Prayer Request--Cathedral members and friends have asked for prayers for the following people: Paulie, Mary O, Phil, Kilani, Howard, Dick, Thelma, Ed, Pat, Cathie, Celina, Gayle, Lu, Hawley, Joan, Thelma, Luisa, Richard, Wanda, and Cathy.

 

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Bruss Keppler and Cliff Kobayashi.

 

Christ, look upon us in this city; keep our compassion fresh and our faces heavenward lest we grow hard. 

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Clergy, Staff, and Chapter

20 April 2014

and All-Night Vigil at the Altar of Repose

Maundy Thursday, 17 April
5.30 pm Sung Eucharist with Washing of Feet and Procession
8.30 pm Compline

All night vigil at the Altar of Repose

Good Friday, 18 April
12 noon to 3 pm Liturgy of Good Friday
5.30 pm Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday, 19 April
9.30 am Liturgy of Holy Saturday
10 pm The Great Vigil of Easter

Easter Day, 20 April
7 am Holy Eucharist
8 am Ka`Eukalikia Hemolele (Eucharist in Hawaiian & English)
10.30 am Sung Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir
5.30 pm Festival Evensong with the Cathedral Choir 

 

Remembering the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ

 

The observance of Good Friday is a continuation of the service that began on Maundy Thursday, sustaining the silence with which we concluded the service last evening.  We keep watch today for three hours.  Silence punctuates the service throughout as each part of the liturgy unfolds to the next.  

 

Good Friday is in the middle of the Triduum, the three-day celebration of the Christian Passover-the days when Christ passed over from death to new life.  On this day we commemorate the passion and death of Jesus by observing disciplines of fasting, prayer and special devotion.  While this is a day of desolation, we are not left comfortless, for even in death Christ reigns victorious from the cross.

 

The Solemn Collects have been part of the Good Friday liturgy since early times.  In these prayers the church holds up before God all for whom Christ died.  The community prays for specific concerns through a series of biddings.  Following a generous silence, the Celebrant sums up each intention with the appointed Collect.

 

The Veneration of the Cross originated in Jerusalem by the fourth century.  In today's liturgy a cross is carried into the church followed by a time for people to come forward to bow or kneel before it, and to touch it or kiss it as a sign of devotion.

 

Holy Communion is distributed from the Sacrament reserved from Maundy Thursday to emphasize Christ's death and absence on Good Friday.

 

The preacher for Good Friday will be The Rev. Peter Allan, CR (Community of the Resurrection) from Mirfield, UK. He is Prior of the Community and Principal of the The College of the Resurrection.  It is the only theological college in the Anglican Communion that shares its life with a monastic community.  Fr. Peter joined the Community of the Resurrection in 1982 after serving in parochial ministry in the dioceses of St Albans and Oxford and as chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford.  He studied music at Oxford and theology at the College of the Resurrection.  His current research centers on the role of the western chant tradition in the articulation of Christian doctrine. 

 

Music for the Liturgy of the Word is a setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, by Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585).  The text mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple in the 6th century BC.  This eloquent statement of Israel's response to her downfall has been used in Temple worship and during Holy Week from the earliest times.  This response is insistent that the purpose of God is the ultimate source of meaning for that, or any disaster, just as it was for Israel's origins.

 

Good Friday Offering    Every year on Good Friday, pilgrims from around the world gather to walk along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.  Some carry a cross, to understand better the nature of the burden that Jesus bore.  Others accompany them, as witnesses, as penitents, as believers.  For 150 years the Anglican Church in Jerusalem has borne the responsibility of sharing the cross of Jesus in a special way.  By helping to maintain the Christian witness in the Holy Land, by serving all of God's people there in a variety of ministries, by proclaiming the gospel and promoting justice, peace and love throughout the four dioceses in that region, the church serves us all.  Since 1922, Episcopalians here have supported the ministries of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East through the Good Friday Offering.  It is vital that we continue to share in this burden, and not let our brothers and sisters in Jerusalem carry the cross alone.  Please use the enclosed Good Friday envelopes and place them in the calabash at the church entrance.  Checks may be made payable to "The Cathedral of St. Andrew."  All offerings received today are given to the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East.

 

This devotion, known in the Episcopal Book of Occasional Services as " The Way of The Cross" is an adaptation of a custom observed by pilgrims to Jerusalem:  the offering of prayers at a series of  14 places, or stations, traditionally associated with our Lord's passion and death.  The devotion includes the traditional refrain of " We adore you, O Christ ", collect, scripture, meditation and prayer at each station.

 

By recent custom at the Cathedral of St. Andrew,  the liturgy for this public devotion has been adopted from " We Were There: A Way of the Cross" by Sarah O'Malley and Robert Eimer (The Liturgical Press, 1996), using, by permission, the art work of Mary Charles McGough, OSB.  The stations include characters who either reject or accept Jesus; Henri Nouwen has said that in encountering the cross, people have always been confronted  with choice of becoming a disciple, or an executioner.

 

By  following, and  not displacing, the Proper Liturgy of Good Friday, this community devotion offers an approachable, deeply moving reflection, and often new discoveries, of our personal  relationship with  Jesus, the Lamb of God. 

 

1. All are encouraged to bring your own bells, keys or some sort of noise-maker for that mid- point in the Service when we finally offer our Easter Acclamation - "Alleluia - Christ is Risen!"
2. The Bishop is the Celebrant and Preacher
3. Wonderfully, our Catechumen, Kelsey Gaddy will be baptized on this most holy and joyful night
4. After the Easter Vigil there will be a Champagne Reception in the Von Holt Room for our newest Christian.

Easter Services

Sunday, 20 Apr. 7 am, 8 am, 10:30 am, 

            and 5.30 pm Choral Evensong

St. Andrew's Cathedral

1. There are two Easter Egg Hunts for Children immediately following the 8 am and the 10:30 am services
2. Wonderfully, several children  are being baptized at the 10:30 Service
3. There will be receptions on the Aloha Lanai after the 8 am and 10:30 am services
4. Additional parking will be available on the Great Lawn. Invite your friends to come to one of these special services!

 

The program takes place in The Loft at the back of St Peter's Church, from 9am to 10am on Sunday mornings.  It is appropriate for children who are curious about the bible stories that they hear in church, enrolled in pre-school through the 6th grade of school.  Older children are welcome to assist as 'helpers.' 

 

Apr. 20 Easter Day - No Godly Play scheduled

 

Apr. 27 The Holy Family and Jesus and the Twelve. We begin the season of Easter and hear again the story of the Holy Family. Again we enter into the story of the Mother Mary, the Father Joseph, and Jesus. We meet Jesus as both baby and risen savior. In both forms, Jesus was, as he has been since, "reaching out to give the whole world a hug". The story continues as we learn more about the twelve disciples of Jesus. We hear their names and learn a little about their lives and the symbols used to represent them. If you had a symbol to represent the essence of your life, what might it be?

Please join us in decorating the cathedral.  We will start at 9am, Saturday April 19th, and finish in the early afternoon.  We will be preparing window boxes, and various floral arrangements throughout the cathedral.  If you have a plant clipper, you may bring it (please label with your name).

 

Lunch will be provided.  Please sign-up at the Aloha Hour. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Hays (282-3881) or Judy Masuda (988-0969). Mahalo and we look forward to sharing this time together as we prepare for the glorious celebration of Easter. 

On Monday, April 21st there will be an ikebana floral expert.

 

Join in the light exercise and stretching, or attend the many special workshops that are offered every month.  Please visit the team that is committed to helping everyone be healthy and well. Lomi Lomi and Healing Touch massage available as well.  Spiritual counseling, Ho'oponopono, and pule-prayer too!

 

For more information contact The Rev. Dcn. Kaleo Patterson at 808-330-3769  or kaleop@me.com

 

All Cathedral members are welcome to attend these governance meetings. 

Outreach Committee will be meeting Sunday, April 27th, 1 pm, in the 2nd floor conference room.   All are invited to join use as we try to make a difference in our community: providing meals, school supplies, clothing to Saipan are some examples of what we do. 

Chair,  Priscilla Millen. Email: millen.priscilla@gmail.com or 656-9029.

Special Guest:   Wally Inglis and 'Ohana

Video and Photos, Pot-Luck, and Non-Violence Training

 

The May 2nd Pacific Peace Forum will feature " Hale Mōhalu" and the evictions of patients with Hansen's Disease or Leprosy in Pear City years ago in the 1970's. The patients resisted State of Hawaii efforts to evict them thought non-violent civil disobedience and brought attention to the injustices of discrimination and bureaucratic arrogance and a defining moment for civil and human rights in Hawaii.  Video and a photo display will show images of Punikaia and fellow patient Clarence Naia being carried, stoic and peaceful, from their hospital home that touched thousands of people, many of whom saw the evictions as an act of arrogance by a state bureaucracy that valued dollars over humanity.

For more information contact The Rev. Dcn. Kaleo Patterson at 808-340-3768 or kaleop@me.com.

 

Fun and healthy learning activities for all youth ages and families for the community with artwork, cooking and yoga!

 

Please contact Emily Krause at emilyd.krause@gmail.com or (206) 384-7559 if you have any questions.

Mabel Gallegos is the Saturday Sexton at Saint Andrew's Cathedral. Her primary duties are cleaning around the Cathedral complex getting ready for Sunday's activities, but she also spreads love and smiles. Saint Andrew's is Mabel's home away from home and she can be found Monday through Thursday tending to plants around the Memorial Building.    

Mabel was born and raised in North Kohala on the Big Island of Hawaii. Her mother tended to the home and family while her father worked for the County of Hawaii as a road maintenance supervisor. Mabel is from a family of three brothers and one sister. She learned hula in elementary school and graduated from Kohala High School. She moved to Oahu in 1960 and worked in the legislature's printing office that was located in the State Armory which was mauka of 'Iolani Palace.

At a young age Mabel was attracted to the Episcopal Church,  although she also attended Catholic and Mormon services with her family. She first came to Saint Andrew's Cathedral on Maundy Thursday of Holy Week in 1960 and has attended the Cathedral ever since.

Mabel's husband Fred Gallegos, who is deceased, was from Colorado.  They met at the Halekulani Hotel when he was a part-time night waiter and she was the night clerk in the dining room office. During this period Fred was busy studying for his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Business at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Even during his studying period he started a Hawaiian clothing company that also specialized in infant wear.

Fred and Mabel raised three children. The oldest Matthew also carries Mabel's father's name of Kaleiohailikeliiwahineokaluaahiopele. When she needed to call Matthew in for dinner she did not use her father's name. Matthew works at Kohala Hospital. Mabel's second child is Waynette Kapiolani who is a flight attendant for Hawaiian Airlines. Her youngest is Fred Kauikeolani who is in the U.S. Army. Mabel has seven grandchildren; four from Matthew, two from Waynette and one from Fred.

Mabel came to work for Saint Andrew's Cathedral in 2003 when Father Tim Sexton was the Provost. This was when Crissy retired from her Saturday cleaning position. When Mabel has free time she enjoys tending to vegetable and fruit plants at her home near Prospect Street. She also likes to read non-fiction books.  She is very grateful for the friendship and love she receives from the staff and parishioners at Saint Andrew's. We love you too Mabel.

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