Trinity Cathedral The Carillon — August 2018 The Carillon is the monthly Dean’s Desk Page 2 newsletter of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Canon’s Corner Page 3 Sara Calkins, Editor Outreach & Opportunities Page 4 www.trinitysj.org ECW Retreat Page 6 “Pipes & Glory” Page 7 Internet Insights Page 8 The Frank J. Shaw/ Red Pages 9-11 Rose Window The Carillon Celebrations! PagePage 112 The Carillon August 2018 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral “A place at God’s table for everyone” Diocese of El Camino Reál The Right Reverend Mary Gray-Reeves, Bishop Trinity Cathedral Staff From the Dean The Very Rev. David Bird, Ph.D. Dean and Rector On Sunday, July 8, 2018 more than Mr. Michael Joyce 60 women from all nine provinces Music Director of The Episcopal Church were hon- Ms. Heike Hastings ored with a luncheon, a certificate, Cathedral Administrator and a unique ECW pin in recogni- Mr. John Davis tion of their dedicated service in Sexton their home diocese. Volunteer Staff The Distinguished Woman of the The Rev. Canon Randolf J. Rice, J.D. Canon Residentiary Diocese of El Camino Reál The Rev. Canon Lance Beizer, J.D. is Graciela Velasquez of Trinity Ca- Canon Vicar thedral in San Jose, and formerly of The Rev. Lee Barford, Ph.D. Guadalupe congregation. Graciela was presented by Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves to Deacon receive her certificate and gift pin. She enjoyed the luncheon along with ECW Vice James Haddad President Jane Pomeroy, The Very Rev. David Bird, Dean of Trinity Cathedral, Treasurer Bishop Mary, ECW President Diane Lovelace and ECW Secretary Wanda Bryan (all Graciela Velazquez seen upper right). Coordinator for Latino Ministries The Rev. Penelope Duckworth, M.F.A. Graciela has served her church, the diocese, and the community, participating in Mr. Stuart Johnson Standing Committee, Diocesan Council, Vestry for Guadalupe parish and then for Artists in Residence Trinity Cathedral parish. She led Sunday school and catechism for the Spanish Professor Brent Walters speaking congregations and for Trinity Cathedral. She cooks regularly each month Scholar in Residence for food to be taken to the homeless. At Guadalupe parish, she also served in get- J. F. Alexander, M.A., J.D ting children from Mexico to California for essential medical treatments. She Writer in Residence (Continued on page 5) Trinity Cathedral Established 1861 81 N 2nd Street, San Jose CA 95113-1205 24-hour phone 408 293-7953 Fax 408 293-4993 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.trinitysj.org Submissions to The Carillon may be sent via e-mail to the office or to editor, Sara Calkins, at [email protected]. The Carillon Please indicate “For the Carillon” in the subject line. Page 2 Canon’s Corner The readings from John’s Gospel mately all about, for of what value is it that the disciples throughout the month of August believe, if we do not? To appropriate, from a slightly dif- this year speak of God feeding us ferent context, the words of the great medieval mystic with the living bread of Christ and preacher, Meister Eckhart, “What good is it to me if Jesus himself. The person who this eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceas- eats of this bread will live, the ingly but does not take place within myself?” Both Eck- gospel tells us, not just for a day, hart and the author of this gospel are concerned not as the manna that God sent from with what feelings the disciples may have had, or even heaven provided, but for eternity. those who, like the ones in this passage, chose to leave, Today, especially in churches like but what is happening inside all who hear and read ours, where we consume bread about those first-century events at whatever time they every time we take communion, may hear about them—what, in essence, is happening this image has clearly become old hat, not at all odd, but inside us right now. think for a moment just how radical it must have sounded to Jesus’ listeners in first-century Israel. Put John makes this same point in a sentence at the end of yourself into their shoes. his gospel. “Now Jesus did many other There simply was no notion signs in the presence of his among these Jewish listeners of disciples,” he says, “which are eating the flesh of another hu- not written in this book. But man being, even metaphorically. these are written so that you Perhaps followers of some pagan may come to believe that Je- religion could conceive of such a sus is the Messiah, the Son of practice; some of those religions God. And that through believ- even practiced child sacrifice— ing you may have life in his but not Israelites. Even Romans name.” who later heard about this sort of John’s purpose, then, is to con- language, despite being pagans vert and to strengthen the belief themselves, were repulsed by what they understood of everyone who hears his words—including us! that language to mean. Sandra Schneiders, Professor Emerita of New Testament So it should come as no surprise that many of those who at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, was my heard this message from Jesus in the synagogue at teacher in a course devoted to the Gospel of John. She Capernaum were likewise greatly disturbed. And, the liked to say: “There are no second-generation Chris- gospel says, they “turned back and no longer went tians.” That is, we all become Christians through our about with him.” Then Jesus turns to his closest disci- own encounter with Christ. There are examples in the ples, the twelve who in other gospels are called the gospel of those who had an encounter with the living Apostles, and asks if they also want to leave. The disciple Jesus while he was walking the roads of Galilee or Judea, who always seems to be the one to answer first, Peter, or even Samaria, and who came to believe. We think says, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of particularly, for example, of the Samaritan woman at the eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you well and of the man born blind. And we now see that are the Holy One of God.” those disciples have also, by their continuing encounter with Jesus, come to believe. Despite the language that drove off the others by its graphic and almost inconceivably un-Jewish imagery, the What, though, does all this means for us, since we can twelve are not going to leave Jesus, for they have come see neither the Jesus who dwelt on earth, nor even the to believe that he truly is the “Holy One of God.” Our risen Christ who spent 40 days with his disciples. They belief, though, not theirs, is what this gospel is ulti- (Continued on page 4) The Carillon Page 3 Opportunities & Outreach Lunch for People Who are Homeless and Tommy Huynh from SJSU’s Circle K service organiza- August Opportunities: 11 and 18, 2018. tion. The Circle K members have been really helpful this summer, providing the extra hands needed to make and The first of two lunches in July was prepared by a group serve the lunches. of 7 enthusiastic volunteers that included 2 students and three returning volunteers. On today’s menu were tuna Joining the students were three returning volunteers, fish sandwiches with a hot and hearty vegetable soup, friends of the parish, Barb Purdy and Ann Ponikvar and served along with milk, juice, ice cream sundaes, and parishioner Raj Lourdu. Barb has returned after a couple plenty of dessert. The food was thoroughly enjoyed by of months off to recover (successfully!!) from back sur- the about 30 lunchers each at Julian Street Inn and Cecil gery. Raj is back from a two-month vacation in India White Center. where he and his wife, Suseela, celebrated the confirma- tion of their two sons, Benson and Jose. Rounding out A big thank you goes to Leslie Barr for her tuna recipe the group of volunteers were parishioners Karen Gillette and another one to friend of the parish, Barb Purdy, for and Rick Hawes. All jumped right in with the prepara- shopping for all the groceries. (Thanks in advance to tions, helping with washing and cutting up all the veg- Sandy Dilling who will do the shopping for our second gies for the soup and tuna salad. A special thank you lunch in July.) Many thanks go to Darryl Parker, who goes to Barb and Ann for washing dishes and utensils slaved over the hot stove as our chef, cooking a delicious and to Don for washing the Romaine lettuce for the pot of soup. sandwiches. The two students volunteering today were Don Nguyen (Continued on page 5) Canon’s Corner, continued (Continued from page 3) servants. This doesn’t mean that we all have to become are long gone. We need to encounter him in some other medical missionaries or join organizations like the Catholic way. And John is clear what those ways are. Workers to use the particular gifts God has granted us. The first is through reading the gospel accounts of his However we choose to live out a discipleship of Jesus in life—to be able to encounter God himself through the our lives, I am convinced that he is asking us to trade in words and works of our Lord. But there is another way for the standards by which we have been taught to judge our us to encounter him also—in the Eucharist, through the merit—money, position, power, or the number or cost of sacramental and metaphorical consumption of Christ, as our toys, but, instead, to see every transaction in our daily we “feed on him in [our] hearts, by faith, with thanksgiv- lives as an opportunity to serve Christ by serving others.