Stewardship starts with community

Don’t miss joining us at one of our Stewardship Receptions starting November 3rd! You are invited!  Our fall Stewardship Campaign is an opportunity to come together and reflect on why we love St. Paul’s, celebrate what God is doing in our lives, and consider how we can support the Cathedral’s mission and ministry in the … READ MORE…

A Rule of Life – Cornerstone for Living

The Rev. Canon David Norgard is with us this fall as a special consultant for stewardship and development. He will be assisting with our annual Stewardship Campaign, the work of the profile committee, as well as preach and celebrate at our Sunday morning worship. David was on staff at the Cathedral from 2004 to 2005 … READ MORE…

Stewardship: Finding Home

As a kid I read encyclopedias for fun. One day browsing the E volume I saw some dead guy called T.S. Eliot. Black and white headshot, slicked hair, tie askew, Harry Potter glasses. Nobody I knew looked like that. He wrote poetry. He seemed deeply weird. So I didn’t pay much attention. But the image … READ MORE…

Bishop Gene Robinson on KPBS

The documentary about Bishop Gene Robinson, Love Free or Die, will broadcast on KPBS on Sunday, November 4 at 11:30pm (60 min). See the trailer below! The story of V. Gene Robinson, who became the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church when he was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire … READ MORE…

Celebrate Dia de Los Muertos, Nov 2

Friday Nov 2, 7pm Join us as we celebrate Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead, but really a Celebration of Life). This bilingual service links our concern for pastoral care and multi-cultural ministry by recalling and commemorating with prayer our faithful departed. We will also create an altar of rich color, beautiful flowers, … READ MORE…

Blessing of the animals!

It was quite a day on Sunday, with the annual blessing of the animals, and lots of new friends visiting St Paul’s with their pets. We had dogs, and cats, a tortoise, rats, and at least one hamster. Didn’t see any birds this year; did you? The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle began his sermon by … READ MORE…

Things Left Undone

We live in the age of rapid communications, no doubt about it. But that word, communications, is a misnomer. What we live in is the age when our current devices, cell phones, and computers, allow us to ignore each other, neglect each other, and monitor each other’s calls. You’d think, wouldn’t you, that now that … READ MORE…

News Report: Bishop Mathes speaks out against anti-Muslim film and violence

A news story highlights Bishop Mathes and other faith leaders speaking out against the anti-Muslim film as well as the violence of the response. Around a dozen leaders of San Diego’s religious community Thursday condemned an anti-Muslim film and resulting violence throughout North Africa and the Middle East, in which three area residents were among … READ MORE…