At the second day of It’s All About Love: The Episcopal Church’s summer festival for the Jesus Movement, worship and a plenary session on racial reconciliation were the focus of “Awake, Arise, Act: Racial Reconciliation Now.” Hundreds of Episcopalians from the Church’s nine provinces heard about our call to love one another within the foundation of justice. “What kind … READ MORE…
We are reminded by The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations that “In recent years biodiversity itself has been under threat with a UN report estimating that one million species face extinction. Currently, there are 1,493 species listed under the Endangered Species Act.” They call on us to contact our Senators to support the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2023 … READ MORE…
Hello St. Paul’s, I returned to the cathedral on July 5 after ten weeks away on sabbatical. Thank you for allowing me this time of renewal and refreshment. In case you weren’t following my travels on social media, here is a summary of my sabbatical activities: After the annual North American Deans’ Conference in Washington … READ MORE…
Thursday, July 20, 2023, 6:30 – 8:00 PM St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral 2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego Everyone is welcome – doors open at 6:15 PM Candidates (pictured above from left to right): Janessa Goldbeck, Paul McQuigg, Monica Montgomery-Steppe, Amy Reichert Did you know there’s an election coming up in a few weeks on August … READ MORE…
The Very Rev. Dean Penny Bridges You may have noticed that we are reading passages from Genesis each Sunday this summer. We are following a semi-continuous sequence, starting with the call of Abraham, and outlining the foundational story of the Jewish people: Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Jacob’s twelve sons who founded the twelve tribes of … READ MORE…
Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue Jr. We Christians often look to the story of Abraham’s binding of Isaac as a sort of foreshadowing of God’s willingness to send Jesus into this world for us, but there is an enormous and fundamental difference between these stories. While Jesus does get sacrificed Isaac does not. That’s why it … READ MORE…
Dear Friends: In May 2017, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and House of Deputies President Gay Jennings extended an invitation to the entire Church to embark on a journey of racial healing, reconciliation, and justice, known as Becoming Beloved Community. Members of St. Paul’s have responded to the call to embraced this transformative journey. During the … READ MORE…
From St. Paul’s Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry If Christ’s Sunday rising meant that death is overcome, what does that convey in a time of climate crisis? With the recent IPCC report we learned that death is even more imminent than we thought: the death of whole species, of a safe way of life for millions, … READ MORE…
From our Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry Bishop Susan has declared 2023 as The Year of Service, and we in the creation care community are grateful that the first Month of Service focuses on Creation Care. Along with a number of congregations in the diocese, not only does St Paul’s have a great Balboa Park Clean Up service … READ MORE…
Hello St. Paul’s, Life seems to throw challenges our way, and even with good coping skills, family, and other resources, access to trained laypeople to provide one to one, high quality Christian care may be the safety net that makes all the difference. Stephen Ministers are lay people with a heart for caring ministry and … READ MORE…