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THE OPEN DOOR
June / July 2013
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Staff and Vestry
Clergy
The Very Reverend Peter Eaton
Rector and Dean, Ext. 7721
The Reverend Robert Hendrickson
Sub-Dean, Ext. 7706
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The Reverend Jadon D. Hartsuff
Canon
The Reverend Elizabeth Marie
Melchionna, Canon
The Reverend Charles LaFond
Canon Steward
CONTENT
Elizabeth Costello
Curate
Senior Staff
NEW CLERGY & STAFF BIOS
Kim McPherson
Director of Religious Education
Ext. 7729
Mike Orr
Communications Director
Ext. 7730
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MEMO FROM WARTBURG COLLEGE WEST
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A LETTER FROM FORMER Curate
BLake Sawicky
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Vestry
Tom Stoever, Senior Warden
Frank Scott, Junior Warden
Mary Ellen Williams, Treasurer
David Abbott, Clerk
Class of 2016
David Ball, Kat Challis,
Jen Courtney-Keyse,
Amanda Montague
Class of 2015
Susan Chenier, Larry Kueter,
Ned Rule, John van Camp
Class of 2014
David Abbott, Newt Klusmire,
Jim East, Mary Ellen Williams
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A LETTER FROM FORMER SUB-DEAN
DREW VAN CULIN
Stephen Tappe
Organist and Director of Music
Ext. 7726
Tara Williams
Director of Finance and Operations
Ext. 7720
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From the Dean: A New Chapter
As June begins, we look to the sort of opportunity and excitement that comes to very few
congregations ever. For we shall welcome a completely new group of clergy staff, as well as
two other significant leaders.
Robert Hendrickson is the new Sub-Dean (in succession to Drew), Elizabeth Marie Melchionna
and Jadon Hartsuff are the two new Canons (replacing Rebecca Crummey and Elizabeth Randall),
Elizabeth Costello is the new Curate (following Blake Sawicky), and Charles LaFond is our new
Canon Steward (filling the shoes of Greg Movesian). All of these clergy bring considerable
and varied gifts to us, and a deep commitment to the vision, mission and core values of the
Cathedral. I am rather biased, of course, but they constitute, in my opinion, the strongest staff of any parish I know.
In addition to these fine new clergy, we welcome Tara Williams as our new Director of Finance and Operations, who
takes Mike Wright’s vacant position. And I am delighted to be able to name Greg Robbins, a long-standing parishioner,
good friend, and superb theologian and teacher, to the stall of Canon Theologian of the Cathedral.
As we welcome all these new people into their new responsibilities, and as we also welcome their families into our
community, our first job is to ensure that they settle well and comfortably into their new jobs and homes.
This is going to take a while, and it is our first priority. In a congregation of our size, it takes a priest a year to understand
the full rhythm of life here, and with so many new clergy arriving at once, this is even more the case. Only then can the
new staff be genuinely creative and effective leaders in all the new things we hope to accomplish over the next five
years or so.
So I hope that everyone will help with this. Make time to get to know your new clergy, as well as Tara, and Greg, if you
do not already know him. They want to learn about our life and ministry, and we are the ones who shall teach them. The
time that we spend now in building relationships in this way will pay big dividends as we move ahead once everyone
is settled. We shall be looking at effective ways for us to interact in this first year so that we can lay the right kind of
foundation.
Our new staff are coming to us with tremendous enthusiasm and energy. The clergy are already sensitive pastors,
and they will take their place immediately as those who care for us in need. As soon as they are comfortable with the
weekday and Sunday liturgies, they will take their regular turns in presiding, and from Sunday, June 16, they will be
preaching their first sermons to us. It takes time for a priest to learn to preach to a new congregation, and it takes time
for a congregation to learn to hear a new voice, but over the summer we shall have a good opportunity to hear all our
new clergy speak to us and begin to listen to their distinctive reflections. Tara, too, will be learning quickly and taking
the lead in a number of the annual systems that make the Cathedral’s life work, like our budget process.
So we are about to embark on “a new chapter with a new Chapter.” A Cathedral Chapter is the group of full-time clergy
who, with the Dean, are the pastors, priests, and teachers of the community. As the Canon Theologian, Greg will also
have an honorary place among us. And our associate clergy continue to have a valued place in our common life.
Please join us on Sunday, June 6, at 10:00 am for a great and unique celebration of our life.
Thanks to our Clergy Associates
We are fortunate to have several clergy associates – clergy who are either retired or who have other work – who are
attached to the Cathedral and who help us in a number of ways. These clergy are our former bishop, Bishop Jerry
Winterrowd, as well as Sally Brown, Gary Brower, Stu Jones, Paul Spurlock, and Bob Thompson.
I would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to them for their faithful service to the Cathedral, and
especially for the help that they have given during this season of clergy departures and arrivals. They have been
willing help, and I am deeply thankful to them.
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Summer Service Times
Sunday, May 26 through September 8
8:00 am, 10:00 am, & 6:00 pm The Wilderness
Nursery: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm (ages 0 - 3), 5:30 - 7:30 pm (all ages)
Summer Children’s Chapel: 10:00 am (beginning June 9)
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Saint John’s Cathedral to Host the
Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM)
National Conference
June 27 – July 4
Two hundred church musicians of the Anglican persuasion
will soon be descending on Denver and Colorado Springs
for their annual gathering. Some events require tickets,
but the services and performances listed below are open
to all.
An AAM member since 1978, Stephen Tappe, the
Cathedral organist and director of music, is co-chairing
the conference with Joseph Galema, longtime music
director and Academy organist at the United States Air
Force Academy (USAFA), Colorado Springs.
The Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, Conference Preacher,
will speak at each principal liturgy beginning Monday.
Sunday, June 30
Evensong, Saint John’s. 5:00 pm. Come at 4:45 pm for
the 15-minute voluntary before the service, which will
be officiated by Dean Peter Eaton. The Cathedral Choir
will sing. Reception follows.
Monday, July 1 through Thursday, July 4
Choral Matins, Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2015
Glenarm Place, 7:30 am each day.
Monday, July 1
Voluntary before the Opening Eucharist. Following
Choral Matins at Saint Andrews, AAM musicians move to
Saint John’s for a 15-minute voluntary to begin at 9:45
am. The Opening Eucharist for the conference begins at
10:00 am.
Concert, Saint Martin’s Chamber Choir, Saint Paul
Lutheran at 16th Ave. and Grant St., 7:30 pm. Tickets will
be available ($25) at 7:00 pm.
Tuesday, July 2
On July 2, the conference moves to Colorado Springs for the
day.
Organ recital, Dongho Lee, 11:00 am, USAFA Cadet
Chapel. Ms. Lee was awarded both the First Prize (the
Lilian Murtagh Memorial Prize) and the Audience Prize
in the 2010 American Guild of Organists’ National Young
Artists Competition in Organ Performance.
Noon Prayer, 12:00 pm, USAFA Cadet Chapel.
Concert, Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble, 7:00 pm. Grace
and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church at 601 N. Tejon.
Tickets at $25 are available at 6:30 pm.
Wednesday, July 3
The conference participants return to Denver after the
CVAE concert at Grace and Saint Stephen’s.
Carillon performance, Carol Jickling Lens. University of
Denver, 12:15 pm. Jickling Lens is a Cathedral parishioner,
choir member, and DU Carillonneur.
Concert, Denver Brass & Organ (organist Joseph
Galema). University of Denver, 2:00 pm. The concert
takes place in Hamilton Hall, Lamont School of Music.
Open to the public.
Worship, Christ Church at 2950 S. University Blvd,
Monastic Office of None (Ninth Hour), 3:30 pm.
Thursday, July 4
Closing Eucharist, Saint John’s Cathedral, 4:00 pm.
Bishop Keith Whitmore, AAM chaplain, will preside.
Come early to hear an extended prelude.
Additional Conference Information & Volunteering
Registered conference participants will be attending a
host of panel presentations and workshops, but everyone
is invited to the events listed here. For more info, please
visit http://bit.ly/16s53iy.
Conference volunteers are in great need, and there are
many ways help.
For more information, please contact Abbi Chapman at
Abbi@sjcathedral.org.
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> PRAYERS FOR OUR CLERGY & STAFF
Please pray for Blake as he prepares to move to his new post in
Providence, and please pray for Robert, Elizabeth Marie, Jadon,
Elizabeth, and Charles, and their families as they move to Denver
over the next several weeks to join us. Please also remember Tara
and Greg as they assume new responsibilities in our community,
and for Abbie and Carol, as they move on to new opportunities.
> CHAPTER INSTALLATION
Sunday, June 9 at 10:00 am
Bishop O’Neill will be with us on Sunday, June 9, for the 10:00
am Eucharist to install and license the new clergy staff and the
honorary Canon Theologian. The installation of new Chapter
members at the Cathedral is always a significant event in our
life, and this one will be particularly impressive, as we shall be
installing five new clergy at once as well as a lay Canon and
the Director of Finance and Administration into new Cathedral
responsibilities.
This will be the first time we shall see our new clergy staff in
public worship, and I hope that you will join us to help welcome
an impressive new group of talented clergy to our staff and into
our Cathedral community.
> THANK YOU
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the two advisory
committees that have helped me in the new appointments that
have been made. While it is the Dean’s responsibility to appoint
all staff, it has always been my practice to involve advisory
committees to help me do this. Diane Barrett, Kat Challis, Jay
Swope, Drew Van Culin, Mary Ellen Williams, Mary Frances Kelley,
Jim East, Mike Orr, and Carolyn McCormick have put in a great deal
of time and energy into this work over the last year, and I am very
grateful to them for their attentiveness and hard work.
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Peter
The Reverend Robert Hendrickson
appointed the next Sub-Dean
We are delighted to
announce that we
have appointed the
Reverend Robert
Hendrickson to be
Drew’s successor
as the Sub-Dean.
He and his wife,
Karrie, will join us
in June.
Robert is currently the program director of the Saint
Hilda’s House young adult residential internship
program and the Ascension House intentional
community and curate at Christ Church, New Haven.
He is also the missioner for Ascension Church in
the Hill/Iglesia de la Ascensión (a parochial mission
parish of Christ Church). His recently completed book,
Yearning: Young Adults, Authentic Transformation,
and the Church, which will be out in November. He
earned the degree of Master of Divinity at the General
Theological Seminary in NYC in 2009 and was ordained
to the priesthood in the Diocese of Connecticut.
Robert has also worked with the Ecumenical Office
of the Episcopal Church and is a co-founder of the
Society of Catholic Priests. Previously, he studied at
the University of Mississippi, Cornell University, and
Beijing Foreign Studies University and worked as the
Communications Manager for Brooks Brothers.
He is married to Dr. Karrie Cummings Hendrickson
who is a professor of nursing in New Haven where
they have lived since 2004. Robert and Kerrie are
avid hikers and travelers with a burgeoning interest
in taking up kayaking. They have two plump cats, one
dolorous Basset hound, and one very brave dachshund
puppy.
The Reverend Jadon D. Hartsuff
appointed a Canon
We are also delighted to
announce that we have
appointed the Reverend
Jadon Hartsuff to fill the
Canon’s position that has
been vacant since Elizabeth
Randall left the staff several
years ago. He will also be
joining us in early June.
Born and raised in Michigan, Jadon studied Economics
and Management before his first career took him to
Chicago and California where he managed corporate
giving for a consortium of private colleges, served as
a consultant in the hospitality sector, and led sales and
distribution offices for Ciao Bella Gelato Company. In
response to the tragedies of 9/11, he also served as a
Mandarin Chinese linguist in the Army’s Intelligence
Corps. Always keen one day to build and manage a
firm of his own, Jadon took the opportunity to do so
in collaboration with a well-established Beverly Hills
interior designer - managing major projects in Europe
and the Middle East for members of the Saudi Royal
Family.
Jadon’s call to the priesthood was nurtured at All
Saints’ Episcopal Church, in Beverly Hills, California.
He earned the degree of Master of Divinity with
Honors as well as a graduate certificate in spiritual
direction from General Seminary in NYC.
He has served in a wide variety of church contexts
including an Old Catholic cathedral in Switzerland,
a one-room schoolhouse church, an Episcopal
chaplaincy to seafarers at the Port of Newark, and
a vibrant suburban parish in Bronxville, New York.
Jadon comes to Denver having served most recently
as Curate of the Dean’s former parish, Saint James,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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The Reverend Elizabeth Marie
Melchionna appointed a Canon
We are also delighted
to announce that we
have appointed the
Reverend
Elizabeth
Marie Melchionna to
succeed the Reverend
Rebecca Crummey as a
Canon of the Cathedral.
She, her husband, Will,
and their seven-yearold son, Liam, will also
join us in June.
Elizabeth Marie (she
uses both names, and
that will help us to keep her and Elizabeth distinct in
our conversations!) is a wife, mother, and priest. As
a native of Roanoke, VA, Elizabeth Marie has strong
family ties to southwestern Virginia. She has lived,
worked, or studied in Alaska, Virginia, North Carolina,
Madagascar, England, New Zealand, and Thailand.
Elizabeth Marie worked as a field instructor for a New
Zealand study abroad program and canoeing instructor
in North Carolina. She later won a fellowship from
the Henry Luce Foundation to teach at the McGilvary
College of Divinity and to facilitate interfaith dialogue
at the Institute for the Study of Religion, Culture, and
Peace, both in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
During the last seven years Elizabeth Marie has
served parishes in Arlington, VA, Davidson, NC, and
at Davidson College with responsibilities in pastoral
care, faith formation, youth and young adults,
newcomers, parish administration, campus ministry,
and conflict transformation. She studied English,
Anthropology, and French at Davidson College and
graduated with a B.A. in English. She holds a Masters
of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, summa cum
laude, as well as diplomas from the Yale Institute of
Sacred Music, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice
and Peacebuilding. Elizabeth Marie is married to Will
Roberts, who has a Master’s Degree from University
of Colorado-- Boulder in Anthropology, Museum and
Field Studies. He has extensive experience in cultural
sector management, museum exhibit design and
preparation, and grants/donor relations management.
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Elizabeth Costello
appointed the next Curate
We are delighted to be able
to announce that we have
appointed Mrs. Elizabeth
Costello to be Blake’s
successor as the Curate of
Saint John’s Cathedral. She
and her husband, Joe, will
join us in June.
Elizabeth is currently a
candidate for ordination
in the Diocese of North
Carolina, and a student at Yale Divinity School where
she is pursuing a Master of Sacred Theology (STM) and
a Certificate in Anglican Studies at Berkeley Divinity
School, which will be granted in May. She holds the
degree of Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Duke Divinity
School.
Previously, Elizabeth served as a Director of Christian
Formation at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
(Burlington, NC) and Youth/Children’s Worker at Saint
Peter and Saint Paul Church (Buckinghamshire, UK).
She has also worked with the homeless at a hostel in
Oxford (UK), lived with asylum seekers and refugees
at Saint Francis House (also in Oxford), and co-founded
the Community of the Franciscan Way, a Catholic
Worker community in the Episcopal Diocese of North
Carolina that provides hospitality to the homeless in
Durham, NC.
Her husband, Joe Wolyniak is a DPhil candidate
in theology at the University of Oxford studying
Science and Religion. Elizabeth and Joe enjoy
traveling, running, hiking and camping, cooking, rich
conversation, and time with loved ones. She will be
ordained as a transitional deacon on June 29, 2013,
by the Bishop of North Carolina at the Church of the
Good Shepherd in Raleigh.
The Reverend Canon Charles LaFond
appointed the Canon Steward
We are pleased to
welcome the Reverend
Charles LaFond to succeed
Greg Movesian and to be
with us as Canon Steward.
Charles comes to us from
a long and effective
history
of
strategic
planning, annual and
capital campaign design,
and
planned
giving
program
management,
among other areas of
ministry and congregational development. He will
also join us in June.
Charles is the Canon for Congregational Life in the
Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire where he cares
for and encourages the spiritual growth and non-profit
management of the 47 diocesan churches especially
around raising money, raising people and developing
fresh expressions of ministry. His own ministry began
as a corporate non-profit development officer, during
which he raised an estimated $30 million for the
YMCA of Greater Richmond, Virginia, over nine years.
has for seven years lived on a farm in the woods of
New Hampshire with his companion black Labrador
retriever named “Kai.”
Dr. Gregory Robbins
appointed Honorary Canon Theologian
We are also delighted
to
announce
that
we have appointed
Dr. Gregory Robbins
as
the
Honorary
Canon Theologian of
the Cathedral. This
appointment is an
honorary one, and
recognizes
Greg’s
contribution as a lay
theologian and the
close
relationship
that exists between
the Cathedral and Iliff
School of Theology. Greg’s duties as Canon Theologian
will consist mostly of preaching and teaching at the
Cathedral. He will be installed with the other new
members of the Chapter on Sunday, June 9, at the
10:00 am Eucharist.
Charles has taught stewardship design as a guest
faculty member at Virginia Theological Seminary,
leads stewardship webinars for the Episcopal Church
Foundation, is on the TENS (The Episcopal Network
for Stewardship) Board of Directors and is on the
Presiding Bishop’s Advisory Council for the Episcopal
Church’s Financial Development Office. Charles is a
frequent blogger at charleslafond.com, writes a bimonthly article on domestic spirituality and is the
author of Fearless Church Fundraising: The Practical
and Spiritual Approach to Stewardship.
Greg is chair of the Department of Religious Studies at
the University of Denver and director of the Anglican
Studies Program at the Iliff School of Theology.
He specializes in the history of Christianity and its
scriptures. Regular course offerings include a survey
of the New Testament, an introductory Church history
sequence, and readings in early Christian classics.
Film is a passion of Greg’s, and his “Jesus on the Silver
Screen” course is one of the Department’s most
popular. He is currently at work on a book-length
project entitled, Adam & Eve at the Movies: Cinematic
Transformations of Genesis 1-11.
In his second decade of ministry, he served as an
episcopal priest and spent three of those years as
a monk at the Society of Saint John the Evangelist.
Charles has been in parish ministry alongside his
diocesan responsibilities serving as Priest Associate
at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Nashua,
New Hampshire, and has been Chaplain to the New
Hampshire State Senate for the past five years.
Charles is a member of the Episcopal Church’s
Executive Council from Province I and serves on
its Executive Committee. Charles is a potter and
Dr. Robbins received his M.Div. degree from Yale
University and his Ph.D. from Duke University. He has
authored two books, Exploring the New Testament
and Intrigue in the Garden: Genesis 1-3 in the History
of Exegesis, numerous entries in the Anchor Bible
Dictionary and The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the
Bible, articles in Studia Patristica, and contributions
to the Feasting on the Word and Feasting on the
Gospels commentary series. In 1990, he received the
Burlington-Northern Award for Teaching Excellence.
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Greg is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the Department
of Religious Studies and the School of Music at Indiana
University, and is working with Stephen Tappe to the
plan the worship services for the annual conference
of the Association of Anglican Musicians, which
convenes this summer in Denver. Greg serves on the
boards of directors of Saint Martin’s Chamber Choir,
Saint Elizabeth’s School, and the Society for Values in
Higher Education. He is vice president and program
chair of the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains region of the
American Academy of Religion/Society for Biblical
Literature.
Tara Williams appointed Director of
Finance and Operations
We are delighted to announce
that we have appointed Tara
Williams to the Director
of Finance and Operations
position that has been vacant
for over a year and a half. She
will join us in late May.
Tara is a nonprofit executive
with over 15 years of
financial and administrative
management
experience
incorporating
collaboration,
innovation,
and
technology to facilitate strategic change. Her focus
is on supporting the nonprofit dual-bottom line of
financial strength and mission fulfillment. In her
most recent position(s) as Chief Financial Officer and
Director of Administration and Finance at Veterans
Green Jobs, Tara spent three years launching, growing
and managing an organization that received over $15
million in government contracts, employed 65 staff,
weatherized over 3000 homes, and found employment
opportunities for over 300 veterans. Prior to that,
Tara was the owner of Dollar-Sense, a successful
accounting and bookkeeping company geared to
serving non-profit organizations. A graduate of Brown
University, Tara also worked as a social worker in San
Francisco and Baltimore and as a program associate
with Maryland Nonprofits, and in management with
the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. She has
lived in Boulder since 1997 and in her non-work time
enjoys all that Colorado has to offer with her 5 ½ year
old daughter and 11 year old dog. Her other interests
include hiking, running, camping, good local food, and
reading a great novel.
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Abbi Chapman to attend
Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore
After five years of faithful
and good service as the
Administrative
Assistant
in our Music Department
and as a staff singer, Abbi
Chapman will leave in August
to enter a Master of Music
degree program in Voice at
The Peabody Institute of The
Johns Hopkins University
in
Baltimore,
Maryland.
Established in 1857, Peabody
is America’s first conservatory of music, and one of
the premiere music institutions in the country. It is an
accomplishment and an honor to be accepted into a
program there, and we are proud to be sending Abbi to
this very fine school from Saint John’s Cathedral.
Abbi’s last day in the Music Office will be Thursday,
August 15, marking her fifth anniversary of joining the
Cathedral staff. Her last Sunday with us as a staff singer
in the Cathedral Choir will be August 18 and we shall
celebrate with her after the 10:00 am service on the East
Lawn. We wish her and her husband Peter well on this
new adventure.
Carol Mohr, Christian Education Assistant,
Farewell
After six years of faithful and
good service as the Christian
Education Assistant, Carol Mohr
will leave our staff at the end of
May. In her time with us, she has
helped with all the details of the
Christian Formation Program,
including camp and day camp,
seasonal
events,
baptism
classes, and resources for adult
classes and our children’s
stewardship campaign. Carol
has been an example for us all in her faith, always
willing to step up to new tasks with a smile. Whether
on the phone or in person, Carol has lived out Jesus’
commandment to love one another.
Joyce Louise White
1927-2013
By Ann Jones, Librarian
Joyce White is remembered by
many at Saint John’s Cathedral
as the loving and gifted
librarian who for over twenty
years gave dedicated service
to the library at Saint John’s.
Bishop O’Neill & Joyce White, Library, Sept 8, 2005
Under her stewardship the
library grew into a viable source for clergy and lay people alike.
Joyce received an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania University at a
time, says former Canon Jean Clift, “when she, as a woman, had to sit in the
balcony in order to study her chosen subjects”. She went on to obtain Masters
Degrees in both Library Science and Religion, and through a long career she
served as head librarian at Pennsylvania University, archivist at St. Francis Boys’
Home in Salina, Kansas, and library director at St. Thomas Theological Seminary
in Denver.
In addition to her other skills, Joyce loved research, and in 2003 she published
her book Colorado Episcopal Clergy in the 19th Century: a Biographical Register,
which is still in use as a valuable historical resource.
At a sherry party given in her honor in Saint John’s library at the time of her
retirement in 2005, Bishop Rob O’Neill recalled that it was he who asked Joyce
if she could “do something about the library.” She could, and did, and we are
all grateful for her life of dedicated service. A final loving remembrance—“She
loved the Cathedral and donated her time and skill here, loving the Cathedral
as much as she loved her cats—maybe more!”
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&
Loaves & Fishes:
Lo aves
Fishes
Food Drive Supporting
Metro CareRing
Just as Christ fed the 5,000, we too are charged to
feed the hungry. At Saint John’s, the celebration of
the miracle of the Loaves and Fishes will be July 28.
On that day, the Urban and Social Concerns Commission
of Saint John’s asks your support for the annual food
collection benefitting Metro CareRing. Last year we
collected close to 5,000 pounds of food, and this year our
goal is to exceed that amount. Bags with lists of the food
most needed will be distributed after every service on July 7,
and a representative from Metro CareRing will be at the 10:00
am service that day to talk about serving people who are hungry
in our community. On July 28, please bring non-perishable food or
financial contributions to church. After the 10:00 am service, we’ll caravan
to Metro CareRing at 18th and Downing to deliver the food.
Loaves and Fishes is one of our most important outreach projects of the year. Why do we put so much emphasis
on this food drive? It’s because hunger is everywhere in our community, and this is our time to provide a caring
ministry to our neighbors in need.
There is hunger in Denver:
• 1 out of 3 children in Denver live below the poverty line.
• More than 25% of working families in Colorado do not have enough food to meet basic needs.
• Children who are food insecure are two times more likely to be obese than their peers who have access to
enough food at all times.
• A child who goes hungry just once in his or her life is 2 ½ times more likely
to have poor overall
health 10-15 years later.
• Metro CareRing distributes more than 1,000,000 pounds of nutritious
food each year.
• Local food drives account for 25% of the
food at Metro CareRing.
• 96% of the food distributed is
donated from local businesses, grocery
stores, organizations, individuals, and
communities of faith.
Source: metrocarering.org
Loaves and Fishes Day is our time to help
combat hunger in Denver and to be a tangible
witness to the living power and presence of
God among us. At St. John’s, the food collection
for Metro CareRing is organized by the Urban
and Social Concerns Commission. Please contact
Diane Neumann of the USCC at 303-638-5082 if
you can help with this event.
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L o aves
F is h e s
&
“You have helped shaped
me as a priest, father, and
friend...”
Dear Friends,
It was with excitement and sadness that I accepted the call to serve as the 10th
Rector of Christ Church Grosse Pointe and, as this new ministry begins, I cannot
help but give thanks to you as a community for your affection and care these past
years.
The opportunity to serve as rector will present me with many new challenges
that will demand the best of my skills and my continued development as a priest
and for that I am excited. Unfortunately, it also demanded our departure from a
wonderful community of friends that not only has been personally formative for
me, but extremely rewarding for my family.
Together, you have helped shaped me as a priest, father, and friend, and for that I am most grateful. And yet, the
greatest gift Jessica and I have received has been the great love that you have extended to us personally and
to our children from our initial reception on 20 December 2009 through the birth of our daughter, Catherine.
Your love extended throughout our ministry and life in Denver and was evidenced again at my Installation and
Welcome as Dean Eaton preached and Tom and Kris Stoever joined in the celebration. It is such love that has
made my ministry with you as rewarding and joyous as it was, and for that Jessica and I remain abundantly
grateful.
Jessica and I cannot thank you enough for your great care for us, and we look forward with hopeful expectation
to a return someday to Denver to renew friendships and to hear and see the many great new ministries of Saint
John’s.
With affection and gratitude,
Drew
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Memo from Wartburg College West
Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Kin at Saint John’s,
We celebrate the partnership between Saint John’s
Cathedral and Wartburg College, officially launched
on Sunday, April 28 with the signing of the covenant
document by Dean Peter Eaton and President Darrell
Colson in Dagwell Hall.
The people who were here from Wartburg College
for this weekend celebration of our new partnership
sincerely appreciated the welcome and hospitality
they received from all of you. Almost the entire
President’s Cabinet was in Denver for the occasion;
it was the largest representation from the college
administration in Denver at one time, and it could not
have been a more positive, affirming, auspicious event.
The enthusiasm for the future of this partnership that
was generated can hardly be overstated. In addition,
the director and members of the Wartburg choir were
thrilled by the opportunity to perform at the Cathedral
and by the reception they received on April 26th. So
THANK YOU.
During May, Wartburg will be moving furniture into
apartments in the Kimberly across 14th Ave., the
first group of Wartburg students will be occupying
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apartments on May 30, and we will be in the process
of moving into our office and classroom space on
the Cathedral grounds. The summer students will be
doing internships in and around Denver everywhere
from Denver Health to Visit Denver to Comedy Works
to Metro State University and more.
As Directors of the Wartburg West program, we are
very excited about our new location at Saint John’s,
not just for the facilities but for the location in Capitol
Hill and the community represented here. We are
eager for our program to become integrated into the
life of this neighborhood. We are also excited and
hopeful about further developing our relationship to
Saint John’s through its ministries of worship, music,
education, fellowship, and community service.
We plan to keep you informed of significant events
and developments with this program and the college.
Meanwhile, please visit and “like” Wartburg West on
Facebook.
With a call to Common Mission,
The Reverends Nelson and Bonita Bock, ELCA
Co-Directors, Wartburg West
“There are countless moments
that I treasure in my memory
from my time with you...”
Dear People of Saint John’s,
It is hard to say thank you enough for all the love, support, and encouragement
you have given me these last two years. You have invited me into your homes,
into your families, into your lives. I have been privileged to celebrate with you
at baptisms and weddings, to be with you in hospital rooms and at deathbeds, to
run into you in the hallways at church, in the grocery store, even in airports and
out of state; and even to be dunked by you into the tank on Saint John’s Day! You
have shown me what it is to be generous, to offer yourself freely on behalf of
another. You have taught me to be a priest.
It is hard to describe how quickly you have entered my heart and impressed
yourselves upon my spirit. There are countless moments that I treasure in my memory from my time with you,
and I will cherish them all the more in Rhode Island: as a new priest many of them are firsts, but many more of
them are simply the kaleidoscope of shining glimpses of the face of God which you have given me through your
lives. I will miss all of you deeply, and will keep you in my prayers.
“Walk in love as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God.”
Yours faithfully,
Blake
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OuT oF THe ARCHIVeS
fellow who set fire to the cathedral. There were some
clues, but they developed nothing. When the chap that
did it gets into the other world he’ll preach against hellfire, I warrant you.” He was never caught in this world.
Dreaming of a New Cathedral
A meeting of the congregation was held at Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church less than a month after
the fire to “consider and determine the question of a
change in the location of the Cathedral.” The minutes
report that it had “by far the largest attendance at a
parish meeting for many years.” A newspaper reported
more than 500 present, the prevailing sentiment
favoring the building of a new cathedral on Capitol Hill.
Despite a few who believed that the burned building
should be restored and the cathedral remain where it
was, a vote was taken, resulting in a nearly unanimous
decision to move to a more central location. The details
were referred to a committee chaired by S. F. Rathvon,
senior warden.
by Robert “Woody” Woodward
1931-2007, Cathedral Archivist for over 30 years
Published May 1990, Open Door
“A miscreant set fire to the Old Cathedral on Friday
night, May 15, 1903.” so wrote H. Martyn Hart, first
dean of Saint John’s, in his Recollections and Reflections.
The minutes of a vestry meeting held later that night
acknowledged communications from the Peoples
Tabernacle, Trinity Methodist, Central Presbyterian,
First Congregational, Temple Emanuel, and other
churches tending their sympathies and offering to
share their places of worship.
The next day, Dean Hart published the following notice,
“My Dear Friends - Nothing could exceed the depths
of universal sympathy which the loss of our beautiful
church has evoked.... We have
finally concluded to hold our
early communion at 7:30 every
Sunday morning in the Central
Presbyterian Church....As all
our books are soaked, we will
not have any mid-day service
tomorrow, but for the future we
have accepted the kind loan of
the Jewish synagogue at the
corner of 16th and Pearl streets,
wherein to hold our 11 o’clock
service and the Sunday school
at 3 o’clock... Cast down. but not
destroyed.”
This was the arrangement for
seven months, until November.
The vestry minutes record that
Central Presbyterian will charge
$50 rent for the early service
....it was suggested by the Dean that we accept the
proposition of Reverend Houghton to join with him at
St. Mark’s for our early Sunday morning service.”
Immediately after the fire the vestry offered a reward
of $1000 for the apprehension and conviction of the
person who set the fire. Later one of the newspapers
reported the Dean as saying, “We haven’t caught the
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By the end of June of that year, 20 lots on the half block
bounded by 14th Avenue, Washington and Clarkson
streets were purchased. This location was opposite
Wolfe Hall. the Episcopal Girls School (located where
Morey Middle School is today). Most of the rest of the
block was owned by the Diocese.
Second Cathedral Winning Design
Soon a circular announcing a “Competition for a church
building to be erected in the City of Denver” was sent
to eight architects, offering $150 as incentive for their
designs. Other architects applied, until 18 architects
submitted a total of 19 designs by November 20, 1903.
Six were from Colorado, two from London, and the rest
from the eastern states.
A building committee was
quickly formed and met with Mr.
Swartwout in December 1903.
To provide temporary quarters
for the congregation, a Chapter
House was designed by Tracy &
Swartwout, and James Murdock,
a local architect, was hired to
supervise construction. Murdock
had designed St. Luke’s Church,
Montclair, and the Chapel of Our
Merciful Savior (All Saints) in west
Denver, both built in 1890. In
1896, he became the construction
superintendent for the Colorado
State Capitol. The Chapter House
was completed in August 1904.
Second Cathedral Second Design
A consulting architect, Thomas Walsh, made the
following recommendation: “Design number 14...
[it] is well planned and of good proportions. There is
no particular attempt at originality; the author being
evidently content to follow
conventional lines. This design
is, apparently, a happy solution
of the problem...in the writer’s
opinion, this design should be
placed first.” And so the design of
the firm of Tracy & Swartwout of
New York City was chosen.
It was immediately apparent
that the winning design could not be built within the
dollar limitation set forth in the competition. Tracy &
Swartwout were told to modify the design and prepare
working drawings. The design was for the complete
cathedral: the working drawings were for the “church”
- the nave of the cathedral and a
temporary chancel.
“The dream was about
to become a reality.”
The second and third place designs were both
submitted by Ralph Adams Cram of Boston, well-known
master of the Gothic Revival style who redesigned the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York in 1911. In
correspondence from Cram to the vestry,
he argued that we should have chosen
an architect rather than a specific design.
The same year he submitted one of his
designs for a similar competition held
by the Military Academy at West Point,
where his design for the chapel was
selected. Cram wrote in December 1903,
“Of all the means in use for selecting
an architect for a given piece of work, a
competition is the most inadequate.” In
1908, Cram did design a Denver church
- Trinity Memorial at 2035 Glenarm,
just east of the former site of the first
St. John’s Cathedral. In 1919, Trinity
Memorial Church became St. Andrew’s,
currently our mission church.
The modified design for the
cathedral was received in July
1904, but working drawings were
not forthcoming. At the urging
of Dean Hart and the building committee, Tracy &
Swartwout provided drawings for the foundation.
Under Mr. Murdock’s direction, the foundation was
completed in April 1906. Shortly before its completion,
the working drawings for the nave arrived, more than
a year and a half after the design was submitted. Bids
Construction Crew, 1908
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received in May indicated that the modified design
would cost about $300,000, which was more than twice
the amount allowed.
The building committee rejected the plans and called on
Tracy & Swartwout to again submit new plans that would
comply with the terms of the competition. The working
drawings that were actually used were not received until
November 1907. A low bid of $160,000 from contractor
Orvid Olsen was submitted. Although this was more
than planned for, the building committee didn’t want to
start over again.
The Denver Republican reported the laying of the
cornerstone on Sunday. January 24, 1908, nearly five
years after the first cathedral was destroyed. The order
of service indicates that Bishop Charles Sanford Olmsted
and Dean H. Martyn Hart laid the stone for the Cathedral
Church of St. John the Evangelist. The dream was about
to become a reality.
Bishop Olmsted, Blessing of the Cornerstone
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Library News
The coming of summer often brings with it the excitement
of plans for travel and new opportunities for broadening our
horizons. For many, travel also takes the form of pilgrimage,
visiting places with special associations and meaningful
connections.
On display for the next few months in your library will be
books such as “The art of pilgrimage”, “The Pilgrim’s way:
shrines and saints in Britain and Ireland”, and “Colorado’s
sanctuaries, Retreats and Sacred Places”. Active travelers
might be interested in Bruce Feiler’s “Walking the Bible”, or
the journey through Umbria and Tuscany described in “On
the road with Francis of Assisi”, or the beautiful account of
spiritual renewal on the Camino de Santiago in Kerry Eagan’s
“Fumbling”.
Summer Schedule
Throughout the summer months, the
Cathedral library will continue to be open
on Sunday mornings, and on Tuesday and
Thursday mornings from 9:30 am to 12:30
pm.
To provide inspiration for other destinations, come browse
our large collection of beautiful art books about churches
and cathedrals, tapestries and paintings, stone and stained
glass.
To request a book or arrange other visiting times, email
volunteer librarian Ann Jones at library@sjcathedral.org.
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Gift for New Vestments in Honor of the Dean’s Ministry
Recently the Cathedral received a major gift of
$15,000 in honor of the Dean’s ministry to go
towards the purchase of new vestments for the
Cathedral. The gift was made by His Beatitude
Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, in recognition of the work that the Dean has done, and
continues to do, on behalf of the Patriarchate and
the Christian communities in the Holy Land. Archbishop Aristarchos, the Secretary of the Patriarchate and Patriarchal Librarian, also made a generous
gift.
This brings the total in the New Vestment Fund to
$85,514. This is not all that we need, but it is enough
to begin, and as soon as we have firm estimates from
the vestment makers, we shall proceed to replace
each color of vestments as we can.
The Fund is still open, and will remain open, until
the re-vesting of the Cathedral is completed. If you
would like to donate a set of vestments, or part of a
set, in memory of a loved one, or in thanksgiving for
some good thing in your life, please contact Michelle
in the Dean’s Office, michelle@sjcathedral.org. We
hope to be able to complete this project over the
next 18 months or so, so that we have the proper
vestments that we need for the worship of God.
The Curate’s Ordination June 29 in Raleigh, NC
Although Elizabeth Costello will be licensed as the Curate on June 9 when the
Canons are installed, she will not be ordained a deacon until June 29 in Raleigh, NC.
She will begin her work as usual with the other members of the Chapter, and we
shall see her vested and with the clergy in the chancel on Sundays. She will take on
all her duties except those that are specific to a deacon, and she will exercise that
ministry after she returns from her ordination.
As usual when a curate is ordained to the diaconate somewhere else, the Dean will
attend her ordination and represent the Cathedral, and will be one of her formal
Presenters at the service.
Please keep Elizabeth and her husband, Joe, in your prayers, as she prepares for
this significant event in her life, and we look forward to Elizabeth exercising the
ministry of a deacon among us. Her ordination as a priest will take place sometime
in 2014.
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If you stop by Dagwell Hall on a Monday night, you will see 20 homeless women finding a safe and welcoming
sanctuary. As part of the Women’s Homeless Initiative, we are one of seven churches providing a hot meal and a place
to sleep. But what we do best is treat our guests with respect and dignity. One even told us after a very challenging
week that she knew if she could just get to Saint John’s, then everything would be all right.
Who are these women who stay with us? They are young, they are old, they are funny, they are scared. One arrived
who hadn’t eaten in two days. Another showed up on a cold night with only two towels wrapped around her shoulders
for a coat. Some feel forgotten. Many feel despair. One woman told us that she didn’t think even God cared about her
anymore. But we were here to remind her that He does.
Being homeless is tiring. And that is how they arrive at Saint John’s. They know that they are safe with us but that is
not all that they seek. Because when they arrive, our volunteers call them by name and show them that not only are
they truly cared about, but that they matter, to the volunteers, to our parish community, and to God. They often say
how unbelievable it is that perfect strangers are willing to help them.
We witness their struggles but they are also witnesses to the outpouring of generosity and Christian love that expects
nothing in return. Sometimes the stories we hear can be heartbreaking. But we also have the chance to see God’s
grace. We see it in the kindness they show each other, and in the kindness that they allow us to share with them.
These women live in a world where they are often made to feel as if they don’t belong. But God never intended for
there to be an “us” and a “them.” And that is what is so amazing at Saint John’s because on Monday nights, it is all “us.”
Although the stories our guests share can be heartbreaking, we also have the gift of laughter, fun stories, silliness
over which color to paint fingernails (“Do you think the glitter is too much?”), great satisfaction when creating a water
color, accolades all around for a beautifully crocheted afghan, and rueful comments that “If I could just quit smoking,
I wouldn’t need to stand out here in the snow.” Our guests are us, and we are them. And we all belong to God.
There are opportunities for everyone to share in the village that is the Women’s Homeless Initiative, and we hope
you’ll consider joining us; we encourage both women and men to be a part of the program. We especially need
volunteers for the overnight team, but every team is essential to the program and every prayer and every moment
spent helping our guests is most welcome.
If you would like more information about what we do or would like to be added to our email list, please contact Site
Coordinator Sue Abbott at abbottsuef@aol.com.
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2:
The Nursery Picnic will be in the Nursery Play Garden on June 2, following the 10:00 am service. All
families with children who come to the nursery are invited; this is a wonderful way to get to know
some of the other parents and their children. We’ll provide fried chicken- please bring a dish to share,
a blanket to sit on and bathing suits for little ones. Sign up via the Family Ministry eNewsletter!
Nursery Summer Hours
9:30 am - 12:00 pm, ages 0-3
5:30 - 7:30 pm for The Wilderness, any age
9:
Summer Children’s Chapel begins at 10:00 am in Room 103. This summer’s stories will highlight Jesus’
compassion and love, and help children focus on ways to love and care for others. Parents, please
escort your child, fill out a nametag, and sign-in sheet. Chapel-goers will come to the Cathedral for
Communion.
Have a Heart for Children?
Make a difference in the lives of our young ones this summer as a chapel leader. Please call Kim McPherson to
find out more about this great need at 303.577.7729. Sign up at http://www.doodle.com/xhymc76hwmxby3m5
or on Sunday in classrooms.
Children’s Stewardship
Make a banner! Would you and your family like to make one of the banners? They are lots of fun to decorate with
materials from our resource room. Contact Kim McPherson at 303.577.7729 or kim@sjcathedral.org. Children
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are still welcome to pledge for 2013. See the table outside Room 103 for more information about pledging. All
children’s pledges and money placed in the arks on Sunday go to Episcopal Relief and Development.
Sewell School
The Sewall Preschool is now housed in our Room 101 classroom and there are openings (with a variety of
options) for the fall for two and a half to five year old children. Brochures are on the table outside Room 103 and
more information is available at sewall.org.
Safeguarding God’s Children
Sunday, June 16, 1:00 – 4:30 pm, Room 200. For Parents, Adult Acolytes, Lay Eucharistic Visitors, Teachers, Youth
Leaders, Camp Counselors & Volunteers, Nursery Volunteers, and other adults of Saint John’s! Whether you are
a parent, someone who volunteers with children or one of those named above, this training is important for you
so that we can all help to keep our children safe. The Safeguarding God’s Children program was designed by the
Church Pension Group, and is aimed at preventing childhood sexual abuse. Past reluctant participants all agreed
at the end: “Everyone should attend this!” Register by emailing Catie Greene at cgreene@coloradodiocese.org.
It’s Almost Time for Cathedral Camp!
June 23-29, Cathedral Ridge, Woodland Park
Please check to see if we have spaces available, or to be on the waiting list by contacting Kim McPherson at
303.577.7729. Drivers needed: Can you help us get some of our campers to Camp this summer? Drivers are
needed to offer a ride to or from Cathedral Ridge in Woodland Park, Sunday, June 23 & Saturday, June 29. Contact
Kim McPherson at 303.577.7729 if you are able to drive.
A Second Week of Camp? Yes!
In partnership with Saint Michael’s in Colorado Springs, we’re helping to get a second week of camp up and
running. We’ll repeat the activities of our Cathedral Camp. Register at stmikeschurch.com/ministry/nurturing/
children/summer-events.
Youth Parents
Please be sure to give us your email addresses for regular updates on youth activities. Check the Family Life
eNewsletter to RSVP and for details on upcoming events.
Youth Summer Fun
Youth entering 6th grade in the fall are invited to all summer Middle School Youth events.
Those entering 9th grade are invited to all summer High School Youth events.
Sophia Burris (one of our young adult youth leaders) is taking the lead to help plan activities this summer for
youth. Details are being determined.
Tentative plans include:
June: Rafting trip (you must be signed up)
July 14: Movie
July 28: Hike
We also are making plans to visit and help at Metro CareRing.
Please check the weekly Family Newsletter for specific dates, and to rsvp for events. We just had an important
conversation with youth about the need to RSVP ASAP so that plans can move forward.
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Confirmation for Youth
Youth in our diocese may be confirmed at age 15. Classes will begin in the fall, so please contact Kim McPherson
for more information at kim@sjcathedral.org.
Yoga for Every Body
Saturdays from 8:30 to 9:45 am and Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:45 to 7:00 pm. $5 minimum suggested
donation goes to charity. Registered Yoga Teacher Jan Bernstein offers classes to the Saint John’s community.
Come to stretch, breathe, relieve tension and enjoy relaxation.
June 23-29 at Cathedral Ridge, Woodland Park
For girls & boys ages 8-14
Camp fee: $475
Early registration (by April 15) $450
Scholarships are available - contact Blake Sawicky
Cathedral Camp is a whole week's worth of sleepovers! Make new friends and reunite with old ones. Play
all day! Have a carnival, slide down the water slide, pray, hike, do crafts, sing, laugh and watch the stars
at night. Camp is the best! Don't miss out. Register now because Cathedral Camp filled up fast last year!
Register online at sjcathedral.org!
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Ecclesia and Synagoga at 1313 Clarkson
By David Abbott
Have you ever noticed the
carved heads in the arch over
the 1313 Clarkson entrance
to the Parish Hall outside
Saint Martin’s Chapel? If you
have, have you wondered
what they represent?
They represent Synagoga
and Ecclesia, the Synagogue
as a symbol of Judaism, and
the Church, as a symbol of
Christianity. They are commonly found in medieval
Christian art, often as sculpted figures on either side
of a church portal. The two figures, usually shown as
women, both usually young and attractive. Ecclesia
is generally adorned with a crown and looking
confidently forward while Synagoga is blindfolded
and looking down. These carvings represented the
medieval belief – now happily no longer held by the
Church – that Christianity has superseded Judaism.
Although the first representations Ecclesia and
Synagoga date from the 9th century, they did not
become common until the 12th century. Their figures
are generally found in the cathedrals of larger European
cities, particularly those with large Jewish populations
such as Germany. Medieval
cathedrals were places
in which business was
conducted
by
both
Christians and Jews, so
Jews would see the figures
on entering the cathedrals.
Many English cathedrals
had the figures although
many were damaged or
destroyed during the English
Reformation. The figures became rarer in the 14th and
following centuries.
Dean Eaton has remarked about these carvings, “Sadly,
a now unfortunate theology is, literally, ‘cut in stone’
in many churches, including ours. May these carvings
here remind us of the call that we have to create a
new and better realtionship between Christianity and
Judaism, for without our elder sisters and brothers in
faith, we Christians would ourselves still be walking
blindfolded.”
This information is summarized from Wikipedia, which
was found after the question of what these sculptures
represented was raised during the Catechumenate class.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccelsia_and_Synagoga
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Saint John’s Cathedral Music & Worship
Friday, June 7, 7:30 pm - St. Martin’s Chamber Choir - The King of Instruments
St. Martin’s Chamber Choir celebrates Saint John’s newly restored organ in a concert of 20th-century
blockbusters for organ and choir, including Alexander Gretchaninov’s (1864-1956) Missa Festiva, and
Kenneth Leighton’s (1929-1988)Crucifixion and Solus ad victimam. Gretchaninov, after emigrating from
Russia, was asked by a French monsignor to write some Roman Catholic sacred music. The result – of
which his Missa Festiva is an example – is a haunting fusion of Eastern and Western styles. To purchase
tickets, please visit stmartinschamberchoir.org or call 303.298.1970.
Friday, June 14, 7:30 pm – Colorado Haiti Project presents Crossing Borders Music
Collective
Beyond the Headlines: Haiti in Music. An exclusive opportunity to hear Haitian classical music in Denver!
Join the Colorado Haiti Project, a not-for-profit organization working in Haiti since 1989, and Crossing
Borders Music Collective from Chicago for a concert of music by classically trained Haitian composers,
played in Denver for the first time! Haiti captivates the minds and hearts of all who visit, but for most
of us, traveling to this country filled with vibrant sounds and colors is out of the question. Come listen
and fall in love with Haiti, her people and her music. This unique collection of Haitian music explores
untold stories that will touch your soul and move your spirit. Tickets may be purchased online by visiting
coloradohaitiproject.eventbrite.com/# or by calling 303.579.5586.
Summer is a Great Time of Year to Join the Choir!
The Cathedral Choir is now open to new membership, and there is no audition required for summer
membership. Our rehearsal time is reduced and personal time commitment is far less than during the
regular program year. For information call Stephen Tappe, Organist and Director of Music at 303-5777726 or Abbi Chapman, Administrative Assistant to Music at 303-577-7717.
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We are so Proud of our Young Singers!
Congratulations to our Youth Choir members who were recognized on May 19:
Lucero Armendariz, Charlie Denman, Eleanor Konosky, Baker Niles, Elizabeth Rebber, and Lucy Strawbridge
graduated from the Saint David Choir and became Probationers in the Saint Cecilia Girl Choir or Saint Nicolas
Boy Choir.
Elika Rodrigues has completed her first full year as a Probationer in the Saint Cecilia Girl Choir, and received her
ruff and cotta at Youth Choir Recognition on May 19.
Ben Veltri and Ella Williams completed the first level of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) program, and
received their light blue ribbons.
Faith Darnell, Kaya Rodrigues, and Anna Veltri completed the second level of the Royal School of Church Music
(RSCM) program, and received their dark blue ribbons.
Angelina Thomson completed the third level of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) program, and received
her red ribbon.
Lea Shaw graduated from the Saint Cecilia Girl Choir. Lea will be attending the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland,
Glasgow this fall.
Ribbon-bearers are welcome to sing with the Parish Choir during the summer. Find our summer rehearsal and
anthem schedule at sjcathedral.org/Music/AdultChoirs.
Youth Choirs: Mark your Calendars for Next Fall!
The Saint Cecilia Girls Choir, Saint Nicolas Boys Choir, and Probationers start rehearsals on Wednesday, August
21. The Saint David Choir starts rehearsals on Wednesday, September 11.
Find out more about our Youth Choirs at sjcathedral.org.
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