Thank You

Thank you to Peter Frechette, Nancy Snyder, and Judith McManis for folding the many Holy Week and Easter bulletins.

Thank you to John Montross for disposing of the Ficus tree, which had begun to fail.

Thank you to Barrie, Anne, Rose, Maureen, Tom, Mark, and Marjorie for reading the Passion so beautifully at the Palm Sunday service.

Thank you to Mark Johnson for his fabulous clean up in the kitchen after coffee hour last Sunday.

Thank you to the newest member of our altar party Mady Lloyd for her enthusiastic participation in worship all week.

Thank you to Rose Bacon and Judith McManis for setting up for the Taizé service.

Thank you to Marley Skiff and Barrie Montross for ordering the flowers to beautify the Nave for Easter, and thank you to everyone who contributed to the cost of the flowers.

Thank you to David Turner and Jay Vos for setting up the tables for the Agape meal, and thank you to everyone who brought food to the Agape meal and helped to clearn up after.

Thank you to Karen and Brian for convening the St. Paul's young adults once again this month.

Young Adults Table Gathering Today

The YAT (Young Adult Table) will gather at the Cathedral on Good Friday, before the service. Come at 5:00 to help set the table, or at 5:30 for a light supper. The menu will be appropriate to Holy Week and have options for most diets.

We will NOT have childcare AND all your littles are welcome at the table. We will begin with reading together our short Order for Compline, and enjoy a focused discussion around the table. We will finish in time to join the Good Friday liturgy upstairs, which begins at 7 p.m.

Support Holy Land Ministries Through the Good Friday Offering

Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church:

For more than a century, Episcopalians have given generously to the Good Friday Offering, which supports the vital work and ministries of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. Today, the need of the church in the Holy Land is greater than ever, particularly given the recent escalation of war in the Middle East, and I hope you will join me in making a generous gift today.

I am in frequent touch with Archbishop Hosam Naoum, who leads the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and I know how urgently he and his people need our support as they alleviate suffering and provide hope to God’s people of all faiths. The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey recently gave the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem $1 million to support medical and trauma care for children, youth, and families in Gaza and the Palestinian territories, and I am hoping that we can build on that extraordinary gift with this year’s Good Friday Offering.

Your gift will support:

• al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, which has continued serving patients during the Israel-Hamas War amid bombardment, devastating shortages of food, water, and medicine, and extended power outages.
• St. George’s Church in Baghdad, Iraq, and its medical center.
• An eye clinic at Christ Church in Yemen.
• All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Damascus, Syria.
• All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beirut, Lebanon.

The Episcopal Church supports just and sustainable peace in the Holy Land and around the world. While we pray and work for peace, our siblings in the Holy Land will continue to serve God’s people with hospitals, schools, orphanages, and humanitarian aid programs. These ministries serve people of all faiths without distinction, bearing witness to the power of hope and healing across divides.

Together, we can support the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East as it turns despair into hope for God’s people in the land where our faith was born.

The Most Rev. Sean Rowe

Presiding Bishop

The Episcopal Church

Donations to the Good Friday Offering can be made via the Cathedral's website here using the Good Friday Offering line, or by dropping a check in the offering plate with "Good Friday Offering" in the memo line.

Join us for Easter Preparations

Join us on Saturday, April 4 for a fun and busy morning preparing the Nave for our Easter celebrations, including flowers, chair moving, general clean-up, and more!

Plants and fresh flowers have been chosen and ordered. Plans are in place, and YOU are invited to join in the decorating party on Holy Saturday morning, April 4 to make it happen.

Whether you are an experienced arranger, interested in learning, or just want to offer time as a schlepper (we need many) or chair mover, your valued time will be much appreciated.

We'll gather at 8:30 a.m. for the Liturgy of the Day, and plan to begin decorating and setting up the nave at 9.

The Way of the Cross: A Meditation in Hymns

If you were unable to attend this beautiful concert on Sunday afternoon last week, you can view this recording of it as a Good Friday meditation.

The fourteen stations focus on specific events of Good Friday, beginning with Christ’s condemnation. They are commonly used as a pilgrimage as an individual moves from station to station. At each, the individual recalls and meditates on a specific event, reciting a prayer before moving to the next. It is common, when the devotion is performed publicly, to sing a stanza of the hymn Stabat Mater while passing from one station to the next.

The Way of the Cross: A Meditation in Hymns, Op. 31 was written by Peter S. Berton, and performed by the Cathedral Choirs with Peter Berton, organ.

Join our Executive Team

With the recent resignation of Treasurer Peter Jones, the Cathedral is seeking a dedicated volunteer to become the Treasurer of the Cathedral. Duties of the position are as follows.


Responsibilities of the Treasurer:

• Review monthly balance sheet and income and expense statements from the Cathedral office and summarize/interpret at Vestry meetings. Reporting includes performance of different Cathedral funds held in the endowment and understanding the different spending rules/purposes of them.
• Oversee banking activities: Review monthly bank statement and reconciliation reports from Cathedral office and respond with any questions about specific transactions.
• Act as Vestry representative to the congregation for financial matters of the Cathedral at gatherings – annual meeting, other events involving financial reporting.
• Assist with/oversee the Parochial Report due to the diocese by March 1 of each year.
• Oversee budgeting process beginning in July and through the end of December.
• Write annual report summary of the Cathedral’s financial performance and budget for publication in January.
• Attend monthly vestry meetings, executive committee meetings, and quarterly Trustees meetings.

Skills required:

• Integrity: High standard of honesty and discretion, particularly regarding confidential giving records.
• Financial Literacy: Knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Organizational Skills: Attention to detail in reviewing records and documentation.
• Budgeting: Assist in developing and monitoring the annual church budget.

Review of monthly accounts can take place remotely. Attendance at vestry meetings, trustees meetings, and the annual meeting in person is preferred.

Update: For those who may be interested but not want to commit to monthly meetings, we are considering dividing the position into two parts: monthly banking activities review (which can be done from home), and the public-facing duties of treasurer involving review of monthly income statement and balance sheet review and summarizing for the congregation and vestry.

Peter has kindly offered to be available to review the position and answer questions to any new volunteer. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity or would like to nominate someone who might be interested, please reach out to the Cathedral office at admin@stpaulscathedralvt.org.

Cathedral Office Closed April 6 - 10

The Cathedral office will be closed Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 10.

Save the Date: COTS Lunch April 9

On Thursday, April 9 St. Paul’s church members are preparing and serving a lunch for people at the COTS Daystation. The Daystation is a safe and warm refuge that connects unhoused individuals to resources, services, and housing. We will be preparing and serving sandwiches, cookies, fruit, and other snacks for about 60 + people. 

COTS advocates for long-term solutions to end homelessness and provides emergency shelter, services, and long-term housing for people who are experiencing homelessness or are marginally housed.

There is a sign up sheet on the Narthex table for those who would like to participate. If anyone has questions or needs more information please contact Ann Giombetti at anngiombetti07@gmail.com or 802-355-9385, or contact Al Belluche at albelluche@gmail.com or 802-881-9215. 

Cathedral Arts Presents Diana Fanning in Concert

Internationally acclaimed pianist Diana Fanning performs the recital program that she designed in celebration of her fifty years of teaching at Middlebury College.

This is a program filled with music by composers whose names are quite familiar to classical music fans today, but who -- in their respective eras -- were viewed by many as startlingly original, and even as artistic revolutionaries, often doggedly defying their critics to advance their art form forward.

Sunday, April 12 at 4p.m. This is a ticketed concert, click here to purchase tickets online, or they will be available at the door.

ANEW Place Hosts Lunch & Learn During Adult Forum

Over the past four years, ANEW Place has provided more than 61,000 shelter bed nights, served over 1,200 individuals, and helped provide 80,000 meals. Today, they operate a 20-bed residential program in the Old North End, providing a holistic path from stability to employment and permanent housing, followed by up to two years of support to provide services for adults experiencing homelessness, centered in love and dignity.

Representatives from ANEW Place will be at Adult Forum on Sunday, April 19 to discuss their program and will also be providing a light lunch from New Moon Cafe. Please join us!

Introducing Last Sunday Lunches

Join us on Sunday, April 26 for the first of our new monthly Last Sunday Lunches!

This is a time to gather after worship in the Parish Hall, enjoying great food and fellowship. Our first one will be Sunday, April 26 in the Parish Hall, and we'll continue to host them monthly on the last Sunday of each month (possible breaking in the summer). Food will be provided by the Cathedral, and we will cook together during coffee hour with the plan to sit down to lunch at 12:30. All are welcome.

Cathedral Arts Presents Come Away to the Skies

Music of Resurrection and Transformation

Save the Date! The Cathedral Choirs and guests perform with renowned soloist Theresa Thomason for a concert of choral works that create space for reflection on both personal and communal hope and transformation.

Sunday, May 17 at 4 p.m. at the Cathedral

For tickets and more information visit www.cathedralarts.org.

Cathedral Redevelopment Corner

The Cathedral Redevelopment Task Force has been called and will gather for their first meeting after Easter. The task force is a group gathered to address the planning, logistics, communication, and execution of any agreement formed with Stewardship Realty and the development process. The task force is made up of a diverse group: members of the vestry, trustees, parishioners, and staff:

Trustees: Lisa Schnell, Bert Cichetti

Staff: Jennifer Sumner, Greta Getlein

Vestry: Marley Skiff, Karl Fandrich (as senior and junior wardens), Shannon Williamson, Jen Sisk

Parishioners: Frank Guillot, Caroline Henne, Peter Anderson, David McKay, Sarah van Ryckervorsel

The task force will meet regularly and report to the congregation via the eNews, Sunday announcements, and by email throughout the process. Please pray for this wonderful group of people as they take counsel for the future of this Cathedral.

The Cathedral Redevelopment Corner is a recurring item in the eNews - a place to learn more about the potential redevelopment project the Cathedral is considering. Check here weekly for updates, frequently asked questions, and other guidance on the future of this plan.

Coming Up at St. Paul's

• Friday, April 3, Young Adults Table dinner, 5:30 p.m.
• Friday, April 3, 7 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy of the Day with Communion from the Presanctified
• Saturday, April 4, 8:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Day followed by the decorating of the Nave. 8:00 p.m. Great Vigil of Easter
• Sunday, April 5, 10 a.m. Easter Day Holy Eucharist. No Church School
• Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 10. Cathedral Office closed
• Thursday, April 9. COTS lunch at the daystation.
• Sunday, April 12. Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m. Cathedral Arts Presents Diana Fanning on piano, 4 p.m.
• Sunday, April 19, Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m., followed by ANEW Place Lunch & Learn during Adult Forum, and Church School
• Sunday, April 26, Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m., followed by parish-wide Last Sunday Lunch in the parish hall.
• Wednesday, May 6, office closed for a staff retreat.
• Sunday, May 17, Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m. Cathedral Arts Presents Come Away to the Skies with Theresa Thomason, 4 p.m.

JUMP Silent Auction April 8-17

JUMP’s Online Auction is fast approaching. The website is available for viewing now and bidding starts on Wednesday, April 8th at 8 am. 

https://www.biddingforgood.com/jointurbanministry/2026

The auction includes several gift cards for local restaurants, local businesses and family activities, themed baskets, beautiful quilts and home décor.

All proceeds will help fund direct services to assist Vermont households in need.

For more information, visit https://www.jumpvt.org/auction.html

Youth Retreat at Rock Point May 15-17

From May 15 to 17, youth in grades 6 through 12 are invited for a weekend retreat at Rock Point led by youth missioner, the Rev. Sarah Ginolfi. Participants will sleep in the Rock Point cabins and engage in a day-long service project for Rock Point on May 16. Those who wish to participate in the service project but not sleep over will still be welcome.

More information and registration coming soon.