CATHEDRAL CONNECTION - All Souls Cathedral Cathedral Connection is a monthly publication ......
5
CATHEDRAL CONNECTION The Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville, NC | October 2017
Transcript of CATHEDRAL CONNECTION - All Souls Cathedral Cathedral Connection is a monthly publication ......
C A T H E D R A L C O N N E C T I O N
The Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville, NC | October 2017
Page 2 Cathedral Connection | October 2017 Cathedral Connection | October 2017 Page 3
The Right Rev. José McLoughlin | Bishop
The Very Rev. Todd M. Donatelli | Dean
The Rev. Canon Thomas Murphy | Assistant to the Dean
The Rev. Canon Milly Morrow | Canon for Missional Formation
The Rev. Glenda McDowell | Deacon
Kyle Ritter | Canon for Music
Micki Hill | Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and Children’s Formation
Samuel Hunter | Communications and Administration Specialist
Sue Gervais | Accounting
David Fortney | Facilities Manager
The Rev. Anne Bonnyman | The Rev. Canon Charlotte Cleghorn | The Rev. Ashley Cosslett | The Rev. Jim Curl | The Rev. David Fargo | The Rev. Everett Fredholm | The Rev. Del Hare | The Rev. Ross Jones | The Rev. Deacon Ty Jones | The Rev. Nancy McCarthy | The Rev. Nancy Mills | The Rev. Barbara Plimpton | The Rev. Jean Scribner | The Rev. Judith Whelchel | The Rev. Charles Winters | Adjunct Clergy
Weekly Service Times Wednesdays at 12:00 and 5:45 p.m. Sundays at 7:45, 9:00, and 11:15 a.m.
Office Hours and Contact Information Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 9 Swan Street, Asheville, NC 28803 828.274.2681 | http://allsoulscathedral.org
The Cathedral is open to visitors Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with docents most afternoons. Please call the office if you wish to schedule a tour ahead of time.
C A T H E D R A LCONNECTIONThe Cathedral Connection is a monthly publication of The Cathedral of All Souls, available in print from the Cathedral or by email by signing up at allsoulscathedral.org.
Articles and announcements are always welcome by the 20th of the month before the relevant issue; both can be submitted at the cathedral website or by emailing [email protected].
THIS MONTH AT ALL SOULS 3 Ingathering at All Souls
4 Around the Cathedral
6 The All Souls Book Group
7 Prayers, Birthdays, and Anniversaries
Cover: Autumn at All Souls; photo by Hailey Anthum Hunter
The following is a letter sent to the congregation on September 27:
Among the questions wrestled with by the youth and adult Cuba pilgrims this summer was “what does it mean to have and to practice faith in Cuba?” In a country where life is both heavily prescribed and proscribed, what is faith about? Con-trast that with America where change and movement are cer-tainly cardinal virtues, even if achieving them is complex: how much of our understanding and practice of faith is impacted by our American realities? How does being here impact our experience, understanding, and practice of faith?
I am a member of All Souls because of questions like that. From the earliest stories of our Hebrew ancestors, to Jesus, to stories of our own experience, God is always calling a people to ask questions: what does it mean to be in relationship with each other, with God, and with the strangers in our midst? Why is it that God is always calling us as a people beyond ourselves? These are the stories and questions of our tradition and of All Souls.
It takes courage to ask questions and listen for answers. It takes courage to live from what we hear. Every aspect of our life here at All Souls finally is about feeding the courage to ask questions and the courage to listen and move toward what we are hearing. From pilgrimages to Cuba or to a part of Asheville that is not on our regular beaten path, from sharing meals on Sunday mornings or on a Tuesday night with the women of Room in the Inn, a meal at Kairos West or a bratwurst in October, all of this is about opening our lives to relationship and courage. From mid-week, Sunday or Holy Week liturgies to music and arts offerings, to engagement in work outside this parish, it is all about practices that drive us out into the world, that call us beyond ourselves: “Let us go forth to love and serve the Lord.” “Thanks be to God.”
As you fill out your pledge card for 2018 I would ask you to do so contemplating the following:
1) For what are you grateful from the past year? Where have you been pushed beyond yourself and your comfort level in engaging life and the world about us? Where and how has this faith community fed that?
2) For what are you hopeful in the coming year? How do you see this faith community calling you and us forth in 2018?
With these in mind I invite you to offer to God and to this community the gift of your pledge; offering from gratitude for what has been and in hope for what will be.
We ask you to send in your pledge either before Sunday, Octo-ber 15 or bring it to church on the 15th—please understand the 15th as the deadline rather than the beginning. Your attention to this allows the Vestry and Finance Committee to determine where we will go in a way responsible both for the commit-ments to those outside our community who receive funds from us as well as allowing Vestry and staff to know what the coming year will behold. Members of the Vestry and Finance Committe will begin calling folks from whom we have not heard during the week of the 15th.
In her recent stewardship reflection Carol Anders asked us to consider the folks who sat in our pews for generations before us—how their faithfulness created a community which we now experience. We, like them, are offering ourselves both for this present life and for the life of those who will follow us.
Peace,
The Very Reverend Todd M. Donatelli, Dean of the Cathedral
Ingathering at All Souls:A Letter from Dean Donatelli
YOUR 2017 PLEDGEYour response to last year’s Stewardship call was gracious, and 2017 has been a consistent reminder of the ways in which every member of this parish gives of their time, their talent, and their treasure to ensure that All Souls is a vibrant faith community, one that is able to minister to those within and without our walls.
As our parish looks forward to a new year and continues our process of listening and discernment around refocusing our attention and our resources, we must also look to our own call to care for All Souls. We are grateful for your gracious pledge, in any amount, to ensure the future of this faith community and to continue the work that we all carry forward together.
Pledge cards are available at the church office, or you can pledge online at allsoulscathedral.org.
Cathedral Connection | October 2017 Page 5
AROUND THE CATHEDRAL
Service of Healing & Holy EucharistThe next bi-monthly service of Healing and Holy Eucharist will be held Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the church. This is an informal, contemplative service using Taize and other chant, expansive language and images, silence, anointing and the laying on of hands if desired, and the sharing of bread and wine. Charlotte Cleghorn is the presider and music is offered by Karen Turner and Jacque Combs. The next service will be December 14.
Christmas Wreath SalesWe will begin selling Christmas Wreaths on October 15! The sales will continue every Sunday between services through November 19, with online sales also available. These wreaths are a festive addition to your home or office, are only $20 each, and will be available for pickup on November 26. All proceeds go to our annual Kanuga Parish Weekend. Email [email protected] with questions.
Halloween Dance Party and Costume Contest - A Kanuga Fundraiser!Join us for an evening of Halloween fun at Zabriski Hall that includes a spaghetti dinner, cake walk, dancing, costume contest and of course, the costume parade around Biltmore Village! Just $20 per family to enter, and refillable Beer/Wine cups will be available for $5 each. All proceeds benefit our Kanuga Parish Retreat.
An Afternoon with Arthur Ross, ViolinistThis will not be your usual classical chamber music recital, but a “show.” Yes, there will be great music for Viola / Piano duo, including works by Prokofiev, Debussy, Clarke, and Kreisler. But Arthur will telling stories about his life as an artist, both funny and tragic. He’ll be discussing philosophy, but don’t worry, not in a boring way. And he’ll be talking about art, and its value to each one of us as individuals. Expect a fun, nuanced, and thought-provoking afternoon. Or if you prefer, just an afternoon of great live music!
Arthur is an extremely active performing artist, serving as Acting Principal Violist of Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Associate Principal Violist of the Greenville Symphony, and as a tenured member of the South Carolina Philharmonic. He has been a soloist with all three ensembles, and has performed with orchestras in Charleston, Charlotte, Hilton Head, Savannah, Myrtle Beach, Atlanta, and Asheville, NC. He began his studies on the viola at age 14, and later earned a Bachelor’s of Music degree from the Eastman School as a pupil of George Taylor. He has worked with some of the world’s great conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Leonard Slatkin, Roger Norrington, and Michael Tilson Thomas, and with a wide range of classical and popular performers: from Zuill Bailey, Sharon Isbin, Olga Kern, Benedetto Lupo, Nokuthula Ngwenyama,
Christopher Parkening, David Shifrin, Joseph Silverstein, and Kyoko Takezawa, to Art Garfunkel, Take 6, Pink Martini, LeAnn Rimes, and The Temptations.
Check out Arthur’s video series about his “show” preparations at his website, http://arthurross.net
Ordination of Brian Cole as the Next Bishop of the Diocese of East TennesseeOn December 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., Brian Cole, former Assis-tant at All Souls, will be ordained as the next bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee. The service will be held at St. John’s Cathedral in Knoxville, TN, and will be open to the public.
If you are interested in being on a possible All Souls bus to Tennessee and willing to pay $30 per person, please email Samuel at [email protected] by October 11.
A Report of Gratitude from Children First/CISEvery other week, I get to see the heart of this parish when I come to pick up the food you’ve collected for Children First/Com-munities In Schools. There are usually enough bags of food that I need to make two trips, and I am always amazed by your con-sistent generosity and kindness. We need these donations. Each month, our Family Resource Center at Emma gives out around 47 emergency food boxes to families in need. People like you make sure that food-insecure families have staples to get them to their next paycheck. Thank you for partnering with us! When I think about you, I smile!
With heartfelt gratitude,
Kate Frost, Resource Development DirectorChildren First/[email protected]
Food from All Souls received at the Family Resource Center
Page 6 Cathedral Connection | October 2017 Cathedral Connection | October 2017 Page 7
October Birthdays
1 Malcolm Douglas, Elaine Young 2 Anna Garrett, Kelsey Smith, Paul Hundredmark, Michael MacCauley, Sadie Smith-Morrow, Margaret Sorum, Douglas Stewart 3 Henry Callahan, Joan Carrassi, Carol Clark, Joe Cummings, Jr., Ellison Smith, John Vecellio 4 Paula Baran, Ivan Wilson 5 Stacey Curnow, Courtenay Wilson 6 Barry Campbell, Julie Northup, Sikes Ragan 7 Amy Eckart, Reed Fendler, Glenda McDowell, Donald Neblett 8 Paul Brezny, Jr., Wayne Clifford, Ilona Kenrick 9 Jack Campbell, Phyllis Key, Rogers Olverson, Paul Summey, II 10 Samuel Budzinski, Seija Ellum, Jackson Zemp, Charlotte Jenkins, Chris Lindley, W. Michael Smith, Kate Wolfe 11 Toni Hicks, Jen Peeples, Roy Westmoreland 12 Bert Benninghofen, Amelia Fleming, Leland Derryberry, Emma Sidoli, Chuck Smither, Billie Stahmer 13 Beth Burdick, Shelly Garland 14 Mary Hinkle 15 Eloise Murphy 16 Kemp Brown, Jr., Nancy Harrison, Jackson Krupnick, Michelle Peterson 17 Susan Sihler, Mary Thompson 18 Jesse Dunham, Emilyann McKelvey 19 Nancy Milan 20 Becky Hannah, Tom Leeder, Larry Weigel, Tracy Yarbro 21 Will Bryant, Barbara Grissett, Sherry Hunley, Cody Macfie
22 Edith Conrad, James Curl, Howard Jackson, Douglas Taylor 23 Miles Beasley, Susan Blexrud, Jay Thomas 24 Nancy Butler, Pamela Penland, Art Swanson, Gail Wiley 25 Halland Cislo 26 Sandra Byrd, Beverly MacDowell 27 Mira Carlinnia, Andrew Kane, Karen Campbell, 28 William Palmer, Dimitri Asaad, Nancy Cole 29 Amy Congdon, Susan Stevenson 30 Leslie Huntley 31 Jack Ingersoll
October Anniversaries
3 Joe & Abby Moore 4 W. Michael & Anne Marie Smith 5 William & Mimi Cecil, Sr. 7 Pat & Ginny Thompson 10 Russ Rhymer & Bruce Mashburn 15 Ed Bowser & Amy Knisley 19 Steve & Pam Van Allen 20 Mike Holstein & Kellie Grindstaff 21 Bob & Suzanne Dixon, Wesley & Melisa Giddens 22 John Byrd, Jr. & Ellen Clarke, Don & Nancy Cole, Walter & Dawn Dickinson 23 Jim & Helen Shaw 24 Ron Salman & Gordon Rice 25 Jason & Christy McKeown 28 Ric & Kara Albrecht, Doug & Pat McDowell 29 Samuel & Hailey Anthum Hunter 30 Jack & Florence Krupnick
PRAYERS, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES
Parish Prayer List (as of September 28, 2017)Elizabeth Wilde, Al and Anne Kime, Pat Thompson, Elaine Young, Martha Neblett, Dave Welch, the Hargan Family, Gypsy Norton, Martha Fullington, Bob Phillips, Susan Sihler, Sherry Siket, Chris Boehme, Meg Karayannis, Garrett Stover, Joan Crook, Audrey Donatelli, Anthony Martinelli, Janice Ribet, David Truelove, Guy Sayles, the Spangler family, Betty Nokes, Stevie Turner, Norma Lea and Bob Ferguson, Sally Conder, Robin and Barbara Boylan, Blair Clark, Bruce Barkstrom, Barbara and Bill Turner, Frank Courson, Kathy Rauch, Anibal Jesus, John Kolpp, John Trainer, Candace Langford, Dave, Becky, Carol, and Lucy, Bea Madden, Leigh Anderson, the family of Steve Ehlers, Paul Summey, Julie Radcliffe, Fred and Barbara Plimpton, Ken Scott, Donna Harris, Todd Fisher, Marleen Varner, Mike Martinelli, Jane Antonazzo, Gregory Victor, Kim Dennis, Ginny Thompson, Jim Newman, Gretchen Ryan, Bruce & Anne McDonald, the family of Kenneth J. Anderson, Patricia Brendle, and Richard Henning.
If you or someone you know would like to be on the prayer list, please call the church office (828) 274-2681 or email [email protected]. You can also submit a prayer request form through our Google Form.
This October, we’re reading People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksAbout the author – Geraldine Brooks, born September 14, 1955 in Sydney, Australia, is an Australian-American journalist and novelist whose 2005 novel March won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Brooks attended Bethlehem College, a second-ary school for girls, and the University of Sydney. Following graduation, she was a rookie reporter for The Sydney Morn-ing Herald and, after winning a Greg Shackleton Memorial Scholarship, moved to the United States, completing a mas-ter’s degree at New York City’s Columbia University Gradu-ate School of Journalism in 1983. The following year, Brooks married fellow journalist and author Tony Horwitz and con-verted to Judaism. They had two sons and eventually settled in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and spent as much time as possible in Australia. Meanwhile, Brooks worked as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and covered crises in the the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans. In 1990, along with her husband, she won the Overseas Press Club Award for best coverage of the Gulf War. While retaining her Australian citizenship, she became a United States citizen in 2002.
Brooks had written two autobiographical books before writing her first novel, Year of Wonders, published in 2001. Then, in 2005, she published her Pulitzer novel, March. Her next novel, People of the Book, published in 2008, was inspired by her re-porting (for The New Yorker) of human interest stories emerg-ing in the aftermath of the 1991-95 breakup of Yugoslavia. Her subsequent novels have continued to draw on historical sources—most recently The Secret Chord (2015), which is based on the life and times of the biblical King David.
– Adapted from Wikipedia and geraldinebrooks.com
THE ALL SOULSBOOK GROUP
Meeting & Discussion – Mon. Oct. 23, 7 p.m., Church Office
Copies of People of the Book are now available at Malaprop’s Bookstore (828.254.6734). Malaprop’s offers members of the All Souls Book Group a 10% discount.
The All Souls Book Group is the nucleus of the Kay Falk Literary Project, which is centered at the Cathedral as part of its teaching mission. For more information, contact Allan Campo at [email protected]
About the novel – In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed “Sarajevo Haggadah,” which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. [The Haggadah is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. Reading the Haggadah at the Seder table is a fulfillment of the Scriptural commandment to each Jew to “tell your son” of the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt.] When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding—an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair—she begins to unlock the book’s mys-teries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book’s journey from its salvation back to its creation.
In Bosnia during World War II, a Muslim risks his life to pro-tect it from the Nazis. In the hedonistic salons of fin-de-siècle Vienna, the book becomes a pawn in the struggle against the city’s rising anti-Semitism. In inquisition-era Venice, a Catho-lic priest saves it from burning. In Barcelona in 1492, the scribe who wrote the text sees his family destroyed by the agonies of enforced exile. And in Seville in 1480, the reason for the Haggadah’s extraordinary illuminations is finally disclosed. Hanna’s investigation unexpectedly plunges her into the intrigues of fine art forgers and ultra-nationalist fanatics. Her experiences will test her belief in herself and the man she has come to love.
Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional inten-sity—an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author. – goodreads.com
Author interview: geraldinebrooks.com/people-of-the-book-interview/
Page 8 Cathedral Connection | October 2017
9 Swan Street, Asheville, NC 28803
Address Service Requested
C A T H E D R A L CONNECTIONOCTOBER 2017
