This was forwarded by Dr. Bart Smoot from Maison de Naissance, the birthing center in Haiti supported by members St. Paul’s… Dear Friends of Maison de Naissance, Late this afternoon, a 7.0 + earthquake struck Haiti approximately 10 miles west of the capital city Port au Prince. We write to reassure you that we have … READ MORE…
Information about the devastating earthquake can be found at The Lead at Episcopal Cafe, here. This is being regularly updated and is an excellent source. Resource and relief information is also at the LA Times. Episcopal Relief and Development is routing financial support through its Haiti fund to help with rescue and relief efforts. The … READ MORE…
Hello, My name is Grace van Thillo and I’m a member of St. Paul’s Simpler Living Ministry, assisting the committee by gathering creation care and eco-justice resources that we can put into prayer and practice across our St. Paul’s community, home and city. Our group met initially in response to last year’s study of Michael … READ MORE…
Epiphany babies are twice blessed. They don’t get quite the attention as kids born on Christmas, nor do they get as lost in the intensity of Christmas celebrations. Epiphany kids grow up knowing the wise men bring gifts to the baby Jesus and that is part of the Gospel around the feast of the Epiphany, … READ MORE…
This past Sunday saw two very striking contrasts regarding how Christians view other religions and religious traditions. Brit Hume on FOX News Sunday, in the context of advising Tiger Woods no less, made it clear what he thought about Tiger’s (alleged) Buddhist beliefs as they relate to Brit Hume’s version of Christianity. In short: You … READ MORE…
Last year I decided to attend the “What is an Episcopalian” class at Saint Paul’s Cathedral. It was a major commitment as the class runs about 6 weeks and I travel A LOT for my job. Still, I felt confident I could arrange my schedule so I could attend every Wednesday night from late January … READ MORE…
Although I wasn’t baptized until I was 6 (my parents lived in an area with only a Catholic and a Presbyterian church), I am basically a “cradle Episcopalian.” From the age of 6 to about19, I attended church, was an acolyte, confirmed at the age of 11, and served at the Christmas Midnight Mass every … READ MORE…
Perhaps you’ve recently seen, here and there around the Cathedral campus and in the weekly bulletins, some notices announcing the 2010 sessions of “What is an Episcopalian?” and wondered to yourself, just what that was all about.Well, it’s a series of forums, spaced usually one per week, which gives an overview of our Church: its … READ MORE…
In 1820, King Kamehameha II announced to his Hawai’ian people the end of the system of taboos, or kapu, the end of the traditional gods, and thus the end of the highly structured, ritualized society of old Hawai’i. Not long thereafter, the first American missionaries, of a strict Calvinist tradition, arrived, presumably finding fertile ground … READ MORE…
Here’s an update from Bart Smoot about his recent mission to Haiti on behalf of St Paul’s Cathedral: Dear Friends, My trip to Haiti in early November was busy, but a success. I was pleased to find that the blood pressure clinic is going strong and getting quite popular. I would estimate that we have … READ MORE…