A Monthly Publication of St. Vincent’s Cathedral

Volume 116, Issue 3

March 2015

The Deacon

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Transfers Out Paul & Patti Tavlian

St. Barnabas the Apostle, Fort Worth

Transfers In Frances Morrison

St. John’s, Fort Worth

Renee Haley All Saints’, Weatherford

FLOWER CALENDAR

Just a reminder to all who have donated altar flowers during the year and have not paid the $40 donation! Checks are made paya-ble to St. Vincent’s, marked FLOWERS, on the check.

Please Join Us for

Sunday School (adults and children) from 10:20 a.m. to 11:05 a.m.

SCHEDULING SPACE FOR ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

Donna Baker, Parish Administrative Assistant, is solely re-sponsible for managing the master space calendar at the Cathe-dral. This includes church, school and outside groups. Please ensure that you contact her to reserve a room for your activity or event to eliminate double-booking of space. Your coopera-tion is greatly appreciated! And, it is best to book rooms as early as possible.

Class Schedule: Sunday

Adult Forum: How to pray? What to say? Parish Hall .............................................. 10:30 a.m.

Inquirer’s Class 10:30 a.m. Conference Room

Basic Christianity (Fr. Cantrell)……..…10:30 a.m. Library

Wednesday

Dean’s Bible Study ................................. .10:00 a.m. Conference Room

Sunday School for ages 3-18

Pre-K—5th Grade ................................ .10:15 a.m. Meet in the South Hallway. We begin as a group with music at 10:15; then break into our classes at 10:25. Parents may pick up children at 11:05.

Jr. High & Young Adult Forum .......... .10:15 a.m. Meet in the North Hallway. We are looking forward to growing and learning in Christ’s love together!

If you have any questions, you may contact Terah Johnson at terah.johnson@verizon.net.

Watch your Sunday bulletins for upcoming Adult Sun-day School Classes.

KEEPING YOUR COMMITMENT

Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.

Matthew 25:21

Please remain faithful to the financial pledge you’ve made to God in this Parish family.

We’re all in this together, and we need your help!

We don’t ask equal giving, but equal sacrifice!

VISITS TO CHURCH DURING THE WEEK

Please remember to use the school entrance and check in during school days, even when on church business. We lock the doors to make our environment a little safer for the kids.

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ASTUTE ANGLICANS 50+

The Astute Anglicans is a group of fun loving 50+ individuals who gather the third Friday of each month in the Parish Hall for a Potluck Dinner and great fun after dinner. Some eve-nings we play games and other times we just have great con-versations. Several times each year we go to events in the local area. We have attended musicals, sporting events and whatever someone proposes. Anyone who wants to have a fun evening with good friends is invited to attend. Just show up at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall on the third Friday. Con-tact Phylecia Schooling for further details.

YOUTH GROUPS

AYC (Anglican Youth Connection) meetings are held each Wednesday during the school year (except during Lent) from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dinner is from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. We meet from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and close with Compline. We participate in service projects, game nights, and Bible study. We also like to have some weekend events and a couple of events during the summer. All youth in grades 6th through 12th are encouraged to attend.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, March 21: Game Day at St. Peter & St. Paul, Ar-lington

Friday, April 10-Sunday, April 12: New Beginnings at Camp Crucis (Grades 7-9)

July 19-15: Diocesan Mission trip to Joplin, Missouri (Grades 6-12)

PALS: We meet once a month and Grades 4th through 5th are welcome to attend and we will go on an outing (i.e. Putt-Putt, Main Event, Trampoline Park, Bowling, etc.).

Meeting Times: We will meet in the Parish Hall after the 11:15 a.m. service on:

April 19, 2015 May 17, 2015

If you do not currently receive weekly emails from me, let me know and I can add you to the distribution list. If you have any questions or just want to let us know you’re interested, please contact Jennifer Loafman, 817-658-5665 or email to loafmanj@gmail.com.

Dear St. Vincent’s Family,

I wanted to take this opportunity to tell all of you what a blessing you have been in our lives the past 4 1/2 years. We have looked forward to Sundays to get together with our church family, get hugs, and most importantly, worship our Lord together! Unfortunately, with Paul’s illness progressing, we have been led to transfer to St. Barnabas. Our daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter are members there and are a big help with Paul getting in and out of the car and church! This decision did NOT come easy, but after prayer, we de-cided it was for the best. I can’t thank you enough for being there for us. We love you dearly and will miss you ALL tre-mendously. God bless and keep you.

In His love,

Paul and Patti Tavlian

EASTER EGG HUNT—CANDY

DONATIONS NEEDED!

The Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Easter Sunday,

April 5th, at 10:30 a.m. We will meet in the courtyard and

will proceed to the designated area, depending upon the

weather. You may bring your own basket for collecting eggs.

We will have baskets available, too. We will try to recycle all

eggs after the hunt. Please, bring your empty eggs to the Par-

ish Hall prior to the hunt and to the Narthex on the following

Sunday.

We will begin collecting donations of wrapped candy on Sun-

day, March 8th. A basket can be found in the Narthex.

Please, no chocolate or other candy that can melt. Thank you

so much for your kind donations!!

Easter Egg Hunt

The AYC will be collecting candy for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Please place your wrapped candy items in the basket in the Narthex from Sun-day, March 8th, through Sunday, March 29th! Due to everyone’s won-derful efforts to recycle last year, we will not need any plastic Easter eggs. Thank you so much to everyone for

recycling! Let’s try our best to do the same this year!

COFFIELD KAIROS #39

By Larry Jones

The Kairos Prison Ministry begins its twentieth year in the Coffield Unit near Palestine with Kairos #39, April 16-19. We appreciate the support St. Vincent’s has given the volun-teers over the years, and hope that even more prayers, dona-tions and cookies will be forthcoming for this event. Look for our table set up in the courtyard before and after the 9:00 a.m. service during March and in early April.

Bob Barcus, Denise Bransford, and Larry Jones are currently scheduled to be on this Kairos team.

STEWARDSHIP

A Living Faith is a Giving Faith is wrapping up but we are still wanting everyone’s participation to reach our goals. Pledge cards are located in the Narthex or on the website if you have not turned one in yet. Every pledge counts!

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Annual Parish Meeting

Election Results

2015-2018 Vestry Members

2015 Delegates

David Coburn Scott Swann

Fred Dezendorf Don Bendure

Jas Kirkwood Robert Boyer

Elissa Polley Harvey Craig

Lenore Rothman

Parochial Report For 2014 Number of Baptisms 14 Number of Confirmations 17 Number of Receptions 2 Number of Reaffirmations 2 Burials 3 Marriages 4 Transfers in 6 Transfers out 16 Average Sunday Attendance 376 Easter Attendance 881 Christmas Attendancce 870 Sunday School Teachers 12 Sunday School Students (child) estimate of 50 Sunday School Students (adults) estimate of 50 Number of Communicants 783

SUMMER MISSION TO MEXICO -

LA GRAN FAMILIA

La Gran Familia is growing by leaps and bounds! Each year they become closer to being self-sufficient. They still need our help. They need to know that our prayers are with them and that we will continue to nurture this relationship. If you have been to LGF and want to go back or if you have never been and are searching for a fun life-changing experience, pray about serving these precious children and youth. God has provided a home, La Gran Familia, so that these less for-tunate children have the opportunity to become successful citizens of their community.

This year’s trip is scheduled for July 11-18. There will be an informational meeting on Saturday, March 7th , 10:00-12:00 in the Conference Room.

If you have questions, please call Barbara Hautanen at (817)915-2535 or email her at dbhautanen@msn.com.

Bendiciones

Blessings

FAMILY DAY AT THE BALLPARK

We are having a family day outing on Sunday, May 3rd, at a Texas Rangers Baseball Game. The Rangers are playing the Oakland Athletics.

We have reserved seating in the upper deck behind home plate. Game starts at 2:00 p.m. and tickets are $15.00 per person. This excludes parking and food/drinks.

Bring the entire family for a great day out!

There will be a free post-game concert featuring the national-ly known group “The Casting Crown.”

Tickets must be purchased by April 19th. See or call Harvey Craig at 817-589-1107.

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Easter Hams are available

from the Brotherhood again

this year. These are spiral cut,

boneless smoked hams for

$35.

See us in the courtyard or

email Tom Parham at tcpar-

hamjr@gmail.com.

Delivery is Palm Sunday,

March 29th

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Stations of the Cross Stations of the Cross & Sermon is followed by a light Lenten Meal at 6:45 p.m.

The Nursery is available.

The Events in the Upper Room

Wednesday, March 4th 6:00 p.m.

Fr. Ron Drummond St. Stephen’s, Hurst

Jesus Reveals Judas’ Betrayal John 13:21-30

Wednesday, March 11th 6:00 p.m.

Fr. Joel Hampton Church of the Holy Apostles, Fort Worth

Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial John 13:36-38

Wednesday, March 18th 6:00 p.m.

Fr. Richard Mosely St. Peter and St. Paul, Arlington

The Last Supper Luke 22:14-20

Wednesday, March 25th 6:00 p.m.

Fr. Andrew Petta St. Barnabas the Apostle, Fort Worth

The Promise of the Holy Spirit John 14:15-31

Holy Week Services

The Nursery is available for all services during Holy Week.

Date Service

Sunday, March 29

7:30 a.m

9:00 a.m.

11:15 a.m

6:00 p.m.

Palm Sunday

Holy Eucharist with Procession of the Palms (meet in the courtyard)

Choral Eucharist with Procession of the Palms (meet in parking lot by library)

Choral Eucharist with Procession of the Palms (meet in parking lot by library)

Seder Meal

Monday, March 30 7:00 p.m.

Holy Eucharist

Tuesday, March 31 10:30 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

Mass of Collegiality

Holy Eucharist

Wednesday, April 1 7:00 p.m.

Holy Eucharist

Thursday, April 2 7:30 p.m.

9:00 p.m. — 12:00 noon Friday

Maundy Thursday Service (Washing of the Feet)

The Altar of Repose (Sign Up Sheet in the Narthex)

Friday, April 3 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday Liturgy

Saturday, April 4 9:00 a.m.

Sunset (approximately 8:00 p.m.)

Holy Saturday Service

Easter Vigil The Right Rev. Jack L. Iker, Preacher and Celebrant

Sunday, April 5 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m.

Easter Sunday Holy Eucharist Choral Eucharist Choral Eucharist

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WHY DO WE CELEBRATE THE EASTER VIGIL?

By David Johnson, Verger

You may notice that many Christians observe Easter Sunday a little differently than most Anglicans, as well as Catholics do. For many churches, the peak celebration of the Easter Season is Easter Sunday, maybe even a service at sunrise. Most An-glicans will tell you that for us, Easter Sunday is almost anti-climactic. That’s because for us, the most significant celebra-tion was the night before, at the Easter Vigil or sometimes called the Great Vigil of Easter.

We’ve been preparing for Easter through forty days of Lent, culminating in the Easter Triduum: Maundy or Holy Thurs-day, Good Friday, and the Vigil of Easter on Saturday night. All that waiting and preparation peaks when we gather on Saturday night for a solemn vigil.

We wait in darkness, bless a fire, process with candles, and hear re-told stories of our salvation through the scriptures. The emphasis is on waiting for the culmination of the story: Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Bells are rung, and alle-luias are sung as we hear the gospel account of Christ’s rising. Then, following this proclamation of the core of our beliefs, new members are brought into the Church through baptism and confirmation. The recounting of Christ’s new life is closely connected to the Church’s renewal through the re-ception of its new members.

This celebration as a vigil is important because it doesn’t just commemorate something God did in the past; it celebrates something God is doing today. Although our salvation was accomplished some 2000 years ago, we are also watching and waiting to see what God is doing in our lives today. Because our past and our future are connected, through God’s saving power, it wouldn’t seem like enough for us to simply sit in our pews on Sunday morning, as we do every week.

The celebration of Easter, as a vigil, invites us to break out our most potent symbols of God’s action, and our response. So, all the waiting, the readings, music, candles, procession, baptism and confirmation, all remind us that God has accom-plished something amazing by loving us so much. And our vigil is a statement, individually and collectively, that we are ready to be renewed and to live out of the grace we’ve re-ceived.

In the primitive Church, Holy Saturday was known as Great, or Grand, Saturday, Holy Saturday, the Angelic Night, the Vigil of Easter, etc. It is no longer, like Maundy Thursday, a day of joy, but one of joy and sadness intermingled; it is the close of the season of Lent and penance, and the beginning of paschal time, which is one of rejoicing.

By a noteworthy exception, in the early Church this was the only Saturday on which fasting was permitted and the fast was one of special severity. Dating from the time of St. Irenaeus, an absolute fast from every kind of food was observed for the forty hours preceding the feast of Easter, and although the moment assigned for breaking the fast at dawn on Sunday varied according to time and country, the abstinence from food on Holy Saturday was general.

The night of the Vigil of Easter has undergone a strange dis-placement. During the first six or seven centuries, ceremonies were in progress throughout the entire night, so that the Alle-luia coincided with the day and moment of the Resurrection. In the eighth century, these same ceremonies were held on Saturday afternoon and, by a singular anachronism, were later conducted on Saturday morning, thus the time for carrying out the solemnity was advanced almost a whole day. Thanks to this change, special services were now assigned to Holy Saturday whereas, beforehand, it had had none until the late hour of the vigil.

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Dean Reed congratulates Leslie Norman on her winning the 2015 Toyota Camry SE.

WHY DON’T WE SING THE ALLELUIA

DURING LENT?

By Ron Turner

Throughout the liturgical year, the Church makes certain changes to the Mass to reflect the liturgical season. Next to the change in the color of the priest’s vestments, the absence of the Alleluia during Lent is probably the most obvious.

The Alleluia comes to us from Hebrew, and it means “praise Yahweh.” Traditionally, it has been seen as the chief term of praise of the choirs of angels, as they worship around the throne of God in Heaven. It is, therefore, a term of great joy, and our use of the Alleluia during Mass is a way of participat-ing in the angels’ worship. It is also a reminder that the King-dom of Heaven is already established on earth, in the form of the Church, and that our participation in Mass is a participa-tion in Heaven.

During Lent, however, our focus is on the Kingdom coming, not on the Kingdom having come. The readings in the Masses for Lent focus heavily on the spiritual journey of Old Testa-ment Israel toward the coming of Christ, and the salvation of mankind in His death and resurrection.

We, too, are on a spiritual journey, toward the Second com-ing and our future life in Heaven. In order to emphasize that journey, the Church, during Lent, removes the Alleluia from the Mass. We no longer sing with the choirs of angels; in-stead, we acknowledge our sins and practice repentance so that one day we may again have the privilege of worshiping God as the angels do.

That day comes triumphantly on Easter Sunday—or, rather at the Easter Vigil, on Holy Saturday night, when the deacon chants a triple Alleluia before he reads the Gospel, and every-one present responds with a triple Alleluia. The Lord is risen; the Kingdom has come; our joy is complete; and, in concert with the angels and saints, we greet the risen Lord with shouts of “Alleluia!”

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Commentary By the Finance Committee

Overall: At the Parish Meeting, the 2015 Church budget was presented which shows a loss of $129,000 because the school is going to vacate the upper school building next year and thus will not be making lease payments to the church. The church does not have reserves to cover this loss so that is why the church is pursuing a sale or another lease of the 1717 Schumac building. Please contin-ue to pray for the Vestry as they make necessary decisions.

Church: Giving was below budget for January. At this critical time, the Vestry asks everyone to keep their pledges as current as possible. Expenses were above budget due to timing issues but the church budget does have the $129,000 loss as mentioned above.

School: The current school budget has a significant loss and the School Board is working to find funds to pay bills. Thanks to every-one who attended the auction. A HUGE thanks to D&M Leasing for donating the car which generated over $30,000 in revenue for the auction. Talk up the school and encourage families you know with children to consider St. Vincent’s.

Summary Jan Actual

Jan Budget

Var 2015 YTD Actual

2015 YTD Budget

YTD Var 2015 Budget

St. Vincent’s Cathedral

Operating Income $ 137,349 $ 161,159 $ (23,810) $ 137,349 $ 161,159 $ (23,810) $ 1,119,681

Total Expenses $ 112,994 $ 103,916 $ 9,078 $ 112,994 $ 103,916 $ 9,078 $ 1,247,234

Net Income/(Loss) $ 24,355 $ 57,243 $ (32,888) $ 24,355 $ 57,243 $ (32,888) $ (127,553)

St. Vincent’s School

Income (Tuition, etc.) $ 128,298 $ 84,003 $ 44,295 $ 498,453 $ 462,411 $ 36,042 $ 882,515

Total Expenses $ 85,435 $ 88,440 $ (3,005) $ 596,479 $ 619,080 $ (22,601) $ 1,061,443

Operating Income/(Loss) $ 42,863 $ (4,437) $ 47,300 $ (98,026) $ (156,669) $ 58,643 $ (178,928)

Other Designated Income

Capital Expense (DMR) $ 2,535 $ 3,290 $ (755) $ 2,535 $ 3,290 $ (755) $ 39,480

Mortgage Fund $ 6,815 $ 8,029 $ (1,214) $ 6,815 $ 8,029 $ (1,214) $ 96,357

TOTAL OTHER FUNDS $ 9,350 $ 11,319 $ (1,969) $ 9,350 $ 11,319 $ (1,969) $ 135,837

ST. VINCENT’S CATHEDRAL FINANCIALS — JANUARY 2015

Be assured that each member of the vestry — from those in their last year to those newly elected — recognizes the signif-icance of the decisions we face in 2015. We are keenly aware that the decisions we make in 2015 will shape our church and school communities for the foreseeable future.

The vestry is diligently working to address the financial chal-lenges facing the church and school. These challenges actually affect us more than you may realize. The obvious ones are the cuts to programs and salaries. Less obvious is the inordinate amount of TIME spent in meetings. This is time that Dean Reed could be allocating to pastoral duties — teaching the Word of God, counseling, evangelizing, missionary work, helping the sick and needy, etc.

As parishioners, you may wonder what you can do to help SVC. First, I ask every parish member to actively pray that God will provide for SVC and SVS as I believe that God will provide for those who believe. I also encourage all parishion-ers to pray that our vestry members recognize opportunities that God provides for us. While I truly believe that God will provide to those who believe, I also believe that He does not necessarily provide for us in ways that we can directly recog-nize as opportunities or even see clearly. Instead, He provides in ways according to His plan for us. And His plan may be very different from ours. Secondly, talk to your vestry mem-bers — we want to hear your ideas, your thoughts, what we are doing right or wrong. Only with your feedback can we understand the pulse of the church and actively work to ad-dress the needs and desires of our church

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MARCH 2015 SR. WARDEN REPORT

By Scott Swann, Sr. Warden

While having only assumed the duties of Sr. Warden less than a month ago, I have heard an equal number of “congratulations” as “condolences” from fellow parishioners — one even cryptically written in Italian. While I know these in-jest “condolences” are a right-of-passage for any newly elected vestry member and Sr. Warden, they underscore the magnitude of the responsibility that vestry members, includ-ing myself as Sr. Warden, have taken on. We are at a very critical time in St. Vincent’s history as we undertake a fo-cused revitalization of the church, and at the same time ad-dress the mortgage on the 1717 Schumac property.

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ONLINE CHURCH DIRECTORY

By Ron Turner

MOBILE APP INSTRUCTIONS

Our church directory is available on your mobile device!

To download the app to your Apple device, go to itunes.apple.com and search for an app titled Instant Church Directory.

To download the app to your Android de-vice, go to play.google.com and search in the store for an app titled Instant Church Directory.

To download the app to your Kindle Fire, go to www.amazon.com and search the Kindle section for Instant Church Directory.

You have the correct app if the icon matches the one above.

You will be asked to enter in your email address as it is listed in our directory. Once you enter your email address, you will receive a password. You will receive one UNIQUE password per device. For example, you will need to register both your iPhone and your iPad. Entering the password starts the download of the directory to your device, and once it has completed, you will be able to search for families and mem-bers and call, email, and text right from the app.

ONLINE MEMBER DIRECTORY

The new Online Member Directory makes our Parish Direc-tory easy to navigate and is password protected using a pass-word of your choice. It is no longer necessary to display the PDF file and add the passcode to open it!

The Online Member Directory works just like the mobile app but is viewable online in a browser window, such as IE, Fire-fox, or Chrome.

Simply go to Members.InstantChurchDirectory.com and create your own user name and password to login and view our Parish Directory. Only active members with authoriza-tion have access to view our directory. When creating your login account, your email address must be identical to the email address that is listed in the Parish Directory.

SUBMIT YOUR OWN FAMILY PHOTO

You can now submit a family photo of your choice for inclu-sion in the Online Membership Directory.

Simply follow the link below to easily upload your own photo to insert into the church directory.

h t t p s : / / w w w . i n s t a n t c h u r c h d i r e c t o r y . c o m /submit_photo.a spx? id=2a188fec -c21b-4e6a-a9ca -7cd01dd4006b

Once you upload your family photo, the Administrator needs to approve it, and once that is done, it will appear in the di-rectory.

You can also view these instruction on the Cathedral’s web site under Downloads > Parish Online Membership Directo-ry.

MISSING OR WRONG INFORMATION

If your email address is not listed in the directory or you need to add or correct any of the data listed below, please send an email to rturner@sves.org:

Your family is not included but should be You wish to correct or add any of the following

information Names(s) Address Phone number(s) Email address(es) Birthdate(s) Wedding Anniversary

All data included in the Church Directory is protected by SSL, so only you and other members of St. Vincent’s Cathe-dral have access to membership data.

MARCH 2015 SR. WARDEN REPORT

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With the revitalization of the church in full-swing, I also en-courage everyone to get fully involved in church activities. Whether that is volunteering to usher, making dinner for AYC, volunteering to help with Fall Festival, volunteering to lead a committee, offering to teach Sunday School (or even an adult class!), or a myriad of other volunteer opportunities. The church runs best when everyone contributes. Over time, it is only natural for any organization to get complacent and myopic if fresh ideas are not introduced. This means that new people need to be involved in the decision-making process. This is no different with church committees and ministries, and I encourage each ministry to do or try something differ-ent than “what we’ve always done”. This doesn’t mean we have to abandon Anglican traditions. We can still hold true to our traditions and beliefs and do things a little differently. Small ideas can be the seed that great changes spring from. At this important juncture, we need fresh ideas and people that are motivated by these ideas. So, please, don’t just come to church. Instead, immerse yourself in the church. Don’t wait for an invitation to get involved...instead, jump right in. Make SVC the church that YOU want it to be.

Lastly, I would like to thank Beth Fain, the outgoing Sr. War-den, and all outgoing vestry members — Robert Boyer, Da-vid Johnson, and Carl Semler. I appreciate their dedicated service and commitment to SVC these past three years.

I am honored and consider it a privilege to serve as the Sr. Warden of St Vincent’s Cathedral in 2015 and I look forward to hearing your ideas as we address the challenges of this year.

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By David Johnson, Verger

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SEDER MEAL

The PASSOVER SEDER PLATE is a special plate containing

six symbolic foods used during the Passover Seder. Each of the six items arranged on the plate have special significance to the retelling of the story of the Exodus from Egypt. The sev-enth symbolic item used during the meal—a stack of three matzot—is placed on its own plate on the Seder table.

The six items on the Seder Plate are:

MAROR and CHAZERET: Two types of bitter herbs, symboliz-ing the bitterness and harshness of the slavery which the Jews endured in Ancient Egypt. For maror, many people use freshly grated horseradish or whole horseradish root. Chazeret is typi-cally romaine lettuce, whose roots are bitter-tasting. Either the horseradish or romaine lettuce may be eaten in fulfillment of the mitzvah of eating bitter herbs during the Seder.

CHAROSET: A sweet, brown, pebbly paste of fruits and nuts, representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build the storehouses of Egypt. Charoset is traditionally made from chopped nuts, grated apples, cinnamon, and sweet red wine. Some traditions also include honey and dates to the mixture.

KARPAS: A vegetable other than bitter herbs, usually parsley but sometimes something such as celery or cooked potato, which is dipped into salt water, vinegar, or charoset at the beginning of the Seder.

ZEROA: A roasted lamb or goat bone, symbolizing the korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice), which was a lamb offered in the Temple in Jerusalem and was then roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night. Since the destruction of the Tem-ple, the z'roa serves as a visual reminder of the Pesach sacri-fice; it is not eaten or handled during the Seder.

BEITZAH: A hard boiled egg, symbolizing the korban chagigah (festival sacrifice) that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem and was then eaten as part of the meal on Seder night.

Many decorative and artistic Seder Plates sold in Judaica stores have pre-formed spaces for inserting the various symbolic foods.

The seventh symbolic item on the Seder table is a plate of three whole matzot, which are stacked and separated from each other by cloths or napkins. The middle matzah will be broken and half of it put aside for the afikoman.

The top and other half of the middle matzot will be used for the hamotzi (blessing over bread), and the bottom matzah will be used for the korech (Hillel sandwich).

A bowl of salt water, which is used for the first "dipping" of the Seder, is not traditionally part of the Seder Plate, but is placed on the table beside it. However, it sometimes is used as one of the six items, omitting chazeret.

St. Vincent’s commemorates the Passover Meal with a Seder Meal on Palm Sunday evening in the Parish Hall. Mark your calendars and join us!

FOOD COLLECTION

SUNDAY, MARCH 1ST

N.E.E.D. (Northeast Emergency Distri-bution) needs your help, especially food items such as peanut butter, canned meats, canned vegetables, etc. There will be a special collection at St. Vin-cent’s the first Sunday of each month. Please place your donations in the "Green N.E.E.D. Box" in the

church courtyard outside the narthex doors.

N.E.E.D.’s mission is to lend a hand to all of God’s children in Northeast Tarrant County by providing food, clothing and financial assistance to needy, low-income, and crisis-struck families. This is done on an emergency basis until long-term assistance can begin.

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LOCKING DOORS

In an effort to be certain that the church is secure, if you or your group are the last to leave the premises at night, please be certain that all the doors are locked. If you have questions, please contact Dean Reed or Deacon Wade.

THE DEACON

The deadline for submit-ting articles or content for publication in The Deacon is the 15th day of each month.

Send items to: stvcdeacon@yahoo.com or to rturner@sves.org.

THE LITTLE DEACON

Deadline for prayer requests and announcements for Sun-day’s The Little Deacon each week is at noon on Thurs-day. Send items to Deacon Wade (kwade@sves.org) and Donna Baker (dbaker@sves.org).

The Deacon is a monthly publication of St. Vincent’s Cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. ©2013 All rights reserved. Com-ments, suggestions and offers to volunteer on future issues are encour-aged.

Editor: Ron Turner, stvcdeacon@yahoo.com

Publisher: The Very Rev. Ryan S. Reed, SSC, Dean of St. Vincent’s Cathedral

St. Vincent’s Cathedral 1300 Forest Ridge Drive Bedford, Texas 76022 Telephone: 817-354-7911 www.stvincentscathedral.org

SAINTS & FEASTS

The typography indicates the level of the observance: BOLD CAPITALS denote Principal Feasts and Principal Holy Days, bold denotes Festivals, roman denotes Lesser Festivals, and italics denote Commemorations, SMALL CAPITALS denote observances that are unclassified.

March 1 ~ David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601 March 2 ~ Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672 March 7 ~ Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Mar-tyrs at Carthage, 203 March 8 ~ Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910 March 8 ~ Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 March 8 ~ Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Priest, Poet, 1929 March 17 ~ Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 March 18 ~ Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher of the Faith, 386 March 19 ~ Joseph of Nazareth March 20 ~ Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 March 21 ~ Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation, Martyr, 1556 March 24 ~ Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Augustinian Canon, Mystic, 1396 March 24 ~ Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953 March 24 ~ Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 March 25 ~ THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY March 26 ~ Harriet Monsell, Founder of the Community of St. John Baptist, 1883 March 31 ~ John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631

PRAYER OF ST. VINCENT OF SARAGOSSA

Almighty God, whose deacon Vincent, upheld by thee, was not terri-fied by threats nor overcome by torments: Strengthen us, we beseech

thee, to endure all adversity with invincible and steadfast faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and

the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Holy Eucharist Tuesday ....................................................... 6:30am Wednesday .................................................. 9:00am Thursday ..................................................... 7:00pm Saturday (Healing Service) ....................... 9:00am

Confession Saturdays .................................... 8:00a.m.-8:30a.m ............................................... (or by appointment)

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Clergy

The Right. Rev. Jack Leo Iker SSC, D.D., OL, Ben., Bishop III of Fort Worth

The Right Rev. William C. Wantland SSC, Assisting Bishop

The Very Rev. Ryan S. Reed, SSC, Dean The Rev. Richard A. Cantrell, SSC, Assistant

The Rev. Alan S. Horton, Assistant The Rev. John S. Kalimi, Vicar, African Fellowship

The Rev. Quintin G. Morrow, Assistant The Rev. Kerwin K. Wade, Deacon

Administration

Alissa Davis Director of Music & Organist Barbara Marquart Burton Director of Music & Organist, Emerita Jennifer Pinney Cathedral & School Business Administrator Donna Baker Administrative Assistant /Receptionist Terah Johnson Director of Christian Education Jennifer Loafman Director of Youth Ministries Jana Engelmann Head of School

Vestry

Scott Swann, Sr. Warden Chris Webb, Jr Warden § Tom Parham, Treasurer § Don Bendure, Clerk

Tom Brooks Warren Jackson Cyrus Campbell Jas Kirkwood Mark Cleveland Tom Parham David Coburn Elissa Polley Fred Dezendorf Scot Richardson

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