Prayer Request--Cathedral members and friends have asked for prayers for the following people: Paulie, Phil, Howard, Dick and Dee, Thelma, Ed, Pat, Cathie, Celina, Gayle, Lu, Hawley, Joan, Thelma, Luisa, Richard, Wanda, Cathy, Tad, Elizabeth, Bill, Ben, Dorothy, Joan, Kendra, and Elizabeth.

 

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

 

If you received a parking notice during our Holy Week Services please turn it in to the Cathedral office and Charmaine will get it cleared.

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You can now go online and check your Cathedral membership information and giving at:

www.thecathedralofstandrew.org/access/

Join us at Ala Moana Beach Park at 1pm after church for fun, food, faith & friends. We now meet the 2nd and 4th Sunday every month!

The Cathedral couldn't function without its volunteers. ALL Volunteers are invited to join us in Davies Hall at 9 am. You deserve it; let the staff serve you a delicious breakfast and hug your neck! Please RSVP with Charmaine at 808.524.2822 ext.218 or email at charmaine.bernard@thecathedralofstandrew.org

Plan to join the weekend getaway as the "Andrew Sistah's" gather for bonding, spiritual nourishment and fun in a beautiful setting. A planning committee will begin meeting the first week in June. Let Susan+ know if you would like to be a part of the concept planning team. Susan.sowers@thecathedralofstandrew.org 

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25 May 2014

Ascension Day is one of the Principal Prayer Book Feasts, equal in importance to Christmas, Epiphany and Pentecost!  The Feast commemorates the ascension of Jesus into heaven (Acts 1:6-11) following his crucifixion and resurrection.  The Cathedral will mark this Feast with Choral Evensong on the Eve of the Ascension and a Choral Eucharist on Ascension Day, both sung by the Cathedral Choir.

 

28 May - Eve of the Ascension

5.30 pm Evensong

Cœlos ascendit   Stanford

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis   Mathias (Jesus College)

Above all praise and all majesty   Mendelssohn

 

29 May - Ascension Day

5.30 pm Sung Eucharist

Missa Ascendens Christus   Victoria

The Very Rev. Walter B.A. Brownridge, celebrant and preacher

Welina iāʻoukou me ke aloha o ke Akua,

 

With this letter, you will find one from Canon Liz. In it she announces that she has accepted a call to serve as a Rector in the Church of Ireland.

 

I have known Liz since I first arrived in the Diocese.  She was part of the West Oahu clergy group (as the Vicar of St. George's Church) that took Bea and me out to dinner when I interviewed with Bishop Chang to be his Canon and the Vicar of St. Barnabas, Kapolei.  Other than her short sojourn to Massachusetts, she has been an important part of this Diocese for years.

Kirk and Rev, Liz Beasley

I am personally particularly grateful for her ministry the past seven years as my Canon.  She has taken the lead on our developing local formation programs leading to ordination and the thinking on shared ministry.  She has been a friend and confidant.  Most importantly, however, she is one of the finest priests I know.

 

While life does not always go as we plan, we have confidence as the followers of Jesus Christ in God's love for us.  At times, we are challenged to discern anew God's call to us.  As Liz helped me discern the call to God's mission in this Diocese and a future possible shape of the staff of the Office of the Bishop, she and Kirk followed God's call to ministry in Ireland.  It is risky for them.  It is in the fullest of ways following the path of the Apostles on a holy adventure.

 

Please take the opportunity to say goodbye.  Her last day in the office will be June 27, and then Liz and Kirk will leave one island home for another.  Remember to keep them in your prayers: 

 

May love and laughter light your days,

and warm your heart and home.

May good and faithful friends be yours,

wherever you may roam.

May peace and plenty bless your world

with joy that long endures.

May all life's passing seasons bring the best

to you and yours!

And the blessing of God almighty, the Father,

the Son and the Holy Spirit, be upon you both and remain with you always.  Amen.

 

Aloha ma o Iesu Kristo, ko mākou Haku, 

+Bob

 

Robert L. Fitzpatrick

 

Diocese E-news Editor's note: The preceding is a letter from the Bishop dated May 9, 2014, that was addressed to all in the Diocese.

 

EDUCATION for MINISTRY, a 4-year adult self-study extension program offered by the School of Theology, University of the South, will continue to be offered at the Cathedral for the 2014/2015 academic year.   Every baptized person is called to ministry - the EDUCATION for MINISTRY (EfM) program provides people with an educational basis to carry out that ministry.   An introductory night will be held on Weds,  June 11; come experience an EfM evening seminar, and meet and talk with this year's students.  This session will be held in the Von Holt Room at the Cathedral of St. Andrew.   We begin with Evensong at 5:30, then adjourn to the Von Holt room - complete by 8:30.  Bring a brown bag lunch.

 

An additional information session ( but not a seminar night) will be held later in July - watch for an announcement.

Starting time for next year's class will late September/early October. For more in-depth information about the program please visit Sewanee.edu/EFM.  For questions about forming the 2014/2015 class, please email questions to john.condrey@thecathedralofstandrew.org.

 

Graduates of EfM :  Check the Sewanee website for information on the new EfM Alumni/ae Association

Did you ever want to know more about the Episcopal Church?  Are you interested in deepening your commitment to Christ? Come and be a part of the Inquirers' Class on Saturdays, May 31, June 14, and June 21from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.  This course explores the basics of Christianity as the Episcopal Church and Anglicanism understand it. Some who participate may choose to be Confirmed, or Received, or Reaffirm their Faith at the Regional Confirmations, scheduled for June 22, 2014.  Others may simply want to learn and to reflect.  All are welcome. Please call Natasha at (524-2822, ext. 212) to receive additional information, and to register for the classes.

Are you interested in having your child baptized?  The next infant and youth baptism is scheduled to for June 8, 2014 at the 10:30 am, Pentecost Day service.  There will be a mandatory time of instruction and rehearsal on Saturday, June 7 from 12:30 to 3:00 pm. Please call Natasha at 524-2822x212 or email her at natasha.dator@thecathedralofstandrew.org to get an application and more information.

Art song by Brahms, Rachmaninov, and Wolf 

 

St. Andrew's Cathedral Noontime Concerts presents mezzo-soprano, Emily Haswell and accompanied by Brian McCarthy on piano, this Friday, May 23 at 12:15 pm. The program will include art song by Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninov, and selections from Hugo Wolf's Mörike lieder.  

 

Emily Haswell was born in Australia and raised on the Big Island. Before moving to O'ahu to pursue a degree in music, she worked as an accompanist and rehearsal pianist for choirs and musical productions. She studies voice under Dr. Maya Hoover at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and is a Choral Scholar at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew. Emily enjoys learning new repertoire, often presenting solo recitals at the cathedral's noontime concerts. She attributes much of her musical sensibility to her love of jazz, a genre with which she became intrigued during high school. She and Padraic Costello, saxophonist, perform as a jazz duo. Emily was a finalist in the 2007 Hamakua Music Festival, the 2013 Morning Music Club Competition, and she has been recognized with several Merit Achievements in Vocal Performance at UHM. Emily teaches private voice lessons and runs a small online artisanal jewelry shop. 

 

Noontime Concerts features guest artists as well as the Cathedral's own musicians in performances of chamber and choral music, and organ recitals on the Cathedral's acclaimed Aeolian-Skinner organ. The half-hour concerts are Fridays at 12.15 pm.  You are welcome to bring lunch.  Admission and parking are free - although donations are always welcome!

 

FRIDAY NOONTIME CONCERTS AT 12.15 PM

 

30 May

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

NOONTIME CONCERTS IS CANCELLED ON MAY 30TH DUE TO WORK BEING DONE ON THE CATHEDRAL ORGAN.

 

6 June

 Noontime Concerts Seventh Anniversary Recital

by organist, John Renke

 

SUNDAY CHORAL EVENSONG AT 5.30 PM

 

25 May

The Diocesan Choir

Music of Healey Willan, C. V. Stanford, and William Harris

How are we to be a Cathedral after Christendom?

 

Co-led by the Rev. D. Neal MacPherson, the retired Sr. Minister of Church of the Crossroads UCC in Honolulu for 20 years and current member of the Cathedral, and the Dean.

 

Based on Neal's 2008 book The Church at the Crossroads,  On Being the Church after Christendom, we shall examine how a Christian Cathedral community lives its calling in a world vastly different from the age when were first erected. It is a different age when mainline Protestant denominations, the Roman Catholic Church and even the assorted Churches of the Anglican Communion held the religious monopoly on the culture and morality of western societies. In Christendom, the Church was at the center and yet Christendom is dying. Real Christianity may have an opportunity to be tried, and a Cathedral may be the best place to explore this new reality.

 

Please join Neal, and the Dean for an interactive discuss on this vital topic.

 

Copies of Neal's book may be purchased through Wipf and Stock Publishers, $16.00 if ordered online at www.wipfandstock.com.

 

The Children's Gathering on the Square.  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.'

 

May 25. Day of work and re-creation. There is no planned story this Sunday. We will, however, have a lesson. Our lesson will grow from our work together as we spent time in re-creation.

 

June 1. The Mystery of Pentecost. Pentecost is all about transformation. Today we remember the changes that transformed the disciples to apostles when they received the Holy Spirit. But that doesn't just happen on Pentecost, does it? We are invited by this elusive presence of God, this spirit that is as close as our breath but hard to "see." Was there a time that you can recall recently, when the Holy Spirit transformed you? What was that like? Did other people see it or feel it, too?

 

Sunday, May 25, 5:30 pm, Choral Evensong at St. Andrew's Cathedral will feature the Evening Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) in Fby Irish composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924). Cathedral Director of Music, John Robert Renke, will lead the Episcopal Diocesan Choir and Brian McCarthy will be the organist in this moving service.   Evensong has been sung in Cathedral Churches for centuries and, through prayer and song, offers to God our thanks for the day that is past and seeks the light of God's presence through the coming night. All are welcome. Parking is free. Calabash offering gratefully accepted.

Since Noontime Concerts was begun in 2007, downtown regulars and thousands of people from around the world have enjoyed these weekly, half-hour recitals in the magnificent acoustics of Saint Andrew's Cathedral.  In addition to the very popular organ recitals on Hawaii's largest pipe organ, local and visiting choral and chamber music ensembles have performed, as well as a host of instrumental and vocal recitalists

 

On Friday, June 6, organist John Renke will perform the same recital that opened the Noontime Concerts series seven years ago, with music of Nikolaus Bruhns, Edward Elgar, and César Franck. These three works highlight the versatility of the Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, custom-built for in Boston, Massachusetts for St. Andrew's Cathedral in 1960.

 

The recital is at 12.15 pm.  People are welcome to bring lunch.  Admission and parking are free - although donations are always welcome!

We know of several people, but don't want to miss anyone. If someone near and dear to you will be graduating this spring from high school, college, or graduate school, please call 524-2822 x 212 or email us at natasa.dator@thecathedralofstandrew.org  by May 27th and let us know their name, what school or program they are graduating from, and if they know - their future plans. We would like to recognize them at church on Sunday, June 1st. 

 

THE HONOLULU AIDS WALK 2014 benefitting THE LIFE FOUNDATION will be held on SATURDAY, MAY 24th. The march will be held at HONOLULU HALE and will walk through the surrounding civic area.  THE EPISCOPAL CHURCHES OF HAWAII WELCOMES EVERYONE!  A banner will be there awaiting your arrival.  The march is an easy 3K walk and allows much time for visiting with other walkers who want to thank you for representing the spiritual community.

 

The march activities begin at 8 A.M. with warm-up exercises and the walk starts at 9 A.M.  Our goal for the Episcopal Churches of Hawaii is $500.00.  We are registered for the march under Episcopal Churches of Hawaii and checks may be sent or brought to the march made out to LIFE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII and given to the registration desk or to the team leaders,  Paul Reeser,  Kilani Ventura, or Barbara Service.  For additional information call Paul or KIlani at  808.923.1738.

 

Supporting THE LIFE FOUNDATION helps many people receive necessary HIV drugs as well as counseling. Join us SATURDAY, MAY 24th  at  HONOLULU HALE  and walk with us.