OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA www.episcopalsouthflorida.org Volume 39 No. 3 June 2008 Welcoming Bishop Katharine to our diverse diocese By Mary W. Cox, editor In less than three days, April 15-17, Save the date Presiding Bishop January 25, 2009! Katharine Jefferts Schori got much morethanatasteof Presiding Bishop our sprawling and di- Katharine Jefferts verse diocese. Schori has accepted Visiting five Bishop Leo Frade’s churches, worshiping invitation to return to in three languages our diocese on Jan. and meeting with 25, 2009, to preach at diocesan clergy and a celebration of the leaders of various 25th anniversary of ministries, she his consecration as a brought—and heard bishop. Mark your cal- — a message of hos- pitality, commitment endars now for this to mission and a vi- event and watch for brant, multicultural additional information Episcopal Church in in the coming months. which “the big mid- dle” are faithfully working to be part of “the reign of God.” Photo by Steve Vinik BETHESDA-BY-THE-SEA, WELCOME GUEST PALM BEACH Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori admires the mosaic over the doors of Trinity Cathedral, Miami, The first public event of her visit was a Eucharist as she waits to enter for the April 16 Eucharist. With her are (left) Char Vinik, verger from St. Gregory’s, Boca Raton, and (right) Deacon Miguel Bageur, of St. Christopher’s, Key Biscayne. Members of the dioce- See PRESIDING BISHOP, Page 2 san Vergers Guild and clergy from throughout the diocese participated in the service. Frade among more than 650 bishops expected at Lambeth Conference From July 16 through Au- gust 3 Bishop Leo Frade will A Prayer for the Lambeth Conference join with more than 650 other bishops of the Anglican Com- Pour down upon us, O God, the gifts of your Holy Spirit, that those who munion at the University of Kent, in Canterbury, England, prepare for the Lambeth Conference may be filled with wisdom and for the Lambeth Conference. understanding. May they know at work within them that creative energy This gathering of Anglican and vision which belong to our humanity, made in your image and redeemed bishops at the invitation of the by your love, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Archbishop of Canterbury for worship, study and conversa- encounter—a time when people are en- many issues confronting the Church, tion has been held roughly every 10 countering God as they encounter one including the proposal for an Anglican years since 1867. another.” Covenant. On May 12 our diocesan Conferences in the past have tended A special focus will be on the deputies and alternates to General to pass resolutions on the governance bishop’s particular tasks of leadership Convention 2009 met to discuss the of the church, its ministry and liturgy in the church and on equipping the most recent draft of an Anglican and its engagement with the world, but bishop as enabler and encourager of Covenant and are submitting their Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan God’s people in their purpose and mis- comments to Frade in preparation for Williams has said that the 2008 Lam- sion. beth Conference is to be a “spiritual There will also be discussion on See LAMBETH CONFERENCE, Page 5 Photo by Carols Baez MORE COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP’S VISIT TO SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.DIOSEF.ORG. PRESIDING Bishop Leo Frade receives a blessing from the Presiding Bishop at the end of the service at Trinity Cathedral. BISHOP from Page 1 took questions from both the congre- sponded with “a very old one—going the vision of how “the whole body of gation in the church and the overflow back to my baptism: ‘the gift of joy and Christ comes together to sing one on the evening of April 15 at crowd in the parish hall. Some ques- wonder in all God’s works.’” song,” she said. Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach, tioners touched on the current contro- “A spiritual discipline I follow,” she “It is when you sing your song with attended by more than 750 people. versies in the church — differences continued, “is to see that in every person someone who differs with you that your Reflecting on her visit to Jerusalem within the Anglican Communion, the I meet.” own song grows stronger,” she contin- during Holy Week, the Presiding Bishop legal and property disputes in some dio- ued. spoke of hospitality, welcoming the ceses, the “gay issue” — but others “Give thanks for the song God sings stranger, loving neighbor — and enemy covered a wide range of topics: reduc- in you. Give thanks for the song God — and making peace through vulnera- ing our carbon footprint, how to foster sings in your neighbor. Give thanks for bility. peace in Jerusalem, addiction and the the song you sing together.” “If we want peace, we have to put struggle to find unity in diversity. In conversation with the clergy she down all urges to resort to legalism and To questions about diversity and emphasized the importance of seeing live together,” she said. eliminating segregation, she called living ourselves as beloved of God. “You don’t just have to love your en- with diversity “one of our great Anglican “How we see our neighbors is based, emies, but go out there and meet them charisms,” saying, “It’s when we insist at the deepest level, on how we see our- undefended, because that very vulnera- that there’s only one way to understand selves…I get resistance for starting bility will destroy their defenses.” something that we can’t get along with there [with “beloved of God”], rather “How we live on this earth is our pri- each other.” than with ‘I am a miserable sinner.’ mary peacemaking, world-reconciling, “I think the future of the Episcopal They’re both true, but it makes a differ- baptismal ministry,” she continued. “Be- Church is primarily multicultural,” she ence which one you start with.” cause it is most centrally about those said. “We have to be more intentional… “Realizing that God is pleased with things that Jesus urged on all those he to be uncomfortable occasionally.” us helps us to change what God isn’t sent out: spending enough time with oth- She told young people, “You have a pleased with,” she said. ers to see them as neighbors and children duty to challenge your elders” about The conversation with the clergy of the same God.” moral and ethical decisions they are Photo by Rhea Lewis/www. touched on missions, liturgy, the reor- impressionsrhea.com She concluded, “Travel light, an- making on the use of technology and ganization of the church center, the nounce peace, eat and heal, and you, too “what they’ve done to the planet they’re parochial report, the future of Hispanic will be a bringer of the reign of God — leaving you.” MEETING WITH CLERGY ministry and the challenges of staying maybe even in Jerusalem.” When asked, “What is the most im- On the morning of April 16, the in conversation with those with whom Following the service Jefferts Schori portant spiritual gift in your life?” she re- Presiding Bishop met with diocesan we disagree. clergy at the Duncan Center for a Asked about the Lambeth Confer- Eucharist and conversation. ence, she said, “This Lambeth has the More than 100 clergy were pres- possibility of being much more positive ent, and Fr. Donald Sullivan par- than the last one…the angriest people ticipated by video-conference have said they aren’t coming, and the from Key West. bishops are more prepared…the conver- Worship included lively sation may start at a different place.” music led by the St. Joe’s Un- plugged Band from St. Joseph’s, TRINITY CATHEDRAL, Boynton Beach, with the words of the songs and texts of the MIAMI liturgy flashed on screens behind Trinity Cathedral, Miami, hosted the the altar. second public Eucharist and conversa- In her homily Jefferts Schori tion with the Presiding Bishop on the spoke of “singing together, as evening of April 16. boldly as we can, in parts.” She Following the ancient tradition, she noted that at the previous knocked on the cathedral’s door three evening’s Eucharist the first les- times before entering for the service, son was read in Braille (by which included readings and prayers in Joseph Abate from St. Luke’s, the three major languages of the dio- Photo by Mary W. Cox Port Salerno). cese, English, Spanish and French. The Presiding Bishop answers reporters’ questions at a press conference at Trinity “The blind leading us in hear- Cathedral. ing the word of God” reflected See PRESIDING BISHOP, Page 4 2 The Net, June 2008 Top right: At St. Paul et les Martyrs d’Haiti the Presiding Bishop joins Deacon Marivel Mi- lien (left), Fr. Smith Milien and the Rev. Cruz Cardona (right) in a gospel song sung in French, Spanish and English. Center: The Presiding Bishop autographs a copy of her book at the reception following the serv- ice at Bethesda-by-the-Sea. Photo by Marvin Elis Below: Bishop Leo Frade and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jef- ferets Schori wait together to begin the Eucharist with clergy at the Duncan Center. Above: Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said she was honored to meet Canon Winnie Bolle, the first woman ordained to the priesthood in our dio- cese (June 5, 1982), and thanked Bolle for her trail- blazing ministry, which “made my ministry possible.” Photo by Ric Filer Photo by Rhea Lewis/www.impressionsrhea.com Right: At Todos los Santos, Miami, the Rev.