Saints Alive Lent/Easter 2017

Annual Meeting

Epiphany Pageant

Children’s Choir

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Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

Tuesday February 28 - 5:30 to 7 pm

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper has been an annual event here at All Saints’ for a few years. In case you were wondering, eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday dates back to Ireland where Lent meant abstaining from eggs and dairy products. So, the practical Irish ate pancakes to use up all these goods before Ash Wednesday. In French, Mardi Gras, means Fat Tuesday and is celebrated by gorging on everything given up during Lent.

Our supper will be on Tuesday, February 28 and will be served from 5:30 to 7:00. The goodies will be served buffet style so join us when you can. Besides the “all you can eat” pancakes, John Keene will hopefully make his gluten free pancakes, as well as sausage, bacon, applesauce, other fruit toppings and a ton of good fun.

This event is put on by the Fundraising Committee. The cost will be a “free will” donation with all the proceeds going towards the mission and ministry of All Saints Cathedral. Please plan to join us for this Fat Tuesday tradition. Contact Sue Cornell if you want to help in the kitchen. Donations of syrup, applesauce, bacon and brown & serve sausages would be helpful.

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THINKING AHEAD . . .

Mark your calendar and plan to attend as many of the following events, and other events noted in this Saints Alive, as you can.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – Tuesday, February 28

Ash Wednesday – Wednesday, March 1

Stations of the Cross –

Fridays in Lent

Evensong, Sunday,

March 5

Lenten Series –

Tuesday’s starting

March 7

Parish Dinner -

Saturday, March 18

Voices of Eterna &

Milwaukee Youth

Chorale Concert –

Saturday, March 25

Palm Sunday – April 9

Maundy Thursday –

April 13

Good Friday – April 14

The Great Vigil of

Easter – April 15

Easter Sunday – April

16

Choral Scholarship

Fund Raiser Concert –

May 7th

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Stump the Dean

Dear Mr. Dean, Every year it seems like Easter is celebrated on a different day. The date of Easter seems like it varies from late March to late April. Why does this happen?

Flummoxed

Dear Flummoxed, Please don’t be flummoxed. Your observations about the date of Easter are correct. There is a wide variation in the date based on the phase of the moon and also based on which calendar is observed.

For centuries most of the world observed dates as set by the Julian calendar. This was introduced by Julius Caesar in the 45. At that time there were different calendars used all over the Roman Empire: Rome, Egypt, Syria, Persia, Palestine, etc…

The Julian calendar created a standardized calendar for the known world. It gave us the 12 months we are familiar with and created occasional “leap days” to accommodate the earth traveling around the Sun in 365 -1/4 days.

By 1583 astronomers realized these measurements were not quite accurate. Pope Gregory ordered a “reset” of the calendar. That became the Gregorian calendar of Catholic Christendom and is the one we still use to this today. However, some non-Catholic countries, especially those where the Eastern Orthodox Church was the established church, refused to accept the new calendar. For almost 500 years there were two principal calendars used through the world.

So, back to Easter. The date of Easter is basically linked to the date of the Jewish feast of the Passover.

The date of Passover, the night when the Jewish people remember being led from slavery in Egypt by Moses, is set according to a lunar calendar. Passover is celebrated on the night of the first full moon following the spring equinox which we mark on March 21.

In 1583 the Roman Catholic Church started using March 21 as the official date of the equinox. In the western church Easter is always celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon, after the spring equinox. That means Easter can occur anywhere between March 22 and April 25. There are tables on pages 882 - 885 in the Book of Common Prayer used to determine the date of Easter.

This date of Easter also determines other key feast days on our calendar such as Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, the Feast of the Ascension and the Feast of Pentecost. By 1924 every government world-wide accepted the Gregorian calendar as its official calendar. However, the Eastern Orthodox churches in those remaining countries did not. Since there is a variation in the two calendars, occasionally Easter is celebrated on different days. They have often landed a month apart.

In the past decade there have been high-level conversations between the Vatican, The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Worldwide Lutheran Federation and the Anglican Communion to come to an agreement on a common date for Easter. At the end of the day the talks have as much to do about the relationships between all these bodies as it does about the actual calculations.

In the meantime we echo Jesus’ prayer that someday we all may be one as He and the Father are one.

Probably more than you wanted to know. Sincerely, The Dean

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The Milwaukee Children’s Choir Partners with Motown Legends, The Four Tops, for Special Milwaukee Performance

The Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Wisconsin’s premier, audition-based youth ensemble, announced a special partnership with the legendary Motown music band and quartet, The Four Tops. The live concert will take place on Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 pm at The Pabst Theater in Milwaukee (144 E. Wells Street).

In this performance, The Milwaukee Children’s Choir will present their classically trained voices combined with the Motown sound that The Four Tops helped to shape and define. “Milwaukee Children's Choir is thrilled to welcome the Four Tops to our community. This will be the first performance of its kind for the Children's Choir. As artistic director, I am thrilled to be able to help launch the Children's Choir in a new direction by creating this major concert experience for our students. Furthermore, I am ecstatic to invite Milwaukee school children to hear and see the Four Tops perform in a private performance free of charge. The children will be able to ask questions and hear this amazing group of musicians perform,” said Milwaukee Children’s Choir conductor, Marco Antonio Melendez.

The four Milwaukee schools that will be attending this concert free of charge include ALBA, Burbank, Bethune and Fernwood Montessori.

The Four Tops is an American music band that made its debut in 1954. They are said to be pioneers in the creation of the recognized Motown sound. The group spent years singing jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary and even hard rock. Their first Motown success, “Baby I Need Your Loving” in 1964, made them stars. By 1990, with 24 Top 40 pop hits to their credit, the Four Tops were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Today, they continue to be a hit in concert. Some of their biggest, most successful hits include songs of the likes of “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “I Can Not Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch),” both of which reached the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at the time of their release.

“We are honored to take the stage with such a legendary group of singers,” said Melendez. “Milwaukee Children's Choir choristers are trained to sing in a variety of musical styles. Blending together the youthful sounds of our Choir with the ever beloved harmonic sororities of the Four Tops will undoubtedly leave audiences wanting more."

Ticket prices start at $49.95 and are available for purchase online or at the Pabst Theater Box office.

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COME PRAY WITH US

Centering Prayer

At St John’s Tuesday Evenings at 7 p.m.

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Bible Study

At St John’s. Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m.

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Bulletin Insert

In the bulletin each Sunday, the insert lists the Intercessory Prayers for the week. Please

remember to take it home and use it in your daily prayers.

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Join the Prayer Chain

We can never pray too much. And we can never have too many people on our Prayer Chain, to receive requests to

prayer in times of illness, surgery, death, or whatever

cause via e-mail or phone call. If you would like to be added to the list, contact the parish

office (414-271-7719; administrator@ascathedral.org)

with your name, telephone number, and e-mail address,

and state whether you prefer to receive requests by phone

(from Walter Barnes) or email.

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Cathedral Project Update

In the fall of 2016 the Chapter, Cathedral Corporation, the Bishop and the Dean began a collaborative effort to closely examine the mission and ministry of the cathedral. This work is being done in partnership with the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF). The group is looking at the role of the cathedral in the past, what the present ministries are, and looking ahead into the near future. The group will be speaking with members of the parish, diocesan entities and community groups to see how All Saints Cathedral can best serve its constituents. The role of the cathedral is more complex than a conventional parish. In addition to being home to a congregation, it also serves as the mother church of the diocese, the home to the Bishop of Milwaukee and it also has a role in the life of the wider community. The cathedral is a focal point for the diocese during Christmas, Holy Week and Easter, as well as being the venue for ordinations and regional confirmations. It also functions as a gathering place for the community for events such as the prayer service in the wake of the shootings in Orlando. The project has three phases: · Discern ways for the cathedral to be more central to the life of the diocese and the community. · Look at the programs and physical plant needs to provide for future ministries. · Develop a financial strategy to accomplish them. Letters will go out to the parish in February inviting the input of our members. The group will solicit input from various ministries and committees. It will also be meeting with local community groups and institutions to assess how the cathedral might be of service to the wider community. Please watch for more information and keep the leadership of the cathedral in your prayers as they undertake this important work.

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Singles Ministry Thanksgiving Day Dinner

On Thanksgiving Day, ten All Saints' parishioners and their family members came together and shared our first Thanksgiving Day Dinner in the Guild Hall, which was sponsored by the Singles Ministry. Although each person signed up to bring a dish, everyone brought much more food, so we had a veritable feast. We all congregated in the kitchen having wine and appetizers before the meal. Then the food was brought out, and we had so much that everyone took generous leftovers home. We had seven pies to enjoy, even though there were only four on the sign-up sheet! The Dean donated a 22-pound turkey. When I arrived early to

put the turkey in the oven, I must admit that I freaked out when I saw the size of it! But it roasted perfectly and John Keene had the honor of carving it for us.

The idea for this was generated over a year ago. When I realized that there were a lot of singles at All Saints' who might have nowhere to go for the holiday, I proposed the idea to the Dean who was quite enthusiastic about it. It turned out to be such a success that it is hoped to be an All Saints' tradition in years to come. A good time was had by all, and we were blessed to have each other to celebrate with.

~Melissa Bratkovich

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Baby, It’s Cold in the Cathedral

There weren't exactly penguins in the pews, but when Dean Kevin Carroll walked into the Cathedral narthex Sunday morning in time for the 8 am Eucharist, it wasn't the usual early morning chill. It was COLD.

It was January 8, a very cold day and somewhere around 20 degrees outside. But downtown buildings use city-generated steam and should be toasty warm. In our church, the steam passes through that scary old monster in the basement, then is condensed through various valves and registers into the church itself, the offices and the guild hall. (The monster is actually a former coal-burning boiler sitting on its dirt floor between the two basement wings.)

On Sunday January 8 about half the registers in the nave were idle. The day before, Sexton John Semon had noticed the building was a bit cold. On Sunday morning it was 35 degrees. It was the day of the Epiphany pageant and the church was near-freezing. But we Episcopalians are a determined bunch, not to be deterred by Wisconsin's tricks. By service time, the Guild Hall had become a sanctuary; the serving table became an altar holding Bread and Wine - food for the soul before food for the body. Instead of a High Altar, windows looked out on the apartment building behind - and just incidentally our glorious, damaged Tiffany window.

The children had to forego using their painted stage set and had missed their planned rehearsal, but presented the message of Epiphany clearly. The choir and the old, untuned piano at the back led hymns, while Canon Kucharski worried about the effects of the cold on the organ pipes.

The Dean said later, "Everyone seemed to have had a good time."

~Patricia Nakamura

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On Sunday, January 29, the Annual meeting of All Saints’

Cathedral was held following a single service at 9:30 a.m.

The meeting was called to order by The Very Rev. Kevin Carroll, 21st Dean and Rector of All Saints’ Cathedral, with the Litany for Thanksgiving Prayer.

The minutes of the Annual Meeting for the year ending December 31, 2015 were adopted with one correction.

Gary Kampe, Junior Warden and Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented the financial report for the year ending 2016 and the 2017 budget as approved by the Chapter.

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Fiscal year 2016 ended well. The parish posted a net operating income of $15,241.00, well above the $11,118.00 projected for the year. Total expenses for 2016 was held down and came in well under budget.

The 2017 budget approved by the Chapter projects a small surplus. Gary said he also expected a few more last minute pledges to come in. The budget basically held expenses to the 2016 level. Gary also gave thanks for a successful pledge campaign this year. The pledged income was up and the budget included a surplus. He also noted that the budget included a $6000 contingency line item. Also, because of market conditions, the Cathedral Corporation would not be able to make a contribution to the parish budget this year.

Senior Warden Suzanne Cornell thanked all of the volunteers who do so much for their ongoing efforts at many levels throughout the year. She also expressed her desire to run as Senior Warden for a third and final term so she could “remain in touch with what is going on.” Dean Kevin Carroll thanked Sue for her dedication and service.

The Dean expressed his excitement and optimism about the direction and future of the life of All Saints’ as a Cathedral, a Parish and a Diocese. He referred to the ongoing Cathedral Project and the dedication and commitment that the participants in the project have put forth thus far. The project is looking at the mission and ministry of the cathedral, both in terms of the cathedral congregation and also in terms of connecting with the life of the community.

The Dean spoke about the rich history of the Cathedral in relation to the neighborhood and Wisconsin and how things have changed over time. He explained that the Cathedral project is important for the life of the Cathedral and our relevance as we move forward into the future. The Dean also thanked out-going members of the Chapter: Marco Melendez, Liz Raasch, Chris Reynolds and John Keene.

Fred Kaems spoke on the role and obligations of the Cathedral Corporation. He informed the congregation on how the corporation was founded and its purpose in supporting the Cathedral. The Corporation holds title to the land and the buildings. It also manages the endowment funds. The interest from these funds pay for expenses such as insurance, utilities and maintenance for the building, infrastructure and physical plant. In 2016 the copper gutters were replaced.

Lyn Morander spoke about the recent expansion of the Columbarium and the upcoming Pet Columbarium project in the garden under the Dean’s office window.

Sue Cornell was unanimously elected to another term as Senior Warden. Gary Kampe was unanimously elected to another term as Junior Warden. Larry Jaskulski and Cynthia Leigh were both elected to three-year terms on the Chapter. Mary Hinderliter was elected to a one-year term. Due to a last minute resignation, there is still one seat to fill. Jon Prill, Matt Pamperin, Mary Hinderliter and Robert Clarke were elected to serve as deputies to the Diocesan Convention. Jane Carroll and Patricia Nakamura were elected to serve as alternates.

The Dean ended the meeting by presenting the Fred Wieman Lifetime Service Award to Mariana Keene and Lois Wirth.

The meeting was adjourned with a closing blessing by Dean Kevin Carroll.

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SAINTLY READERS PLAN AN INTERESTING YEAR

The Saintly Readers, All Saints’ women’s book group, will be delving into a very diverse selection of books in 2017. The group meets at 10 am in the Conference Room on the third Saturday of each month (except December when there is no meeting), although the April meeting this year falls on the fourth Saturday because of Holy Saturday. Here is the schedule for the upcoming months along with comments from amazon.com:

February 18: Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery; moderator Chris Reynolds; hostess Sue Cornell. “Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, sixty-seven-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail.”

March 18: The Great Reckoning by Louise Penny; moderator Carol Ketter; hostess Cynthia Leigh. This is the latest of Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series: “When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes. Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets.”

April 22: A Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman; moderator Miriam Stauff; hostess Pat Nakamura. “The Marriage of Opposites is a beautifully atmospheric work of historical fiction set in the 19th century on the tropical island of St. Thomas where the reader learns about the life of Rachel Pomie, who later becomes known as the mother of the famous painter Camille Pissarro, the father of Impressionism. Hoffman shines in her exceptional account of Rachel’s life from childhood through her adulthood, from a young girl dreaming of Paris, to an arranged marriage, through widowhood, and finding true love in Frédérick.”

May 20: Miss Jane by Brad Watson; moderator Robin Coffman; hostess Miriam Stauff. “Astonishing prose brings to life a forgotten woman and a lost world in a strange and bittersweet Southern pastoral. Drawing on the story of his own great-aunt, Watson explores the life of Miss Jane Chisolm, born in rural, early-twentieth-century Mississippi with a genital birth defect that would stand in the way of the central "uses" for a woman in that time and place: sex and marriage. From the highly erotic world of nature around her to the hard tactile labor of farm life, from the country doctor who befriends her to the boy who loved but was forced to leave her, Miss Jane Chisolm and her world are anything but barren.”

June 17: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen; moderator Melissa Bratkovich; hostess Chris Reynolds. “A hilarious and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis. Written with wry humor and huge personality—and tackling faith, love, family, and aging—Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing, certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead.

The book list is posted on the bulletin board outside of the Library.

The group welcomes new readers. Come and join us – even if you haven’t read the book.

~Miriam Stauff

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Committee Chair Meeting – Tuesday February 21 at 6:30 in the Guild Hall

It has been at least two years since the chairs of all the assorted committees here at the Cathedral have met as a group. The Wardens, Dean and Chapter have set a goal of improving communication within the congregation. Hopefully this meeting will give a clearer picture of mission and membership of all the committees at work, making our spiritual home such a special place. Membership in some committees has dwindled, so we are planning a Time and Talent Fair in the future to advertise what work each group does and hopefully get some new members to join. This event will be discussed at the meeting. Every committee or group should plan on having the Chair or a representative attend the meeting. Coffee, tea and dessert will be served. Please talk to the Dean or Sue if you have any questions about the meeting or who should attend.

~Suzanne Cornell, Senior Warden

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Sunday March 5th Evensong 4 pm

Our annual Evensong with the Chapel Choir of Nashotah House will take place on March 5th at 4 pm. Those attending will have the opportunity to hear yet another accomplished organist, Mr. David Demirbilek, our seminarian, who will take part in the organ prelude at 3:30 pm. This Evensong is the first of many events in celebration of the 175th anniversary of Nashotah House and its association with the Diocese of Milwaukee. Faculty and students will attend and join in singing “The Seminary Hymn” at the end of the service. A festive reception will follow.

~Canon Kucharski

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LENTEN SERIES: BACH’S PASSION ORATORIOS

TUESDAY EVENINGS

Please join us on Tuesdays evenings during Lent for worship, fellowship and enlightening instruction. Please note the change to Tuesday evenings.

The Rev. Dr. Daniel Westberg, Professor of Moral and Ethical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary present a series on the Passiontide music of J.S. Bach.

Each week’s lesson will delve into background and analysis of the biblical narratives which provide the framework for Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion oratorios.

The evenings begin with Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm. A potluck supper is at 6:00 pm. The program from 6:45 to 8:00 pm. All portions of the evening are open to the public. Please bring a dish to share.

Tuesday, March 7 The Passion in drama before Bach Tuesday, March 14 Theology and Music in the time of Bach Tuesday, March 21 Bach’s St. John’s Passion Tuesday, March 28 St. Matthew’s Passion (Part 1) Tuesday, April 4 St. Matthew’s Passion (Part 2)

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Parish Dinner – Saturday March 18

Last year we held a “Spaghetti for Heart” dinner and raised money for a defibrillator. It was so much fun, the fundraising committee decided to plan another parish dinner on Saturday, March 18. Details like price, menu and theme are still to be worked out, so watch for announcements in the bulletin about planning and eventually ticket sales.

This event is organized by the fundraising committee, but a separate planning committee just for this dinner will be formed. Anyone interested in adding their ideas should come to the planning meeting after the 10 am service on Sunday, February 26. Although the money raised will go towards the 2017 budget, the real purpose of the dinner is to give all a reason to socialize together, get out and celebrate the coming of spring. Mark your calendars to save the date.

To add another note about the defibrillator, David Reber’s lodge is giving us the additional funds to get the device and training. Those details are still in the works. If you are interested in the training, please talk to the Dean.

~Suzanne Cornell

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Voices of Eterna & Milwaukee Youth Chorale

Announces New Concert Performance - Musica Sacra II: Requiem Saturday, March 25, 2017

The Voices of Eterna, Wisconsin’s premier treble choir, and Milwaukee Youth Chorale

proudly announce a new Spring performance, Musica Sacra II: Requiem, taking place on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 7 p.m. at the School Sisters of St. Francis – St. Joseph’s Chapel located at 1515 South Layton Blvd. in Milwaukee.

A continuation of Musica Sacra I that was performed in October, the Voices of Eterna and the Milwaukee Youth Chorale will join together to present Musica Sacra II or “Sacred Music." The performance will feature Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, one of the most well-known choral sequence hymns for treble voices, and English composer John Rutter's "Requiem." This Lententide performance of the Stabat Mater, a 13th Century hymn to Mary which portrays her suffering during the crucifixion of Jesus, and Requiem, or "Mass of the Dead," will be accompanied by orchestra and conducted by Marco Antonio Melendez, artistic director of Voices of Eterna and Milwaukee Youth Chorale.

“This is a stunning set of music during the very special season of Lent,” said conductor Marco Antonio Melendez. “This music is widely performed, yet it has still stood the test of time and we look forward to re-introducing the emotional and traditional music to our audience.”

Tickets for Musica Sacra II can be purchased at www.VoicesofEterna.com. Seating is sectioned into premium and general with prices ranging from $9 (for students) - $25 (for premium adult seating). Premium seating is a closer section to the stage and a general ticket is for surrounding sections. Special ticket prices are also available for seniors aged 65+. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.VoicesofEterna.com or call 414-221-7040.

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Sunday May 7th Scholarship Fundraiser at 3 pm

This year our fundraiser program promises to be particularly unique. Choral scholars will be featured in a contemporary adaptation of a liturgical drama composed by our Canon Precentor for this occasion, “The Sepulcher – A Liturgical Easter Play”.

The simple dialogue below was originally sung between cantor and choir before the gospel on Easter Sunday. In English Benedictine monasteries, members of the monastic choir began to take on the roles of the Three Marys and the Angel, resulting in a dramatization of the resurrection account.

Angel: Quem quaeritis, O Christicolae? Whom do you seek, O followers of Christ? Three Marys: Jesum Nazarenum crucifixum. The crucified, Jesus of Nazareth. Angel: Non est hic; surrecit, sicut praedixerat. He is not here; he is risen as he foretold. Three Marys: Alleluia!

Expanded and increasingly elaborate adaptations of this text appeared in England and on the continent from the 10th through the 15th century. Many of the continental versions include non-biblical scenes and texts. Manuscripts for the Benedictine and Maastricht versions contain instructions (rubrics) for the texts, scenes, vesture, and movement, all meticulously detailed in Latin.

As a student attending the RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) in 1984, I had the pleasure of seeing the Benedictine version performed in Winchester Cathedral as part of the Southern Cathedrals Festival; it was a magnificent performance. Sitting in a darkened cathedral as old as the play itself, and with the entire play sung in Latin to simple plainsong, one felt as if one had

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traveled back to the Medieval period. The Easter Play (Visitatio Sepulchri) continues to be periodically presented in all its ancient splendor.

The version I assembled draws its structure from two Medieval sources: the 10th century Benedictine Regularis Concordia and a 12th century Dutch (Maastricht) adaptation. The scenes, characters, and liturgical symbolism have been carefully retained. What makes it contemporary? The texts have been translated into English by Choral Scholar Margot Armbruster. Apart from two ancient chants, all music is newly composed for the English texts. The pipe organ is used to its full potential. Women will sing the roles of the Three Marys.

Plan on joining us for this very special event. Our cathedral may not be as old or as big as Winchester, but it will be a beautiful setting for what I hope will be a moving celebration of the resurrection and another successful fundraiser.

~Canon Kucharski

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Best of Eterna

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Choral Services at the Cathedral

10:00 a.m. Sung Eucharist every Sunday through June 4,

2017

Wednesday, March 1st 7:00 p.m. Choral Eucharist for Ash

Wednesday

Sunday, March 5th

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong for Lent I, with Organ Prelude 3:30 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir and the Chapel Choir of Nashotah House Seminary

Maundy Thursday, April 13th 7:00 p.m. Choral Eucharist

Good Friday, April 14th 12:30 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy

Sunday, May 7th 3:00 p.m. Choral Scholarship Fund Raiser

Concert

Thursday, May 5th 7:00 p.m. Choral Eucharist for Ascension Day

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Lenten Schedule

Ash Wednesday, March 1

12:30 Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion

7:00 Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion, with the Cathedral Choir

Palm Sunday, April 9

8:00 am Palm Sunday Liturgy- said service

10:00 am Palm Sunday Liturgy and procession, with the Cathedral Choir

Maundy Thursday, April 13

7:00 pm Maundy Thursday Liturgy with the Cathedral Choir

Good Friday, April 14

12:30 pm Solemn Liturgy with the Cathedral Choir

4:00 pm Service for the young and young at heart

Holy Saturday, April 15

9:00 am Liturgy for Holy Saturday

The Great Vigil of Easter, April 15

7:00 pm Lighting of the new fire and Vigil Liturgy

Easter Sunday, April 16

8:00 am Holy Communion with hymns

10:00 am Holy Communion with the Cathedral Choir

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1st Quarter Outreach Project Haiti Project - Sanitation Needs

The outreach committee has chosen a sanitation project in Jeannette, Haiti as it’s 1st Quarter project.

The Haiti Project is working with a local engineer and local laborers to design and build/remodel the sanitation facilities at the school. The pre-school students will have their own

bathroom and the primary and upper school students will have a redesigned sanitation area.

Our goal is to help the Haiti project towards their goal of raising $3000 to complete the project. See photo’s and an info board in the Guild Hall. Please make contribution checks out to ASC and put Outreach Project in the memo line.

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Virginia Cameron and ASC Nursery

Virginia Cameron has a comfy rocking chair, toys to play with, dolls to cuddle. She has a bright, colorful room. She has a lovely crib/playpen that had been donated to the rummage sale. "I was really happy for the baby bed. We needed it!" Then. Now all she lacks are the kids!

Fifteen years ago Suzanne Talmage and Arlene Luchsinger convinced Virginia to come to the Cathedral and care for the children while their parents attended Mass. They met at the Women's Club where Virginia was checking coats. She's also worked in food service and in home health care.

The childcare space has moved around the building a bit. From its present home in the volunteers' room it migrated for a time to the south end of the Guild Hall.

You won't really hear the accent, but Virginia lived for 3 years in Dothan, Alabama. She's attended a Methodist church "for the kids." She lives within walking distance from the Cathedral, and she does sometimes walk to work - though not in this weather.

Virginia's involved in music is as a guitarist - the guitar was a gift from her son Ray - and as a singer she is with the choral group Ethnitricity.

At times the "nursery" has had as many as 15 children, from a few weeks’ age to 12 years old. Now many parents want their children to attend services with them. This is a good thing, of course. And often the kids come by to visit after the service. But sometimes, Ms. Virginia would love to have a roomful of kids again!

~Patricia Nakamura

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Indigent Burial Ministry

No one should be buried alone.

This was Mother Debra Trakel’s explanation for the Indigent Burial Ministry, which she began in 2004 as rector of St James’ Church on Wisconsin Avenue. Many who die without family or church are buried by the county without ritual or prayer. But now Jill Littlefield, who has taken charge of the ministry, receives a call from the Peace of Mind Funeral Home. She immediately e-mails her 85-plus volunteers and, usually with very short notice, anywhere from two to 20 people come to one of two Southside cemeteries to take part in a brief prayer service. Usually Deacon Ned Howe officiates with text from the Book of Common Prayer’s burial rite

for the Consecration of the Grave and Committal. Someone lays a rose on the casket before it is lowered into the grave. Cemetery workers stand by quietly for the 10 minutes of prayer.

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Volunteers come from St. James’, All Saints’ Cathedral, Trinity Wauwatosa, St. Boniface Mequon and sometimes Gesu Church; some are from no church.

This year Jill reports 4 women and 12 men, ages 50 to 85, have been remembered. Occasionally the deceased is a child; the little white casket is heartrending. A plaque in St. James’ lists all, sometimes with no information. Very rarely, a family member has been present.

More volunteers are always needed. Somehow, the “tender and loving ministry” is not depressing. Another person has not been alone.

“Rest eternal grant to ___, O Lord. And let light perpetual shine upon ___.”

~Patricia Nakamura

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SHERMAN PARK ACTION NETWORK (SPAN) Common Ground Update

The Sherman Park Action Network (SPAN) meets monthly and work has been concentrated in two projects: improvement of the Center Street Corridor and Washington High School outdoor athletic facilities. Blocks in crisis have been identified and neighborhood groups are at work. Conversations with the owner of one café, where late hour noise and neighborhood parking issues have been problems, have been helpful. The former long-vacant synagogue at 5324 W Center has been purchased by Invisible Reality Ministries. This and St. Catherine’s put two solid Common Ground member organizations at the ends of the area of primary focus. Meetings have centered on the condition of individual buildings (vacant and otherwise), safety issues, parking and the types of new businesses needed in the area. Some examples suggested are: children’s thrift shop, restaurant, coffee shop. We would welcome suggestions from parish members who live in Sherman Park.

Some discussions are taking place with potential business investors who are interested in the area.

A subgroup has been working on the athletic needs of Washington High School. Major potential donors who are particularly interested in or are graduates of Washington High School have been identified and other relevant people in the school system and community have been involved.

Milwaukee Rising reports that 80 houses have now been rehabbed and there are some vacant for sale. All are in beautiful condition with new kitchens, furnaces etc.. The homes need to be owner occupied for at least 5 years.

If you are interested in participating in these efforts, do come to the monthly meetings and contribute your ideas and energy. For further information, see Ana Branderhorst, Mike McElwee or myself.

~Mariana Keene

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Thank You

Book Sale funds for Newala

Dear Neil Naamini hujambo. ( In faith I think you are well) You ask us to use 500 dollars for children food, so we choose one school for children with different health problem and we bought different things for them like flour for ugali, beans, juice, biscuits, cooking oil, rice, sugar.

Sr Debora CMM

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Please note that the albino lad is receiving suntan lotion as a prescription from the hospital... as well as a big brimmed hat.

~Neil Radtke

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Adult Formation – Spring 2017

Sunday, February 26 Theology in Modern Anglican Life:

A continuing series highlighting the lives of contemporary theological figures based on his book, The Anglican Imagination: Portraits and Sketches of Modern Anglican Theologians The Rev. Dr. Robert Slocum Priest Associate, All Saints’ Cathedral, Milwaukee St. Catherine’s College, St. Catherine, KY Adjunct Professor of graduate level Philosophy & Religious Study

Sunday, March 5

The Psalms Why the Psalms are central to the Daily Offices and the Holy Eucharist from a historical and liturgical perspective—including how we use plainsong and Anglican chant during our services. Mr. Joseph Kucharski, Canon Precentor of the Diocese of Milwaukee Director Music, All Saints’ Cathedral Professor of Church Music (Retired), Nashotah House Theological Seminary

Sunday March 12 and Sunday March 19

The Cathedral Project is a joint initiative of the Bishop of Milwaukee, the Dean of All Saints’ Cathedral, the Cathedral Chapter and the Cathedral Corporation. This project is examining current and potential the mission and ministry of All Saints’ as it relates to the Diocese of Milwaukee and to the Greater Milwaukee communities. You are invited to join members of the Chapter and Corporation as they solicit input as to the current experience here at All Saints’ and any ideas people have as the Cathedral mover forward into its next 150 years.

Sunday, March 26 Theology in Modern Anglican Life:

A continuing series highlighting the lives of contemporary theological figures based on his book, The Anglican Imagination: Portraits and Sketches of Modern Anglican Theologians The Rev. Dr. Robert Slocum Priest Associate, All Saints’ Cathedral, Milwaukee St. Catherine’s College, St. Catherine, KY Adjunct Professor of graduate level Philosophy & Religious Study

Sunday, April 2 “The Sacrifice of the Word: The Use of the Epistle to the

Hebrews in the Roman Canon” This is the working title of the doctoral dissertation of the Rev. Matthew Olver, a priest assistant here at All Saints’. Father Olver will discuss his work. The Rev. Matthew Olver, Associate Professor of Liturgics at Nashotah House Theological Seminary Ph.D. Candidate, Marquette University

Sunday April 9 – Palm Sunday

No Adult Ed.

Sunday, April 16 – Easter Sunday No Adult Ed.

Sunday, April 23

An Ecumenical Experience in Rome Christopher Wells will speak about his experience while attending lectures and worship to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Anglican Center last fall. Christopher Wells, Ph.D. Theology-Notre Dame Executive Director of the Living Church

Sunday, April 30

Theology in Modern Anglican Life: A continuing series highlighting the lives of contemporary theological figures based on his book, The Anglican Imagination: Portraits and Sketches of Modern Anglican Theologians The Rev. Dr. Robert Slocum Priest Associate, All Saints’ Cathedral, Milwaukee St. Catherine’s College, St. Catherine, KY Adjunct Professor of graduate level Philosophy & Religious Study

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

We offer thanks to God for the following celebrations of life, love, and commitment, and ask His continued blessings on these people. (Note: all dates are birthdays unless otherwise designated).

MARCH

1 Walter Chitwood

2 Patricia Gensemer

4 Alec Kopitzke

5 Anne Iding

6 Molly Morgan, Bob Duket

8 Elizabeth Soden

10 Sarah Richardson

11 Elizabeth Bradley, Matthew Pamperin

12 Samuel Waring

14 Carol Ketter , Nicholas Waring

16 Lee Klugiewicz, Fr. Fred Himmerich (Ordination to the Diaconate 1962)

17 Marshall Pepper

18 Jack Kallman, Larry Wheelock

22 Marco Melendez

25 Walter Matthys

29 Ana Branderhorst, David & Polly Reber (wedding)

30 Gabrielle Tesfaye

31 Joe Nelson

APRIL

1 Gary Kampe 3 Martin Geffen

4 Daniel Tesfaye, Audrey Thomas

6 Marcia Brooks

7 Jeffrey Erdmann

9 Nola Callen, Henri Carignan

12 Joseph Kucharski, Charles Carignan

14 Dan Rosin

17 Cathy Zibart

Lois & William Wirth (wedding)

18 Connie Matzat

22 Mike McElwee, Katherine Morgan

Pat & Bob Nakamura (wedding)

28 Pat Nakamura, Jeff Waring

Fr. Tom Ackerman (Ordination to the Dioconate)

29 Sallie Pettit, Allan Iding

MAY

2 Elizabeth Raasch, Amy Hudson

3 Nathan Davila

Hal & Mary Hinderliter (wedding)

4 William Wirth

5 Solomon Rader

6 Mary Kaems, Barbara Klauber, Hal Hinderliter, Maurice Shirley

7 David Seitz

9 Joseph Davila

10 Bill Lau 11 Lorraine Masline 14 John Keene, Haven Braderhorst 15 Bruce Bauer, Dean Kevin Carroll 17 Jennifer Taylor 20 Mary Anderson 21 Roger Stephens 26 Ned Turner 28 Harrison Taylor Jr, Julie Hermanny 29 Pat Shirley, Shirley LaFleur 30 David Herrmann 31 Dick Bradley

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Sunday Eucharists

Said Eucharist 8:00 a.m.

Choral Eucharist 10:00 a.m.

Weekday Eucharists

Tuesday 12:15 p.m.

Thursday 5:30 p.m.

Saturday 9:30 a.m.

Holidays 9:30 a.m.

Centering Prayer at St John’s

Tuesdays 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study at St John’s

Tuesdays (1st & 3rd) 6:00 p.m.

Parish Staff

The Very Rev. Kevin C. Carroll, Dean Canon Joseph Kucharski, Precentor Mr. Tedd L. King, Sub-Organist Ms. Beth Engel, Office Manager Mr. John Semon, Sexton

Assisting Clergy

The Rev. Canon Fred Himmerich

The Rev. Michael Parks

The Rev. Thomas Ackerman

The Rev. Matthew Olver

The Rev. Deacon Kevin Stewart

Parish Officers

Ms. Suzanne Cornell, Senior Warden

Mr. Gary Kampe, Junior Warden