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This Lent we will undertake as a community a conversation about issues surrounding immigration and refugee resettlement, “Seeking Refuge, Finding Home: A Community Exploration of Immigration and Refugee Resettlement,” focusing specifically on our call as Christians to respond to the needs of the world, to love our neighbors as ourselves and to be open to … READ MORE…
I remember a time working in the hospital when a teenager was admitted to our intensive care unit for a significant head injury. I don’t recall the exact nature of the injury, only that the prognosis wasn’t good, and the doctors prepared the family for the worst possible thing any parent could face. I sat … READ MORE…
Did you want to take another look at the annual meeting slideshow? Here’s a link to the slideshow album. You can turn the slideshow on with the icon on the topright https://www.flickr.com/photos/stpaulscathedral/albums/72157675549792533#
This Epiphany season we are hearing a lot about being called by God. Today, we have stepped out of the regular cycle of readings to celebrate Cathedral Day, which we do here by observing the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, our patron, transferred from last Thursday. The Gospel reading appointed for the day … READ MORE…
As we told you previously, the history committee is collecting stories of SPC. Here is a sample memoir. Everyone’s story is important, wherever you see yourself– congregant, chorister, visitor, clergy, staff…. The community is the whole body of us. Please help us tell the story of all of us!Sample memoir, from Robert Heylmun In 1982 while living in Orange … READ MORE…
As we told you previously, the history committee is collecting stories of SPC. Here are some prompts that may help you. Everyone’s story is important, wherever you see yourself– congregant, chorister, visitor, clergy, staff…. The community is the whole body of us. Please help us tell the story of all of us! Why and when did … READ MORE…
Got a story you’d like to tell about you and your years at St. Paul’s Cathedral? We would love to hear it! We are a committee that will be putting together a written portrait of our church ranging over the past fifty years or so and your story will help us with that portrait. Some … READ MORE…
Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 2 Kings 14:25 speaks of a prophet named Jonah. Contemporary Biblical scholars agree, however, that the Jonah of the book was not historical. The book is placed with the prophets; but instead of a collection of oracles calling Israelites or Judeans to repentance, … READ MORE…
The Chapter Nominating Committee is pleased to announce this year’s slate of candidates for election to the Cathedral Chapter. The election will be held at the Annual Meeting on January 28. The four candidates, each of whom is standing for a three-year term of office, are: Jim Greer, Clemente Guarneros, Elizabeth Fitzsimons, and Gerald Motto. … READ MORE…
In our liturgical calendar we have taken a leap forward in the life of Jesus. Just 8 days ago we were celebrating the Epiphany and the baby was still in the manger. Last Sunday we saw that baby, now grown, being baptized and commissioned for adult ministry, and today, Jesus is recruiting. Some of John … READ MORE…