The Grapevine
a bimonthly publication of Christ Church Cathedral Hartford, Connecticut
Christ Church Cathedral
From the Dean…
May/June 2009
Bishop Spong to Receive This Year’s Canon Jones Award
On November 14, 2009, the Friends of the Cathedral will gather for its Annual Dinner to honor the Rt. Rev. John S. Spong for his leadership--in the words of the award’s criteria--in “pursuing research or dealing with issues that are ‘cutting edge’ and ‘ahead of their time’ and understanding and honoring God’s gift of human sexuality.” 2009 will mark the fourth award made to an individual whose life and work exemplify the values, accomplishments and passions similar to those of Canon Jones during his 40 years of active ministry at the Cathedral. Bishop Spong, for those who may not have heard of his name or known of his ministry, was the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark for 24 years before his retirement in 2001. He has been called many things from both within and outside the church: iconoclastic, a champion of progressive theology, controversial, provocative, divisive; even heretical. He is the most published member of the House of Bishops--his books having sold over a million copies. They include Jesus for the Non-Religious, Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers In Exile, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture, and Living in Sin? A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality. A committed Christian who has spent a lifetime studying the Bible and whose life has been deeply shaped by it, Bishop Spong has said that he is not interested in Bible bashing. “I come to this interpretive task not as an enemy of Christianity,” he says. “I am not even a disillusioned former Christian, as some of my scholar-friends identify themselves. I am a believer who knows and loves the Bible deeply. But I also recognize that parts of it have been used to undergird prejudices and to mask violence.” Still busy after his formal retirement, Bishop Spong delivers more than 200 public lectures each year around the world. I came to know Bishop Spong and his wife Christine when I served in his diocese at Christ Church in Short Hills, New Jersey, fresh out of seminary in 1991. He ordained me a priest on February 1, 1992. Leslie and I fondly remember the night we hosted the bishop and his wife for dinner in our small apartment – we ate and talked about the church and married life as we rocked baby Will in his car seat at our feet. This fall we will gather reading groups to study some of the bishop’s books. After receiving the award Saturday night, the bishop will be our guest preacher at the 10:00 a.m. service on Sunday, November 15. Save the dates now: you won’t want to miss them.
In this issue… • Page Two - Annual Art Show
• Page Four - Cathedral 2.0
• Page Six - Images from Easter
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Cathedral News... Seventh Annual Spring Art Exhibit and Silent Auction It’s springtime and once again the creative energy of the Cathedral Artists and Friends will fill the air in a showcase of art. A wonderful group of talented artists will present an exciting and diverse selection of fine art and photography for display and sale. The popular Silent Auction will be offered. The artists are Jerry Barry, Linda Beher, Lisa Bell, Beverly Berger, Jane Bradley, Donald Boudreaux, Jean Dalton, Mark Franklin, Nancy Hoffman, Dolores Howard, Nancy Morrell, Joan St. Clair Roof, Kenneth Sanger, Denise Slaughter, Bob Spooner and Wendy West. Profits from sales will be contributed to Cathedral outreach programs. As the group of artists has grown, the goal remains of bringing people into our historic Cathedral, and sharing with the community what is offered in art, music, worship, ministries and outreach. The exhibit will be May 1 through May 10 in the Cathedral House Reception Room.
“Baby’s Breath & Roses” by Dolores Howard ©Dolores Howard. All rights reserved.
Opening Reception – Friday, May 1, 4 - 7 p.m. (refreshments) Viewing Hours (after opening) • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 12 - 4 p.m. • Thursday, May 7 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. during Lunch…Plus! & 4 - 7 p.m. as a First Thursday event (refreshments) • Saturdays, May 2 and 9 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. • Sunday, May 3 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. • Sunday, May 10 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (closing) Meet the Artists during the Opening or First Thursday.
Come and enjoy the art and support the artists. If you are looking for a gift for a special occasion such as Mother’s Day, a birthday or graduation, consider fine art—a gift that will be enjoyed for many years to come. Validated parking for $4.00 will be available at the MAT garage next to Hartford Stage. For more information, contact either Dolores Howard at 860-243-0812; email: howarddynasty@sbcglobal.net or Wendy West at 860-461-1042; email: WenArtford@aol.com
Lunch…Plus! The Cathedral House Auditorium hosts the last concert of the 2008-2009 Lunch…Plus! season on Thursday, May 7. Duo del Sur will perform a program of South American folk music for flute and native instruments. Duo del Sur is Gonzalo Cortés and Gabriel Löfvall. Mr. Cortés, a native of Chile, began studying flute at the age of 12 in La Serena School of Music. He studied with Alberto Harms at the Catholic University of Chile. During his studies there, he won the Principal Flute position with the Classical Orchestra of Santiago, which he held for eight years. He then came to the United States and earned an Artist Diploma from Duquesne University with Robert Langevin, Principal Flute of the New York Philharmonic, as his teacher. In addition to Mr. Cortes’ classical training pursuit, he is a proponent of South American folklore music. He performs regularly as a soloist on sikus and quena with Duo Del Sur, Atacama Ensemble, Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble and Daniel Salazar’s Ensemble. He also has recorded with the internationally acclaimed Chilean folk group Inti-Illimani, and the Misa Criolla by the Argentinian composer Ariel Ramirez with the Choral Arts Society of Washington for the Naxos Label. In 2006, Gonzalo released his CD, Valle, featuring an amazing collection of original music composed and performed by him that you can find on iTunes or CDBaby.com Pianist Gabriel Löfvall was born in Mendoza, Argentina. He attended the National University of Cuyo and studied piano there with Dora De Marinis. He took his first musical steps at the age of 10, as a chorister of the National University of Cuyo Boys’ Choir. He now resides in New Haven, having graduated from the Hartt School where he was a student of the celebrated Brazilian pianist, Luiz de Moura Castro. He appears as a soloist on recordings of the complete piano output of Carlos Guastavino and Juan Jose Castro, both of these, important Argentinian composers. Gabriel has performed extensively as both soloist and chamber music artist in the major cities of Argentina, as well as in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, England and Portugal. At present he is the Director of Music at Saint Patrick’s Church of Farmington, after having held similar posts at the Church of Christ Congregational of Norfolk and Saint Justin’s in Hartford. This concert completes the series for the program year. Please watch for announcement of the 2009-2010 series in the fall and save Thursday, October 1, for its commencement.
Page Three Lunch...Plus! can be seen for a donation of $7, which includes lunch. ($5 for “Friends,” seniors and students with I.D.) Please join us if you find yourself in the downtown area on May 7.
Tag Sale A Tag Sale will be held on Friday, June 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Saturday, June 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The funds raised will benefit and defray the cost of The Youth & Choir Pilgrimage that will take place in August 2009. It will also benefit the weekend lunch programs of the Cathedral. Bring usable items, except for clothing and books, to the home of Rose Fichera-Eagen, 256 Oxford Street, Hartford, before June 15. Please call 523-8700 before you drop items off.
Congratulations and Welcome At the Easter Vigil we celebrated by welcoming Luke Norman Belval, Melissa Scinto, Alexander Max Wells who were confirmed, and Paul Belval and Cynthia Mellon who were received. Please continue to keep them in your prayers and rejoice with them in their refreshed and renewed commitments.
Baptisms We will be offering the sacrament of baptism on Pentecost Sunday, May 31, at the 10:00 a.m. service. Please contact Debby in the Cathedral Office at 527-7231 or by e-mail at dvancamp@cccathedral.org for applications. There will be a pre-baptism gathering for parents and godparents on Saturday, May 30 at 10:00 a.m. Please direct any questions to one of the clergy.
Foodshare’s 26th Annual Walk Against Hunger, Sunday, May 3 There is still time to obtain either a brochure, or sponsors for this year’s walk, or sponsor one of the Cathedral’s walkers. Bev Clark, Captain of the Cathedral’s Team, other Cathedral members, and our Youth Group will be walking. On May 3, walkers should go to The Hartford Financial Services Group building, 690 Asylum Avenue, Hartford (just after the railroad station). After registering, look for the Hands on Hartford signs, where we will gather. Registration begins at 1:00 p.m.; the walk begins at 2:00 p.m. If you have questions, or if you need a ride to The Hartford, call Bev at 527-6678. Foodshare does an outstanding job of supplying food (15 tons per day!) to the Hartford area soup kitchens and shelters. Let’s help it reach its goal of $475,000.
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Christ Church Cathedral 2.0... What do Oprah, Skittles and Christ Church Cathedral all have in common? They are all members of a huge internet phenomenon called Facebook, each one owning their own territory, or page, on the largely popular social networking website. Today, over 175 million active users worldwide (and growing) are subscribed to this free-access web 2.0 tool.
page by typing in Friends of Christ Church Cathedral in the search box and make sure to add us as your Friend!
Rose Fichera-Eagen, 71, a relatively new user of Facebook, says, “I was invited to join by a friend and found numerous additional friends and family that I can connect with. And people that know me know that I love to connect with people.” Her secondary reason for using Facebook is that she is What is Facebook? able to let people know of the needs in the Church Street The essence of Facebook is its features that “depend on the Eats or Lunch in the Park feeding programs. When asked idea that there are people in your life that you like to stay if she feels people respond to these alerts she replied, “Yes, in touch with, keep up with, and generally connect with absolutely. I’ve gotten calls and messages that people will (Facebook.com).” With this idea, Facebook lets you create come to the park or the church to help.” In about a week, a profile that allows unlimited photos, videos, and lists of Fichera-Eagen had 100 friends and thought it was wonpersonal interests, and derful that she could provides the option to find people that she select a network based lost touch with over on high school, college, the years. (Rose Fichera-Eagen) workplace, or even hometown affiliations. Why Facebook? From there you can By having the minissearch for friends to add and send them messages, update try of Christ Church Cathedral become more accessible your personal profile to notify friends about yourself, and through popular forms of web-based media, we aim to check out cultural events in your area or even invite friends facilitate communication and enhance partnerships in our to your own event. One way to think about Facebook is to community, congregation, and with anyone who has a conconsider it an online tea party where people come together nection to the ministries. Thus far, the Facebook page has to exchange and comment about personal interests, news, allowed us to notify others of Cathedral news, share stories or life in general. and pictures of life experiences (such as Dean Pendleton’s trip to Colombia), publicize Cathedral events, inform othGetting started on Facebook ers of new content on the Christ Church Cathedral webIf you do not have a Facebook account, it is easy to set one site, and open up forums for feedback on particular topics up and connect to almost anyone. Log onto www.facebook. of concern that are relative to Cathedral ministries. We com Sign up by entering your information in the required invite you to become our Facebook friend! As a ministry fields, and click sign up. If you scroll to the bottom of ev- looking to better serve you, we will be sending out a surery page there is a blue toolbar in the right-hand corner. vey to our Facebook users in search of your opinions. For The last word at the end of the toolbar that says Help is example, you can tell us how to make our Facebook group a link that will help you with getting started on Facebook page meet your needs and interests, and generate more usby giving you tips on how to set up a profile, search for age and visibility. Your advice is vital to our future in using friends, upload pictures, and control your privacy settings. these communication vehicles and promoting our mission. The privacy settings enable you to control who can see your Join us and be prepared to poke, post, and tag in the trend profile, contact information, photos, and any other posted of becoming 2.0. items. Once you have finished setting up your account, or if you already own an existing account, you can view our
“...people that know me know that I love to connect with people.”
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Screenshot of the Cathedral’s Facebook page.
The Grapevine Published by Christ Church Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. Please submit articles for the July/ August issue by Tuesday, June 2. Text files should be in WORD format. If you are submitting photos, please email the raw picture file for proper editing. All submissions should be sent to dvancamp@cccathedral.org The Rt. Rev. Andrew D. Smith, Bishop of Connecticut The Very Rev. Mark B. Pendleton, Dean The Rev. Canon J. Allison St. Louis, Vicar Richard Baraglia, Parish Committee Chair Amy Beveridge, Parish Committee Vice-Chair
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Images of Easter 2009...
Near the Baptistry
In the Chapel of the Nativity
The High Altar
The New Paschal Candle
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Calendar… May
THURSDAY, May 7 Duo del Sur South American folk music for flute and native instruments
01-10 – Cathedral Art Show 03 – Forum 03 – Walk Against Hunger 07 – Lunch…Plus! 11 – Cathedral Crafters 16 – Bishop’s 5K Run 19 – Soup & Services 25 – Memorial Day Holiday 26 – Cathedral Crafters 31 – Pentecost Youth Party
June
12:05 TO 12:35 P.M. in the Cathedral House Auditorium $7 donation for lunch & program $5 for “Friends,” Seniors and Students with I.D.
07 – Last choir Sunday 13 – Deacon Ordination 14 – Scholarship Sunday 16 – Soup & Services 19-20 – Tag Sale 20 – St. Barnabas
Holidays
All are welcome!
The Cathedral and Cathedral Office will be closed on Memorial Day, May 25.
Contact us! Christ Church Cathedral 45 Church Street Hartford, Connecticut 06103 860.527.7231 telephone 860.527.5313 fax www.cccathedral.org
The Very Rev. Mark B. Pendleton, Dean 860.527.7231, ext. 107, mpendleton@cccathedral.org The Rev. Canon J. Allison St. Louis, Vicar 860.527.7231, ext. 111, astlouis@cccathedral.org Canon Kevin Jones, Precentor & Director of Music 860.527.7231, ext. 112, kjones@cccathedral.org Judith C. Radasch, Cathedral Administrator 860.527.7231, ext. 101, jradasch@cccathedral.org Debby Van Camp, Administrative Assistant 860.527.7231, ext. 100, dvancamp@cccathedral.org
Melissa Frawley, Accountant/Bookkeeper 860.527.7231, ext. 106, mfrawley@cccathedral.org John Scott, Sexton 860.527.7231, ext. 100, gscott@cccathedral.org Gilbeean Scott, Buildings & Wedding Coordinator 860.527.7231, ext. 102, gscott@cccathedral.org The Grapevine is published by Christ Church Cathedral ©2009 Christ Church Cathedral. All rights reserved. Deadline for submission of information for the July/August issue is June 2.
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The Right Reverend Andrew D. Smith, M. Div., D. D., Bishop of Connecticut The Right Reverend James E. Curry, M. Div., D. D., Bishop Suffragan The Right Reverend Laura J. Ahrens, M. Div., D. Min., D. D., Bishop Suffragan The Very Reverend Mark B. Pendleton, M. Div., Dean The Reverend Canon J. Allison St. Louis, M. Div., Ph.D., Vicar Canon Kevin Jones, M.M., Precentor & Director of Music The Reverend Canon John L.C. Mitman, S.T.B., Priest Associate The Reverend Stanley C. Kemmerer, M. Div., Priest Associate The Reverend Geoffrey F. Ward, M. T. S., Priest Associate The Reverend Dr. Thomas F. Beveridge, D. Min., Ecumenical Associate The Venerable Donald Richey, Archdeacon of the Diocese Erik Eickhoff, M.M., Assistant Organist Judith C. Radasch, M.B.A., Cathedral Administrator Debby Van Camp, Cathedral Administrative Assistant Melissa Frawley, Accountant/Bookkeeper John Scott, Sexton Gilbeean Scott, Buildings & Wedding Coordinator Elected Lay Leadership Richard Baraglia, Parish Committee Chair Amy Beveridge, Parish Committee Vice-Chair