From e Dean... As the season of Eastertide has progressed, we have heard in our Sunday Gospel lessons that Jesus is the bread of life, the good shepherd, the door to eternal life and the living vine that weaves together all facets of God’s creation. During this same time we have witnessed the awesome power of the created order in the form of massive tornados and overwhelming floods. While grieving with those who have found themselves, or their loved ones, in the path of nature’s destructive forces, our illusions of safety are once again shaken. Life is mostly mundane, with occasional bursts of joy, sorrow and drama. We have little or no control over when the scene changes and everything that we thought we could count on washes into the Gulf of Mexico to join the residual oil deposits from last summer’s fiasco. It is amazing what humans are able to endure when they understand themselves to be connected to one another as part of a greater whole. ese seemingly random events, along with hurricanes, fires, illness and sudden death place us in similar territory as the disciples in the first months after Jesus’ resurrection. As they inched, day by day, into the confusing future, we are told that they found solace in saying their prayers, sharing the Eucharist, and forming a new community based on mutual love and respect. e body of Christ which we share across time and space in the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist continues to form us into a community of witnesses to the power of God working in our lives. We gather, day by day, week by week, to find solace, joy and hope in the company of our brothers and sisters. If you travel this summer, I hope you will make time to worship with those members of Christ’s body at your destination. If you have guests visiting, please bring them with you to enrich our congregation. In the face of life’s uncertainties, we draw infinite strength from the experience of all sorts and conditions of women and men giving voice to God’s unfailing presence among us. Pentecost Sunday ~ June 12 Foreign Language Speakers Needed Each year we bring to mind the first Pentecost by presenting the gospel reading in many different languages. Acts 2:1-21 tells the first Pentecost story when the disciples received the Holy Spirit and were able to speak the Good News of Jesus Christ to visitors in Jerusalem using many languages. If you speak a foreign language, will attend the 10 o’clock service on June 12 and are willing to read the gospel lesson out loud in that language in church while others are reading as well, contact Laurie Bailey at 895-6602 / [email protected]. Many thanks! June, 2011 CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL The Canticle
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From The Dean...
As the season of Eastertide has progressed, we have heard in our Sunday Gospel lessons that Jesus is the bread of life, the good shepherd, the door to eternal life and the living vine that weaves together all facets of God’s creation. During this same time we have witnessed the awesome power of the created order in the form of massive tornados and overwhelming floods. While grieving with those who have found themselves, or their loved ones, in the path of nature’s destructive forces, our illusions of safety are once again shaken. Life is mostly mundane, with occasional bursts of joy, sorrow and drama. We have little or no control over when the scene changes and everything that we thought we could count on washes into the Gulf of Mexico to join the residual oil deposits from last summer’s fiasco.
It is amazing what humans are able to endure when they understand themselves to be connected to one another as part of a greater whole. These seemingly random events, along with hurricanes, fires, illness and sudden death place us in similar territory as the disciples in the first months after Jesus’ resurrection. As they inched, day by day, into the confusing future, we are told that they found solace in saying their prayers, sharing the Eucharist, and forming a new community based on mutual love and respect.
The body of Christ which we share across time and space in the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist continues to form us into a community of witnesses to the power of God working in our lives. We gather, day by day, week by week, to find solace, joy and hope in the company of our brothers and sisters. If you travel this summer, I hope you will make time to worship with those members of Christ’s body at your destination. If you have guests visiting, please bring them with you to enrich our congregation. In the face of life’s uncertainties, we draw infinite strength from the experience of all sorts and conditions of women and men giving voice to God’s unfailing presence among us.
Pentecost Sunday ~ June 12Foreign Language Speakers Needed
Each year we bring to mind the first Pentecost by presenting the gospel reading in many different languages. Acts 2:1-21 tells the first Pentecost story when the disciples received
the Holy Spirit and were able to speak the Good News of Jesus Christ to visitors in Jerusalem using many languages. If you speak a foreign language, will attend the 10 o’clock service on June 12 and are willing to read the gospel lesson out loud in that language in church while others are reading as well, contact Laurie Bailey at 895-6602 / [email protected]. Many thanks!
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Episcopal Diocese of LouisianaThe Right Reverend Morris K. Thompson, Jr., Bishop
Christ Church CathedralThe Very Reverend David A. duPlantier, DeanThe Reverend Steven M. Roberts, CanonThe Reverend William C. Morris, Jr., Theologian in ResidenceThe Reverend W. Gedge Gayle, Jr., Priest AssociateThe Venerable Priscilla G. Maumus, DeaconMs. Laurie Bailey, Director of Christian Formation & CommunicationsMr. Jarrett Follette, Director of Music & OrganistMs. Linda Nelson, Director of Advent HouseMr. Chris Speed, Parish AdministratorMs. Carol Butcher, Executive Assistant to the DeanMs. Suzette Follette, Parish Secretary & Wedding CoordinatorMr. Charles Franklin, Property Manager Mr. Avery Montgomery, SextonMs. Sharon Henry, Nursery WorkerMs. Karen Landry, Nursery WorkerMs. Jeanette Gilmore-Burrell Nursery Worker
Honorary Canons Non-ResidentiaryThe Reverend S. Chad JonesMr. David R. PittsThe Reverend E. Mark Stevenson
Vestry2012 2014Kathy Boyd (Secretary) René DupaquierLiz Glidewell (Treasurer) Earl MoreauJay Miller (Junior Warden) David O’Leary
2013 2015Bill Forman Jim Buck Mary Baldwin Kennedy (Senior Warden) Dick MorelandBoyd Fink Lisa Sibal, Bill Soileau
Lectionary texts (Sunday Readings)
June 5Acts 1:6-14
Psalm 68:1-10, 33-361 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11
John 17:1-11
June 12Acts 2:1-21
Psalm 104:25-35, 371 Corinthians 12:3b-13
John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39
June 19Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Psalm 8 or Canticle 2 or 132 Corunthians 13:11-13
Matthew 28:16-20
June 26Genesis 22:1-14
Psalm 13 or 89:1-4, 15-18Romans 6:12-23
Matthew 10:40-42
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I publish the Banns of Marriage between Linda Elizabeth Bogacki and Steven Michael Roberts to be married on Sunday, June 26, during the 10 o’clock service.
If any of you know just cause why they may not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, you are bidden to declare it. ~The Very Rev. David duPlantier, Dean
Pentecost Sunday ~ June 12Next Appointed Day For
Holy Baptism
Please contact Canon Roberts to schedule a baptism.
Congratulations Graduates!Elena Figueroa graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School and NOCCA vocal music program. She will be attending Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.Olivier “Ike” Carriere III graduated from Mandeville High School.Amanda Moreland Ross (Dick & Vicki Moreland’s daughter) received a MA in Educational Leadership & Administration from The George Washington University.Caressa Miller received a bachelor of music therapy from Loyola. After graduation she is moving to Long Beach, CA in June to start a 6-month music therapy internship at Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care-Orange County.Sarah Teague graduated with a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Loyola. She is staying in New Orleans for the next year, working as receptionist and accountant manager for the law firm Taggart Morton LLC. She plans to pursue a dual masters degree in Speech Pathology and Vocal Pedagogy over the next few years, with the goal of becoming a Singing Voice Specialist in the future.Kerry Hayes graduated with a vocal performance degree with a secondary cello concentration from Loyola. She will remain living and singing in New Orleans for the year to come.Jethro Celesti completed his degree in Music With Elective studies (Vocal and Bass) from Loyola will finish his double major in the fall (Business/Management).Well done everyone!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The CCC Annual Thrift Sale will be held on Saturday, October 8th, and we will start a weekday merchandise donation schedule around Labor Day. However, if you have treasures you want to bring in before then, we have made arrangements for you to bring them-- STARTING June 5th - 0N SUNDAYS ONLY. Please take your donations directly to STUART HALL. We will store items behind the tall screens in the back of Stuart Hall. We won’t have any staff to help carry things at this time, so please pack things so that you can carry them yourself. If you have questions, call the Thrift Sale Chairperson, Diane Piret at 504-394-1227 (email: [email protected]) or Alice Hopkins at 512-0696 (email: [email protected].) Also, if you can possibly pack items in boxes that would be greatly appreciated since they are easier to handle and can be stacked. Also, it’s not too early to let us know
you’d like to volunteer to help that week too. For more information, see Diane or Alice. Thanks!!!
Pentecost Window in the ChapelDo you see the dove and the tongues of flame?
From the Theologian in Residence…
The Royal Wedding: Beginning a Perilous Journey
DID YOU WATCH any of the royal wedding? It was rather hard not to watch, given the saturation media coverage which displaced much other news. Over a thousand journalists set up outside Westminster Abbey, and over 3 billion people watched it. It was perhaps the largest media event ever, exceeding most expectations. HISTORICALLY, royal weddings were often low-key and celebrated away from London, because, after 1689, the British royals had European roots, and tended to marry unpopular foreigners. Queen Victoria took a step away from that, with her white dress and 12 bridesmaids. Change really took off when the monarchy Angli-cized itself at the outset of World War I by adopting the family name of Windsor and marrying English people in highly public ceremonies. The new practice invited scrutiny, comment, and comparison, and makes it clear that the wedding is intended both to continue the royal line and also to reposition it. REPOSITIONING IS A GOOD IDEA. For some time, Windsor marriages have begun beautifully and ended badly, leaving a residue of disillusionment that has damaged the monarchy. While much loyalty remains, it is tempered by an awareness that the royal family has problems: it is stuffy, some of its members are more spoiled than responsible, and there are legitimate questions about cost and results. The class system and the established church, of which the monarchy is an integral part, conflict with modern ideas about equality and freedom. Once upon a time, it was sufficient for the monarch to preside over a highly stratified society. Now it is important for the monarchy to have, not just status and a stipulated constitutional role, but also a living and vital connection with the lives of ordinary people. That’s never easy, and the royals have not been well-equipped for it. Princess Diana, in contrast, was very good at connecting. That’s one reason a good many people resent what happened to her. WILLIAM AND KATE have been handed the difficult task of refurbishing the Windsor reputation. That was a sub-text of the wedding ceremony, which showcased the Church of England’s capacity for non-stop moraliz-ing. The message? Do not mess this up! If they do, this might be the last large-scale, over-the-top royal wedding we’ll ever see. People want results as well as ceremony. THE WEDDING ITSELF offered a day of beauty and glamour in a world that seems increasingly dark, changeful, and out of joint--an ancient church filled with monarchs, aristocrats, celebrities, friends, clerics, gor-geous music, and stately ceremony, followed by a fairy-tale parade to Buckingham Palace--and the already-famous double kiss! Probably no other country could bring that off. However, that’s not enough. ATTEMPTS TO CELEBRITIZE the royals have had mixed results. Modern media coverage both show-cases people and destroys them. Hardly anyone looks good after being subjected to that kind of scrutiny. The saga of Charles and Diana and Camilla was dreadful, and the bad taste lingers. A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran a picture of Charles and Camilla mobbed in their car by a collection of demonstrators. No one was hurt, but deference was distinctly lacking. WHAT PEOPLE WANT in a monarch is an effective center of unity and a role model. Inheritance isn’t the only requirement for the monarch, and it does not necessarily guarantee possession of, the throne. In 1936, Ed-ward VIII, who showed signs of an unconstitutional meddling in politics, was forced to abdicate when he would not give up divorcee Wallis Simpson. It remains unclear whether Mrs. Simpson was the cause or the occasion of his rejection. It would not be a surprise if the British become somewhat more selective about the monarch in order to keep the monarchy. What happens with that in the near future is partly up to William and Kate. God bless! P. S. Don’t you feel sorry for the Chinese company that put the wrong prince on their souvenir mugs!William Morris+
Don’t Forget to Wear Red on Pentecost - June 12!
From the Archdeacon...Mercy and Justice
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?I will, with God’s help.(Baptismal vow)
Most of the service and outreach projects churches do are acts of mercy: building or re-build-ing homes for the dispossessed, feeding the hungry, tending the sick, visiting the imprisoned. All of these are necessary and worthy acts, but, for Christians, they are only the first stage of living out our faith in the world. The second stage and the more transformative one for us and for the world is asking and responding to the deeper questions. Why are so many working people unable to own a home? Why, in the land of the super-sized, are an increasing number of people hungry and why are our Food Banks suffering cuts in support? Why does this country have such a high infant mortality rate? What access do the poor in our city have to quality, affordable, and timely health care? Why do we treat white collar criminals so differently from blue collar criminals? Why do we build more and better prisons than we do schools? Why does Louisiana incarcerate more of its population than any other state? These are tough questions to which there are no easy answers. It is hard work but easy gratification to hammer nails into a house being built or to participate in a feeding program. It is much harder work and far less gratifying to engage in the public policy discussions and debates which bring about eventual change to a more just society and a more equitable access to goods and services. To do so is to come face to face immediately with our limitations. It is to understand, like Moses, that we may glimpse the Promised Land, but will never in our lifetimes enter it. Nonetheless, we must struggle towards it and develop leaders who will carry on the struggle. Acts of charity usually make me feel good. They put me in a “one-up” position. I am serving someone else’s need. Acts of justice usually pop that bubble of protection around myself. The bubble that says that all is well both with myself and the world. The bubble that keeps uncomfortable feelings and thoughts from creeping in. When I started going to Angola several years ago, I had the impression that I was doing my Christian duty of visiting the imprisoned. And I was. But, the more I visited and got to know about the prisoners and the prison system, the more I found myself asking questions. Why are so many prisoners given such long sentences for non-violent crimes? When the access some people have to good lawyers is so limited? Why were the penalties for crack cocaine (typically used by poor blacks) so much more than those for powder cocaine (typically used by middle-class and upper-class whites)? The penalties have recently been equalized, but the sentences already imposed and being served are not being reviewed. Also, I noticed that we may say we incarcerate people for a limited period of time, but, in a practical sense, we may still be imprisoning them for life, regardless of the severity of their offense. How long does it take before someone who has paid his or her debt to society can stop being called an ex-con? How can ex-cons find jobs? These questions have no easy answers, but the point is that I am now asking them. Before I went to visit Angola, I never considered them. Now, I follow policy discussions. I think about whether it is fair or just to brand someone because of an act they committed in the past. I admit, I’m still afraid of violent offenders and I would have a hard time hiring an embezzler, but my experiences have also taught me that some murderers now are some of the most compassionate workers in the prison hospice, volunteering hours of their free time. I have met violent offenders who now mentor and protect the “new guys” on the cellblock, murderers who now have Bachelors of Divinity and lead Bible studies. My visits may not have changed any inmate, but they transformed me into someone who is more aware that we may lock up the human body, but not the human heart and spirit, that God works powerfully among those who know they really need him, and that God forgets no one, so I shouldn’t either. One of the saddest things I ever read was an essay by Wilbert Rideau on the cemetery at Angola. During his years there, the rows of white crosses bore, not the inmates’ names, but their prison numbers. Like victims of the Nazi death camps, they were numbers even in death. In the end, justice is about both identity and relationship. About identity, because that person I despise or don’t want to see is also a child of God, unique in all Creation and deserving of respect and fair treatment. About relationship, because unless I come into real contact with this hungry person, this prisoner or this someone whose education and earn-ings limit her choices about what she does and where she lives, I know nothing about their hearts, their hurts, or their gifts. Disclaimer: I visited Angola regularly for about two years. My work schedule no longer permits me to go on the days designated. I am hoping to begin going to the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women soon.~ Priscilla
Addiction Recovery Sunday - June 5Deacon Priscilla Maumus
Many people think of addicts as people who abuse alcohol or drugs, but the substance and the circumstances are not the addiction. The addiction is to the belief that we cannot do without something, that that something en-ables us to go on living and makes life better. The serpent in the Garden could be said to be the first enabler when he suggests to Eve that, if she eats of the forbidden fruit, she will become wiser and will live eternally. She eats and realizes instead her own vulnerability: she is naked and subject to suffering and death. We live in an addictive culture which promotes fear of deprivation if we don’t have what our neighbor has and the illusion of invincibility if we have more than he has. Americans are subject to many addictions in addi-tion to alcohol and drugs. We have seen an increasing number of cases of sex addiction. Shopping addiction has ruined many a credit rating and work addiction broken up many a family. Our children are in danger of being addicted to Twitter and Facebook, just as their parents may have been addicted to television or the Internet. Sunday, June 5th, has been designated Addiction Recovery Sunday. That day, Lance Armstrong, the head of the Addictions Recovery Ministry for the Diocese of Louisiana, will be doing a coffee hour class on “Addiction and the Body of Christ.” Mike Dawson and Deacon Jay Albert, who are also active in the Addiction Recovery Ministry, will be joining us for the service and coffee hour, to be available for anyone who has questions about the ministry’s activities or who might want to become involved in the ministry. We welcome them and give thanks to them for taking time out from their own parishes this Sunday to be with us.
Celebrate Your Baptism!It is good to remember one’s baptism with a special celebration or by simply saying a prayer. In an effort to help us all remember our baptism, we print a list of baptismal anniversaries monthly. Like the birthday list, our records may not be complete. If the anniversary of your baptism isn’t listed, please call the church office and let us know the date. Parents, a baptismal anniversary is a great time to celebrate with your children. Pull out pictures, their baptismal candle or towel and talk about what happened on that special day.
Our Children and Youth classes will not meet this summer as participants and leaders take a well deserved break. Classes will kick off again the Sunday after Labor Day in September.
We will offer the Coffee Hour Class following the 10 o’clock service during the summer for adults. Watch the bulletin announcements for topics. The class meets from 11:30 a.m. in the Martin Room located next to Stuart Hall.
We wish a very Happy Birthday to all those born this month. If your name isn’t listed, we don’t have your date of birth in our records. Please call the church office and we’ll be
sure to wish you a Happy Birthday next year.
Julia AllenHarlan Bush Jr.Jan CookeCaroline DodsonConnor FaganPhil FischerBetty FosterLeiland FultzEvan GreenEdwin Hoffa
Grace PeltonDiane PiretLyndsay RhodesBarbara RichmondNancy RowlandJohn SilvernailShirley SilvernailMelissa SpencerMary Ann St. JohnAiden WilsonFredrick Ziegler
Christian Yoga Mondays 5:45 p.m.
Good Shepherd AtriumTreat yourself to an hour of gentle stretching and meditation.
Please use the St. Charles office door to enter the building. For more information contact [email protected] or 895-6602.
Thursday Evening Bible Study
6:30 p.m. in the Westfeldt Room
You not need be a biblical scholar, just interested in discovery. Bring your favorite Bible and join the
exploration and fellowship. Contact: Canon Steven Roberts.
Donate non-perishable food items
Place donated items in the Red Wagon:Cereals
Baking MixesFruit Juice
Canned MeatsDried & Canned Fruit
PastaPeanut Butter
Canned VegetablesDried Beans
Instant PotatoesRice
SoupCrackers
CondimentsTeaJam
Spaghetti SauceCooking Oil
Donate paper goods Scott Toilet Paper
Solo CupsStyrofoam PlatesPlastic Silverware
Place donated items in the marked boxes at the back of the
Cathedral and the Chapel.
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Many thanks for your ongoing support of these very important community ministries!
Community Outreach ~ Making a Difference:
Coming Events at the Solomon Episcopal Conference Center
Diocesan Recovery Mixed Weekend ~ August 5-7, 2011 The Addictions Recovery Ministry (ARM) of the Episcopal Church helps recovering Christians find a home within the Church with their 27th annual weekend for women and men. ARM seeks to provide education, guidance, and support for families struggling with, or wishing to learn more about addiction. Our desire is not to be dogmatic or exclude anyone in their spiritual search, but to live out the acceptance and love taught by Jesus. The weekend begins with supper at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, August 5th and ends after the Eucharist on Sunday, August 7th about mid morning.
Diocesan Men’s and Women’s Retreat ~ September 23-25, 2011 Retreats sponsored by the Diocese of Louisiana follow the traditional model of silent, meditative retreats with it beginning on Friday, September 23, 2011 with supper at 6:30 and will go through lunch on Sunday, Sep-tember 25, 2011. During the weekend there will be several meditations. In addition, private spiritual direction sessions may be scheduled. Retreatants are free and encouraged to take full advantage of the scenic grounds of the Solomon Center for walking, meditating, meditative (quiet) fishing, reading, and relaxing. Attendance at medita-tions, voluntary spiritual direction, and all aspects of the Retreat is optional. Rooms for Personal Retreats may be available during the week and occasionally on weekends. Please feel free to call in advance for more information at 985-748-6634. To learn more or to register for these events, go to www.solomoncenter.org Solomon Episcopal Conference Center, 54296 Hwy. 445, Loranger, LA 70446
Coffee Hour Ministry
Keep up our reputation for surpassing hospitality by volunteering for Coffee Hour. Please check the sign up sheet
in Stuart Hall and grab a date before they are all gone! You can always work with a couple of friends and host together to defray the cost. Or perhaps you don’t want to provide food but you could help with setting the food out on the tables; that’s a ministry as well. For additional information/volunteer, contact Kathy Boyd, 891-1360 or [email protected].
Coffee Hour hosts for the end of April and May:Bill Soilleau, Jennifer Buckley, Marcia Molloy, Jennifer Buckley, Les and Linda Bradfield, Karla Sikaffy, Betty Foster, Alice Hopkins, Shelie Carlson, the many volunteers on Easter, Mary Koppel, Troy Buttone, and the many volunteers for the Parish Picnic.
Many thanks to all!
Third Annual Benefit Auction Benefiting Dragon Café Feeding Ministry
Friday, June 17, 20116:30 – 11:00pm
4600 St. Charles Avenue504-899-2811
Silent & Live Art Auctions, Great Food, Drinks & Music by
Chip WilsonFeaturing a special performance by
Anders Osborne
Tickets are $30.00 each or two for $50.00 and are all-inclusive.
Tickets can be purchased online at the Dragon Café page on the St. George’s Episcopal Church
website: http://www.stgeorge-nola.org/dragon-cafe
Please help us make our worship spaces even more beautiful by ordering flowers for your special dates - to memorialize (remember) or honor your loved ones.
If you would like to order flowers, you can either fill in the sign-up sheet
or call Sue Blankingship at 885-0773 or send an E-mail to
Real Presence is an alternative, contemplative twilight service for those seeking a spiritual home.Real Presence celebrates the mystery of God’s grace through worship that engages the heart, the mind and the senses.
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