Marilyn McEntyre featured speaker at the El Camino Real Clergy Retreat
The Clergy of El Camino Real gathered for their annual retreat on May 12 at Saint Paul + San Pedro in Salinas. The featured speaker, Marilyn McEntire, gave a presentation on Moving from Sorrow to Hope. She focused on the words and images we all use to tell our own stories. She illustrated how choosing different words can both affect how others understand us and we understand ourselves.
The clergy broke into smaller groups exploring how telling your life story from the perspective of loss, achievement, or grace can make them seem like three different lives.
Bishop Lucinda blessed the Unction and Chrism oils as part of the Eucharist. The retreat ended with Bishop Lucinda and Canon Martha anointing the hands of all the clergy and sending them out into the world to do the work God has given them to do.
About the presenter: Marilyn McEntyre is a professor of literature, writing, and medical humanities. Her work draws connections between spirituality, language, and approaches to healing the earth and each other. Her books (listed on her website, marilynmcentyre.com) include Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict, When Poets Pray, and A Faithful Farewell: Living your Last Chapter with Love
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From Episcopal Public Policy Network of California
Episcopal Relief & Development Partners with The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe to Aid Ukrainian Refugees
The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, the European presence of The Episcopal Church, has a long history of ministry to refugees dating back to before World War I. Since the late 1980s, the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) – based at Saint Paul’s Within the Walls in Rome – has provided direct service to refugees from countless countries, helping them rebuild shattered lives.
Donations to Episcopal Relief & Development’s Ukraine Crisis Response Fund will help the organization and its partners continue to provide assistance to people displaced by the crisis in Ukraine.
Installation of Rev. Julia McCray-Goldsmith as the 5th Dean of Trinity Cathedral
On Sunday, June 12, at 5:00 pm, Bishop Lucinda Ashby will preside at the installation of the Very Reverend Julia McCray-Goldsmith as the 5th Dean of Trinity Cathedral. The Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén, Missioner for Latino/Hispanic Ministries and Director of Ethnic Ministries on the Presiding Bishop’s staff, will be the preacher. This Celebration of New Ministry will include Episcopalians from across the diocese and ecumenical and interfaith friends from the community. All are welcome.
Trinity Cathedral is located at 81 N. Second Street in downtown San Jose next to the St. James VTA light rail station. There is abundant free parking on Sundays. Face coverings will be required at this service. For more information, call Cathedral Administrator Bonnie Montgomery at 408-293-7953.
Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem performance on June 5th
The concert will be performed by the San Jose Symphonic Choir and organist Rodney Gehrke at St. Dunstan's, Carmel Valley
Senior/Student/Military tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door. General admission is $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Youth 12 and under free. Click here for tickets or go to sanjosesymphonicchoir.org.
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Silent meditation retreat in July hosted by PCSF
Silent prayer and meditation in the California Redwoods. … If that fits your longing, Pacific Center for Spiritual Formation will be offering their annual silent 5-day Buddhist-Christian meditation retreat, July 17-22, 2022, at Ben Lomond Quaker Center and via Zoom. In-person and on-line participants will practice together.
For more information and registration, go to the website for PCSF.
Bishop Lucinda's Visitation Schedule
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12-Jun Cavalry, Santa Cruz 10 am
12-Jun Trinity Cathedral, San Jose 5 pm
25-Jun Diocese of Idaho Consecration
3-Jul General Convention (Baltimore, MD)
10-Jul General Convention (Baltimore, MD)
24-Jul St. Jude's, Cupertino
31-Jul Lambeth (England)
7-Aug Lambeth (England)
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Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Saratoga, is calling their next rector. For more information, please click HERE. If you have any questions, or would like to apply, please contact Canon Martha Korienek at canonmartha@realepiscopal.org
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