March 19,  2015
NEWS from the CATHEDRAL
Thank you for supporting the Pancake Breakfast!
We would like to thank everyone who came out to support the Mothering Sunday Pancake Breakfast on March 15th. We served almost 100 people on Sunday. We especially want to thank Jeanine Prysock-Gonzalez and her team, you all should give yourselves applause for the great job you did with the pancake breakfast! Without all of you this breakfast couldn't have gone off as well as it did. We look forward to working with all of you again.   
Below are some images from the breakfast. 
   
 
 

 

The Right Reverend Orris G. Walker, Jr.

  November 5, 1942 - February 28, 2015
All are invited to the Memorial Service this Saturday, March 21st at 11am in the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City. A reception at Cathedral House will follow.

 

Special driving directions to Cathedral of the Incarnation on Saturday, March 21, 2015

 

Due to street closings on Saturday morning, all persons must enter Cathedral grounds from the west. (All roads entering from the east are closed for a 5K run.)

 

We suggest that you approach from Nassau Boulevard.

 

If from the North, turn left onto South Street just over the RR tracks

If from the South, turn right onto South Street before the RR tracks.

 

In both cases, follow South Street East past Adelphi University, bearing right onto Rockaway Avenue.

 

Take the first left into Cathedral grounds (6th Street will be closed).

 

Please pass this information on to anyone who might be attending the Memorial Service for Bishop Walker as traffic may still be complicated at 10:30 am.

Organ Recital Featuring Colin Lynch 

Our next Organ recital will be played by Colin Lynch this Sunday, March 22nd at 4:00pm. Hailed as "an impeccable performer with compelling musicality and technical command," (The American Organist Magazine) First Prize Winner of the Fort Wayne National Organ Playing Competition, Colin Lynch maintains a busy performance career that has taken him to prominent venues throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina. 

Mr. Lynch serves as Associate Director of Music and Organist at Trinity Church, Copley Square in Boston, MA. Previously, he has held positions at Christ & Holy Trinity Church in Westport, CT, Marquand Chapel of the Yale Divinity School, the Episcopal Church at Yale, and was organ scholar at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. As Director of Chapel Music and School Organist at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH, he led the choirs on performance tours to South Africa and Cuba in addition to producing two commercially available recordings. 

Mr. Lynch earned an Artist Diploma from Oberlin Conservatory, a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance at Yale University's Institute of Sacred Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University, where he studied with Douglas Cleveland. His critically acclaimed debut solo album The Organ of Stambaugh Auditorium is available on the Raven Label. 
Tickets for the concert will be available at the door. 

Mass for the Anointing of the Sick and Walking the Labyrinth 

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Come join us Wednesday evening at the Mercer School of Theology for a Service of Anointing of the Sick and for an opportunity to walk the Labyrinth.

 

The Service of the Anointing of the Sick will begin at 7:30pm in the Mercer Chapel. St James reminds us in chapter 5 of his letter; "Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up." Everyone is welcomed to come forward for the anointing with oil and receive the laying on of hands whether you are experiencing an illness or praying for someone else.

 

You may walk the labyrinth (in the Mercer Library) before the Anointing Service or following the service. The labyrinth will be available from 7:00pm until 9:00pm.

 

The labyrinth is not a maze. There are no tricks to it and no dead ends. It has a single circuitous path that winds its way into the center. The person walking it uses the same path to return from the center and the entrance then becomes the exit. The path is in full view, which allows a person to be quiet and focus internally.

 

Generally there are three stages to the walk: releasing on the way in, receiving in the center and returning when you follow the return path back out of the labyrinth. Symbolically, and sometimes actually, you are taking back out into the world that which you have received.

 

There is no right way or wrong way to walk a labyrinth. Use the labyrinth in any way that meets what you need while being respectful of others walking. You may go directly to the center to sit quietly -- whatever meets your needs.

 

To prepare, you may want to sit quietly to reflect before walking the labyrinth. Some people come with questions, others just to slow down and take time out from a busy life. Some come to find strength to take the next step. Many come during times of grief and loss.

 

There are many ways to describe a labyrinth. It is a path of prayer, a walking meditation, a crucible of change, a watering hole for the spirit and a mirror of the soul.

Preparation for Confirmation and Reception into the Episcopal Church for adults will take place during the Sundays of Lent following the 11:15am Eucharist in the Resurrection Chapel in the Undercroft. 

 

For more information please email or speak to Fr Michael Delaney at 

mdelaney@incarnationgc.org
The 30 Minute Bible and 30 Minute Episcopalian 101 
will resume this Sunday, March 22nd at 10:30am and will meet at the Mercer School of Theology.

Save The Date

Please note, due to the Memorial Service for Bishop Walker the training for Lay Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors has been changed to Thursday, March 26th at 7:00pm in the Stewart Room of the Cathedral House. The training is open to all members of the Cathedral who would like to serve as a Lay Eucharistic Minister or as a Lector. Please email or call the Cathedral Office to sign up. For more information or any questions please speak to Fr Michael. 

 

Palm Screen Construction

Volunteers are needed for the construction of our beautiful Palm Screen, please mark your calendars for Saturday, March 28th the day before Palm Sunday. There will be a sign-up sheet at the back of the Cathedral. We need 25 people to sign up to make the Palm Screen construction possible. Please come, no experience is necessray. Thank you!

 

Decorating the Cathedral for Easter

The Altar Guild is looking for help with decorating the Cathedral for Easter. We will be working Saturday morning April 4th. There will be a sign up sheet in the back of the Cathedral. Thank you! 
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER DAY 

Palm Sunday, March 29th 

  8:00am: Holy Eucharist with Blessing of Palms

  9:30am: Palm Sunday Liturgy for Families with Children

10:30am: Church School Agape Meal (for church school students)

11:15am: Choral Palm Sunday Liturgy with Procession

 

Chrism Mass, Tuesday March 31st at 11:00am

All are invited to the Renewal of Ordination Vows and Blessing of Holy Oils. We will celebrate 25 and 50 years of Ordination.

 

A Service of Tenebrae, Wednesday, April 1st at 7:00pm

A liturgy of readings and sung Lamentations led by the Schola Cantorum and Choristers

 

TRIDUUM

Maundy Thursday, April 2nd

  7:30pm: Solemn Liturgy of the Day

 

Good Friday, April 3rd

12:15pm: Solemn Liturgy of the Day  

  4:30pm: Stations of the Cross for Families with Children

  7:30pm: Stations of the Cross

 

Great Vigil of Easter, Saturday, April 4th at 8:00pm

The Rt. Rev'd Lawrence C. Provenzano, Bishop of Long Island 

The Rt. Rev'd Chilton Knudsen, Assistant Bishop

 

Easter Day, Sunday, April 5th  

  8:00am: Holy Eucharist

  9:30am: Family Eucharist followed by Children's Easter Egg Hunt

 11:15am: Solemn Choral Eucharist
Regular Schedule

Sunday, 

March 22, 2015 

The Fifth Sunday In Lent

 

  8:00am: The Holy Eucharist, Rite I

  9:30am: The Holy Eucharist, Rite II, Instructed Eucharist

10:30am: Coffee Hour in the Undercroft

10:30am: Church School Classes at Mercer School of Theology

10:30am: The 30 Minute Bible and 30 Minute Episcopalian 101 at Mercer

11:15am: The Holy Eucharist, Rite I

   4:00pm: Organ Recital at the Cathedral

   4:00pm: J2A In the Christian Formation Room at Cathedral House

          

 

Monday - Friday

Holy Eucharist celebrated at 12:15pm (Chapel of the Good Shepherd)

 

Cathedral Office Hours

Monday - Friday

9:00am to 4:30pm
Cathedral Prayer List
Please Pray For...
...the Church: Lawrence and Chilton, our Bishops; Bruce and Michael, the Cathedral Clergy; Andrew, Seminarian; the Cathedral Staff; Shirley, Kristin, Larry, Vince, George and Rafael;

...the Nation:  Barack, our President; Andrew, our Governor; and, the members of our Armed Forces, especially Deepak, Raymond, Jason, Philip, Thomas, Liam, Adam, Charles,  and their families;

...those in need of healing: Lauren, Carey, Judy, Elizabeth, Elinor, Andrew, George, Dorothy, Barratt, Tommy, Ricky, Emma, Rich, Jean, Anita, Louis, Hank, Kerry, Andre, Gregory, Peter, Niyjah, Anne, and Bridget.

...and for the recently departed, especially Frank W. Skutsch
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