Sub-Dean's Greeting
The Rev. Canon Lisa Hackney-James
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During the week at St. James, the cathedral opens its doors Monday through Friday for Morning Prayer at 8:45 a.m. and remains open throughout the day for the steady stream of visitors and parishioners who stop in to offer a silent prayer, or simply to rest in this holy space. The morning concludes with the 12:10 Eucharist: a brief, spoken service of communion celebrated in the chancel of the cathedral.
As we work our way through the year’s liturgical calendar, we acknowledge the commemorations of the more obscure “saints” who have built the pantheon of Christian witness in our world. In these intimate services, we are reminded of the outsized impact that one person’s life can have—not only while in their earthly pilgrimage but also resonating down the ages. Tuesday of this week we recalled the faithful and courageous witness of
Jonathan Myrick Daniels, a young seminarian from Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, MA. In 1965, he was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr’s call to join the movement for voter enfranchisement in Selma, Alabama.
He was strengthened in his conviction to take part in this work during the daily worship at his seminary where, he described later, the ordinary, daily singing of the
Magnificat, the radical song of Jesus’ mother Mary, washed over him and provoked in him the response to put his body where his heart was.
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Small, daily choices define
the character of our lives.
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His life ended in Alabama in August of that year when he stepped between a sixteen-year-old non-violent protester and her harasser: a vigilante with a shotgun. Daniels’ courage has inspired Christians in the intervening years to see the connection between our faith and the need to show up in our own lives and in our society’s troubled times. One ordinary person can make a difference.
This Sunday, we will hear again from the letter to the Ephesians, and remember that it is the small, daily, often insignificant-seeming choices that define the character of our lives as individuals and as a community. This is the way of the saints. They seldom sought to do a great thing but instead sought most often to do the daily, faithful thing. We are invited to apply our efforts, to allow God’s spirit free reign in our lives, to believe we can make a difference. And, echoing the song of Mary whose spirit rejoices in God, we are to let our hearts sing.
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Cathedral Gala
Friday, Sep. 28 at 7 p.m.
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Our baptismal covenant asks us to “strive for justice, peace, and dignity among all people.” To that end, St. James Cathedral organizes an annual evening to raise money specifically for outreach programs. This year, the Cathedral Gala is Friday, Sep. 28 at 7 p.m.
At "
A Night at the Museum: Treasures of the Renaissance" the cathedral will transform into an elegant Renaissance museum for an evening of fine Italian food, wine, and art, raising $40,000 for the cathedral’s outreach ministries, providing warm meals for our hungry neighbors, excitement and education for Chicago youth, and charitable discretionary gifts. All are welcome!
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Rush Hour Concert
Tuesday, Aug 21 at 5:45 p.m.
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Rush Hour Concerts are a free weekly series every Tuesday from June through August. Pre-concert conversations are at 5:15 p.m., followed by the 30-minute concerts. This week’s program features music for string quartet.
Full schedule.
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Art Exhibit Conversation
Sunday Aug. 26 after each service
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Discuss the indigenous Colombian woven art of Wounaan Art Baskets with the exhibit curator over a cup of
Chicago Fair Trade coffee after each service in Kyle's Place Gallery.
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Special Rush Hour Concert
Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 5:45 p.m.
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The Cathedral Choir performs the 2018 season finale for Rush Hour Concerts. Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms is a piece bridging the Anglican and Jewish communities through shared scripture.
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St. James Choir School
Do you know a child who loves to sing?
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Encourage them to join the warm and supportive community of young musicians and their families for this after-school program offering children a world-class musical training at no cost financially.
Learn more.
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Education for Ministry
Study and discern in community
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Education for Ministry is an adult formation offering that helps the students encounter the breadth and depth of the Christian tradition. Although the full program spans four years, you need only commit one year at a time. If you're interested, please email
Timm Holt.
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In Memoriam
The Rev. James Dunkerley
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The St. James Cathedral community mourns Fr. Jim Dunkerley'
s sudden death. He was the rector of St. Peter's Church, and in retirement, dutifully assisted at Church of the Atonement, Church of the Ascension, and St. James Cathedral, presiding at our 12:10 Eucharists for years.
Funeral details will be communicated when they are finalized. May his soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Those who suffer
in mind, body, or spirit, especially
Jordan Hamilton, Karen Parks, Dustin Hall, Jack Matlock, Kelle Zarrella, Bob, Jeff, Cynthia Hillman, Elsie Banks, Virginia Barry, Shirley Alton, James Draheim, Judy Cook, Magdalena Bukin, Inez, Melodyne Shaffer, Tom Spanos, Stacey Morris, Cayla, Zoe, Carlton, Papi Anastasia, Tara Latona, Trudy Paddleford, Jovan, Gert Douglas, Klara Panontin, John Panontin, Jovan, Jeff S., Susan, Mildred Reid, Yvonne Jackson, Carole Brawner, Susie Coker, Margit Suar, Janet Grip, Ben, Tammy Coleman, Yaffa, Jim, Bob Wertz, Carole Harris, Liam, Lorraine Thomas, John Antonio, A.J., Ruby, Kirstin Osgood, Mique Armato, Jane Marineau, Elsa Vainzettel,
for those whose hurts, burdens and fears go unspoken.
Those who have died
that
were known and loved in the cathedral community, including Dylan, Monterae, Derric, Demetrius, Labriel, Humberto, Joanna, Stoney, Jasmyne, and Marquis.
Diocesan Prayer Cycle
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Congregations in the Waukegan Deanery:
Trinity in Highland Park, Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, Holy Family/Sagrada Familia in Lake Villa, St. Lawrence in Libertyville, St. Paul in McHenry; and our companion Dioceses of Southeast Mexico and Renk
We give thanks for
the upcoming marriage of Beth Bostrom and Franco Espinosa, and the upcoming baptism of Emmett O’Connor
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