vowed Life&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Rev. Barbara Crafton&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Presenter &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join us for a quiet day of reflection and prayer before the frenzy of the season has a chance to draw you away from the true work of Advent! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Saturday, December 1, 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9:30am to 3:30pm &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saint John’s Episcopal Church&lt;br /&gt;82 Spring Street + South Salem, NY 10590&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;(914) 763-8273&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;StJohnsCh@cloud9.net&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sponsored by&lt;br /&gt;The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory-Province II&lt;br /&gt;and Saint John’s Parish &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4730652541403731560-1943747498468854176?l=bsg-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/feeds/1943747498468854176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4730652541403731560&amp;postID=1943747498468854176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/1943747498468854176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/1943747498468854176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/2007/10/advent-day-of-reflection.html' title='Advent Day of Reflection'/><author><name>Tobias Stanislas Haller</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/TLXnKbTFhgI/AAAAAAAAAg4/vxIthYmBwes/S220/tshavatarsquare.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730652541403731560.post-3896359770004754468</id><published>2007-08-01T09:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-01T09:39:38.788-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Annual Convocation</title><content type='html'>Annual Convocation was really all that the Brothers have said it was; a blessing and with the quiet and flow of Winter Convocation. I came home rested and energized and did not gain any weight!  Thanks to all who made it what it was and I look forward to hosting the Province in September - the 22nd to be exact!&lt;br /&gt;Richard Thomas, BSG&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4730652541403731560-3896359770004754468?l=bsg-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/feeds/3896359770004754468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4730652541403731560&amp;postID=3896359770004754468' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/3896359770004754468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/3896359770004754468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/2007/08/annual-convocation.html' title='Annual Convocation'/><author><name>BrRichardThomas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05646154682066528622</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730652541403731560.post-6139489303013624099</id><published>2007-07-31T18:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-31T18:28:51.399-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>Welcome to BSG Province 2 &amp;mdash; the blog for members and friends of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory in Province 2 of the Episcopal Church. This blog will included notes of events and happenings that will be open to the public, as well as news from the parishes and ministries in which the brothers serve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to find out more about the Brotherhood, click on the "BSG" link in the right-hand column to visit our main web site.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4730652541403731560-6139489303013624099?l=bsg-2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/feeds/6139489303013624099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4730652541403731560&amp;postID=6139489303013624099' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/6139489303013624099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4730652541403731560/posts/default/6139489303013624099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bsg-2.blogspot.com/2007/07/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>Tobias Stanislas Haller</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZbnpGo860/TLXnKbTFhgI/AAAAAAAAAg4/vxIthYmBwes/S220/tshavatarsquare.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
