Letter: Organ Scholar Program

Our Cathedral Organist and Canon for Music, Canon Martin Green interviews Nicholas Halbert about his personal experience in the Organ Scholar Program.

KOSSOLA CUDJO LEWIS CA. (1841-1935)

Content curated from our Sacred Ground in Action (SGIA) Committee Posted on December 19, 2009 by Catherine Roth Cudjo Lewis is considered the last survivor of the last slave ship to enter the United States. Born around 1841 to a Yoruba family in the Banté region of Dahomey (today Benin), he was given the name Oluale … READ MORE…

A Celtic Prayer, Retreat Invitation, and Book Study Reminder

From our Simpler Living Committee A Time Away: Lenten Garden RetreatSimpler Living will offer a Lenten Garden Retreat on Saturday, March 26 from 9:30 am to noon. We will gather at the home of Cindy Schuricht in La Mesa, and begin with a Celtic morning prayer.  After that participants may wander the garden, sit and meditate, journal, … READ MORE…

Introducing the New Peace & Justice Committee Page

Introducing the the Peace and Justice webpage for St. Paul’s Cathedral in San Diego, CA. It is our hope that we can use this space to educate, inform, and as appropriate, call to action those who are concerned about the ongoing problems of inequality and conflict in all its forms in our community and country. … READ MORE…

Letter: Campus Construction Update

Hi everyone, I’m Kathleen Burgess, your Director of Administrative Operations here at the Cathedral.  I’m filling in for Dean Penny and wanted to share some new information about the shared courtyard at the new 525 Olive building.  As some might have seen either driving by the campus, or actually being on campus, the shared courtyard … READ MORE…

Walking the Path of Racial Reconciliation

From our Sacred Ground In Action Committee Prayer Almighty God, Source of all that is, Giver of every good gift: You create all people in your image and call us to love one another as you love us. We confess that we have failed to honor you in the great diversity of the human family. … READ MORE…

The Sunday Sermon: Blessing and Pressing for Change

Rev. Richard Hogue Jr.St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego2/13/2022           There is an immediacy to this gospel that extends from the promise of God’s love into our present moment. It penetrates the mundane with a pronouncement that defies what we perceive to the be the “natural order of things.” Jesus is upending what we consider normal, it … READ MORE…

Dean’s Letter: Episcopal Governance

Hello St. Paul’s, Last weekend we held our annual Chapter retreat, where we oriented new members and started to create a functioning community of leaders for the year ahead. A question raised during the day reminded me that there are plenty of people at St. Paul’s who may not be fluent in our Episcopal jargon, … READ MORE…

Honoring Black History Month in February

From our Sacred Ground in Action (SGIA) Committee Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919) was “the first Black woman millionaire in America” and made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women. Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867. Her parents, Owen and Minerva, were Louisiana sharecroppers who had been born into slavery. Sarah, their fifth … READ MORE…

Another Way to Advocate for God’s Creation, Prayer, and Save the Date!

From our Simpler Living Committee  An educational opportunity from Creation Justice Ministries: Over the last year, Congress has considered legislation that would build climate resilience in God’s people and planet. But what is the difference between the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package and the Build Back Better Act? What has Congress already done and what do we still … READ MORE…