A Message from the Bishop for Lent

Bishop Phyllis Spiegel launches a racial healing emphasis for a diocesan-wide Racial Healing program for Lent. A special Kaleidoscope training program took place on Saturday February 25th and offered the opportunity to learn about Racial Healing.

Funeral for The Rev. Cn. William Ivan Cendese

The funeral will held at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark, 231 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, on Friday March 17th at 11:00 a.m.

From: The Rt. Rev. Phyllis Spiegel to the Diocese of Utah

Please join me in prayer for the family of The Rev. Cn. Ivan Cendese, PhD, who died January 7, 2023. We also pray in thanksgiving for his faithful, longtime, and joyous service to the Diocese always done with compassion, kindness, and a good dose of humor when it was needed.

William Ivan Cendese was born in 1936 in Niagara Falls, Canada. He served as a Roman Catholic priest and as a gifted teacher throughout the 1970s and 1980s prior to his years at the Episcopal Diocese. He loved education and earned a BA, two Master’s Degrees and his PhD from the University of Utah in 1980. He served Salt Lake students at Judge Memorial and Highland High. He then co-founded Valley High for teens who had difficulty in other Salt Lake area schools. Hundreds and hundreds of former students credit him with giving them a chance when others didn’t offer hope.

Bishop George Bates received him into the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Utah in 1989. He graced the Diocese in a dozen callings including seven years as the diocesan Canon to the Ordinary from 1995 until 2003. He assisted at St. Peter’s in Clearfield, served as Priest in Charge at St. Francis in Moab, and further assisted as a Cathedral Canon at St. Mark’s in Salt Lake City.

The Rev. Dave Sakrison, Vicar of Moab’s St. Francis Church was mentored by Canon Cendese. He experienced Canon Cendese’s love of congregational work and his passion for the desert when Fr. Cendese answered the call to serve four years at St. Francis starting in 2007. “It was a natural fit for him. He bought a house and settled in. He fit right in with the Moab community and the folks at St Francis. He loved to bike, hike and eat good food and have a good time. He literally fell in love with Moab, the people and the desert. His personality fit, and he was engaged with the community not only St Francis but Moab in general. He was a great mentor and teacher - kind to a fault and above all a great friend.” Canon Cendese would later live in Page, Arizona and in St. George.

The Rev. Libby Hunter served with him in church and outreach efforts. She marked his death with a fond remembrance for his “gentle, pastoral approach to relationships” Another longtime colleague, The Rev. Susan Toone, recalls “how kind and patient he was.” The Rev. Dave Sakrison summed up Canon Cendese’s personality that graced the lives of all of us who knew him, “It was hard to keep up with Ivan, a bundle of energy and idea. In conversation you could hardly get a word in edge-wise, he attributed that trait to his Italian heritage. Ivan was funny with a keen since of humor, and he pretty much always had a smile on his face.”

Yours in the Spirit,

+Bp. Phyllis

Utah Epodcopalians | Lent

On this episode of Utah Epodcopalians we are discussing the season of Lent with The Rev. Trace Browning of All Saints in Salt Lake City. Listen in as Fr. Trace explains how Lent is the preparation for Easter and hear his favorite part of the season.

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The Utah Chapter of Community of Hope International will host on informational meeting Saturday, March 18, 10:00-noon at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark (231 E 100 S, Salt Lake City). An online option is available for those who cannot attend in person. Community of Hope trains lay people to provide pastoral support for others in need.

Guided by the Rule of Benedict, members receive spiritual formation and experiential training to serve as a listening presence in parishes, clinical settings, professions, and daily encounters with others. Monthly Circle of

Care meetings provide worship, fellowship, continuing training, and support. Training sessions for new members will occur 10:00-noon on May 20, June 3, June 17, July 15, July 29, 10:00, with a final retreat August 19. For more information or to receive a link to participate online, please contact Carolyn Ershler at cershler@icloud.com.