September 2015
In This Issue
Welcome

 

Each month, we share news of CDSP's students, faculty, alumni and campus life. We welcome your news, ideas and suggestions via email to Patrick Delahunt. Thank you, as always, for your support of CDSP.
Suzanne Guthrie is Visiting Professor of Women in Ministry
Noted author and spiritual guide to teach in spring 2016

The Rev. Suzanne Guthrie, a noted author and spiritual guide, will be CDSP's second St. Margaret's Visiting Professor of Women in Ministry.

Dean Mark Richardson announced that Guthrie, author of "Praying the Hours" and "Grace's Window," will offer a course on spiritual practices, devotions and praying during the spring semester next year.

"Our students will be able to get a taste for 'practices' of spirituality, varieties of prayer practice, and ministries of spiritual direction on their own campus with one of the leaders in our tradition," Richardson said. "Suzanne Guthrie will be able to present students with the genius of Anglican spiritual traditions, while also offering a still larger diversity of practices in other traditions."  Read more.
Alumni Convocation on October 8
Forum with Ruth Meyers, Honorary Degrees to Johnson, Brooks, Linley



Join us at CDSP on October 8 for the annual Alumni Convocation and Eucharist.

From 3-5 pm, the Rev. Dr. Ruth Meyers, academic dean, will lead a forum titled "Imagining a New Prayer Book." Participants will examine the 2015 General Convention resolution calling for a plan for revision of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and consider how a new prayer book can help the Episcopal Church to gather and form faithful disciples in the 21st century.

At 5:45 pm, we will gather in All Saints Chapel for the convocation Eucharist, at which honorary degrees will be awarded to the Rev. Eliza Linley '90, the Rev. Canon Robert Brooks '73, and Dr. Ronald Johnson. The Rev. Dr. Dennis Tierney '02 will preach and President Richardson will preside.
Alumni Council Meets October 7 and 8

The newly reorganized CDSP Alumni Council will meet at Easton Hall as part of this year's Alumni Convocation celebration. We welcome these members of the Council for 2015-2016:

The Rev. Canon Lynell Walker '96, President & CDSP Board Trustee
The Rev. Kate Lewis '02, Vice President
Lauren Lukason '14, Secretary
The Rev. Sherman Hesselgrave '85
Rhian Alice Jeong '13
The Rev. Dr. Dina Ferguson '08
The Rev. Anne Smith '10
The Rev. Dr. Dennis Tierney '02
The Rev. Dr. Brian Grieves '72
The Rev. Sarah Quinney '15
Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission Colloquium
A conversation with Donald Schell on November 19

Join us at CDSP on November 19 at 7:45 pm for the 2015 APLM Colloquium, "Treasures Old and New: Shared Vision for Worship from Tradition, Purposeful Innovation, and a Congregation's Own Culture and History." 

This year's presenter is the Rev. Donald Schell, co-founder of Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. The parish is known and studied for its innovative approaches to tradition, its highly participatory liturgy, its rich musical and movement practices, and its liturgy-driven evangelism, formation and mission. The Rev. Jane McDougle, vicar of Holy Innocents, San Francisco, will respond to the presentation.

The event is free and open to the public, and participants are invited to Eucharist at 5:45 in All Saints Chapel and dinner.  
Organizing for Public Ministry
Industrial Areas Foundation training January 17-22 in Berkeley

Organizing for Public Ministry is a weeklong intensive class, taught by a team of experienced Industrial Areas Foundation community organizers, about how to engage the public mission of the church in the world.

Students will participate in presentations, discussions, role-play, and readings that foster practices for:
  • Mission
  • Sustainable leadership
  • Strategic thinking and acting
  • Forming collaborative relationships for missional action.
Organizing for Public Ministry is open to clergy and laypeople for continuing education credits and to Graduate Theological Union students for academic credit. Learn more.
SeeCDSP in 2016
Plan now for prospective student visits in February and March

Our annual SeeCDSP events are for aspirants to holy orders and seekers. Once prospective students arrive in Berkeley, we provide lodging, meals and hospitality. Participants can attend a class, meet with professors and talk with other students in discernment. Families are welcome and encouraged to attend. 

 

SeeCDSP takes place on February 3-5 and March 2-4, 2016. Prospective students can indicate their interest on our website. Questions? Talk with Director of Admissions Andrew Hybl at 510-204-0738 or via email.

 
Online Learning with CALL
Winter courses begin January 25

CDSP cross only Join CDSP online this winter for new courses from the Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership (CALL):
  • Biblical Heroines with Dr. Sandra Collins
  • Church History: Wisdom for Mission Today with Dr. Bradley Peterson
  • Facing Choices: Ethics in the Anglican Tradition with the Rev. Dr. Austin Leininger
  • What We Believe: Theology in the Anglican Tradition with the Rev. Dr. John Kater
  • Born of Water, Born of Spirit with the Rev. Dr. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook
Learn more online and check the November newsletter for registration details.  
Refectory Refresh Campaign Update
Halfway to $55,000 goal

The Denniston Refectory is being refurbished to provide updated, flexible space for community meals, gatherings, and programs. Thanks to the generous support of alumni donors, we're halfway to our fundraising goal.

To join this effort that benefits the entire CDSP community, please donate to the Denniston Refectory Refresh campaign online.
Community News

Faculty News
This Sunday, President Mark Richardson concludes "Science and the Spiritual Quest," a three-week series at All Souls Episcopal Parish in Berkeley that explores assumptions we hold about the relationship between contemporary science and long held beliefs in the Christian tradition.

Alum News
Professor Emeritus Louis Weil hosted a day of reflection on September 14, Holy Cross Day, for clergy and lay leaders in the Diocese of Chicago. Pictured: The Rev. Dr. Weil with CDSP graduates serving in the Diocese of Chicago. (L-R) Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, '97, Dominic J. Barrington, '95, Andrea Wight '03, Louis Weil, Emily Mellott '05, James McKnight, '99, David Gibbons '94.

The Rev. Peter L. Fritsch '92 is canonically resident in Oregon, but is now living in Pecs, Hungary a university city that is 2400 years old. He writes about his experience of the Syrian refugee crisis saying, "I am very proud of the Hungarian people who defied their government and did the right thing without a mention of thanks from the Prime Minister or his cabinet. However, the Budapest Police thanked the volunteers profusely in public, to the shame of the politicians."

The Rev. Terri Hobart '14 has been called as rector at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Woodland, California. 

The Rev. Shannon Kelly '99 has been named the Episcopal Church's missioner for young adult and campus ministries. Read the press release.

In Memoriam
The Rev. David E. Knight '58 died in June. Read his obituary.

The Rev. James G. Leovy, '56 died in February. Read his obituary.

Marian Nishi died on September 11, and her service was held in All Saints Chapel on September 26. Mrs Nishi was the widow of Shunji F. Nishi '44, '85, professor of philosophical theology at CDSP from 1971-1999, and mother of Barbara Nishi, a graphic designer who has worked with CDSP for many years. Read the obituary.

May light perpetual shine upon them.


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