The Deacon A Monthly Publication of St. Vincent’s Cathedral Volume 112, Issue 6 June & July 2011 June & July 2011 Page 2 Parish Picnic The Parish Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 12th at 12:30 p.m.! All are welcome; please feel free to bring your family and friends! A bounce house, games, and other surprises will be available for children! Hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, brisket, and drinks will be pro- vided! Donations of the following items will be greatly appreciated! St. Vincent’s Vacation Bible Please bring an item based upon your last name. School A—G Salad (lettuce salad, fruit salad, potato salad, macaroni salad, St. Vincent's invites all children to get cookin’ at Shake It Cole slaw, pasta salad, etc.) Up Café: Where Kids Carry Out God’s Recipe. Ex- plore and experience recipes for living out God’s Word. H—M The fun begins Sunday, July 17th and ends Thursday, July Side Dishes (Macaroni and Cheese, baked beans, green bean 21st, from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. casserole, vegetables, etc.) The recipe at our café includes heaping helpings of Bible N—S fun and special servings of creative crafts, hands-on mission work, food science, and great music! Desserts (Cakes, pies, cookies) The evening will begin with dinner! Classes will also be T—Z available for Adults! Chips and Dip Registration will begin on Sunday, June 12th! For more information in regards to registration, please contact Lynn Kalbfleisch at [email protected]. Volunteer Meeting A volunteer meeting will be hold on Wednesday, June 1st, at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall! For more information about Vacation Bible School and interest in volunteering, please contact Lynne Shattuck at lynneshat- [email protected] or 817-938-7376. Summer Sunday School Schedule: Sunday, June 26th—Sunday, August 14th 3 year olds—1st Grade will meet in the same classroom 2nd Grade—5th Grade will meet in the same classroom The location is still TBD. Signs will lead you to the class- room. Front Cover: St. Anne and St. Joachim , parents of the July 15th Blessed Virgin Mary. Their feast day is July 26th. Page 3 THE DEACON An Evening Tribute to a Wonderful Lady! Sunday evening, May 15th, was a special evening in the life of the parish. The church was filled to capacity with friends, family, well-wishers, and admirers of Barbara Burton to honor her and to celebrate her 28 years of service at St. Vincent’s. Barbara played a 30-minute recital, followed by Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir. Dean Reed than interrupted the service and surprised Barbara by calling her to the front of the church for some special presentations honoring her career. As a surprise to Barbara, three of her friends then played an organ recital in tribute to her. The con- gregation then retired to the Parish Hall for a sumptuous reception pre- pared by the Cathedral Reception Committee. (All photos are the courtesy of William Jackson.) Barbara at the organ console prior to her recital. Taos Mountain Sunset by Geraint Smith, a well-known Taos photographer, is presented to Bar- bara from the Cathedral Choir, the Handbell Ensemble, and the All Saints’ Chorale. Dean Reed and Keal Cleveland present Barbara with a certificate declaring her Organist and Music Director Emeritus. Candace Bawcombe, Dean of the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents Barbara with an award. Dr. Linton E. Powell, Dr. George C. Baker, and The Barbara in the Parish Hall. Roy Redman, builder of St. Vin- Rev. Raymond McDaniel, following their recital in trib- cent’s organ ute to Barbara. June & July 2011 Page 4 Summer Mission Team ORGAN RECITAL Our next meeting is June 5th in the art room after lunch in the parish hall. We will begin lunch and team building at Sunday, June 5, will mark the end of Sunny Yu’s church mu- 11:30 a.m. Please bring all completed paperwork and your sic internship. As a farewell offering and “swan song,” she donation by this date for a final commitment. will play a short organ recital at 10:30 on that morning, be- tween services. Sunny has placed well in several organ- June 19th playing competitions, and is looking forward to sharing some This is car wash of her concert repertoire with the parish. day! Treat Dad to the Father’s Day Stay after the 9:00 a.m. or come early for the 11:30 a.m. gift of a clean car mass. Coffee will be available in the courtyard and you are and a donation to encouraged to return to the church and enjoy the musical St. Vincent’s sum- program, as there is no Christian Education scheduled for that mer youth mission morning. work. Just leave your keys and do- Women’s Fellowship nation in the courtyard as you Ladies, please mark your calendars for four events this sum- go into church on the 19th, and the team will clean and dry mer. it, having it ready for you when you come out of church! All proceeds directly support the VBS program the team is pre- Pentecost reception on June 12th—if you can help senting for our new mission church in Houston—Iglesia Santa set up, service, or clean-up, please contact Julie Kirk- Cruz. wood at [email protected]. July 9th-16th Fellowship gathering on June 15th. Details will The summer mission team will be in Houston at Iglesia Santa follow in the weekly bulletins and via email. Cruz for a week-long VBS presentation and youth gathering. The team will plan, prepare, and present the VBS to many Back to School Bake Sale on August 21st. Plan on children who are new to church-community fellowship and donating a baked good or lunchbox treat. If you can help outreach education events like this. The team may also be at the table, contact Donna Thornton at: involved in other neighborhood-related outreach works at the [email protected]. direction of the parish priest. Please pray for all members of this team for safety, compassion, and fruitful service to God’s The Graduation Luncheon is on June 5th. Contact will. Pray that the Holy Spirit may fill them with all the tools Liz Ward at [email protected] if you can help and courage they need to join in fellowship, evangelism, and with this event, or if someone in your family is graduat- relationship-building with our neighbors, making Jesus Christ ing from high school or college and you haven’t been known in all that they do. contacted yet. If you want to be placed on our email distribution list, or if you haven’t been receiving recent emails from Gina Swann, please contact her at 817-797-5764 or at: [email protected]. Blessings for a peaceful summer! St. Vincent’s Bookstore Yes! The bookstore is open for business in the EYC room on the south side of the courtyard. We’re open Sundays after the 9:00 a.m. service, and during VBS. You can always call Rich- ard or Michelle Briggs for special orders or inquiries, or email us. Richard 214-557-4814 Michelle 214-557-1752 [email protected] Page 5 THE DEACON St. Vincent’s Vision Clinic he had recently gotten out of medium custody where he had been placed for assaulting a correctional officer. But during The Vision Clinic is a local outreach of our parish. It serves the last day and in the closing ceremony, he was fighting back children from surrounding public schools. These children do tears. not have insurance and do not qualify for any assistance. They are screened and recommended by their school nurse. Our After the weekend, I received a long letter from him about clinic serves only 8 children a month. St. Vincent’s pays $40 his experience with some of the following quotes: for each child’s glasses. The clinic’s budget has fallen short “...I had to write you and tell you that you were the best this year. If you would like to help a child see better and pos- thing that ever happened to me.” sibly open up a whole new world, the clinic will accept your donation. Simply make your check out to St. Vincent’s and “...Kairos has really made such a big difference in my life.” write Vision Clinic in the memo line. You may turn it in to “That program is the best experience I’ve ever been through the church office or drop it in the alms basin on Sunday. in my whole life.” “Kairos has really changed me.” Kairos Prison Ministry “You showed me so much love, man I forgot what love felt The Kairos Ministry completed the Kairos #31 retreat at like.” Coffield Prison on Sunday, April 10th, with the closing cere- In the margin, he wrote: “You’re the dad I never had. Thanks mony. We do two full four-day retreats in a prison each year, for saving my life.” so this means that we are in our sixteenth year at the Coffield unit. Larry Jones and Bob Barcus have been actively involved Kairos takes no special talent. It just takes having the love of with Kairos for over twenty years. Since Kairos came to St. Jesus Christ in your heart and being willing to sacrifice to Vincent’s in 1993, at least sixteen pas and present parishion- share that love with others in need. ers and one clergy have gone into the prison as team mem- bers.