• May 5, Monday - Candidate & Ordination interviews with COM and Standing Committee, St. Mary's Dousman, 5-9 pm.
• June 3, Tuesday - Ordination discernment informational meeting.  This is a mandatory first meeting for anybody sensing the call to ordained ministry.  It will take place in two locations: Good Shepherd Sun Prairie and Trinity Wauwatosa, 7-9 pm.  RSVP is REQUIRED by emailing COM chair, Fr. Scott Seefeldt at skotallen@yahoo.com
• September 18, Thursday - Parish Ministry Discernment Committee training night.  Two locations: St. Dunstan's Middleton & Trinity Wauwatosa, 7-9 pm. 
• October 24-25, Friday & Saturday - Ministry Discernment Weekend and postulancy interviews.  Durward's Glen Retreat Center (http://www.durwardsglen.org/)

Join Trinity Episcopal Church, 1717 Church St. Wauwatosa, as we welcome author Ethan Casey Wednesday, May 7th from 7:00-9:00. Enjoy desserts, wine and delicious Haitian coffee while hearing Ethan talk about his beloved Haiti. Members from the February mission trip to Jeannette will be on hand to mingle and talk of their experiences and answer questions. There is no admission, though a free will offering is welcome and will help support the July mission trip. Ethan will have copies of his book "Bearing the Bruise, a Life Graced by Haiti" available. Call the church office 414-453-4540 for more information.

Ethan Casey will also be present at St, Mary's Episcopal Church for an event on Tuesday, May 6th at St, Mary's Episcopal Church in Dousman, corner of Hwy 18 and 67. A Haitian Dinner will be served. Tickets are $20.00 and are available through St. Mary's church office 262-965-3924, or Mary Alice Eschweiler at 414-614-6564. Proceeds will also support the July '14 mission trip.

On Good Friday morning, the Church will leave the building. Echoing the very public execution of Jesus, several Milwaukee and Madison area Episcopal parishes will participate in bringing the Stations of the Cross into the city streets.

The Milwaukee pilgrimage will begin at All Saints Episcopal Cathedral at 9 a.m. April 18th, where a wooden cross will be carried to eight stations that represent places of power, desolation and comfort. At each station, a nail will be driven into the cross, a piece of the Good Friday Scripture read, and a prayer or hymn offered. Participants and passer-bys will then be invited to write a short prayer and place it on the cross. The walk is approximately 3.5 miles. Anyone may participate and anyone may join or leave the journey at any of the stations. Our pilgrimage will end at St. James Episcopal Church on Wisconsin Avenue sometime between 11 and 11:30 a.m. A bus will be available to take participants back to the All Saints Cathedral.

The Stations of the Cross in Downtown Madison, will be held on Friday, April 11th at 12pm. As we walk the fourteen traditional Stations of the Cross, we will reflect together on how we can trace those events in the geography of Madison today - our issues, stories and struggles. We will start on the sidewalk near the Federal Courthouse, across from the Overture Center, and end in the garden at Grace Church on the square. The total walk will be about 1.2 miles. All are welcome.

Deacon Carol Smith, chair of the diocesan Commission on Global Reconciliation has announced that the Commission is soliciting input from diocesan clergy and laity as they prepare to recommend distribution of the  diocesan 0.7% Millennium Development Goal Funds. The amount in this year's diocesan budget is $5,752(plus $5,000 which pays partial salary of the Coordinator of The Haiti Project.)

The Commission will be meeting in July to consider the ideas received from members of the diocese, and will send its recommendations for distribution of the funds to The Executive Council for deliberation at its August meeting. For details on the Millennium Development Goal Fund and directions for submitting your input, please click HERE.