Cathedral News
5.25.17
What's happening here at your Episcopal Cathedral?
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Coming This Week:
Thursday, May 25
8:30 am
Holy
Eucharist for Ascension Day (St. John's Chapel)
6:00 pm
The Crossing Worship for Ascension Day followed by Fellowship
Friday, May 26
12:30 pm
Muslim Friday Prayers
10:00 am
Holy Eucharist with Baptism: The Rev. Canon Cristina Rathbone, preacher
12:30 pm
Holy Eucharist in Chinese
3:00 pm The Redeemed Christian Church of God Worship Service
Monday, May 29
MEMORIAL DAY - OFFICES CLOSED
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
MANNA Library Hours
10:00 - 11:30 am MANNA Leadership Team Meeting
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Monday Lunch
1:00 pm Holy Eucharist (Sproat Hall)
2:00 pm Alcoholics Anonymous (Lawrence Room)
Tuesday, May 30
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
MANNA Library Hours
9:30 am MANNA Writers' Group (Sproat Hall)
11:00 am
Christian Meditation
Wednesday, May 31
10:00 am
Holy Eucharist
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May 25 is Ascension Day
St. Paul's Cathedral will offer Ascension Day services:
8:30 a.m. in St. John's Chapel
6:00 p.m. in the Chancel (hosted by The Crossing)
Baptism Sunday, May 27
Jonah Deane McCarthy will be baptized at the 10:00 a.m. service this coming Sunday. Come and share in Jonah's baptismal vows and welcome him to the Church. A discussion of Baptism will take place in the Lawrence Room following Coffee Hour, open to all.
Cathedral and Diocesan Offices closed on Memorial Day, May 29
The Monday Lunch and MANNA programs will take place usual.
Please keep your pledge payments up to date
We have received pledges from 21 households/individuals totaling almost 2,600 hours of service to our community, almost
6
,000
hours of prayer, and over $50,000. Please stay up to date with your pledges payments so that we can stay on target with our budgeting. If you need a pledge card you can contact the Cathedral office or pick one up on Sunday in church.
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The Pilgrim
Being Mortal
by Karan Raja
It does not matter
what one's motives and intentions -
and even limitations - are.
Like the sailors in the wild seas
finding their home,
in this world and one's life
what matters is:
How does one redeem oneself...
The Pilgrim Journal is written by our homeless friends of the Black Seed Writers Group. Sign up for an annual print subscription for $25 by designating your gift to the Monday Lunch Program on our giving page (make sure you specify that your gift is for a Pilgrim Subscription), or send a check to the Cathedral Offices with "Pilgrim Subscription" in the memo line.
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Prayers Requested
Please keep in your prayers especially these members of our congregation:
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See
In the Spotlight for details about this Sunday.
Please speak to Deacon Cynthia Pape if you are interested in serving at the altar during our services, or serving with the
Altar Guild
to assist with preparation and cleaning up after services. Churches rely on their members to help make our services possible, so please consider committing to help out.
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Rosters and Readers
Lessons for May 28, 2017
For the lessons for the Seventh Sunday of Easter,
click
here.
Le
aders of Worship - May 28
, 2017
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Celebrant
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The Rev. Nancy E. Gossling |
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Preacher & Presider
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The Rev. Cristina Rathbone |
| Verger |
Jeffrey Seamans
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| Sub-deacon |
Richie Lizine |
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Chalice Ministers
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Jeffrey Seamans, Richie Lizine
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Crucifer
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Brenda Ciesla |
| Acolytes |
Claire Cocchi, Steve Tulloch |
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Lectors, 1st Lesson
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Kevin Walker
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| 2nd Lesson |
Garret Jordan |
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Prayers for the Candidates
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Angela Newton |
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Healing Minister
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Jan Rowe
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Organist/Choir Director
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Jim Butler |
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Cathedral Schola |
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Greeters
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Jennifer Cheong How, Daphne Knight, Jan Rowe
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Coffee Hour Host
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Jan Rowe, James Van Looy |
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Coming Up and Reminders
The 8:00 Sunday Eucharist is on hiatus until further notice.
June 4th is Pentecost Day! Come and help us celebrate the birthday of the Church. Don't forget to wear red.
The Cathedral will host two significant diocesan services in June: Ordinations to the Diaconate on June 3 and a service of diocesan-wide Confirmations and Receptions on June 17. We need Greeters to assist with both of these services (each at 10:30 a.m.). Please contact the Cathedral office if you can help out.
Education for Ministry (EfM) is a lay education program sponsored by the School of Theology in Sewanee that provides the opportunity for scriptural and theological exploration and discernment of how God is at work in the world and in us, in small groups with a trained mentor. Participants commit for 0ne year at a time for a four-year program. Sessions are on Wednesdays, 6:15 to 8:45 pm, September through May, at Trinity Church in Copley Square. The cost is $350 with some scholarship available. Contact [email protected] or call Susan Butler, 617-232-4135. There will be an Open Session in May for those considering the program for 2017-18.
Two of the Cathedral's and St. John's long-time and faithful friends,
Vinnie Panico and The Rev. Kathryn Piccard
, are in nursing care and would like visits or to hear from us via cards and notes! Vinnie's at Milton House Center, 1200 Brush Hill Rd., Milton, MA 02186-2337. Kathryn's address is 417 South Ave., Holmes, PA, 19043.
The Crossing, our emergent church community which provides worship every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in the cathedral sanctuary. For more information about worship and The Crossing's many other offerings, go to
thecrossingboston.org or email
[email protected].
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