The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · February 13, 2022
CANDLEMAS AT THE CATHEDRAL! by the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral This past Sunday, we observed Candlemas at the Cathedral! Here is how the sermon started: Happy Cross Quarter Day to you! Maybe we’ve heard of the Winter Solstice, when the days in the northern hemisphere are at their shortest, and the nights are the longest. Maybe we’ve heard of the Summer Solstice, when the days are at their longest. Maybe we’ve heard of the Spring and Fall Equinoxes, when our days and nights are the same lengths. But this week brings us another calendar phenomenon, one of the four so-called “cross quarter” days. Many ancient civilizations and cultures also observed, not just the solstices and equinoxes, but the four midpoints between them, the cross quarter days. They are not always exact, and they go by different names, but their observance can assist us. One of them you have certainly heard of: Halloween, which always seems to feature recognition of the dead. Horrors! Because the midpoint between the Fall equinox and the winter solstice is a recognition of things passing, the middle of the Fall. Well, this week brings another such cross quarter day: the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. This week is often recognized as the very depth of winter. Winter, after all, only began around December 21; it was still relatively warm then. This week recognizes the middle of winter, its depth. Christians incorporate this physical phenomenon, whether we realize it or not, when we keep the Feast of the Presentation on February 2 (this past Wednesday), forty days after Christmas, when the child Jesus is presented in the Temple. Just as we celebrate Jesus being born on December 25, we celebrate his being presented in the temple forty days later, February 2. Over time, that feast has incorporated candles, so that its other name is Candlemas. Whether we realize it is a cross-quarter day or not, Christians yearn for light on February 2; and we have lighted candles on that winter feast, for hundreds of years. Our own American culture has another name for February 2, don’t we? It is Groundhog Day! It’s a different name, and rather a silly-looking event, but its features are the same as the cross-quarter features of other cultures. On Groundhog Day, we were wondering about light, and shadow, and how much longer winter will be! Something in our human condition will always long for, and lean for, for light. We yearn for its energy, especially when we miss it the most – in the bleak midwinter. We pray today for light. Let us pray: O God of Light and of Dark, we pray to you from the depth of winter. We have had some cold days and some dark days. We have had some certain days and some uncertain days. Our season has been all the more erratic as we have worried about health and pandemic. In our season of worry, and in our season of distress, we have yearned for light: the light of medical assistance, and the light of good sense, and the light of good faith for the common good. We think we can see, perhaps, the arrival of Spring, and maybe the arrival of release from disease. Maybe it is only six weeks away. May the new light come quickly. O Lord, provide light for us. Give us direction and confidence. Give us good health and the light of strong and wise civilization. In your name we pray, AMEN.
This SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 13, 2022 · The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Jeremiah 17:5-10 · Psalm 1 · 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 · Luke 6:17-26
8:45 A.M., 11:15 A.M. AND 4 P.M.: IN-PERSON AND ONLINE CATHEDRALATL.ORG / THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. PHILIP APP / FACEBOOK / YOUTUBE
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell
8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder Preacher: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Cathedral Singers: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654 Hymn 449, “O love, how deep, how broad, how high” Deo gracias Catherine Mathia, All Things Dance for Joy Traditional, arr. Edward Damerau, Jr., Jesus Loves the Little Ones Hymn 656, “Blest are the pure in heart” Franconia Gerald Near (b. 1942), For the Feast of All Saints Hymn 557, “Rejoice, ye pure in heart” Vineyard Haven Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Festival Eucharist, “Sanctus & Benedictus” Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Festival Eucharist, “Christ our Passover” Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Beati quorum via Hymn 339, “Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness” Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele Hymn 347, “Go forth for God” Litton Georg Böhm (1661-1733), Praeludium in C Major
11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder Preacher: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Cathedral Choir: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654 Hymn 449, “O love, how deep, how broad, how high” Deo gracias Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Festival Eucharist, “Gloria in excelsis” Anglican chant: Bruce Neswick (b.1956) Hymn 656, “Blest are the pure in heart” Franconia Arvo Pärt (b. 1945), The Beatitudes Hymn 557, “Rejoice, ye pure in heart” Vineyard Haven Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Festival Eucharist, “Sanctus & Benedictus” Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Festival Eucharist, “Christ our Passover” Gerald Near (b. 1942), For the Feast of All Saints Hymn 339, “Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness” Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele Hymn 347, “Go forth for God” Litton Georg Böhm (1661-1733), Praeludium in C Major
11:15 A.M. SERVICIO DE KOINONIA, CON LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA , MIKELL CHAPEL Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval
This SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 13, 2022 · The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Jeremiah 17:5-10 · Psalm 1 · 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 · Luke 6:17-26
4 P.M. CHORAL EVENSONG, CATHEDRAL Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder Cathedral Schola: Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Preces & Responses, St David’s, Roswell Hymn 29, “O Trinity of blessed light” Bromley Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42, Anglican chant: Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876) William Mathias (1934-1992), Jesus College Service David Briggs (b. 1962), Christ’s Peace Hymn 604, “When Christ was lifted from the earth” San Rocco Craig Phillips (b. 1961), Christ, mighty Savior Hymn 379, “God is Love, let heaven adore him” Abbot’s Leigh Processional Psalm 150, Anglican chant: George Talbot (1875-1918)
MUSIC
SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITALS H. DAVID PULLIAM, ORGAN ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, DARIEN, CONNECTICUT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 — 3:15 P.M. IN-PERSON AND ONLINE AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS Jean-Adam Guilain, Suite du deuxième ton Arthur Foote, Cantilena in G, Op. 71, No. 1 William Bolcom, “What a friend we have in Jesus” from Gospel Preludes, Book 1
The CATHEDRAL off ST. PHILIP The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean
Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music
The Rev. Lauren R. Holder, Canon for Community and Education The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr., Vicar
The Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care The Rev. Julia B. Mitchener, Priest Associate
The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate Ward Bondurant, Senior Warden
Samuel T. Wilmoth, Junior Warden
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022 7:30 P.M.
The Cathedral is participating in the Hunger Walk Run, an event of the Atlanta Community Food Bank – and we need your support! Hunger Walk 2022 will be hosted both in-person and virtually on Sunday, March 6. This event is one of the most important hunger relief efforts of the year. The money we raise will feed hope for the 1 in 8 people who face hunger in our community. Please join us in supporting this important mission! You can help us reach our team fundraising goal by making a donation on behalf of the entire team or a specific team member. Or take the next step against hunger by joining our team in-person or virtually. Sign up for the Cathedral's team by visiting cathedralATL.org/ hungerwalkrun.
Properly-worn masks are required at this event
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SPIRITUALITY WOMEN’S LENTEN RETREAT – BE STILL AND KNOW Cathedral women, along with women friends or relatives, are invited to attend our annual Lenten Retreat, March 18-20 at St. Mary’s Sewanee in Tennessee. This retreat will be just that—a retreat—with very little programming and lots of space to tend to your mind, body and soul. We will gather for meals, prayer and optional prompts for creativity and mindfulness. In the beautiful setting of St. Mary’s Sewanee, there will be plenty of time to rest, play, enjoy the outdoors, and be in fellowship with God and one another. The retreat will be led by the Rev. Lauren Holder, Canon for Community and Education. Costs for the weekend, which cover lodging and meals, are $290 (private room) or $230 per person (shared/double room). The deadline for registration and payment is February 18. Please contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@cathedralATL.org or 404-365-1031, for further information. For more information about the location, please visit their website: www.stmaryssewanee.org. Space is limited so register soon at cathedralATL.org/spirituality.
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Vivian Hartz LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Penny Barnett • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler • Heather Clark • Sharon Crews •
The Crossley Family • Jerri Darnell • Marg Denny • Terry Dornbush • Stephen Douglass • Sarah duBignon • Deborah Ellington • Ruth Fuqua • Charles Hicks, Jr. • Karen Howard • Jane Jones • Louise Kan • Lisa Krysiak • Charles Lane • Tommy Mason • Carol
McDonald • Glenn Miller • Royce Mitchell • Bill Morrison • Susan Myers • Charlie Neal • Marian Palmore • Ginna Pope • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Jean Robertson • Nora Robillard • Betty Roper • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Rose Mary Thompson • Tommy Truesdale • Ron Wallace • Faye Van Winkle
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Will Aukamp • Bettina Bass • Lisa Bradshaw • Pam Breedlove • Lila Jo Callaway • Andrew Clark • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon • Judy Crosby • Dan Elson • Jack Flanigan • Jackson Francis • Carleton Fuller • Theresa Gent • Mark Goodwin • Clark Groseth • Martha Heinze • Rob Hendler • Eboni and Everton Heron • Gayle Higley • Rebecca Hinkle • William Hudson •
Cadel Ingraham • Tom Jones • Robin Kemp • Patrick Kilian • Marla Lenihan • Rita Lewis • Pete Livezey • Lauren Makhlouf • Pat
Martin • Jan McPherson • The Mills Family • Betsy Moore • Linus Nickel • Neal Peters • Bill Poole • Carter Randall • Katie Royal • Einar Sagstuen • James Sands • Gary Schiff • John Tanner • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Bryson Thomas • Wayne Thurman • Olive Toy • Cheryl Waybright • Callie Weldon • Evelyn Williams • Harris Wilson • Liz Woodring • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS BIRTH Diego Martín Boaz-Contreras, son of Martha Contreras and Nate Boaz, born January 28, 2022
Adult EDUCATION A GOOD DEATH: VALUES, PLANS, AND DECISIONS FOR THE END OF LIFE SUNDAYS 10:10 — 11:00 A.M., ROOM 239 AND ON ZOOM All are welcome to join Canon Cathy Zappa for this exploration of the end of life, in light of our faith, and the values and decisionmaking processes that attend it. Contact Canon Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org for more information.
BODY AND SOUL: MEN'S HEALTH AND SPIRITUALITY SUNDAYS 1:00 P.M., WALTHOUR LIBRARY AND ON ZOOM A men's group for discussion of various men's health issues and spirituality. The initial meeting will be Sunday, February 20, in the Walthour Library. The meetings will be at 1 p.m. on Sundays and available in person and via Zoom. If you are interested in attending or have questions, please contact the Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, jsandoval@cathedralATL.org, or call at 404-365-1095.
OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL: EPIPHANY SERIES SUNDAYS 10:10 — 11:00 A.M., CHILD HALL AND ONLINE The twentieth century Jesuit scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin believed that our salvation lies in becoming one with the universe. He saw divine incarnational energy at the heart of evolution and the birthing of Christ (which he called Christogenesis) as the emerging personal union of God, human, and cosmos. Teilhard’s thought offers a fascinating reunion of science and religion, which has profound implications for how we see ourselves and the purpose and meaning of our lives. Ilia Delio is our guide. Canon Maxwell is using her book “Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness” (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015) as the basis for our class discussions and Sister Delio is also scheduled to be at the Cathedral in person on Saturday, April 23, 2022, to deliver a talk she has titled “Christifying the Universe.” Delio’s book and tickets to her talk are available in the Cathedral Book Store.
ADULT CONFIRMATION CLASSES
OUR CLASS SCHEDULE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
We are excited to offer an Adult Confirmation Class in preparation for a Diocesan confirmation service to be held on Saturday, March 26. All adults interested in confirmation, as well as anyone interested in learning more about the church or renewing their commitment of faith is welcome to attend. The class is also open to high school students who were unable to complete confirmation in their eighth grade year. Please note one class will meet on a Saturday!
Sunday, February 27, 10:10 a.m. Sunday, March 6, 10:10 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 10:10 a.m. Sunday, March 20, 10:10 a.m. The diocesan confirmation service will be held at the Cathedral on Saturday, March 26 at 2:00 p.m. Please contact Canon Lauren Holder, lholder@ cathedralATL.org with any questions.
Cathedral BOOK STORE
Cathedral THRIFT HOUSE
THE CATHEDRAL THRIFT HOUSE IN 2022 73 Years and Going Strong Thanks to YOUR Support The Cathedral Thrift House has many fun events planned for 2022, our 73rd (yes! 73rd) year in business. Time flies when you are having fun AND serving your community. Here are some of the events on this year’s docket. Check back with the Cathedral Times for more details when the dates are closer. Date
Event
Location
June (TBD)
Kitchen and Home Sale
Cathedral Farmers Market
Saturday, May 7 Wednesday, October 12 October (TBD)
November (TBD)
Garden Sale
Trunk Show
Kitchen and Home Sale Artist's Market
Cathedral Thrift House Lanier House
Cathedral Farmers Market Cathedral Thrift House
POSTMASTER: Dated Material. Please deliver by February 12, 2022
Last SUNDAY Last Sunday, February 6, we observed the Feast of the Presentation!
We blessed candles and children led us in singing "This Little Light of Mine" as we yearn for light in this midwinter. Read Dean Sam Candler's sermon on the front page.
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