The Epistle

St. Paul's Anglican / Episcopal Church / Iglesia San Pablo

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT

March 16, 2025

Dear George,

Our companion parish of All Saints'-by-the-Sea, Montecito, sent an exploratory delegation to St. Paul's in October 2024, and our reciprocal delegation ventured to Santa Barbara/Montecito February 27 - March 6. A flight cancellation in Dallas on our return leg caused Padre's Woodward and Miguel to miss Ash Wednesday. Padre Frank fell quite ill, and Padre Antonio came up from Hildalgo to save the day!

Our assiduous and lovely hosts from All Saints' showed us their tremendous work with La Posada Village, an innovative response to resettling the homeless; with a tour of Olive Crest above the Reagan Ranch, a rehabilitation center for girls who have been subjected to sex-trafficking; and a visit to Transition Center (which began when I was a Curate at All Saints') a strong but quite different approach to addressing homelessness than that witnessed at La Posada Village.

The Rector of All Saints', the Reverend Channing Smith, ceded his pulpit to Padre Miguel Rangél, who preached fine sermons at their 8am and 10am Eucharists.

All Saints'-by-the-Sea is serving as our U.S. base for the establishment of our 501c3, with their Peter Sullivan and our Jonathan Brown in full collaboration. We anticipate a visitation from ASBTS in October of 2025. A link to both their parish website and to Sunday sermons at ASBTS are found below.

Extensive and wonderful meals, dinners and cocktail parties infused our visit, and so your delegation (Kathy Lapsys, Senior Warden; Andrea Spears, Junior Warden; Lynn Ramsey, Outreach; and Padre's Rangél and Woodward) return ready for Lenten fasting!

Designer Cliff Chally has completed our Lenten Paraments, which Kathy Lapsys will bring from Houston on her next trip...perhaps seeing them in use by the end of our Lenten Season!

Our Administrator, Claudia Rangél, met with the new Deputy Chief of the Transit Authority, who has extended our permission to park along Cardo from 9am to 2pm on Sundays only (omitting parade days), even in those areas normally designated as non-parking zones. THIS APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE WITH THE ST. PAUL'S STICKER ON DISPLAY IN THEIR FRONT WINDOW. We must not block the back entrance to the Rosewood. Please note the Transit Authority extended our parking liberty to 2pm on Sunday afternoons.

Should you have opportunity to share a treat with the transit personnel on patrol along Cardo, or to encourage them to make use of our lavatory facilities or to come to the kitchen for a glass of water, please do so.

Grace and peace,

GFW+

PIZMON

St. Paul's Church, Saturday March 15

a collaboration with the Jewish Cultural and Community Center (JC3)

Pizmon is a Hebrew word that means chorus or refrain of a song. It is also the name of the renowned pluralistic Jewish a cappella group of Columbia University, Barnard College, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. The mission of this 15 member ensemble is to share the love of Jewish music all over the world. Pizmon has toured extensively throughout the United States, Central and South America, and Western and Eastern Europe.

Pizmon makes its debut at St. Paul's Church at 7:30pm (to 9pm) on Saturday March 15. Advance tickets are encouraged and may be purchased HERE.

MEN'S LENTEN RETREAT

St. Paul’s will celebrate its third annual men’s retreat March 21-22, 2025 (Friday-Saturday), this year led by The Reverend Canon Francis N. Hebert on the theme of Celtic spirituality for today’s world, at Hacienda de Landeta, a short drive from the church. We will car pool. The cost of 2,280 pesos includes one night’s lodging and three meals. If interested, please provide your contact information on the sign-up sheet in the parish hall at coffee hour after the 10:15 service, or contact Ken Oehlkers at ken.oehlkers@gmail.com.

JOVENES!

Would you like to donate English (Good News for Modern man) or Spanish (Dios Habla Hoy) youth Bibles (easy to access paraphrases rather than tight Greek study translations) contact Sara at candystylosky2@gmail.com

Hey, 11-15 Year Olds! Ready for Something Fun?

St. Paul’s Anglican Church has something just for you! Join us once a month on Sunday at 10:10 AM for an awesome 1-hour group hangout where you’ll meet new friends, have fun, and dive into some great spiritual discussions and how we can all be better equipped in social media. 

This is your chance to connect, laugh, and explore something meaningful together. Tell your friends! Contact Sara at candstylosky2@gmail.com 

Dates for the next months: 23 March and 27 April 2025.

¡Hola, jóvenes de 11 a 15 años! ¿Listo para algo divertido?

¡La Iglesia Anglicana de St. Paul tiene algo solo para ti! Únase a nosotros una vez al mes el domingo a las 10:10 a. m. para una increíble reunión grupal de 1 hora donde conocerá nuevos amigos, se divertirá y se sumergirá en excelentes debates espirituales y cómo todos podemos estar mejor equipados en las redes sociales.

Esta es tu oportunidad de conectarte, reírte y explorar algo significativo juntos. ¡Díselo a tus amigos! Contacta a Sara en candstylosky2@gmail.com

Fechas para los próximos meses: 23 de marzo y 27 de abril de 2025.

The Liturgy for Ash Wednesday may be found HERE

The Liturgy for the First Sunday in Lent may be found HERE (generally available after 4pm the Sunday of posting)

Sermons from our Companion Parish of All Saints'-by-the-Sea may be found HERE

The appointed lessons for The Second Sunday in Lent, March 16, may be found HERE

Los lecciones para el Segundo Domingo en Cuaresema, estan AQUI

WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY GROUP

Meetings are generally the first Saturday of each month at 10AM - 11:30 in the parish Church.

ST PAUL'S BEREAVEMENT GROUPS: Martha Hamill, thanatologist and bereavement counselor, leads groups in English and in Spanish. The pain of loss can be overwhelming, but there are healthy ways to cope and heal. The groups are free of charge.

Saturday Breakfast Group -

The Saturday 9:30 breakfast group meets at Ataño Cuatro HERE

Jeff Arnold

Gerardo Arteoga (stage four colon cancer) and partner Carlos

Virginia Barron (hospice care)

Jonathan Brown (surgery recovery)

Quinlan Brown (recovery)

Emma Candelaria

Nina Cavanagh (liver transplant)

Nolan Xavier Cavanagh (infant hemophilia A; grandson of Cheryl Cavanagh)

Joe Collerin

Robert Davis

Sandra Dean (bereaved)

Sally Dorsey

Bonnie Ericksmoen

James Fred

Lynne Gleason

Dorothy Glenn

Mireille Grovier

José Guadalupe

Ariadna Marlene Guzmán Hernández (Ariadna's mother, bereaved)

Linda Hickerson (cerebral tangle: friend of Carol Troys)

Deborah Holsworth

Laura Holleman (addiction recovery)

Ouida Huber (John Baker's mom)

Kathy Lapsys

Josefina Ledesma

Tim Noel Marinello

Toni Marinello (eye surgery)

Marni McGee

Jane McGinnis

Anne McAfee

Margie McKinley (macular degeneration)

Tracey Montauriol

Santiago Munguia

Francisco Ortíz

Sunni Putnam

Roberta Rambeau (moving house)

Karen Ramirez

Karina Yañez Rios (Padre Miguel's wife)

Susan Robinson

Roberta Rambeau (pnemonia)

Elaine Sells

Father Jeff Sells

Rosalba Suárez (leukemia)

Pamela Summers

Fr. Ernie Townsend+

Canon George Woodward (shoulder dislocation recovery)

Paul in Brussels (friend of Carol Troy)

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

Linda Walcowich

FOR OUR COMPANION COLLABORATIONS

All Saints'-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Montecito, California

Trinity Episcopal Church, Folsom, California

Santiago Apostol, Querétaro

UPCOMING DATES/EVENTS

• March 4 - April 8, 22, 29: Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius 3:30pm Tuesdays in the Church with Mary Jane Miller
• March 13: Thursday 10am 24 Hour Association
• March 13: Thursday Nicholas Boulaine's Thursday presentation on Beethoven
• March 14: Friday 5pm Promusica Concert
• March 15: Saturday 7:30pm PIZMON, an a cappella choir of Columbia, Barnard and the Jewish Theological Seminary of NYC
• March 16: Sunday 5pm Promusica Concert
• March 21: Friday 5pm Promusica Concert
• March 21 - 22: Men's Retreat on Celtic Spirituality
• March 23: Sunday 5pm Promusica Concert
• April 13: Palm Sunday
• April 17: Maundy Thursday
• April 18: 3pm Good Friday
• April 19: 7pm The Great Vigil
• April 20: The Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ