Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry For some time the news about our environment hasn’t been uplifting. Thankfully there continue to be faithful advocates who don’t give up and a California Legislature that is willing to work on behalf of the people. Our friends at California Interfaith Power and Light, offer this opportunity to learn about … READ MORE…
Sacred Ground In Action Initiative From PICO California (Pacific Institute for Community Organizing) and SDOP (San Diego Organizing Project): The No Taxpayer Dollars for Family Separation Act: AB 2465 PASSED out of the State Senate Judiciary Committee and has been referred to the Appropriations Committee! This bill is a major step to end corporate state … READ MORE…
As I mentioned a while ago in a sermon, one of the things that struck me the first time I came to the Cathedral some 35 years ago was seeing a gay couple in the pews a couple of rows ahead of me, sitting next to an older woman, with her grandson sitting next to … READ MORE…
Last Sunday Canon Richard Hogue announced that an event that benefits Comunidad de Luz, “An Evening of Music and Hope,” on August 7 and 8, needs volunteers. Because the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, and by extension, the Cathedral, is involved in so many things it is not always easy to keep up with all … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry Bring a little love to the bay! If you aren’t planning on attending services this Sunday (July 5) consider signing up for the “I Love a Clean San Diego” beach clean up morning. People from all over our fine city will gather to clean up the post Independence Day mess on … READ MORE…
Sacred Ground In Action Initiative The Episcopal Migration Caucus calls on all Episcopalians to consider signing on to Dignity, Not Mass Detention: An urgent statement. It begins: Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. (Heb. 13:3) … READ MORE…
The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego was formed in 1973, having originally been part of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. The area that would eventually become the Diocese of San Diego was developing its own identity and the need to create a new diocese became apparent. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bankers Hill became … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry St. Paul’s Cathedral’s very own Virginia Howlett, artist extraordinaire, was commissioned by Scripps to create these meditative panels, “44 San Diego Skies,” in La Jolla. Virginia’s work exemplifies how artistic expression of nature contributes to holistic care in medicine. This installation opened recently, and can be experienced by the general public: … READ MORE…
Sacred Ground In Action Initiative Whether it’s called Freedom, Jubilee, Liberation, Emancipation, or Black Independence Day, Juneteenth commemorates the day – June 19, 1865 – when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned from US Major General Gordon Granger that they were free. The first Juneteenth was celebrated in 1866 in Texas with prayer, food, music, … READ MORE…
Some 25 or so years ago I, along with other folks from St. Paul’s, went on a pilgrimage of British cathedrals organized by the Rev. Canon Anne Chisham and Lanita Carroll, and “narrated” by Dean James Carroll, our first dean. It was an amazing trip that took us from York Minster Cathedral at the north … READ MORE…