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SAINTS ALIVE
Cathedral Church of All Saints
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 2013
Read about the Diocesan Convention and
our new evening service inside!
at the
Congratulations to the Cathedral Choir for their beautiful performance in the
Tri-Choir Festival at St. Josaphat’s Basilica on October 27!
The beds have been put to bed! Read more on page 7
Blessing of the Animals, page 4
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Thoughts From the Dean. . .
Since the Cathedral does not have a deacon assigned to it, lay members of the
congregation have been exceptionally helpful in the distribution of Holy Communion at
the services on Sunday. This has also meant that a lay person, typically the sub-deacon,
has been distributing the consecrated hosts. Several people have told me that they were
taught that lay people could not give out the host. I would like to set that straight.
Prior to the Reformation, reception of the consecrated wine had become almost the sole
purview of the clergy. Lay people were rarely, if ever, offered the cup. In fact, most lay
people rarely received communion more than 2 or 3 times per year. This is why there is
traditionally a blessing at the end of the service. People received the blessing because they
had not received the ultimate blessing of Holy Communion.
In Rite 2 this is highlighted. Unlike Rite 1, where the blessing at the end of the service is not optional, in the Rite 2
rubrics at the end of the service, the bishop or priest “may bless the people.” The word “may” makes this
optional. This is to acknowledge that there is no greater blessing than the Holy Eucharist. Any other blessing pales in
comparison. I would never omit the blessing on Sunday morning because some people do not receive the
sacrament. During the week, I frequently omit the blessing when I know everyone has received.
The restoration of the cup to the people at Holy Communion is an important part of our Protestant legacy. The Thirty
-Nine Articles of Religion, found in the BCP on p. 867, are Archbishop Cranmer’s historic explanation of the
differences between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. They were adopted by the Episcopal
Church in 1801. Article XXX states, “The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-people; for both the parts of
the Lord’s Sacrament, by Christ’s ordinance and commandment, ought to be ministered to all [Christians] alike.”
In addition, it is the historic teaching of the universal church that when receiving Holy Communion, Christ is
sacramentally and equally present under each species. Therefore, if a person receives only one species, either the bread
or the cup, Christ is fully present and nothing is lacking.
What this means is that the minister of communion, whether lay or ordained, has nothing to do with the validity of the
sacrament. Individuals may have a personal preference, which is fine. It also does not matter whether a person
receives only bread or only wine or both. Where it does matter is if a person comes to the rail – child or adult – to
receive a blessing in lieu of communion. In our tradition, only priests or bishops may offer the church’s blessing. If
that is your intention, you need to come to a side of the communion rail where a priest is present. Or tell the
Eucharistic Minister to fetch the priest. We are always happy to oblige.
If you have any questions or need any further information about this, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Fr. Kevin
November 2013
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CATHEDRAL INSTITUTE
Thursday, November 14
Celebrate all saints’ day
At the cathedral
“Live Simply , Be Grateful”
Mariana Keene
Eucharist 5:30 p.m.
Supper 6:00 p.m.
Program 6:45 p.m.
How often do we hear people say, “I just need to simplify
(my schedule, my stuff, Christmas, or------).” We won’t find
all the answers at Cathedral Institute on November 14,
but perhaps we will be able to look at a process which will
enable us to identify some small area(s) that will free us up
a little over time. The Amish don’t have the secret.
Religious orders don’t live the simple life (there’s no such
thing). And we can’t go back to the “good old days” which
never existed.
Sunday, November 3
10 a.m. service
With Bishop Miller’s Annual visitation
and
Commissioning of Lay Ministries
(see article below)
I was helped in my journey by two special people, now
deceased. I had the privilege to be asked to critique some of
renowned theologian Henri Nouwen’s manuscripts. I was
pretty hard on him, but a deep friendship evolved and we
talked a lot about simplifying our lives. The other influential
person was Wesley Frensdorff, the Bishop of Nevada. Wes
had a spiritual depth, a very active view of the church and
ministry, and an incredible sense of humor. He showed me
that if you combine all three of those things, it helps set
priorities. My life isn’t simple, but it is more so than it could
have been. For that I am thankful.
THREE BISHOPS TO
PARTICIPATE IN
LARC RENEWAL SERVICE
Sunday, November 3
Organ Recital at 3:30 p.m.
Followed by Evensong at 4 p.m.
All Saints’ Cathedral
So join us on the 14th and come to share a little too.
Please sign up at coffee hours to help us plan.
Mariana Keene
O GIVE THANKS
On Sunday, November 3, All Saints’ Cathedral will host the
renewal of the Lutheran-Anglican-Roman Catholic
Dialogue (LARC) at an Evensong, beginning with a
memorial organ recital at 3:30 p.m. followed by the service
at 4 p.m. The three churches will be represented by their
leaders, Bishop Steven A. Miller, who will preside; Lutheran
Bishop Jeff Barrow, who will preach, and Roman Catholic
Archbishop Jerome Listecki. The sponsor of this event is
the LARC Commission.
ANNUAL JOINT
THANKSGIVING EVE
SERVICE
The Cathedral Church of All Saints
and
The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
7 p.m. Wednesday, November 27
The Cathedral Choir has been invited by those planning the
event to provide the music.
At St. John’s Cathedral
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THANKSGIVING MORNING SERVICE
All Saints’ Cathedral
9:30 a.m. Thursday, November 28
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November 2013
THE PIG IS READY
Have you made your reservation?
Spanferkle Saturday, November 2
beginning at 5 p.m.
Taking a bite out of the deficit
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS, PRAYER
MINISTRERS, & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
TO BE COMMISSIONED
As we celebrate All Saints’ Day on Sunday, November 3,
Bishop Steven Miller, during his annual episcopal visit, will
commission the Sunday School teachers, the intercessory
prayer team, and the Eucharistic ministers of All Saints’
Cathedral. These three ministries are exemplary of the
Christian life as received by the Anglican tradition.
Formation, prayer, and the sacraments are at the heart of
our faith.
The time is at hand for our Second Annual Pig Roast on
Saturday, November 2, beginning at 5 p.m. If you have not
made a reservation, please call or e-mail the parish office
immediately to make one and then pay for your tickets at
the door: 414-271-7719; [email protected].
If you come without an advance reservation, we hope to be
able to accommodate you, but we may be sold out and
would hate to have to turn anyone away.
Ana Branderhorst has agreed to help
serve as a coordinator for the Sunday
School teachers. Ana is married to
Alex, and they have three young children: Haven, Zeke, and Betsy. Ana is
an educator by vocation and currently
homeschools their children. Alex is a high school teacher.
Ana’s role will be to help with scheduling and to work with
the Dean to make sure the teachers have the resources they
need for the children’s formation program.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. There will
also be a raffle for great prizes.
5:00 p.m. :
5:30 p.m.:
Social with appetizers and cash bar
Dinner, which will include roast pork
sandwiches with numerous side dishes and
desserts provided by all of us
Come and enjoy a wonderful dinner while helping reduce
our parish deficit.
Sunday School: The Sunday School currently serves youngsters through 6th grade. They meet on Sunday mornings at
9:45 a.m. in the lower level classroom. There is no Sunday
School on the last Sunday of each month so that the teachers can attend church and families can worship together.
Suzanne Cornell
ANIMALS DULY BLESSED
Intercessory Prayer Team: When someone calls
the cathedral and asks for special prayers, those
prayer concerns are passed on to team of
people who have committed themselves to this
prayer ministry. These people have a charism
(or gift) for intercessory prayer. Some are notified by email, some by a telephone
chain. These prayers might be for something like an
upcoming surgery, illness, or accident. Sometimes people
ask for prayers for themselves and sometimes for others. This is in addition to having them added to the prayers
for the week on Sunday. Bob Clarke is the coordinator for
the Intercessory Prayer Ministry. If you would like more
information or would like to be included on the e-chain or
phone chain, contact Bob ([email protected]; 414449-8969). Contact the parish office with your prayer
requests ([email protected]; 414-271-7719).
St. Francis would have been pleased
when the sun shined brightly on
October 5 as Dean Carroll blessed
nine or so well-behaved dogs and
one shy cat, which did not leave the
safety of its cage. They were big
dogs, little dogs, and even some
in-between ones. Following the
blessing service, Dean Carroll went
over to the Cathedral’s table at the
Cathedral Square Farmers’ Market
and blessed animals there also. He
wrote on his Facebook page: “Taking
it to the streets’ Last Saturday was
the last day of the season for the
Cathedral Square Farmers’ Market.
Thanks to Jamie Reynolds and the
crew who staff our booth. It was a beautiful day to wrap up
and bless some critters at the same time. And a shout out to
our brothers and sisters at ‘the other cathedral!’ Thanks for
the conversation and coffee.”
Eucharistic Ministers: We have two different Eucharistic
ministries at All Saints’. One is the Eucharistic Ministers
(EMs). These are the people who assist with the distribution of communion in church. The others are Eucharistic
Visitors (EVs). The EVs are the folks who go out from
the Sunday service and take communion to the sick and
shut-in. Eitherof these ministries is open to any member
of the parish. Both require some minimal training. Several
people are licensed to do both.
If you would be interested in either of these ministries,
contact the Dean.
Yes, St. Francis would have been pleased with the sun,
beloved pets, and brotherhood with “the other cathedral.”
November 2013
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FROM THE TREASURER…
The next step
ADVENT LESSONS
&
CAROLS
Sunday, December 1
Greetings all,
The cooler days are upon us and so are
the beautiful colors of fall!
3:30 p.m. Organ Prelude
4 p.m. Procession and Service
Last month I shared the exciting news
that we were in fact current with all of our accounts payable. It was indeed quite an accomplishment made possible
only through the generosity of many. We have definitely
succeeded through the first step of our challenge, but the
challenge is not over. It is now time to re-direct our focus
to the next step, which is to REMAIN current with our
expenses. With only two months left in 2013, I think it is
important that we all review where we stand right now, in
order to avoid ending the year with another deficit.
With the Cathedral Choir
A Reception will follow in the Cathedral Library
In 1918 the tradition of the now-famous Festival of Nine
Lessons of Carols for Christmas Eve was begun in King’s
College Chapel, Cambridge, England. Sixteen years later a
further service was composed based upon the
pre-Reformation Advent Offices of the English Church. Its
purpose was not to celebrate Christmas, but to expect it. This
liturgy of preparation, filled with prophetic imagery in music,
texts, and movement, will be offered on Sunday, December
1, at All Saints’ Cathedral, with an organ prelude at 3:30 p.m.
and the service at 4 p.m.
Here is an overview of some primary areas budgeted for
2013 and how they fare today:
Pledge and Plate Income: 2013 budgeted amount =
$172,000; actual received = $144,762.10. Current = $27,237.90
Deficit Action Response Contribution Requested amount
for 2013 = $13,000; actual received = $9,155.00. Current
= -$3,845
In this service the readings move us from God’s promise of
salvation in the Book of Genesis to the Baptism of Christ by
John the Baptist in Mark’s Gospel. The processional journey
of the clergy and the Cathedral Choir continues from the
Narthex (representing the darkness of the world), through
the Nave (the ship of salvation), to the Baptismal Font (the
cleansing the waters of salvation), to the Chapel of St. Mary
(the spotless Rose who bore Christ), and then to the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel where Christ now dwells with us in His
Eucharistic Presence. The procession then moves to the
Chancel, the “Quire,” the architectural representation of the
choirs of angels before God’s throne. Finally, the journey
ends as the procession enters the sanctuary to stand in the
Light before God’s throne. At each stop along the journey a
lesson is read, and carols and hymns are offered in response.
Music Scholarship Fundraiser: 2013 budgeted amount =
$8,000; actual received = $7,850. Current = -$150
General Fundraising: 2013 budgeted amount = $5,000.00;
actual received = $2,395.91, which includes: Hunger Book
Sale Concessions $178, Weigh-the-Dean Fundraiser $640,
Rummage Sale $737.91, Russian Tea $840. Current = $2,604.09
We are not very far off budget, given that we still have two
months left in the year, but we must keep in mind that our
expenses are ongoing as well. Pledge and plate income is
obviously crucial to keep on target at this point. If you have
not contributed to the Deficit Action Response Request
and would like to do so, it is not too late. If you have
pledged toward "Weigh The Dean," please do not forget to
submit your check if you have not already done so. The
Dean lost 25 pounds! Also, don't forget to purchase your
tickets to our 2nd Annual Pig Roast, which is scheduled for
Saturday November 2. The Pig Roast was a huge success
last year, and is sure to be the same again this year.
Invite your friends and family to join the Cathedral in
this Advent journey.
REMEMBER:
And, as always, please stay informed. Our monthly financial
statements are available for in-depth review each month
and are posted on the bulletin board outside of the library.
I encourage everyone to review them regularly. I am available for any and all questions and/or comments relating to
parish finances. Please come and see me in the library immediately following the 10 a.m. service on the last Sunday
of every month, or you may also send me an email at
[email protected].
Our bills never take a holiday.
They just keep on coming.
Please keep your pledge current during the
summer months!
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FAQ of the Month : Can I still contribute to a fund after
the actual fundraiser event has passed?
Answer: Absolutely! As long as the fund still exists. For
example; the Music Scholarship Fundraiser Event has
passed, but you may still make a contribution to the Music
Scholarship Fund itself, which is a permanent part of our
parish. Contributions of this sort can be made at anytime.
Please make sure to clearly specify on your check where
you would like your contribution applied.
WINTER OUTREACH
For I was hungry and you fed me….
The Interchange Food Pantry at The Village Church (130
E. Juneau Avenue) serves hungry people in our neighborhood. In this season they, like we, especially need heatable
foods such as canned chili, stew, soup, hot cereal, cocoa,
vegetables, canned meats, noodles, and rice, as well as such
perennial favorites as peanut butter, jelly, and honey.
Thanks to all for your continued prayers and support,
All Saints’ collects non-perishable food items through the
year, which are brought to the altar at our Sunday services
along with our monetary gifts. Financial donations go far.
Please make checks payable to All Saints’ Cathedral with
“Food Pantry” on the notation line. See
www.interchangemilwaukee.org/pantry to learn more, or
call 414-276-4108. The pantry’s hours are Tuesdays 2-5
p.m. and Wednesdays 4-7 p.m.
Kimberly Gartrell, Cathedral Treasurer
SEWING MACHINES FOR NEWALA
Cathedral 4th Quarter Outreach Project
The women of St. Mary’s
Parish in Newala are in need of
sewing machines, and we are
prepared to help. The Outreach
Committee has designated the
Sayuni Sewing Project as the
Cathedral’s fourth-quarter
outreach project. In Newala,
clergy are often not paid, and
there is little money to fund
projects within each parish. St.
Mary’s Parish is requesting
funds
to
purchase
pedal-operated sewing machines, to be used to make goods
for sale. The proceeds from these sales will be distributed
to parishes within Newala to help fund local community
projects. St. Mary’s has estimated it will need $1,000 to
purchase four machines and some fabric. Please help with
this worthy cause. Make checks payable to All Saints’
Cathedral with “Sewing Project” on the memo line.
The gift of warmth…
Across from the parish office (under the mailboxes) and in
the church narthex are collection containers for gently used
clothing for the children at neighboring Cass Street School
(K-8) and adults through Red Door Clothes at St. James’.
For the Cass Street School children, we ask for gently used
and new school and play clothes, new underwear, new
socks, new t-shirts, shirts, jeans, pajamas, etc.
We recently received a letter from Sarah Reuter, the Cass
Street School social worker: “Thank you so much for your
generous donation of clothing to Cass Street School. Our
children, parents and staff genuinely appreciate you thinking of us. We are very thankful to have such wonderful
friends in the community. Our high needs items are: underwear and pants for boys and girls sizes 4-10 and mittens/
gloves.”
The mission of Red Door Clothes is “Clothing and Caring
for God’s People.” This joint ministry of St. James’ on the
Avenue and Trinity Church in Wauwatosa attracts volunteers from across the city, and is directed by a joint board
from the two churches. It has been open since October
2007. The “store” is located on the third floor of St. James’
and is open the first and third Saturdays of every month.
Volunteers gather for prayer, and then guests, men, women
and children, can choose from an assortment of shirts,
jeans, coats, dresses, shoes, socks, underwear and other
types of clothing offered every open store day. Donations
of clothing come from many sources: companies, such as
Jockey International; student donations, from area schools
and universities; other parishes, which bring donations to
our diocesan convention; and from parishioners and their
friends and colleagues. Grants have also been written to
fund purchases of backpacks, new socks and underwear,
children’s clothing and shelving.
Newala Tractor Project Update
Earlier in the year All Saints’ participated in a project to
repair a vitally needed tractor in Newala. Neil Radtke has
received this update from his friend, Dr. Lawi Issa:
“As I said before the tractor is ready and Bp. Miller
checked it when he came to Newala. Very soon it will be in
great need to the people i.e. collecting cashew nuts,
farming, etc. This is a very great help to our Diocese. We
thank you very much. Our Bishop is always praising you for
your very kind heart to us. I will later on send you the
photographs when the tractor is on duty.”
According to Neil, funds will always be useful for
maintenance and fuel.
Check your closets, drawers and other hiding places for
these clothing items. All will be warmly appreciated
Marcus Momon, For the Outreach Committee
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THE MITTEN TREE
BLOOMIN’ SAINTS HAVE PUT THE BEDS
TO BED
Within the next few weeks the Mitten Tree
will be up in the Guild Hall. Your
donation of hats, mittens, gloves and
scarves will help students in need stay
warm in our winter weather.
The
generosity of All Saints' Cathedral is always
appreciated by the Outreach Committee
and MPS students. If everyone donates
what they can, this year's donations could
possibly surpass the previous year.
The Bloomin’ Saints garden group is
through for the season. On October
20, we had our last big push with a call
to the parish for help with our fall
clean-up. Although the turnout was
not huge, the accomplishment of the
group was. Annuals were pulled out
(alas, still blooming, but Jack Frost
made a visit within a couple of days),
perennials were cut down (very quickly
and efficiently with David’s weapon),
leaves were raked, hoses were stowed
in the basement, and heavy pots were
transferred to storage. Thanks Bob Clarke, David Seitz,
Larry Jaskulski, and Miriam Stauff (Ed.: And, of course,
Mary and Fred Kaems). Hope we didn’t forget anyone.
THE THIRD SERVICE
On October 6, All Saints’ started a
third Sunday service, which starts at
6 p.m. The service offers a blend of
smooth contemplative music,
contemporary and modern hymns,
and a good dose of quiet time for
people to reflect and pray. After the
readings and short sermon, the
congregation gathers around the
altar for Communion.
We got off to a slow start this year but a big THANK YOU
to all who helped this year. We are planning to kick off the
2014 season with a spring clean-up in early May.
Fred and Mary Kaems, The Bloomin’ Saints
To date the service has been drawing between 20 to 30
people. Some are “ringers.” Dean Carroll asked a group of
people if they would be present for some of the initial
services so newcomers would not be faced with an empty
church. Others of the people participating are members of
the congregation who could not make it to an earlier
service, and some are people from the neighborhood.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS MEETING
On October 17, representatives from most of the
Cathedral’s many committees and ministries gathered with
Dean Carroll and several members of the Chapter to
discuss, update, and coordinate the Cathedral’s many
ministries. The dialogue was very valuable in informing
each other of the goals and work of each group and how
mutual ministry can be achieved.
We are thankful to have the musical
talent of Matthew Zebrowski. Matt
has had considerable church
experience, having been the
organist at Cardinal Stritch
University. He currently is teaching
music and drama at Thomas More
High School. He has also served as
music director for nearly a dozen area theatrical
productions, including the 2008 production of “A Cudahy
Caroler Christmas” with In Tandem Theatre, and “Sunsets
and S’mores” with American Folklore Theatre in Door
County.
This year each of the participants was sent a worksheet to
complete, looking at the coming year with an eye to
development and growth. Copies were given to each of
those attending the meeting and will be provided to all of
the Chapter members so that Chapter will be better
informed about each of the ministries and how it can
implement their work.
When Matthew is not available, we have enjoyed the
musical talents of Steve Wolffe. Steve is well known at All
Saints’, having served here as organist and music
director. He is currently the director of music at St. Mark’s
Episcopal Church, Milwaukee. Steve is well versed in jazz
as well as in classical and church music.
If you find yourself short of time on a Sunday morning, or
would simply like to experience a different way of
celebrating the Eucharist, drop in at 6 p.m. on
Sundays. Better yet, bring a friend!
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The other new recipient is our neighbor Summerfield Methodist Church. Its members held an ice cream sale during the book
sale. Feeling the need to participate in their efforts, Marshall
Pepper and I decided to treat our workers to a sundae. While
talking to the group we heard that they were starting a free meal
program for the neighborhood one night per week. It was
decided to give them $100 to put toward this new ministry.
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE GIVES
THANKS
On September 29, the 8 a.m. coffee hour was sponsored by
John Prill, who celebrated his birthday. A great array of
foods was brought in by John and very much appreciated by
all who attended.
Once again we were blessed with a generous donation of
$3,000 from a friend of the sale to add to our proceeds.
Because of this, we were able to increase the amounts to many
of the recipients and add the two new recipients. We are always
pleasantly surprised when this extra donation is given. Thank
God for friends of the Hunger Book Sale.
On October 13, the 10 a.m. coffee hour had extra treats
donated by Kathy Anderson to celebrate her birthday. Her
special deviled eggs were included in the selection. What a
great way to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and any other
occasion that is special to you. Just contact Sharon Fideler
([email protected]) to put your date on coffee hour’s
calendar. You may bring in food or make a monetary
donation for us to purchase items that you wish to have set
out on your date.
Another surprise came at clean-up. Every year we load up the
leftover books into pickup trucks and take them all over the
city: to the Salvation Army, Good Will, Milwaukee Rescue
Mission, etc. This year an ad was placed on Craig’s List for
anyone who wanted free books for a good cause. The Cara
Project from Chicago called and explained that it was an organization that provides job training for people by starting small
businesses. Its current project was landscaping, but it is now
starting an online bookstore in hopes of also building the
workers’ computer skills. Our books became the beginning of
that enterprise. Workers came with two huge trucks and boxes
and loaded up everything. They even had three workers help in
the packing. Our workers were out of church by lunchtime,
and the hall was ready for the rug cleaners.
A big thanks for everyone's willingness to help keep the
kitchen clear of unnecessary traffic so the coffee hour hosts
and hostesses can perform their duties without any
unfortunate accidents. Cutting through the kitchen to get to
the Guild Hall doesn't save enough time or steps to risk
having hot water from the tea kettle or coffee pots spilled on
someone.
Evensong Reception November 3
Bring on the Goodies
We are looking forward to our first Evensong this fall on
November 3. Hope you have a dessert in mind that you can
donate for the occasion. We are looking for a variety of pies,
bars, cookies and cakes. Some of those pies are outrageously
delicious. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Help was outstanding this year.
There were always enough
workers to work during the many
weeks of pricing. Our three “Earn
and Learn” workers were amazing
– personable, reliable, and eager
to please. The workers all are in
their teens and come through a
grant that Marshall writes each year funded by city and federal
programs and run through the Milwaukee Area Workforce
Investment Board. We could not handle the weight of the sale
with out these young men carrying the load. But when it came
time for set-up, volunteers from all over showed up to help.
There were more than 25 people helping all three days of setup. This is a record number. All slots were filled during the sale
as well. In all, there were 50 parish volunteers and 20 volunteers
from outside the parish who added to the success of this year’s
sale.
Thank you to everyone who helped in any way this year:
donating books, handing out and posting flyers, sticking mailing
labels, pricing and sorting, setting up and cleaning up, selling
books, or keeping the sale in your prayers. Marshall had
predicted that our sales might be off this year because of the
rise of electronic readers, but I guess that hasn’t hit us yet.
Sharon Fideler, Hospitality director
HUNGER BOOK SALE 2013 REPORT
What a successful year we had! Our sales
were the best since 2009 with $24,718.
After paying all the expenses and the
$2,500 paid to All Saints’, we were able to
donate $19,500 to 20 different agencies and
organizations that feed the hungry. The list
is given below.
There are two new groups in the list this
year. During the sale, one of our customers asked where the money is donated. We explained that a
committee considers possible recipients and showed her the
list from last year. She then asked how to be considered and
a request was made. It turned out that she was the executive
director of the Friedens Community Ministries as well as a
long-time patron of our sale. The group runs 3 emergency
food pantries and will be opening a fourth next year. These
pantries are in the central city and are also a neighborhood
resource. The website www.FriedensPantry.org gives much
more information. The committee decided to add the
organization to our recipients.
November 2013
Next year’s sale will open on July 31 and run through
August 5. Mark your calendars now and start saving your
books and CDs.
Suzanne Cornell, Book Sale Co-Chair
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Book Sale Recipients 2013
COMMON GROUND
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
These are the 20 donations to be made
from Book Sale proceeds.
4 free meal sites:
The Gathering
St. Ben’s Community Meal
All Saints’ Catholic Church
St. John’s Cathedral Open Door Café
On Sunday, October 20, we were pleased to have two guest
speakers active in Common Ground with us after the 10
a.m. service. Bob Connelly, a member of Gesu parish on
the Marquette campus, his wife, and the Rev. Michelle
Mooney, deacon at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, were
present with us in worship and joined us in the Guild Hall
during coffee hour.
$5.000
1,500
300
900
Michelle described how she got involved in Common
Ground and what it has meant to her. She had been active
in the Gathering Meal Program and met many who were
not homeless but had many stumbling blocks in everyday
living. She wanted to support and challenge others to do
more, to join together with people of faith to stand up to
people of power and influence. St. Mark’s extended its
efforts to make inroads in the area of healthcare and the
formation of the Healthcare Cooperative. Michelle also
mentioned Bishop Miller’s ongoing support for Common
Ground and his hope that every parish in the diocese
would become active in the organization.
8 agencies that include a food programs or
distribution:
Interchange Program
$4,000
Feeding America
200
Hunger Task Force
200
Jewish Community Pantry
200
Rescue Mission holiday meals
250
Salvation Army Summer Lunch Program
250
Friedens Community Ministries
200
Summerfield Methodist Church
100
6 local organizations with food-related costs:
Sojourner Family Peace Center
AIDS Resource Center
Repairers of the Breach
Cathedral Women’s Center
Neighborhood House
Our Next Generation Homework Club
2 charities fighting world hunger:
Ecumenical Refugee Council working
in Central America and Locally
Episcopal Relief and Development
Dean Carroll spoke of justice as the “face of love.” He said
that outreach for justice is important to parish life and
supports Common Ground as a way to show this in a nonpolitical non-partisan way. He particularly spoke of the
abhorrence of lack of healthcare access for all people; that
there is power when people gather together for a common
purpose. He sees Common Ground as a vehicle with a
proven track record for change.
$900
900
300
300
500
900
Mr. Connelly outlined the four primary areas of effort for
Common Ground volunteers at present:
$1,500
1,100
Milwaukee Rising: The foreclosure crisis in Sherman
Park and Common Ground’s successes in holding
the five major banks accountable.
Total Donated
$19,500
The creation of a Healthcare Cooperative, which is on
the Federal Exchange in Wisconsin. This makes
affordable insurance available to small businesses
and individuals who do not have insurance. This is
not a Medicare Supplement.
All Saints’ members present at the meeting to decide
recipients: Lyn Aiken, Walter Barnes, Sue Cornell, Bob
Nakamura, Marshall Pepper, Kris Polly, Liz Raasch, and
Dean Carroll.
Non-parishioners: Judy Young, Donald Ruehl, Dean
Thome, and Edith Maulson
Fair Play, the aim of which is to provide the same
quality of athletic facilities and recreational spaces
for all Milwaukee County schools.
Suburban/Rural Caucus, with its current emphasis on
transportation needs.
There was time for questions and clarification. We were
happy to have Deacon Mooney and the Connellys with us.
The Common Ground website is well worth visiting.
http://www.commongroundwi.org. Flyers and other
information are available around the church. If you have
questions, feel free to contact Fr. Carroll, Liz Raasch, Mike
McElwee, or me.
Mariana Keene
VISIT ALL SAINTS’ CATHEDRAL’S
BEAUTIFUL NEW WEBSITE:
ascathedral .org
Find lector and acolyte information here now!
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February 15:
THE SAINTLY READERS
Mornings on Horseback
10 a.m. Saturday, November 16
In the 1st Floor Conference Room
All women of the parish and their friends are invited to join
us. Even if you haven’t read the book, come and enjoy the
conversation.
The November book selection for the
Saintly Readers is Mornings on Horseback:
The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a
Vanished Way of life and the Unique Child
Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David
McCullough. Miriam Stauff will be the
moderator and Deb Reida will be the hostess. This book
won the 1982 National Book Award for Biography.
Debra Reida, Saintly Readers’ Chair
AT THE MOVIES
VERY NEAR YOU
Movie Night
Saturday, November 16
Dinner 6 p.m.
followed by Showtime
Meet Me In St. Louis
From amazon.com: “Mornings on Horseback is about the
world of the young Theodore Roosevelt. It is the story of a
remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent
and nearly fatal attacks of asthma, and his struggle to
manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context
of the very uncommon household (and rarefied social
world) in which he was raised.
You are invited to join the Movie Night
crowd on Saturday, November 16, for a
walk down memory lane with a showing
of the 1945 Vincent Minnelli’s classic Meet Me in St. Louis
starring Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien. Many critics
consider it the single finest Hollywood musical of the 20th
century. The DVD has many interesting added goodies.
“His father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, "Greatheart," a
figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and
selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. His
mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and
celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the
book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna
and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of
Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, Teddy
Roosevelt's first love. And while such disparate figures as
Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, and Senator
Roscoe Conkling play a part, it is this diverse and intensely
human assemblage of Roosevelts, all brought to vivid life,
which gives the book its remarkable power.
We will start the evening in the Guild Hall with a delicious
dinner at 6 p.m. prepared by Chef Lee. The movie will
follow in the Library at about 7 p.m. Dinner is $6; the
movie is free. Heads up from Lee: The cost of the dinner
will go up to $7 starting in January (it’s still a great deal!).
Movie Night usually takes place on the third Saturday of
the month unless there is a scheduling conflict with the
Cathedral calendar. For more information or to suggest a
movie, contact Ervin Hastings or Lee Klugiewicz.
“The book spans seventeen years -- from 1869 when little
"Teedie" is ten, to 1886 when, as a hardened "real life
cowboy," he returns from the West to pick up the pieces of
a shattered life and begin anew, a grown man, whole in
body and spirit. The story does for Teddy Roosevelt what
Sunrise at Campobello did for FDR -- reveals the inner man
through his battle against dreadful odds.
Ervin Hastings, Chair Fellowship Committee
[email protected]
CONGRATULATIONS, TONY & BETH!
“Like David McCullough's The Great Bridge, also set in New
York, this is at once an enthralling story, with all the
elements of a great novel, and a penetrating character study.
It is brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship, which does away with several old myths and breaks
entirely new ground. For the first time, for example,
Roosevelt's asthma is examined closely, drawing on information gleaned from private Roosevelt family papers and in
light of present-day knowledge of the disease and its
psychosomatic aspects.”
We extend our heartiest
congratulations to Tony
Persak and Beth Carignan,
who were united in Holy
Matrimony at All Saints’ on
October 12. They have
belonged to the Cathedral for
about a year. Joining the
celebration were Beth’s three
children, Henry, Charlie, and
Lucie.
Reading ahead
December:
NO MEETING
January 18:
Astrid and Veronica by Linda Olsson;
moderator Chris Reynolds; hostess Miriam Stauff
Blessings on all of this new
family!
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The Language of Flowers
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh;
moderator Katherine Jackson;
hostess Katherine Jackson
Missionary Church. Originally from Ohio, he graduated
from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI, with a BA in
German and Religion. His home parish is in Michigan, but
he is now a resident of Wisconsin. His interests include
church history, literature, and German. His big news is that
he and Hannah Tucker were married on October 25.
Hannah will be joining the choir in November and is an
alto.
CATHEDRAL CROP WALK
TEAM RESULTS
The Cathedral's 2013 Crop Walk
Team reports that it has raised $385
to date, as a result of pledges made
so far in support of the team's
participation in the annual event,
which was held on Sunday, October
13. That amount is a preliminary figure, and more is
expected as other pledgers come forward with promised
support. As is well known, this national group of events,
run locally by the Interfaith Conference, raises money for the operation of
food pantries and other feeding
programs. This year's team included
Mary Hinderliter and her son Ray,
Chris Reynolds, Janice Prohazka with
several of her friends, and Jack
Hughes. Titus Wamai and Kimberly
Gartrell tracked the team throughout
the event and took a number of
pictures along the route.
Kirstin Robb, a soprano, hales from Spring Grove, MN.
She began performing at a young age, starting in children’s
theatre when she was 8 years old. Performing helped to
foster a love of music. Since elementary school, she has
been actively involved in choral and solo singing. She has
performed in operas both in the United States and Austria.
Kirstin earned her BA in vocal performance and Latin
from Luther College. She is now nearing completion for
her Master’s of Music Degree from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In Milwaukee she studies voice with
Dr. Connie Haas and coaches with David Richardson of
Viterbo College. In addition to music, Kirstin enjoys
fashion shoes (specifically European), reading, morning
walks, traveling, and her dog, Penny.
Katie Wink, a soprano, has recently returned to Milwaukee
after living in Ireland for 10 years. She started her choral
career in Whitefish Bay, where she grew up. She got
addicted to the Anglican choral tradition as a Choral Fellow
at Harvard, where she was the president of the Early Music
Society. Her previous church choir was at St. Ann’s,
Dawson Street, Dublin. During her ten years in Ireland,
Katie worked as the head of programming and education at
the National Concert Hall of Ireland. While there she
completed the Archbishop’s Certificate Course in Theology
(in the joint Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough). Having
earned her AB in English and American Literature at Harvard, she went on to earn a Master’s of Philosophy in
Anglo-Irish Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. Katie is
now working as a writer. Her other loves include running
and pretzels.
Jack Hughes
WE WELCOME NEW CHORAL SCHOLARS
AND CHOIR MEMBERS
It is a wonderful problem
to have. Our choir of
talented musicians has
outgrown the pews in the
Choir section of the
church, and some must
now sit on folding chairs.
There are now 33
members of the choir,
plus Precentor Joseph
Kucharski.
Katie writes that she is “SUPER EXCITED to be in the
choir at All Saints’” and thanks everyone for making her
feel so welcome.
We have three new Choral Scholars: DJ Griffin, Stephen
Hilgendorf, and Kristin Roblet. Returning Choral Scholars
are Richard Mosely, Ezgi Saribay, and Henry Hammond;
Michel Shestak returns as the Herald and Joy King Organ
Scholar. In addition, we have two new volunteers in the
choir, Katie Wink and Hannah Hilgendorf.
We are so very blessed to have all of these young people
with us and enhancing our music experience. Please introduce yourself to them and make them all feel welcome.
Daniel Jackson (“D.J.”) Griffin, a tenor, is a junior at
Nashotah House (meaning 1st year). He is from Rockwall,
Texas, and is canonically resident in the Diocese of Dallas.
He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a
degree in Religious Studies. His interests include theology,
philosophy, history, and music.
COFFEE WITH THE DEAN
On the first Sunday of each month, following the 10 a.m.
service, visitors and those who are new to All Saints’ are
cordially invited to have coffee
with the Dean in his office.
Information about All Saints’
will be available.
The Rev. Stephen Hilgendorf, an alto, is working on his
Master’s of Divinity degree and is in the class of 2014 at
Nashotah House. He is a deacon in the Episcopal
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journey together in many spiritual ways.”
MEET OUR NEW
“DEACON-IN-RESIDENCE”
The Rev. Jacalyn Broughton
Deacon Jackie’s first Sunday at All Saints’ will be
November 10. Please introduce yourself and welcome her.
At this time the Cathedral has no deacon. Dean Carroll
believes that the Cathedral must have a deacon so that all
of the orders of ministers, bishop, priest, deacon, and laity,
are represented, especially in our worship. In addition, it is
one of the roles of the Cathedral to help train deacons.
When Dean Carroll contacted Nashotah House, he learned
about the Rev. Jacalyn (“Jackie”) Broughton, who was
raised up by her parish in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and will
be ordained to the priesthood in July 2014. After meeting
with her, Dean Carroll invited her to become our “Deaconin-Residence” until she graduates from Nashotah in May.
She will be with us two Sundays a month.
MEET OUR NEW SEMINARIAN
We welcome our new
seminarian, David Pearson, who
started at the Cathedral on
October 27. David is a middler at
Nashotah House and hales from
the Diocese of Northern
Indiana. He is married to Jen,
who is a physical therapist.
By way of introduction, Deacon Jackie has written the
following:
Prior to seminary, David worked
in electrical maintenance for United States Steel and earned
his B.A. and a certificate in business from Purdue.
“My name is Jacalyn Broughton and I
am married to William Broughton.
We have four grown children named
William, Kelley, Brienna, and Elisa.
For 28 years I worked as a Special
Education teacher in the area of
Emotional Disturbance. I retired two
years ago and worked some odd jobs
until our youngest daughter started
college this fall. This is when we
decided that I go could back to
school to study at Nashotah House
for a year of Anglican Studies leading to ordination, Godwilling.
David’s many varied interests and hobbies include computer games, painting with water, oil, and acrylic, making
jewelry, drawing, Hapkido, music, fly tying, air brushing,
woodworking, Bible study, theology, scuba diving, hunting,
fishing, camping, hiking, volleyball, mountain biking,
weight training, working on cars, boating, photography, and
magic (he performs as a children’s magician).
All students at Nashotah House participate in at least a year
in field education where they receive real life parish
experience. At All Saints’ David will be getting experience
in liturgy, including working with the 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Sunday services, pastoral care, and preaching. He will work
with a committee of people in the parish who will guide
and support him during his time here.
“I have been an Episcopalian since 1990 when we moved
to Menomonie, Wisconsin for my teaching job. I was
raised Catholic, so I found the service in the Episcopal
Church to be very comfortable and more in agreement with
my spiritual goals. In September of 2006, I found myself
exploring the concept of being a Deacon. On the night of
our first meeting, I knew I was right where I was supposed
to be. After two years of training I was ordained on May 4,
2008. It has been my good fortune to be able to serve at
Grace Episcopal in Menomonie. Finding a great church
family has made all the difference in both my secular and
especially my spiritual life. The call from God has definitely
enriched my life. I love serving as a Deacon and I really like
the challenges of what God expects from each of us as his
disciples. This is a vibrant time for the church and I am
very excited to see how God’s people respond to what we
have all been called to do for God’s people.
Please introduce yourself to David and Jen and welcome
them to our family.
NEXT GATHERING DATES
Saturdays, November 9 &
December 14
On the second Saturday of almost every
month All Saints’ prepares the lunch for the Gathering, a
diocesan-sponsored meal program serving Milwaukee’s
hungry, for decades. The next service dates are Saturdays,
November 9 and December 14. If you would like to help
the Cathedral Gathering Crew prepare lunch for the
Gathering, please contact Bob Nakamura (414-422-0167)
or Lee Klugiewicz (414-264-4785) to be added to the contact list.
“I have been asked by Dean Carroll to serve occasionally as
the deacon at the cathedral until my graduation in May.
Although, I have never served in such a big church before,
I am excited at the opportunity to meet new people and to
learn new ways to serve the Lord. I look forward to the
challenges and prayerfully anticipate that we will grow and
Talk to Lee for directions on where to park and how to
enter St. James’ Episcopal Church on Wisconsin Avenue.
Visit the Gathering’s website at www.thegatheringwis.org.
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REPORT ON DIOCESAN CONVENTION
ALL SAINTS’ - A PLACE FOR THE ARTS
The Diocese of Milwaukee met at its 166th annual
Convention on Saturday, October 19. The business session
was held at St. Paul’s Church in Milwaukee. Following a
delicious box lunch, the
convention Eucharist
was held at All Saints’
Cathedral.
The
convention was especially
celebratory because the
diocese also celebrated
the 10th anniversary of
the consecration of
Bishop Steven Miller.
We hope you have taken some time to notice the new
groupings of photos around the church. The historical
pictures have been rehung in the hallway outside of the
Dean’s office. The picture of the old rood screen has been
placed in the back of the church next to the Calvary figures
that once hung on it. The portraits of the ten previous
bishops of the diocese are hung together in the Library (the
picture above Fr. Bunday’s photo next to the door is of Fr.
Cornelias Hill, missionary to the Oneidas).
Dean Carroll plans to showcase artists
who have a connection to the Cathedral.
The large grouping currently in the
Library is of many of the men in the
Saturday AA group, done by one of their
companions. Recently hung in the Guild
Hall is a series of watercolors of the freeway system by Cathedral member Lois
Wirth, who has a studio in Milwaukee.
From Lois, “When I
first had the idea to
do a series of
paintings on our
freeway system, I was
interested in negative
space (the space
behind and around
the subject matter). I
saw freeways as huge
sculptures with negative spaces which a person could drive
through and around.”
The members of All Saints’ played no small role in the
day. The Very Rev. Kevin Carroll, Dean of the Cathedral,
serves as the president of the Diocesan Standing Committee. He introduced Bishop Miller at the convention. He
also updated the convention on the process that the
Standing Committee was spearheading to advise the bishop
on the status of same-gender blessings in
the diocese. Our deputies were Mary
Hinderliter, Lyn Morander, Ann Thorson,
and Liz Raasch. The Cathedral also did a
marvelous job hosting a capacity crowd for
the Eucharist. Several from All Saints’ were
servers at the Eucharist as well as ushers.
At the Eucharist, as a gift from the diocese,
Bishop Miller was presented with beautiful
vestments made by nuns in the Diocese of
Newala, Tanzania, our companion
diocese. The Rt. Rev. Dean Elliott Wolffe,
the Bishop of Kansas delivered an inspired
sermon. A highlight of the Eucharist was the presentation
of the Bishop’s Shield Award to the Sisters of the
Community of St. Mary. The award was accepted by Sr.
Letitia and Sr. Mary Grace, both of whom are well known
to the All Saints’ Cathedral family.
The Cathedral is also a venue for a variety of music groups
in the community. Two are closely connected to the
Cathedral, Ensemble Musical Offering and Eastside
Chamber Players.
EAST SIDE CHAMBER PLAYERS CONCERT
Following the service the diocese held a garden party under
tents on the Cathedral’s front lawn to celebrate Bishop
Miller’s 10th anniversary, with gourmet mini-cupcakes,
finger sandwiches, tea, lemonade, and coffee. While the
weather had threatened all day, and there were periodic
showers, the sun came out just in time to provide a
wonderful fall afternoon for the affair. Special thanks to
Cathedral sexton John Semon and Jeff Erdman for their
great job in helping with the garden party.
All Saints’ Cathedral is home and a venue for various
Milwaukee musical groups through the year. One of these
is the Eastside Chamber Players, of which Cathedral choir
scholar soprano Sarah Richardson is an integral part. On
Saturday, November 2, the group will perform “Spotlight
on Guest Composers” at All Saints’ beginning at 7 p.m.
Founded in the spring of 2011, the
East Side Chamber Players, Inc. is an
educational organization dedicated to
the furtherance of art and culture
through public performance of
chamber music and providing
opportunities for pre-professional
musicians to receive performance and
collaboration experience.
For more pictures from the Convention, go to diomil.org
and click on Diocesan Convention.
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Its website says of Sarah: “Sarah Richardson holds a Master
of Music degree from UW-Milwaukee and a Bachelor of
Music degree from Viterbo University. During her studies,
she performed the roles of Eurydice (Orpheus in the
Underworld), Laetitia (The Old Maid and the Thief), Madame
Goldentrill (The Impresario) and Queen of the Night (The
Magic Flute). Sarah has won numerous awards including
1st place in the Wisconsin NATS auditions, 2nd place in
the Schubert Club Competition, Encouragement Award
recipient at the Wisconsin MET Auditions, and was
recently named winner of Bel Canto Chorus’s 24th annual
Regional Artists Competition. Sarah was recently seen as
Phyllis (Iolanthe) with Milwaukee Opera Theatre, and was a
featured soloist with Ensemble Musical Offering and the
Milwaukee Choral Artists. Sarah is a member of the
National Association of Teachers of Singing and teaches
voice in the Milwaukee area.”
We are an independent nonprofit ministry, known best for
our magazine, The Living Church. For most of our history we
were a weekly magazine, publishing the news of the
Episcopal Church, book reviews, and short articles on
Anglicanism and the broader Christian family. We now
publish thicker full-color issues every other week. We have
been a national magazine from the beginning, and
increasingly enjoy an international character: Nearly half the
bishops of the Anglican Communion now receive The
Living Church through our “Give a Bishop TLC” program.
The Living Church Foundation has been based at All
Saints’ since 1986 when the Rev. Canon H. Boone Porter
led our move here from downtown Milwaukee. The Living
Church magazine has been published out of Milwaukee since
1880. And for half a century (1900-52) it was published by
the Morehouse family, who were longtime All Saints’
Cathedral parishioners. The Morehouse Publishing
Company was a major independent publisher in the
Episcopal Church for many years, feeding a sense of
catholic renewal that goes back to the origins of the
Diocese of Milwaukee, and of other institutions in our
neighborhood like Nashotah House Theological Seminary.
For more information on the Eastside Chamber Players go
to http://www.eastsidechamberplayers.org.
The Morehouses began their publishing ministry in the last
decades of the 19th century as an extension of leading
Sunday school at All Saints’, which convinced them of a
need for high-quality Christian literature for children. Their
early publication, The Shepherd’s Arms, was a magazine for
children; and on the basis of this work, Frederic Cook
Morehouse jumped at the opportunity to edit The Living
Church, starting in 1900. In 1932 his son Clifford took over
the reins. More recently, David Kalvelage, a longtime
parishioner at All Saints’, edited the magazine for nearly 20
years. I arrived in 2009 and am honored to build on the
foundation of these estimable forbears.
ENSEMBLE MUSICAL
OFFERING
presents
Ballo! La Danse
Saturday, November 23, at 8 p.m.
Renaissance and Baroque dances based on La Folia
variations from France, Italy, Germany and Spain. The
7 p.m. pre-concert event includes a dance lesson for
the public.
I consider the Living Church’s ministry part of a renewal
movement: We are loyal servants of the Episcopal Church
and the Anglican Communion, focused on encouraging
Christian faithfulness. And we help serve dioceses, parishes,
and the schools of the church by lifting up the voices of
leaders, putting folks in touch with each other, and raising
helpful questions. I often say that a mark of a church’s
health is the proliferating of parachurch institutions, which
radiate the energies of the faithful in creative and useful
ways. We have fewer of these institutions — publishing
houses, societies, religious orders — in the Episcopal
Church today than we did 50 or 100 years ago; but these
things ebb and flow in the history of the Church, and we
can be hopeful that just the right forces of renewal will
come along when and as they are needed, called forth by
the grace of God.
Women’s Club of Wisconsin
813 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee
Artistic Director Joan Parsley
All Saints’ Cathedral Artist-in-Residence
THE LIVING CHURCH
It may not be obvious, except to members
of All Saints’ Cathedral’s choir who share
space with us, but the second floor of the
Guild Hall houses the Living Church
Foundation, an international publishing
ministry with a 135-year history.
Thank you from all of us at the Living Church for allowing
us to make our home at All Saints’. We love being here, and
are looking forward to the next 100 years!
Christopher Wells, Executive Director and Editor
www.livingchurch.org
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CHAPTER TO DISCUSS
SAME-GENDER BLESSINGS
HOLIDAY SERVICES
In 2012 the General Convention of the Episcopal Church
endorsed resolution A049, which approved a provisional
rite for the blessing of same-gender relationships. After
prayerful consideration Bishop Steven Miller declined to
authorize this rite for use in the Diocese of Milwaukee.
Bishop Miller has written extensively on his reasoning for
not allowing the use of the rite. Copies of his various
writings and other materials may be found at
www.sc-diomil.org.
Dates to remember:
Thanksgiving Eve, November 27:
7 p.m. Joint service at St. John’s Cathedral
Following a gathering of the clergy in June 2013, Bishop
Miller asked the Standing Committee of the Diocese of
Milwaukee to initiate a process that will enable the clergy
and parishes of the diocese to offer a generous pastoral
liturgical response to gay and lesbian couples within the
diocese. One of the tasks of the Standing Committee is to
act as An advisory council to the bishop when asked.
Thanksgiving Day, November 28:
9 a.m. Morning Prayer
9:30 a.m. Eucharist
5 p.m. Evening Prayer
Tuesday, December 24:
9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer
4:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Service with Hymns & Carols
5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
8:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Choral Service
The Standing Committee is now gathering data from the
parishes of the Diocese of Milwaukee. They are asking for
input from the vestries (Chapter) and clergy (separately) of
each parish in the diocese about the current state of affairs
regarding the General Convention’s decision to authorize a
provisional rite for the blessing of same-gender
relationships, as well as Bishop Miller’s position not to
allow the use of this rite within the Diocese of Milwaukee.
Wednesday, December 25:
9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer
10:00 a.m. Procession and Choral Eucharist
5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
The Chapter of All Saints’ Cathedral will be discussing this
at its November meeting. Specifically, we will by trying to
answer the following questions:
•
What pastoral issues does the ability/inability to bless
same-gender relationships raise in your community?
•
What theological questions does it raise?
•
What challenges does the issue of same-gender
blessings and the ability/inability to bless same-gender
relationships pose to evangelism and church growth in
your context?
•
Wednesday, January 1:
9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer
9:30 a.m. Eucharist
5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
Sunday, January 5 - Epiphany:
8 a.m. Spoken Service
9 a.m. Morning Prayer
10 a.m. Sung Service with Children’s Pageant
5 p.m. Evening Prayer
6 p.m. Evening Eucharist
With respect to the issue of blessing same-gender
relationships, what voices within your parish and within
this diocese do you believe are not being heard?
Resources to help with this discussion are posted on the
Standing Committee’s website: www.sc-dio.org. Please
review the information on the website. If you have any
questions, comments or input, please relay them to a
member of the Chapter or Dean prior to November 15.
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FIRST FRIDAY FALL FISH FRIES
COME PRAY WITH US
Nashotah House Theological Seminary
2777 Mission Road
Nashotah, WI 53058
Centering Prayer
Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Library
$12 adults, $8 kids
Early-bird special at 4:00 p.m. $10 adults/$6 kids
Centering prayer is an ancient prayer
practice that has been enjoying a great renewal in recent
years. It is silent prayer of surrender to God. The time
together - a little over an hour - will include a short study
time, a period of silent prayer, and will conclude with lectio
divina, a thoughtful reading of the coming Sunday's Gospel
lesson. For more information contact Lawrence Schwade.
Fried or baked fish, French fries with all the fixings and
German chocolate cake
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November 1 & December 6
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Centering Prayer
Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Library
Visa/Mastercard accepted
This long established group recently moved from Sts. Peter
and Paul to our Cathedral. Regular leader: Monica
Meagher. While Monica takes her class, Lawrence Schwade
will lead the group. For more information, please contact
Monica at [email protected].
Hosted by the Daughters of the King, Society of Mary and
the Women of Nashotah House to support student
scholarships at Nashotah House.
DIRECTORY UPDATE
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Julie Hermanny and her son Jude have
moved:
835 N. Cass St.
Apt. 12
Milwaukee, WI 53202
920-988-0322
Intercessory Prayer
11:45 a.m. Tuesday, November 19
In the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Join us every third Tuesday at 11:45 a.m. as we offer our
prayers for All Saints’, our community, and the world. If
you cannot join us in person, please take a copy of the
“Order for Intercessory Prayer” booklet on the distribution
tables and join us in prayer whenever and wherever you
can. For more information contact Beverly Deprey or
Lawrence Schwade.
Please inform the Cathedral office of any changes in your
address or contact information.
ADULT SPIRITUAL FORMATION S
Monday Night Bible Study Group
November 11 at the Kalvelages’ in Pewaukee
November 25 at Miriam Stauff’s home in Wauwatosa
at 7 p.m.
The Book of Acts
Carpooling is available - contact Miriam Stauff
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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Tuesday Evening Bible Study
Join the Prayer Chain
November 5 & 19 at 6:00 p.m.
at the Cathedral
The Gospel according to St. Luke
Led by Fr. Himmerich
All are welcome to join at any time.
November 2013
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 a phone call. If you would like to be added to
the list, contact the parish office (414-271-7719; [email protected]) 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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CONGRATULATIONS,
ERICA!
Congratulations, Erica, on the
wonderful reviews you received
for performances in The
Haymarket Opera Company’s
production of Pimpinone! This
past month, Erica has been in
Chicago performing a leading
role in this operatic gem written
by Georg Phillipp Telemann.
The Chicago Tribune wrote: “The
lively personality, abundant
charm and luscious vocalism Schuller brought to her
portrayal of the ambitious Vespetta were no less winning.
Given the formidable feminine wiles this heroine
commanded, you could easily understand why her gullible
codger of a husband was outsmarted at every turn.” Chicago
Classical Review wrote that she performed her role
“exquisitely.” Congratulations, Erica, and welcome back!
Visit www.haymarketopera for more information about this
company and their upcoming events.
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Fr. Julian Hills
Mary marshall, Carlotta Marcoe
Chad Matzen
Suzanne Talmage
Victor McGowan
Charlie Taylor
Ed Hammond and Marcia Brooks (wedding)
Renee LaFleur, Jamie Reynolds
Don Cornell
Early December
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Tony Persak
3
Bob & Ruth Duket (wedding)
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James Morrison
Please inform the Cathedral Office of any needed corrections or additions (414-271-7719).
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. Holy Days are in bold.
Choir Rehearsal - Wednesdays 6:30
Fri., Nov. 1:
Sat., Nov. 2:
DECEMBER SAINTS ALIVE DEADLINE
November 15
Fill my e-mail box - Please!
I will be so glad you did.
Sun., Nov. 3:
Miriam Stauff, Editor
[email protected]; 414-258-2172
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Sat., Nov. 9:
Thurs., Nov. 14:
Sat., Nov. 16:
JANUARY SAINTS ALIVE DEADLINE
December 12
NO EXCEPTIONS!
Your peripatetic editor is traveling again!
Mon., Nov. 18:
Sat., Nov. 23:
Sun., Nov. 24:
Wed., Nov. 27:
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
AND ANNIVERSARIES
Thurs., Nov. 28:
Sat., Nov. 30:
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).
Sun., Dec. 1:
Thurs., Dec. 5:
Mon., Dec. 9:
Thurs., Dec. 12:
Sat., Dec. 14:
Sat., Dec. 21:
November
1
Dean Kevin Carroll (Ordination to the Priesthood)
2
Elizabeth Soden (Anniversary of Assoc. of Sisters
of the Holy Nativity)
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Matthew Davila; Sallie & Robert Pettit (wedding);
Fr. Tom Ackerman (Ordination to the Priesthood)
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Ben Rader
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Christel & Steve Callen (wedding)
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Steve & Kathy Anderson (wedding)
Tues., Dec. 24:
Wed., Dec. 25:
All Saints’ Day - Eucharist 5:30 p.m.
Commemoration of All Faithful
Departed - Eucharist 9:30 a.m.
Pig Roast - 5 p.m.
East Side Chamber Players Concert - 7 p.m.
Celebration of All Saints’ Day; Bishop
Miller’s annual visitation
Ecumenical LARC Evensong at All Saints’
3:30 p.m. Organ Prelude; 4 p.m. Evensong
Outreach Committee Meeting - 11 a.m.
Cathedral Institute - 6:45 p.m. presentation
Saintly Readers Book Club - 10 a.m.
Movie Night - 6 p.m. dinner; 7 p.m. film
Circle of Care - 6 p.m.
Ensemble Musical Offering Concert - 8 p.m.
Christ the King - Eucharists 8 & 10 a.m.
Joint Thanksgiving Eve service at St. John’s
Cathedral - 7 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day - Eucharist 9:30 a.m.
St. Andrew the Apostle Eucharist 9:30 a.m.
Advent I - Advent Lessons and Carols
3:30 p.m. Organ Prelude; 4 p.m. service
Northwestern Mutual Choir Concert - 7 p.m.
UWM Collegium Concert - 7 p.m.
Cathedral Institute - 6:45 p.m. presentation
Milwaukee Children’s Choir Concert - 7 p.m.
St. Thomas the Apostle Eucharist 9:30 a.m.
4 p.m. Service with carols
8 p.m. Sung Service with Bishop Miller
Christmas Day - Solemn Eucharist with
carols - 10 a.m.
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November 2013
The Cathedral Church of All Saints
The Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee
818 E. Juneau Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414.271.7719
[email protected]
www.ascathedral.org
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November 2013
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Saints Alive
Newsletter Production Team:
Editor:
Ms. Miriam Stauff
Copy Editors:
Mr. David Kalvelage
Ms. Patricia Nakamura
Desktop Publishing:
Ms. Erica Schuller Buckley
Production and Mailing:
Ms. Erica Schuller Buckley
Mr. Walter Barnes
The Holy Folders
Sunday Eucharists
Said Eucharist
8:00 a.m.
Choral Eucharist 10:00 a.m.
Weekday Eucharists
Mon., Thurs., Fri.
5:30 p.m.
Tues., Wed.
12:15 p.m.
Saturday, Holidays
9:30 a.m.
Daily Offices
Morning Prayer
Daily 9:00 a.m.
Evening Prayer
Daily 5:00 p.m.
Parish Staff
The Very Rev. Kevin C. Carroll, Dean
Canon Joseph A. Kucharski, Precentor
Mr. Tedd L. King, Sub-Organist
Mrs. Erica Schuller Buckley, Office Manager
Mr. John Semon, Sexton
Assisting Clergy
The Rev. Canon Fred Himmerich
The Rev. Michael Parks
The Rev. Thomas Ackerman
Parish Officers
Ms. Sarah Knox, Senior Warden
Ms. Suzanne Cornell, Junior Warden
Photo credits:
Titus Wamai & Miriam Stauff
Contributors:
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