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CrossroadsThe magazine of Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis Vol. 177 • Issue 4 • Advent 2011

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CrossroadsThe magazine of Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis

Advent 2011

Welcome to Crossroads, the seasonal news magazine of the people of Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis.

ON THE COVER

Selena M. dresses in traditional garb to celebrate La Virgen De Guadalupe in 2010. For more information on this tradition and how you can participate, check out page 7.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

3 DEAN’S COLUMN: ‘You know the heart of the alien’

6 Advent and Christmas schedule

7 Hispanic congregation hopes to share holiday traditions with all

8 Seeking the living presence of Christ

11 Christ Church Cathedral people in the news

12 Christmas pageant

20 Boys’ and girls’ choir auditions

BUENAS NOTICIAS

16 La celebración de la Virgen de Guadalupe

17 Una catedral para todos

17 Grupo de Lectura de Superación personal y crecimiento

18 Elaborando flores de papel

18 Fin de semana de crecimiento espiritual

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Canon Cathy Gray assists Ellie C. with her lines in last year’s pageant practice. For more information on the Pageant, please see page 12.

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by The Very Rev. Stephen E. CarlsenDEAN AND RECTOR

This fall at our Forum between services at 10 o’ clock, one of the topics we have been considering is immigra-tion. Before looking at immigration in the United States and in Indiana, before considering what people of faith have to say about this issue today, we looked at immigra-tion in the Bible. We began with a simple question: Who were immigrants, sojourners, exiles, refugees or foreign aliens in Holy Scripture?

We generated a long list. It turns out it would have been easier to list those who were never exiled or sojourners than to list those who were. The Book of Deuteronomy identifies Abraham as “a wandering Aramean.” Among the major figures of the Bible, really only the kings of Israel and Judah were settled. The rest of the time, God’s people have been on the move. Here is the list we generated:

In the Hebrew Scriptures• Adam and Eve• Cain• Noah• Abraham and Sarah• Isaac and Rebekah• Jacob, Rachael and Leah• Joseph and his brothers• Moses (twice)• The Israelites (at least 3 times)• Joshua

• Most of the judges• David before becoming king• Ruth and Naomi• Elijah• Elisha• 2 Isaiah• Ezekiel• Daniel and a bunch of other

prophets• Shadrach, Meshach and

Abednego

In the New Testament• John the Baptist• The Holy Family (twice,

Bethlehem and Egypt)• The Disciples (men and women)• The Apostles (men and women)• Paul• John the Divine• All Christians, according to 1

Peter

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You may have noticed that I am leaving off a significant figure of Scripture who shared the experience of being an alien and exile — God. In Scripture, God dwells with the refugee and the aliens. God himself, YHWH, travelled with the children of Israel as they wandered in the dessert, dwelling in a tent, the Tabernacle. Likewise Jesus, Emanu-el, God-with-us, was homeless when he was born in Beth-lehem according to Luke, was exiled to Egypt according to Matthew and in John’s Gospel, the Logos, the very Word of God was a refugee and exile: “He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet, the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.” And Jesus himself said, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Not only are most of the main characters of Holy Scrip-ture aliens or refugees, Scripture has much to say on the very topic of how to treat foreign aliens. The Torah, again and again, reminds the Israelites to have sympathy with their plight: “You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 23:9). The Ten Commandments give the alien the right to Sabbath rest. Aliens are to be in-cluded in the religious rites of the Passover—the founding rite of the exodus. They are entitled to hold property and to prosper. The same law applies to them as to everyone else. There was even a form of social welfare open to the resident alien in the Biblical concept of gleaning. Equal-ity under the law, religious inclusion, social welfare—the Torah was not exclusive but open to the alien.

The New Testament has a slightly different point to make. It commends the perspective of the alien and the stranger as the proper theological outlook on the world. The First Epistle of Peter characterizes the Christian life as that of being “aliens and strangers in the world.” In John’s Gospel Jesus declares, “I am not of this world.” He says the same thing of his followers, that we are in the world but not of it—in other words, we are strangers in strange land. Too often this has been spiritualized to mean only a reference to the afterlife, with heaven as our true home. What if the purpose is more to impress upon us how we are to live in this world? Not living with a desire to escape it, but living in it all the while seeing it as an outsider sees it—and at the same time identifying with those who are outsiders as well. This is how Jesus lived. He identified with the outcasts, with the outsiders, with those who were displaced and uncomfortable. In Matthew’s Gospel he tells his followers that whenever they welcome the stranger, they welcome Christ himself, whether they know it or not.

As we have reflected on this theme during my forum on Sunday mornings, this has lead to some interesting com-ments and reflections. We saw that God identifies primar-ily with those who are out of power, who are vulnerable, who need protection. We also saw that it is often God who commands followers, “Go!” The most faithful of Scripture have been those who have heeded the call and become sojourners themselves. Last week, one member of the class remarked, “Jesus is the Chief Alien of Scripture.”

Jesus the alien, “the illegal;” Jesus the undocumented; Jesus the refugee; Jesus the homeless.

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You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:9

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As we enter the season of Advent, this image of Jesus can provide a different kind of meditation than is typical for Advent. Rather than looking for Christ’s future return in glory, what if we instead imagine his coming now as that stranger, and then try to see the world through those eyes. How would Jesus the alien and stranger view our world? How would he view our congregation? Would he be welcomed? How warmly? How would Jesus the undocumented be received in Indianapolis? Would he be fed? Would someone give him water to drink and shelter from the elements? How are we treating our aliens in the US today?

That is one meditation, with clear moral impli-cations in our community and nation. Another is personal. We can ask ourselves, how at home are we in this world as it is? Are we too at home, at ease? Is it familiar? Or can we see how strange it is? Can we see with the eyes of Scripture, with the eyes of the stranger and alien in the land?

The entirety of Holy Scripture is full of those who are displaced, fleeing war as refugees, taken into exile, fleeing famine and disease, wander-ing in the dessert, homeless, uprooted, alien and strange. What does our home look like to the out-sider? This Advent, let us step outside our comfort zone, outside our status and outside our place and see this world as the stranger, see our world as Christ would see us. Do you know the heart of the alien?


How would Jesus the undocumented be received in Indianapolis? Would he be fed? Would someone give him

water to drink and shelter from the elements?

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Christmas Lessons and Carols Festival at Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) Friday, December 2, 2011 – 7 p.m. Festival of Lessons and Carols featuring the CTS Gospel Choir and members of Christ Church Cathedral’s Choirs followed by a dessert reception. Phone Amelia Walker at 317-931-2319 or [email protected] for more information or to RSVP.

A Service of Advent Lessons and CarolsSunday, December 4 – 5 p.m.The Cathedral Choir of Men and the Girls’ Choir sing music for the season of Advent in one of the most anticipated choral services of the season!

Handel’s Messiah, Part I Sunday, December 11 – 4:30 p.m.The combined Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys and the Girls’ Choir are joined by tenor Steven Stolen and the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Dana Marsh. You’ve never heard the Messiah quite like this, with authentic instruments as it was meant to be heard! Stay tuned for Part II in Lent.

Colonial Christmas of the Americas Sunday, December 18 – 4:30 p.m.Oratorio Camerata under the direction of our Cathedral Hispanic Choir Director, Leonardo Panigada, sing an inspiring program of Christmas music for the new world.

Advent & Christmas schedule

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24 – 5 p.m.Under the direction of Dr. Dana Marsh, the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys and the Girls’ Choir offer this immensely popular Christmas tradition. This is always a standing-room only event, arrive early for seating!

Christmas Eve servicesSaturday, December 24 • 3 p.m. Pageant of the Nativity and Holy

Eucharist • 5 p.m. A Festival of Nine Lessons and

Carols (Cathedral will open for early seating at 4:15 p.m.)

• 7:30 p.m. Santa Misa (in Spanish) y Villancicos

• 11 p.m. Festal Choral Eucharist

Christmas Day servicesSunday, December 25• Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m• Santa Misa (in spanish) 1 p.m.

Eve of the Epiphany (Twelfth Night)Thursday, January 57:30 p.m. Twelfth Night Candlelight Eucharist and reception following

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Dec. 16-24Christ

Church Cathedral celebrates Las Posadas every evening from Decem-ber 16-24 in the homes of parishio-ners. These celebrations commemorate Mary and Joseph’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of shelter. “Posada” in Spanish, simply means lodging or shelter. The posada has evolved into a religious and social celebration, paying a festive homage to the journey.

Each one of these nights before Christmas, we gather in a different parishioner’s home. There is plenty of food and drink, with candies and fruit for the children. At dusk, all the guests gather outside the house, carrying figures of Mary and Joseph, and process around the neighborhood, followed by the adults and musicians.

Everyone sings melodious songs as they walk slowly along, carrying their lit candles. When they reach the house, the group divides in two. One half remains outside and begs for shelter from the other half, which is inside the house. The doors are then opened and the religious part of the celebration begins with prayers and meditations, and then fun begins.

Our Hispanic Community invites you to come and enjoy these bilingual gatherings. Look for the locations in each week’s Good Word. If you’d like to host a posada, call

Veronica Gomez at 317-636-4577.

Looking for a different way to celebrate the holidays?

Las Posadas Our Lady of Guadalupe


Dec. 11, 11 p.m.Before the Christ-

mas season “officially” begins on December 16, the day when the first Posada takes place, Mexicans and many Latino countries join together for the fes-tivities of La Virgen de Guadalupe, Our Lady of Guadalupe, singing in the eve feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe with mañanitas (songs welcoming the day) and flowers, flowers and more flowers.

We will gather together on December 11 at 11 p.m at CCC in a late-night vigil to our Lady to sing “the mananitas” with a mariachi band. Everyone is welcome! After the celebration we will share tamales and cham-purado, which is a hot drink, made of chocolate, milk, cinnamon and corn flour.

The Virgin of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Gua-dalupe; Nahuatl: Tonantzin Guadalupe) is a celebrated Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary.

According to tradition, on December 9, 1531, Juan Diego, a simple indigenous peasant, had a vision of a young woman while he was on a hill in the Tepeyac desert, near Mexico City.

The lady told him to build a church exactly on the spot where they were standing. He told the local bishop, who asked for some proof. He went back and had the vision

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By the Rev. Canon Gray Lesesne

When a newcomer walks through our doors or on to our beautiful Cathedral Lawn or by our

grand building on Monument Circle, how do we see the living presence of Christ in them? How do they see the living presence of Christ in us? How do we welcome new people into our Cathedral life, honor-ing them as if we would honor Christ himself? How do we share our story of our experience of God’s love? Why do we worship at Christ Church Cathedral and call this place our spiritual home?

For the past year, members of our Cathedral Vestry and our Cathedral staff have been asking ourselves these sorts of questions, working together on a vision-ing process for evangelism. Our Vestry spent our opening retreat in February discussing what Christ Church Cathedral meant to us, a process that took a whole evening and that was filled with many laughs, tears, and shared memories.

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2011-12 GoalsFormation1. Engage at least ten (10) newcomers each in two low-

commitment, introductory workshops that acquaint newcomers with our Cathedral’s core identity and help them to become proficient in basic Eucharistic practices.

Status: coming in early 2012. 2. Engage at least twenty (20) newcomers in a five-week

Inquirer’s introductory component to the Catechume-nate.

Status: Spiritsuality on Mass Avenue has had an average attendance of 35 persons; continues to meet through early December.

3. Develop one new Education for Ministry (EFM) group with at least five participants and one leader to empower people at our spiritual center to go deeper.

Status: Group established in October, with 10 par-ticipants.

Hospitality Goals1. Build community and fellowship in fun settings by

fostering at least four large group activities (with at least 60 participants each) and at least six intentional small group activities a year.

Status: in progress2. Deepen congregational leadership in congregational

hospitality by recruiting at least ten (10) new people into St. Martha’s Guild. Ask the Guild to develop and implement a plan for greater congregational participa-tion in Sunday hospitality.

Status: in progress

Marketing Goals1. Develop at least three new methods to welcome

newcomers into the Cathedral building itself, with a specific focus on sharing threads from our life of


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We then moved to what we thought was a very simple question that would lead to simple action: do we as a congregation want to grow? After reflec-tion, that question didn’t feel right, and the more we prayed, and the more we spoke together, we realized that simple numerical growth, while good and helpful, isn’t what we are primarily after.

In October, our Vestry adopted the following as our

prayer and service. Status: in progress

2. Train staff and key lay leaders in new communications models with at least two consultations.

Status: in progress3. Develop a small group of four parishioners with gifts

in communications to serve as lay Communications Advisory Team.

Status: team recruited (Meg Booth, Ashleigh Graves, Buz Nesbit, Melissa Hickman, Andrea Spie-gelberg) meetings in progress

4. Working with the team from Marketing-3 above, develop a strategy to share the brand of CCC both within and outside of our congregation.

Status: in progress

Evangelism Goals1. Develop a core group of seven lay leaders, who will

help us form a plan to engage, invite, welcome, and integrate newcomers.

Status: team recruited (Simon Crookall, Sarah Meadows, Don Hanlin, Maribeth Essig, Jacquie Kenton, Brian Madison, Norm White)

2. Engage at least 75% of our existing ministry/guild/committee leaders and ask them to form a plan to invite, welcome, and integrate newcomers into their ministry.

Status: not yet started3. a) Engage at least 15 participants each in two work-

shops training us to share our stories of faith, with a focus on relating our experiences of God to those out-side the church and to our own fellow parishioners.

Status: not yet started b) Engage at least 60 parishioners in at least two con-

gregational storytelling events focused on sharing our experiences of God with each other. Hold one event per half of the year.

Status: in progress



Vestry member Tim Culbertson, who also serves on the hospitality committee, smiles as he works on a Sunday.

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vision statement for evangelism in which we intend to lead our congre-gation: “We strive to be Christ’s living presence in the world, sharing our experience of His love with everyone we encounter, seeing Christ’s living presence in them.” This is a profound statement. We seek to exude Christ’s presence to all we meet, and we expect Christ’s presence in them. As well, we are willing to share our expe-rience of Christ with those we meet.

Evangelism has long been a dirty word among modern Episcopalians, having been co-opted by religious fun-damentalists and television preachers into pressured decisions and overnight fundraising schemes. But at its core, evangel means Good News, and we are convinced that Christ Church Ca-thedral has much Good News of Jesus Christ to share with the world. We have the Good News of our beautiful liturgies filled with holy music, our diverse congregation from all parts of the world, our passionate outreach and mission work both at home and abroad. And in our discussions, we have realized that we are indeed pas-sionate evangelists in the most positive sense of the word, passionate about the Good News that Christ Church Cathedral has to offer the City of Indianapolis, the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, and indeed, the world.

Over the course of the next year,

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we’ll be focusing a considerable amount of congregational energy focusing on evangelism. Some of our work will be very practical: we will seek to improve the way that we attract, welcome, integrate, and incorporate people into the life of our congregation. But another portion of our work will be very spiritual: we’ll be inviting you to think about why you come to Christ Church Cathedral, and we’ll invite you to share your Good News story of this place with those close to you. Not in a pushy or aggressive way, but in a way that honors the presence of God in all people, and in an inviting

way—the loving, grace-filled with that Christ invited his disciples.

Members of the Cathedral staff have been working alongside the Vestry as they have done the deep visioning work over the past few months, and we as a staff have set the following as goals for ourselves as your servant leaders in program and ministry development over the coming year. (You’ll see these goals at the box located to the (right).) Please do be in touch with any of your staff or Vestry members if you’d like to be a part of any of our work for the coming year, or if you have ideas we haven’t yet discovered.

CCC Hospitality Coordinator, Carl Michaelis, chats with Nolan at a break in the kitchen in Christ Church Cathedral’s Parish Hall.

again. He told the lady that the bishop wanted proof, and she said “Bring the roses behind you.” Turning to look, he found a rose bush growing behind him. He cut the roses, placed them in his poncho and returned to the bishop, saying he had brought proof. When he opened his poncho, instead of roses, there was an image of the young lady in the vision.

According to the account of Juan Diego, the Virgin Mary described herself using the Aztec Nahuatl word-name of Coatlaxopeuh (pro-nounced “quatlachupe”) which the Spanish misunderstood as being the word “Guadalupe”. In Nahuatl “Coa” meant serpent, “tla” the noun ending which can be interpreted as “the”, and “xopeuh” means to crush or to stamp out, translating to mean: the one “who crushes the serpent,” although Gloria Anzaldua translates it as “the one who is at one with the beasts” (Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands, 3rd ed., p. 51). This reflects Catholic theology, in understanding that Mary is the woman described in the twelfth chapter of St. John’s Apocalypse.

Today, the icon is displayed in the nearby Basilica of Guadalupe, now one of the most visited Catholic shrines in the world. The Virgin of Guadalupe is Mexico’s most popular religious and cultural image, with the titles “Queen of Mexico”, Empress of the Americas”, and “Patroness of the Americas.”

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Christ Church Cathedral people in the news

Baptisms • Knute Deacon Denny, son of

Andrea Porter and Paul Denny• Kennet Gencks• Marian Cynthia McConnell,

daughter of Andy and Meghan McConnell

• Vivian Leigh Ferguson-Wagstaffe, daughter of Kristin and Bill Ferguson-Wagstaffe

Deaths• Richard Caulfield, former

CCC member and brother of Janet Frisbie

• David Cherry• Thelma Mae Payton, mother

of Cindy and Richard Payton• Wilma Stilz, mother of Susie

Belt• Euneva Willey

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Marriages• Brieanne Messina and

Michael Rieder• Rebeca Ordonez Perez and

Jose Douglas

Transfers In: • Andrea Greaves Spiegelberg;

Athena, Truman, and Harrison Greaves from Christ Church Lutheran Church, Zionsville

• Richard W. Pflueger from East 91st Street Christian Church, Indianapolis

Transfers Out:• Sally Clark Judd to St.

Timothy’s, Indianapolis• Owen Michael Neuberger to

Trinity, Bloomington

Our (gingerbread) house of the Lord

Parishioners Ken and Sue File entered this beauty in the Conner Prairie Gingerbread House Com-petition. As of press time, contest winners were unknown, but we think it’s definitely a winner.

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By the Rev. Canon Cathy Gray

T.S. Eliot, one of my favorite poets, wrote a little piece on “The Naming of Cats.” It begins like this:

The naming of cats is a difficult matter It isn’t just one of your holiday games

Naming a new being coming into the world can be dif-ficult; it can also be a joy, trying to imagine just the proper and most lovely tag for addressing the little life. A name can define those to whom the name is attached – it can wind up being the perfect description for the one who holds it, or it may stand in sharp contrast to the emerging personality. My eldest daughter will give birth to her first child later this winter; we’ve had many laughing moments on the phone about just what name is right - how cute should it be, how classic…how many syllables should a first name have with a one-syllable last name? Bible name, family name, creative name? What will inspire a good

How to name a babyCelebrate our Christmas pageant, December 24 at 3 p.m.!


B Destiny smiles for the camera before the pag-eant as she prepares to be an angel. C Nolan, Truman, Harrison prepare to be “flocks by night.” D Canon Cathy Gray and Ashleigh Graves-Roesler assist Amy to be Mary before the pageant. E Carwyn as an angel for the pageant.B

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nickname – or a terrible one?Throughout history, cultures have assigned various

tasks and powers to names. They tell stories, they express class belonging, they connect their bearers to the land, to the community, and to the religious memories, hopes, and longings of a people. Imagine, then the importance of naming Incarnate God as he lies there in a manger, surrounded by everyone from heavenly angels to outcast shepherds to the chosen and mystified young Mary. Yes, he was named at the Annunciation by the Angel Gabriel – You shall call him Jesus.

But the matter certainly didn’t end there!Jesus re-named himself again and again – Way, Truth,

Light, Shepherd, Door, Gate, Son of God, Son of Man, Servant.

Christians from the earliest times have re-named him as well, drawing on his self-chosen names, and drawing on the names the Prophets used to speak of the prom-ised Messiah: Wonderful

Counselor, Prince of Peace, Emmanuel - God with us. People have called him Friend, our Brother, our Savior – all holy and beautiful names.

Our annual Christmas Pageant this year, to be held on December 24 at 3 p.m., will focus our attention on the names of Jesus – that given to him at the manger, those given by the Prophets, and those that have come to him through the ages of the church. As a part of the prepara-tion of the script this year, we have asked some of our children to think and talk about the names for Jesus they love best – they have shared a few ideas, along with the


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reasons they like them. As always, the young have proven themselves wise and more than worthy of a listening ear! These responses come to us from our first and second graders; plan to attend the pageant and hear even more!

Jose L. especially likes two names: She likes the name King, because it reminds us that Jesus is powerful and has real authority in our lives.

For her, the name Light is also good, because Jesus gives us light from inside, from our spirit.

Nolan T. and Ellie C. also like the name Light. Ellie says that Jesus spreads everywhere, like the light does. Nolan says Jesus, like light, is all around and makes things good. He gives us good direction, like the stars help us map the night. Nolan

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name “Lord Christ” – it sounds like a strong name, and reminds us that he both Lord and Christ for us.

We all have our own way of naming Jesus and holding him close to our hearts. We name him by the qualities of his life, by his promises, and according to how he enters and enlightens our own lives. Whatever name you choose to give to this amazing, Incarnate God, were hope that you will join us to await and welcome him into our midst on this very holy night.

B Joseph Loeffel assists Ainsley in rehearsal. C Kate, Kyle and Evan as the Three Wise-Persons. D Ellie C. (angel) cradles baby Jesus with Jose. E Bethany Testa-Avila assembles a star for the pageant. F Dress rehearsal! G Ellie rehearses her lines. H Joselin shines before rehearsal! I Brian Roesler, Ashleigh Graves-Roesler, Kelsi and Bethany Testa-Avila and Janet Kieninger all shared their time and talents for the good of the group! Thank you!

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Buenas Noticiaspor el Ministerio Hispano

La Revda. Canon Zoila M. Manzanares-Cole

“No temas, no estoy yo aquí que soy tu madre”

El día 12 de diciembre es una fecha importante y especial para todo el pueblo Mexicano ya que se festeja el día de la aparición de “ Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe” o la Virgen de Guadalupe. Más allá de sus raíces religiosas, la fiesta en su honor es unos de los más grandes símbolos de la identidad nacional Mexicana.

Es asombrosa la devoción que sienten los mexicanos por su pa-trona, la Virgen de Guadalupe; fieles se acercan caminando desde lugares muy lejanos hasta su altar. Es una gran procesión, como nunca vista. Una procesión que no se detiene y es casi imposible ver donde comienza y donde termina. Hay personas que tienen que recorrer más de 500 kilómetros o más para solo llegar a persignarse ante la Virgen morena, la llamada madre de todos los mexi-

canos. Aunque el día del festejo es el

12, todo comienza el día 11 en la madrugada. se cantan las mañanitas desde el altar mayor, donde se reúnen algunos de los tradicionales y más populares cantantes del país. Las mañanitas es la canción mexicana que se canta en los cumpleaños y es una forma de acercarse a la Virgen morena y verla como una figura más humana y real. Pero no todo es canto,

La celebración de la Virgen de Guadalupe

también hay grupos de danzantes que bailan durante todo el día, ofrendas y miles de velas encendidas. Durante su celebración se concentran en el atrio de la Basílica cerca de 6 mil-lones de personas!

Los fieles de la Virgen de Guadal-upe que no están cerca de la ciudad de México, también se reúnen a fes-tejarle en sus hogares, en sus barrios y en las iglesias. Se colocan altares, le cantan las mañanitas en su nombre, se tienen peregrinaciones, los niños son vestidos como San Juan Diego y le llevan ofrendas, cantan o partici-pan de las misas en su honor.

Hacemos una especial invitación a para unirnos en la celebración de la Virgen de Guadalupe aquí en Cate-dral el día 11 de Diciembre 2011 a las 11:00 p.m. tendremos las tradiciona-les Mañanitas con mariachi, com-partiremos tamales y champurrado. Los esperamos! inviten a familiares y amigos.

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Durante este año, nuestra Catedral ha programado dos “picnic” (días de campo), con el propósito que to-dos sus miembros tengamos la oportunidad de compartir y convivir como una gran familia.

Pero antes que todo, para dar inicio a esta celebración Catedral solo tiene un servicio dominical y se incluyen a todos los miembros de todos los Servicios, los coros, sacerdotes, servidores y ministros. La Santa Eucaristía es bilingüe y al finalizar pasamos todos a compartir en el jardín afuera de la Iglesia.

Medio círculo del centro es reservado durante este especial día para los miembros de Catedral y para todos aquellos que se acercan al recibir la invitación para compartir rica comida, juegos y pasar un tiempo en familia. En esta ocasión los niños durante la escuela bíblica de verano elaboraron piñatas y papel picado para adornar y darle el color y la alegría que caracteriza a nuestra cultura latino/hispana

Esta actividad ha traído a los turistas y personas que visitan el círculo del centro, lo que ayuda a cumplir una de nuestras misiones “Una Iglesia para la Cuidad”

Una catedral para todos

El Ministerio Hispano disfrutando del picnic y de las ac-tividades que se realizaron durante este especial evento

Grupo de lectura de superación personal y crecimiento

Actualmente estamos invitando a participar a las mujeres al grupo de lectura pero muy pronto tendremos la oportunidad para los hombres. Esperen mas informacion en nuestra pagina de facebook y en los boletines informativos del domingo.

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Durante las últimas semanas antes de la celebración del día de muertos se invitó a las familias en general para aprender a elaborar flores de pa-pel y de otros materiales para de esta forma hacer unas coronas en me-moria de nuestros difuntos durante el dia de todos los Santos; así como también para la decoración de los al-tares u ofrendas que se colocaron en el salón parroquial el 6 de Noviem-bre. Gracias a todos los que particip-aron y en especail a nuestra instruc-tora y guía Bertita Manzanares.

Bertita Manzanares compartiendo sus talentos con las personas que participaron en la elaboracion de flores de papel.

Elaborando flores de papel

Fin de semana de crecimiento espiritualDel 10- 11 de septiembre 2011 el ministerio hispano de cat-

edral tuvo en el centro de conferencias de la Iglesia episcopal Waycross, un fin de semana de crecimiento espiritual. La misión de este fin de semana fue que los participantes concientizaran la necesidad de alimentar y desarrollar la vida espiritual y Famil-iar en la relación con Dios desde un punto personal, de Pareja, Familia y de Comunidad de Fe.

Nuestro próximo retiro será en Mayo 2012 y en esta ocasión será en general para todos los miembros de Catedral. Espera-mos que para esta ocasión más miembros puedan incluirse para participar.

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VestryANDREW McCONNELL

Senior Warden

DONNA WORTH Junior Warden

MARILYN SCHULTZ Treasurer

JENNIFER SEGNER Clerk

TIMOTHY CULBERTSON

BETTY ECHARRY

ROBERT GOYETTE

DANIEL HOFFMAN

DEBORAH JONES

CLAUDIA MADDOX

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Committees(CHAIR

Committee)

MARILYN SCHULTZ Finance

JACK MEAD Investment

MATTHEW STEVENSON Margaret Ridgely Memorial Library

Vestry, Committees & Staff

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AUDREY McFARLAND & STEVE WHALEY Missions

BETTY & STEVE WHALEY St. Martha’s Guild

JOHN WILLIAMS Property

PEG BLACK, DONNA WORTH & THE REV. CANON GRAY LESESNE

Stephen Ministry

MICHAEL PORTER Worship Advisory Committee

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StaffTHE VERY REV. STEPHEN E. CARLSEN

Dean and Rector

THE REV. CANON GRAY LESESNE Senior Associate

THE REV. CANON ZOILA MANZANARES-COLE

THE REV. CANON CATHY GRAY

THE REV. ANDY SHAMEL Curate

THE REV. DREW KLATTE Deacon

CANON DR. DANA MARSH Director of Music

DR. LEONARDO PANIGADA

Choirmaster for Coro Hispano

VERÓNICA GODINEZ Assistant for Hispanic Ministry

FRED ANDREWS Human Needs Coordinator & Sexton

ALICE DANCLER Nursery Caregiver

CARL MICHAELIS Hospitality Coordinator

SIMON THOMAS JACOBS Fellow In Sacred Music

(The above staff serve on Sundays.)

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FLOYD ACOFF Facilities Superintendent

TOM CRAIG Cathedral Administrator

DAWNIELLE ALDEN Staff Accountant

MARCELLA M. KATES Communications Director

ANITA FARNSLEY Executive Assistant

LAUREN GOOD Membership & Liturgy Assistant

EVELYN JOHNSON Financial Assistant

ELLEN SHAUGHNESSY Pastoral Care Assistant

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