“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die…” In addition, we will host, with the St. Dustan’s College of Sacred Music, a workshop for Diocesan Organists and Choirmasters and an All-Diocesan Hymn-Sing on the weekend of September 19-20. This event will feature Dr. Gerre Hancock, a most renowned musician in the Episcopal Church today. You don’t want to miss the Hymn-Sing. It will be remarkable. Our Worship Life John 1
1 September Edition , 2009 Pentecost Our Worship Life Sundays Holy Eucharist 8:30 AM, Rite 1 10:30 AM, Rite 2 Church School Classes meet at 10:30 AM Wednesday 12:10 PM, Holy Eucharist T h e N e w s l e t t e r o f T h e E p i s c o p a l C a t h e d r a l o f S a i n t J o h n A Word From Our Dean... Dear Cathedral Family, One of the things which always comes to mind while I’m on vacation is the place of time in my life. Do I really have time to do as I please, even on vacation? In Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, there is one of the greatest Biblical texts about time. Perhaps you know it? “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die…” It goes on to list all the things which come before us in the normal course of life. The point the writer was making, however, is that there is a wonderful rhythm to what we do. There seems to be a pattern for each of us which is God-given. It is meant to be dynamic, with brilliant moments interspersed amongst the usual incidents. It seems that we are invited to try, finite though we are, to take a look at the larger picture. So, you and I begin another season in our pilgrimage of faith here at the Cathedral. All of the usual activities will unfold: Sunday School, Choir, Weekend Warriors, the Prayer Group, Knitting Ministry, etc. In addition, we will host, with the St. Dustan’s College of Sacred Music, a workshop for Diocesan Organists and Choirmasters and an All-Diocesan Hymn-Sing on the weekend of September 19-20. This event will feature Dr. Gerre Hancock, a most renowned musician in the Episcopal Church today. You don’t want to miss the Hymn-Sing. It will be remarkable. On Sunday, September 27th, we will be welcoming members from the Church of the Epiphany, which recently has closed, to be part of our parish family. Also, we will open a photographic exhibit in Synod Hall, Downcity Hawk, which features the red-tail hawk which nests in our tower. The photographs are by Peter Green. We likewise will be calling on you as we plan for the Silent Auction for the benefit of the Food Pantry in October and the celebration of our 80th anniversary as a Cathedral, which will be held in conjunction with the Diocesan Convention on October 24. Finally, be on the lookout for a report concerning our plans for the development of the Cathedral Close. There will be a separate mailing to you on this very important matter. With every good wish and faithfully, Harry Krauss Harry Krauss Harry Krauss Harry Krauss
Dear Cathedral Family, One of the things which always comes to mind while I’m on vacation is the place of time in my life. Do I really have time to do as I please, even on vacation? In Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, there is one of the greatest Biblical texts about time. Perhaps you know it? “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die…” It goes on to list all the things which come before us in the normal course of life. The point the writer was making, however, is that there is a wonderful rhythm to what we do. There seems to be a pattern for each of us which is God-given. It is meant to be dynamic, with brilliant moments interspersed amongst the usual incidents. It seems that we are invited to try, finite though we are, to take a look at the larger picture. So, you and I begin another season in our pilgrimage of faith here at the Cathedral. All of the usual activities will unfold: Sunday School, Choir, Weekend Warriors, the Prayer Group, Knitting Ministry, etc. In addition, we will host, with the St. Dustan’s College of Sacred Music, a workshop for Diocesan Organists and Choirmasters and an All-Diocesan Hymn-Sing on the weekend of September 19-20. This event will feature Dr. Gerre Hancock, a most renowned musician in the Episcopal Church today. You don’t want to miss the Hymn-Sing. It will be remarkable. On Sunday, September 27th, we will be welcoming members from the Church of the Epiphany, which recently has closed, to be part of our parish family. Also, we will open a photographic exhibit in Synod Hall, Downcity Hawk, which features the red-tail hawk which nests in our tower. The photographs are by Peter Green. We likewise will be calling on you as we plan for the Silent Auction for the benefit of the Food Pantry in October and the celebration of our 80th anniversary as a Cathedral, which will be held in conjunction with the Diocesan Convention on October 24. Finally, be on the lookout for a report concerning our plans for the development of the Cathedral Close. There will be a separate mailing to you on this very important matter. With every good wish and faithfully,
Harry KraussHarry KraussHarry KraussHarry Krauss
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From The Deacon's Bench By The Rev. Barbara Mays-Stock
From time to time, people ask, sometimes hesitantly, exactly what the form and function of a deacon is, after all. We know what we think a deacon ought to be. I have heard all sorts of things, from, "I haven't got a clue," to "That's just a new priest, isn't it?" It is understandable, this sense of confusion that we all live in, because the national church isn't always certain what they want a deacon to be, either. But, it is getting clearer, as we move along on the road to including the deaconate in the orders of our church life. First of all, there are currently two types of deacons in the Episcopal Church. One is the Transitional Deacon, which means that this person is on the way to becoming a priest. That particular kind of deacon usually works in a church, sometimes the church that will call him/her when he/she becomes a priest. It is a kind of relationship which is often understood as a prelude to being a curate, or new priest assistant in a parish. This deacon centers his/her ministry in the parish, which means helping with the church school, adult education, sick calling or whatever pastoral duties the rector might assign. This person is "in transition" as a deacon, not intending to remain a deacon, but to become a priest. Also, this deacon is usually paid by the parish in which he/she will remain after becoming a priest. The other kind of deacon is the Vocational, Perpetual or Permanent Deacon. This is the kind of deacon who is called to ordination as a deacon, does not feel called to priesthood and understands him/herself to be a lifelong member of the Order of the Deaconate. This deacon is directly under the authority of the Bishop and the Archdeacon of the Diocese, is responsible to them and is placed in the parish to perform liturgical functions (that is, assist at the altar, proclaim the Gospel and preach the Good News.) This deacon is not paid at all, either by the parish or the diocese. What particularly distinguishes this deacon from the other is that this deacon finds the basis of his/her work in the world. We do not run the Sunday School, but may assist from time to time, as need arises or as an opportunity to share global mission and ministry with the children. We do not generally do parish calling or more priestly parish functions (except for those things mentioned above.) We try to assist the parish priest as much as possible. We do bring the world into the church by raising concerns, often out of our deaconal experiences, when we preach or in special presentations or studies. We become an icon of the world to the church, by bringing the love of Jesus out into the world in some of the most needy places, and then returning to the church to raise awareness of the needs of others. Some of the places that you will find deacons in the Diocese of Rhode Island include, but are not limited to: soup kitchens, homeless shelters, women's centers, senior citizen homes, AIDS hospices, hospitals, youth programs, Hospice Chaplaincy Programs, prisons, children's homes and counseling centers. So you see, the confusion comes from having two very different things called the same name! And, now you know the difference. The kind of deacon that you have at the Cathedral of Saint John is a Permanent, Vocational or Perpetual Deacon; we answer to all three of these names! Remember, too, that we move around the diocese at the
discretion of the Bishop and are intended to be transient (we move around a lot!) Just think about all the opportunities that The Cathedral of Saint John will have to hear about all these many and varied ministries, as you meet various deacons through the years who will have the chance to come to the Cathedral! And, as you surely recall, you have already had the chance to work with several wonderful deacons, including Ida Johnson, Betsy Lesieur, Ed Trafford and Ricky Brightman. Mark and I are very fortunate to be here, both to serve God and to travel the sacred road with you. Your sister in Christ, Deacon Barbara
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Episcopal Church Women New & Notes
Women’s Retreat With Rudy Wilson Galdonik Rudy Wilson Galdonik, speaker, humorist and author of inspirational stories published in "Teatime Stories for Women", "Stories of God's Abundance"and "Teens Can Bounce Back" will be the facilitator at the Episcopal Church Women's Retreat (replacing Ann Hood) to be held at Canonicus Conference Retreat Center at 54 Exeter Road, Exeter, RI on Friday, October 2nd (4 pm) to Saturday, October 3rd (2pm). Rudy is Contributor to "Chicken Soup for the Soul", "Healthy Living Series - Heart Disease and Improving Systems of Care, A Patient's Perspective". She is a mission leader, spending summers at a mission camp in Germany. She was widowed at age 42, left with her two children to raise; she speaks with humor about the over $40,000 worth of "stuff"in her chest as a lifelong heart patient. Her program with us is entitled"When God Says 'Go Take a Hike' - Stepping out in Faith". Cost of the retreat is $100 with a $35 deposit required by September 15. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE. For information and to make reservations, contact Elaine DaRosa - 824 Hatchery Road, N. Kingstown, RI 02852. 401-295-5758. email: BigE824 @hotmail .com.
What seemed like the shortest summer ever is pretty much over, the children are back in school, some trees are already beginning their glorious color show, and I suppose it’s time for us to adjust our focus. The upcoming months will hold good measures of both excitement and challenge for our Cathedral family. Among the challenges will be finding ways to keep the Food Pantry sufficiently funded that we can continue it’s operation. To this end, we are busy organizing a Silent Auction to be held on Friday October 2nd @7:00 p.m. There is further mention of this elsewhere in these pages. Please plan to attend and bring family and friends. I think everyone will find items of interest to them and the bidding will be lively. And among the exciting events we’ll experience will be our 80th anniversary, which we’ll celebrate in conjunction with the annual diocesan convention at a Eucharist and reception on Friday October 23rd. There will also be an Art and Craft Fair on November 21st which has attracted many of the best local artisans. Dean Krauss will soon be announcing the date of our next Town Meeting as well and I hope everyone will try to attend as there is much to discuss. And in just a few weeks the choir will return and Sunday School will be in session again. It will be good to get back to the normal rhythm of parish life. God’s Peace Leah
-Thoughts from the Senior Warden-
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Cathedral of St. John Providence, RI
Junior Warden’s Report: July/August 2009 Blessings all! The “Weekend Warriors” were back at it on Saturday, August 1st. We were getting ready for September 5th when PC Students will be here to help out during their “Day of Service”. Our plan is to get the 10-15 students to help with preparing the Portico for painting. This feels like a great opportunity to develop a relationship for the future. I expect there will be some roof repairs and rotten wood replacement involved in this project before all is said and done. Our furnace contractor Energy Efficiency has to provide one item in order to complete the application for the RI Heating System Rebate. I am expecting a $200.00 rebate for installing a more efficient boiler. Rick Boyajian is still planning to use his lift to get a close-up view of our tower roof to estimate repairs that will make it water-tight. The two quotes on the church school room damage along with the quote for asbestos removal from Yankee Fiber Control of $2975.00 and the bill for plumbing repairs went out to our insurance company in July. No return correspondence as yet. I estimate the total to effect repairs from the pipe burst to be about $15K. Roger Sherman and I took a look at the window sash that came out of the nave some time ago and agreed that it is beyond repair. Roger was kind enough to get pricing from two millwork companies to remake the sash for us. We have various prices for fabricating ranging from 2 to all 42 sash in the nave with prices running between $1600.00 to $1165.00 per sash depending on the volume of business. The pricing does not included removal, glazing, painting, and installation which we would hope to do ourselves. The “Book of Remembrances” desk with protective cover is completed and on the landing at the entrance to the Cathedral. Additionally, Winston replaced the decking on the handicap ramp near the office entrance. See you in church! Andy
REMINDER!! St. John’s Weekend Warriors
With Help From Providence College Students
will be attacking more items on “The List” 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Saturday September 5th
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Music at the Cathedral Dear Parishioners, This month, Dr. Gerre Hancock, Organist/Choirmaster Emeritus, St. Thomas, NYC and Director of Church Music Studies, University of Texas, is coming to the Cathedral to present a workshop for organist and choir director and a hymn sing, Sept. 19, 10am-12pm., and Sunday afternoon at 3pm. I hope you all put this date in your calendar and attend this very exciting event. When I lived in NYC from 1984-87, I would attend Even-song most every Sunday afternoon. Later in the 1994-95, Dr. Hancock came to Eastman School of Music where I attended his master class in improvisation. I must credit Dr. Hancock with being a major influence on my hymn playing style. Next week we will have our soloist Elizabeth Mitchell back with us and the Sunday there after, our choir. Also, WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS for the choir. If anybody is interested—just see me after the service. This year, Museum Concerts will be held in our Cathedral. Fred Jody, Director of Choral Activates, Brown University is the Artistic Director of Museum Concerts. They present a variety of musical groups from cham-ber music and oratorios to solo piano and harpsichord concerts. I am very pleased to be able to host them this year. I hope you will take advantage of these marvelous musical events. The first will be on Sunday, Novem-ber 15, 3:30-5:00 PM. The second will be on Sunday, December 13 and will be a Double Harpsichord Con-certo with Chamber Orchestra. More concerts will be announced. Last but not least, I will be performing in several places this fall, a program of organ and brass for Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Richmond VA, Oct 16, organ solo concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Di-vine, NYC, Oct. 25, 5pm, American Cathedral in Paris Nov. 15 and Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, Nov. 22nd. Brink Bush Organist & Director of Music
Save This Date! October 2, 2009
A Silent Auction with refreshments and music will take place from 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. in Synod Hall. As we enjoy a relaxing social evening together, we’ll have the opportunity to post the winning bids for a va-riety of items and/or services being offered. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Cathedral Food Pantry. All ideas, suggestions, donations, and offers of assistance will be gratefully received. Please contact Leah Nastasi (401-949-2364), Lin Costa (401-453-5401), Edie Warter (401-667-0166), or call the Cathedral office. Thank you for your support.
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The Sunday School Update
Welcome Back Sunday School!
The Sunday School of The Cathedral of St. John will re-convene on Sunday, September 20th. Miss Santana Sluss will once again be leading our children, as they learn about God and the wonderful journey of faith that they will undertake in their lives. Sunday School class begins at 10:30 AM, and all parents are asked, as much as is possible, to bring the children in as promptly as possible so that lessons make begin on time, and so that the children may get the most out of their learning experience. Snacks are served and any allergies or food issues should be brought to the attention of Santana. Parents were very responsive last year to fill in as helpers for the Sunday School and we ask for you to be willing to do that again. Our Safe Church policy requires that at least two adults be present with the children at all times. Please sign up for your time frame to help out. We anticipate a wonderful year and welcome to the children back on September 20th!
DEADLINES FOR The RECORD The Record, our parish newsletter, is published monthly and is available by email, hard copy and on the Cathedral website. If you would like to receive the Record electronically, please give your email address to our Parish Administrator, Miss Tinker or call the church office at (401) 331-4622. Please send articles to Deacon Barbara at [email protected]. The deadlines for submission to The Record are as follows:
September 23 for the October edition October 23 for the November edition
November 23 for the December edition December 19 for the January, 2010 edition
Notes of Thanks…….
** To Fr. Robert Vandereau, for being with us throughout August, and leading us in worship. ** To all the Providence College students who came to help the Weekend Warriors, working on the crown at the front door of the Cathedral. ** To all the Weekend Warriors for their constant help in the revival of our building, and in particular, a note of thanks from Deacon Barbara for the help given in the work done in the new meeting space in the office area. **To all members of the Altar Guild who kept our services running smoothly, especially throughout the summer.
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!!! SAVE THE DATES !!!
SAINT DUNSTAN’S COLLEGE SAINT DUNSTAN’S COLLEGE SAINT DUNSTAN’S COLLEGE SAINT DUNSTAN’S COLLEGE OF OF OF OF
SACRED MUSICSACRED MUSICSACRED MUSICSACRED MUSIC AND AND AND AND
THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN
PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT
DR. GERRE HANCOCK Professor of Organ and Sacred Music, The University of Texas, Austin
Organist and Master of Choristers, Emeritus, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York
A WORKSHOP FOR ORGANISTS AND CHOIR DIRECTORS
Saturday, September 19, 2009
10 AM - Noon
A DIOCESAN HYMN SING FOR CHOIRS AND PARISHIONERS
Sunday, September 20, 2009
3:00PM
Both events will be at The Cathedral of Saint John, 271 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903 For more information or to make a reservation
Please contact The Very Reverend Harry E. Krauss, Dean of the Cathedral at 401-331-4622 or Email:[email protected]
Brink Bush, Organist and Director of Music- Email:[email protected].
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A Journal of General Convention, by Bernice Belt I was privileged to be chosen as a delegate to attend the ECW Triennial meeting at the National Episcopal Convention that was held in Anaheim, CA from July 8-12. The Convention consists of the House of Deputies, made up of clergy and lay people elected by their diocese, and the House of Bishops. They discuss, debate and decide the direction and business of the Church for the coming 3 years. The ECW Triennial meeting meets at the same time and place to discuss their role and direction in the Church, it is geared mainly towards mission. All three sections met together for Eucharist at 11:30 am. What an experience it was to worship with 3,000 people, all of whom knew and said the responses and sang the hymns and service music! The services were printed in 2 languages, usually English and Spanish. It is an interesting experience to hear the service in a language you do not understand, I realized how difficult it must be for non-English speaking people to live here. One day we were asked to say the Lord's prayer in our native tongue, I found myself stopping to listen and thought it must have sounded like that at the first Pentecost. There were people signing at each service. Each service had a theme: mission, domestic poverty, MDG goals,, Creation care and several others. At the Creation Care service, there were no service bulletins, everything was displayed on screens. There were different volunteer choirs, adult and children, from the area at each service as well as the convention ubuntu volunteer choir, Father Jim Frink from our diocese was a member. The UTO Ingathering service was held on Sunday with much pageantry (but no incense), over 9,000 people attended, many tour buses arrived full of people from the Los Angeles diocesan parishes. $28,000 was collected at the offertory. The theme of the Triennial was "Grow in Grace", many of our keynote speakers referred to this in their addresses to us. The evening before the convention started, small groups of ECW members participated in a Prayer Walk, visiting the various meeting rooms throughout the convention center, asking for God's presence and wisdom over the next 10 days of activities. The days were full with business meetings, presentations, guest speakers, music, prayer and meditation times and workshops. Every day the ECW delegates received a colored card bearing the name, biography and characteristic quote of a woman of distinction-an example of those who grow in grace-each of whom encountered obstacles and overcame them. There was a ceremony honoring each state's Honored Woman, Nancy Brown was our honored women, she was nominated by her parish and chosen by our ECW Diocesan Board. She was escorted by Bishop Wolf and her rector, Jennifer Phillips. Two youth presence members spoke to the group, including Amy Esposito from St. Martin's Church, Providence. Both Nancy and Amy were featured in "The Daily", a daily publication that was printed with the previous day's events. Several affiliated groups gave reports. The Church Periodical Club gave out $33,000 in grants (RI received one). The Anglican Women's Fellowship reported that Canada now includes poverty as a category of violence. The United Thank Offering gave out $2,650,472.43 in grants this year to 63 projects, including funds for a chicken farm and school expansion in the Sudan, nets for life, projects to address violence against women and children both here and abroad, renovation of a conference center kitchen in Panama, mission exterior repairs, and youth programs. Almost all projects address one of the MDG goals. Triennial adopted the Jericho Road Housing Initiative as its project this year and has raised $70,000 so far with a goal of $110,000 towards building a home in New Orleans in Central City. We also adopt a local charity in the city where the Convention is convened, our choice was Project Dignity, which provides services for homeless families who are living in motels. We raised $1201, numerous gift cards and items like towels and children's clothing were also given. Workshops were available on aging, children, recycling, domestic violence, laughter, parliamentary procedure and several others. When there was time (not often!) we visited the Exhibit Hall where there were booths with information about our many church organizations including schools, recovery groups vestments, Seaman's Institute, vestments, handcraft items and even a Bishop's Blend coffee and tea booth. The Seaman's Institute offered yarn, knitting needles and directions for knitting seaman's hats and scarves (4 of our group took the bait), they also offered a presentation on Piracy accompanied by a free lunch (we also attended that!). Twelve days is a long stretch but we all survived, the beautiful sunshine, low humidity and temperatures in the 80's helped. We often needed long sleeves in the meeting rooms. I learned an amazing amount about our Church and it's diversity. The Ubuntu logo of the 76th General Convention was adapted from a design submitted in a contest, sponsored by the Joint Standing Committee on Planning & Arrangements. The winning design was submitted by the Rev’d Paul Fromberg, Interim Rector of St. Gregory of Nyssa Church, San Francisco, California, a member of the Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts. The Trinitarian design depicts God the Creator in the bright center, God the Son in the cross formed by the longitude and latitude lines and God the Holy Spirit, swirling around the Father and the Son. The swirl is comprised of dancing figures, male and female, with faces of many colors, who symbolize the interconnectedness of humanity. The word Ubuntu is spelled out in a font especially created for General Convention by Mel Ahlborn, President of the Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts, together with a quotation from the Gospel of John.
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A Hawkish view of Downtown Providence Sunday, April 19, 2009, from The Providence Journal By Tom Mooney, Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE — The birdman of downtown, having descended from his loft for his lunchtime ritual, nears the tail end of his walk when he spies a quarry soaring above the city skyline. “There’s a peregrine.” He peers through his second-hand camera. “Arrgh,” he groans, “never enough zoom … Here he comes.” The falcon, resembling a tiny black cross against the expanse of blue sky, glides toward Waterplace Park where Peter Green stands, neck craned, cap visor rising off his head, shutter clicking. But then the bird swerves away and Green’s chance for another avian close-up passes. Or has it? He looks down into the park’s water basin. A seagull staggers on a flat-topped buoy, 20 yards away, struggling to swallow a fat, flopping eel. It almost hurts to watch. “Oh, look!” Green says. “I’m going to run around and see if I can get a better angle.” He hustles from one side of the basin to the other, snapping pictures from both angles. Afterward, Green ea-gerly shares what his camera has snared: an amusing image of a bulging bird with seemingly second thoughts. “That was fun for me.” Green, 35, didn’t pay birds much attention growing up on Long Island or while working in Manhattan. Then the graphic Web designer moved to Providence and had a virtual face-to-beak encounter with a red-tailed hawk in Kennedy Plaza. What he saw through his view finder that snowy December day in 2007 — the eviscerated pigeon in the hawk’s bloody talons, the snowflakes settling on the hawk’s brown shoulders, its yellow, primitive eyes, was a revelation he now seeks every lunch hour to capture: portraits of wildness in the concrete heart of the city. “This is the greatest day of my life,” he wrote in an e-mail to a friend that day, attaching some of his hawk photographs. “I feel like a real photographer.” Green’s daily pursuit has made him a sort of Johnny Appleseed of Burnside Park. There are few lunch hours when he’s not out cultivating appreciation for the natural wonders going unnoticed by virtually everyone else. “It’s real nature, right here, downtown,” says Green, who runs his freelance graphic business from his down-town loft. “I don’t have to travel for a vacation for one of those once in a lifetime experiences to see a pere-grine falcon. They are right here in front of me. And the consistency [of hawk sightings] is amazing.” But sharing his enthusiasm, Green has learned, is sometimes difficult with those who consider him one more shaky character in the park. “I’ll be taking a picture of the hawk and I’ll say to someone passing by, ‘Can I show you something please?’ and they’ll say they’re too busy. They’re afraid I want to sell them some-thing.” Green has photographed red-tails and Cooper’s hawks in the park. He has shots of peregrines perched high above Kennedy Plaza in the Bank of America tower. He’s taken photos of a swan nesting in trash along the nearby riverbank, as well as an American Kestrel that came to the bird feeder at his apartment window. Many of the birds of prey are drawn to the park by the flocks of pigeons which people feed, unaware of the trap they are setting. “The hawks wait for the pigeons to all congregate,” says Green, “and then they just come down and pick one up.” Green has become such a familiar sight among the park’s homeless and bus-riders that his reputa-tion at times precedes him. One day a Cooper’s hawk attacked a pigeon in Burnside Park. “A guy saw it and I went up to him and I said, ‘Did you see that?’ and he said ‘It’s a red-tailed hawk.’ And I said ‘Actually that’s a Cooper’s hawk.’ And he said: ‘Listen, there is a photographer who comes here every day photographing the red tailed hawk and he has some exhibit up at RISD and it’s a red-tailed hawk.’ I just left it at that.” Green, who majored in anthropology at Tufts University, hasn’t had an exhibit at the Rhode Island School of Design. But his photography has garnered many compliments on his Web site (doubleagentdesign.com/hawk). And it’s provided so much gratification, that he wonders if he might have found a new career.
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He recently self-published a collection of his best red-tailed hawk photographs, a work he titled Downcity Hawk featuring one hawk whose punctual dining habits and tolerance for people allowed Green to get up close. “Because he was there so consistently I could plan out the shot ahead of time in my head,” he says. “I have flying, I have eating, I have stocking, I have swallowing, I have perched. I have all the different shots. I knew what I wanted to do was get down with the pigeons and get a shot of him diving down at them.” Green’s efforts paid off a few months ago with one of his favorite photographs. Taken as he lay on the ground, it shows a flock of stirring pigeons preparing to take off in the foreground and the attacking hawk swooping in. “It’s that challenge of getting that perfect shot that I like,” he says. Green carries his hawk book now on his lunchtime walks through the park. “When people point out the hawk I’ll say, ‘You want to see some pictures?’ At first they don’t connect that those pictures are mine. They’ll say, ‘Hopefully ” your pictures will come out like that book you have.’
Mark your calendars! On Sunday, September 27, the Cathedral will open an exhibit of the work of Peter Green. His photos of the hawk that nests in the tower of the Cathedral will be on display from September 27th through the end of October. He will also have his books available for sale. There will be a special Coffee Hour to celebrate the opening of this exciting exhibit. Be sure to mark your calendar and attend this special event!
Today’s email from God………. To: YOU Date: TODAY From: GOD Subject: YOURSELF Reference: LIFE This is God. Today, I will be handling all of your problems for you. So, have a nice day. I love you. P.S. And, remember... If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it yourself! Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. I will get to it in MY TIME. All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours.
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Introducing a Great Day of Service
The interfaith organization Beyond Our Walls is gearing up for its 5th annual Great Day of Service which will take place on Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, 2009. The day will provide an opportunity for people to come together to work side-by-side, assisting agencies and organizations in need of community service through a work project.
Online registration will begin September 1, 2009. Please visit www.greatdayofservice.com to learn more and get involved.
Worksite information will be available online when registration opens on September 1st. Everyone can participate – there’s an activity for all ages and abilities.
We look forward to seeing you on Monday October 12, 2009!
Beyond Our Walls is an interfaith organization that acts as a catalyst for change in the local community and beyond. We will connect to, support, and empower those in need and collaborate in finding solutions to lo-
cal and global issues. We are committed to working together to learn from and about one another while respecting the beliefs of all, using our faith to guide us.
Dear Cathedral Family,
In the Spring, we announced births, birthdays, graduations and weddings in the Record. This Fall, I would be happy to do that again, and if you have any announcements, please email them to me at [email protected] .
Also, if you have a college student, who might enjoy being kept in the loop of Cathedral life and activities, please send me their names and email addresses and Miss Tinker and I will make sure that they get onto the Cathedral email list. Take care, and see you in Church! Deacon Barbara
We welcome our newest members of the Household of Faith
On Sunday, September 27, we will welcome members of the Church of the Epiphany to become members of The Cathedral of St. John. We will welcome them at both Eucharists and have a special Coffee Hour after the 10:30 service. All are encouraged to attend to say hello!
Thanks to our Weekend Warriors and to Providence College
A picture’s worth a thousand words— thanks for all your help and good work!
