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The Thursday in Holy Week, when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and celebrated the meal that established what would become the Eucharist.

A 19th-century English theologian and proponent of Christian socialism. Feast day: April 1.

An altar book that provides all the textual materials needed for celebration of the Eucharist.

Liturgical headdress of bishops, typically pointed at the top, symbolizing their office and authority.

A 19th-century evangelist and martyr in Rhodesia. Feast day: June 18.

A place where members of religious orders live in community, usually under the monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

The mother of the theologian Augustine of Hippo, whom she convinced to become a Christian in 386. Feast day: May 4.

A male member of a religious order typically living a vowed life of poverty, chastity, and obedience in community.

Frame or vessel, typically made of gold or silver, used to display the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for veneration in a rite called the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

One of the principal Daily Offices; available in traditional and contemporary language in the BCP. Also, the principal act of Sunday worship in the absence of a priest.