November 21, Christ the King; ingatheringPenelope BridgesThe True King Today’s a day for endings: it’s the last Sunday of the church year, the last Sunday of the long green season that began back in May after Pentecost; the last Sunday of Year B of the Sunday lectionary and Year One of the Daily Office lectionary; … READ MORE…
After the 10:30 am service, Balboa Park You are invited to celebrate the ingathering of 2022 pledges on Sunday, with the traditional procession to the altar at the 8:00 and 10:30 am services and a special picnic to thank you in Balboa Park immediately following the 10:30 service. Please bring your own chair! It helps … READ MORE…
This is the transcript of a conversation between Dean’s Warden Donna Perdue and Stacey Klaman, a relatively new parishioner who has been sitting in on Chapter meetings. Donna Hello St. Paul’s. It’s that time of year again, when we ask members of the St. Paul’s community to discern if they feel called to serve on … READ MORE…
Thanksgiving is an obvious (though hardly the only) time to offer our gratitude to the Creator for all we have been given. In the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a chapter on gratitude includes the Thanksgiving Address with which some Indigenous children begin and end their school week. The Thanksgiving Address is also used to open social … READ MORE…
Rev. Richard Hogue Jr.St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego11/14/2021 Good morning! I am humbled to join you all today, and I want to thank Dean Penny and all owho have welcomed me into the life of St. Paul’s Cathedral. This week was a bit of a start-stop week for me, as I began to take on … READ MORE…
Hello St. Paul’s, Today is Veterans’ Day, when we give thanks for those who have served in the armed forces and are still with us (as distinct from Memorial Day, when we remember the fallen). Tonight’s courtyard service will focus on those who have served, and we will pray a new litany for veterans and … READ MORE…
Sunday, November 14, 6 pm, On Zoom As we observe Indigenous People’s Month, Sacred Ground in Action and Simpler Living are collaborating on activities to cultivate greater awareness of our country’s treatment of indigenous people, with an emphasis on the Kumeyaay Nation. Recognizing that we worship on unceded Kumeyaay land, we are exploring avenues to create … READ MORE…
Looking for the Thanksgiving post? CLICK HERE (Sorry, we made a mistake) This closing convening of the Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s delegation to COP26 will gather Episcopal climate justice leaders and our partners tomorrow, to set a course for the way people can use faith and love to work towards climate and global healing after … READ MORE…
Hello St. Paul’s, This week we observed what some call the Triduum of the Dead, or All Hallowtide. Triduum is a term meaning three days, which is traditionally used for the three days connecting Lent to Easter, beginning with worship on Maundy Thursday and ending at sunset on Easter Day. You may recall that liturgical … READ MORE…
As the UN Climate Conference, COP26, continues until 11/12, please consider this or a similar prayer for its success: Creator God, on behalf of the poor, the disenfranchised, climate refugees, and victims of disasters, we pray that a spirit of empathy would so deeply move the COP26 decision makers that they will commit to positive … READ MORE…