From The Dean... On August 26, I flew to London with my daughter, Sarah, October, 2012 who is spending her Sophomore year of High School living and working with her Aunt, Uncle and cousins in an Ecumenical ministry called Youth for Christ located in Northern England. This trip had been scheduled for many months so I never could have dreamed we would spend it watching the unfolding of Hurricane Isaac through the eyes of the BBC. We spent several nights in the guest rooms of the Anglican Communion Center, which also contains the offices of the Secretary General (SG) of the Anglican Communion. As we were leaving breakfast one morning, we encountered the current SG, Canon Kenneth Kearon, whom I first met when he accompanied the Archbishop of Canterbury to New Orleans in 2007. “It is nice to see you David” he said warmly, “but shouldn’t you be in New Orleans preparing for the big Hurricane?” Although he was speaking in jest, his question expressed my deepest sentiments perfectly. After Katrina, our naiveté regarding the destructive possibilities of any hurricane was washed away with our refrigerators. Although Isaac did not become the epic catastrophe of Katrina/Rita, it was nonetheless a destructive storm of historic proportion and even for those who were spared serious damage, it has eerily re-ignited the post traumatic stress of 2005. Once again, the good people of our churches, synagogues and mosques began to respond immediately to those in need. The Canticle CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL And once again we are vividly reminded that life is fragile, love is all, and where your treasure lies, there your heart will be also. Don’t Forget... - Sign up for a VisionQuest interview at www.cccnola.org or during Coffee Hour - Canned Food & Paper Products collection for The New Orleans Mission ~ Old electronic devises collection for Jericho Road - Your pledge; is it current? Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana The Right Reverend Morris K. Thompson, Jr., Bishop Christ Church Cathedral LECTIONARY TEXTS The Very Reverend David A. duPlantier, Dean (Sunday Readings) The Reverend Steven M. Roberts,Canon The Reverend William C. Morris, Jr., Theologian in Residence October 7 The Reverend W. Gedge Gayle, Jr., Priest Associate Job 1:1; 2:1-10 The Venerable Priscilla G. Maumus, Deacon Psalm 26 Ms. Laurie Bailey, Director of Christian Formation & Communications Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mr. Jarrett Follette, Director of Music & Organist Ms. Linda Nelson, Director of Advent House Mark 10:2-16 Mr. Chris Speed, Parish Administrator Ms. Carol Butcher, Executive Assistant to the Dean October 14 Ms. Suzette Follette, Parish Secretary & Wedding Coordinator Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Mr. Charles Franklin, Property Manager Psalm 22:1-15 Mr. Avery Montgomery, Sexton Hebrews 4:12-16 Ms. Sharon Henry, Nursery Worker Mark 10:17-31 Ms. Karen Landry, Nursery Worker Ms. Jeanette Gilmore-Burrell Nursery Worker October 21 Honorary Canons Non-Residentiary Job 38:1-7 The Reverend S. Chad Jones Psalm 104:1-9, 25, 37b Mr. David R. Pitts Hebrews 5:1-10 The Reverend E. Mark Stevenson Mark 10:35-45 Vestry October 28 2013 2014 Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Boyd Fink René Dupaquier Psalm 34:1-8 Bill Forman Earl Moreau Mary Baldwin Kennedy (Senior Warden) David O’Leary (Junior Warden) Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52 2015 2016 Jim Buck Chris Beary (Treasurer) Dick Moreland Sam Buckley (Secretary) Lisa Sibal, Bill Soileau Julio Figueroa CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL The Banns of Marriage Submissions for Cathedral Publications 2919 St. Charles Avenue I publish the Banns of Marriage are always welcome. New Orleans, LA 70115 between Jeanne Felicie Crotty and The deadline for Canticle articles is the 504-895-6602 Keith Douglas Arnold. 10th of the month. 504-895-6662 (fax) Items for the November issue are http://cccnola.org I publish the Banns of Marriage due October 10. between Jessica Jade Deyo and Please e-mail submissions to William Howard Darden. [email protected] Christian Formation I publish the Banns of Marriage Sunday bulletin and/or weekly e-blast Sunday School Classes between Kimberly Clare Krajiack and announcements should be submitted Matthew Sims Turk. before noon on Tuesdays to for Children & Youth [email protected] and copied to Meet at 9 am If any of you know just cause why [email protected] they may not be joined together in Learn to come closer to God. Holy Matrimony, you are bidden to Learn the language of faith. declare it. ~The Very Rev. David duPlantier, Dean Learn key Bible stories. Learn to worship. Learn in a Christian community. Visit the Holy Land via Cyberspace This month Dean duPlantier is escorting a group of 40 members of the Diocese of Louisiana (including Bishop and Mrs Thompson and several Cathedral families) on a 16 day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In order to share this journey with the wider Diocesan community, Fr Rob Courtney, trip chaplain and former Cathedral Administrator, will be keeping a daily blog of the groups activities entitled “Journey 2 Emmaus” You will find a link to this blog on the Cathedral website www.cccnola.org as soon as it begins. Also, Dean duPlantier will be sending “tweets” several times each day throughout the pilgrimage sharing photos as well as his perspective and observations. The Cathedral website will also include a button that allows you to follow the Dean and receive these brief posts. To do so you will need to have or create a Twitter account. This is free, and takes just a moment to do at twitter.com. You can then choose to follow the Dean (@davidduplantier) and you will receive all of his tweets. For those of you more experienced with Twitter, the specific tweets regarding the pilgrimage will be marked #j2emmaus. Our Annual Thrift Sale is Here! October 1-5 ~ Set Up in Stuart Hall October 5 (Friday) ~ Paid Early-Bird Preview Sale 4-6 PM October 6 (Saturday) ~ Thrift Sale Doors open at 8 AM Volunteers are needed throughout the week as the red screens are parted Monday afternoon at 1 PM then boxes are unloaded, and items are sorted and priced. Drop by when you have some free time on Monday after 1 o’clock and the rest of the week between 9:30ish and 6 o’clock. Come lend a hand! The Early-Bird Paid Preview is Friday from 4 to 6 PM. Workers are needed then as well. The main sale is Saturday from 8 AM to 12 noon. Again, workers are needed. Can’t make it during the week and don’t like crowds? Then arrive closer to noon on Saturday to help with the take down and clean up. A portion of the proceeds this year will go to Eden House. Eden House is a home for women who have survived violence, prostitution, and addiction, and often human trafficking. (Please see related article elsewhere in the Canticle.) Please pray the prayer printed below as you Eden House is a home for consider your commitment to Christ Church women who have survived Cathedral in the coming year. violence, prostitution, and addiction, and often human Stewards’ Prayer trafficking. Eden House is a O God, You bless us, newly created New Orleans non-profit set to become the Your faithful people, only long-term, residential facility for individuals attempt- With all that we have and ing to leave prostitution in Louisiana. All that we are. Eden House was formed to stand in solidarity with women involved in prostitution and violence. The orga- We humbly accept the challenge nization empowers these strong women to overcome their To Share from our means pasts and progress spiritually and emotionally, while devel- Rather than from our excess. oping skills to become productive members of society and We resolve to be generous achieve personal goals. With our time, talent, and treasure, Eden House will be a two-year residential program Giving in proportion for women who have been commercially and sexually exploited. Modeled after Magdalene House in Nashville, To the gifts we have received. Tennessee, Eden House will provide six women a safe and Help us, we pray, supportive home for two years, free of cost. To live each day Through Eden House, women will receive wrap- In a grateful spirit of peace and joy around services such as counseling, education, and job Secure in the knowledge that we training. Since addiction is often connected with prosti- Are striving to do Your will. tution, a twelve-step program is part of the Eden House model. Amen The program is expected to be highly successful: two and a half years after beginning the program, 72% of the Pledge cards will be presented to God women who join Nashville’s Magdalene House are clean, during worship on sober, and no longer working in prostitution. Christ the King Sunday, November 25. All Saints’ Day All Faithful Departed & C a t h e d r a l All Saints’ Sunday All Saints’ Day is Thursday, November 1. Free Cathedral Mass will be celebrated at 12:15 PM in the Chapel. Book Exchange We will collect names beginning October 14 on As you enter the parish hall, you will sheets in the back of the church and chapel for the notice a bookcase on the right just annual reading of the necrology during the as you walk through the first set of All Faithful Departed or All Souls’ Day service doors. This is the Cathedral Free at 12:15 PM on Friday, November 2, Book Exchange. Bring a book, take in the Chapel. a book.