Summer 2022
Cathedral News for June and July
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Note from the Cathedral Office |
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Queen Emma Street will be closed on
Thursday, June 2 from 9-10am
The condominium, Capitol Place, located at the corner of Beretania and Queen Emma Street (across from the Cathedral on the Ewa side), has been working on a solar panel project for their property. Due to a need for a supply drop off via helicopter to their rooftop on Thursday, June 2, Queen Emma Street will be closed from 9am - 10am, as a public safety precaution.
If you are planning to conduct business here on property on June 2, please be aware there will be detours during the specified time above. We thank you for your patience and understanding!
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Grace and Peace, St. Andrew’s ‘ohana.
A hymn favorite of mine that did not make it from the 1940 Hymnal into the Hymnal 1982 (but we still hold close in Na Himeni) is Blest be the tie that binds (Nani Kealoha I Paʻa).
From the 1940 Hymnal, #495, John Fawcett
Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Jesus' love:
the fellowship of Christian minds
is like to that above.
Before our Father's throne
we pour united prayers;
our fears, our hopes,
our aims are one;
our comforts and our cares.
We share our mutual woes,
our mutual burdens bear;
and often for each other flows
the sympathizing tear.
From Na Himeni O Ka Ekalesia, #64, Tr. Rev. Samuel A. Keala
Nani ke aloha i paʻa,
na Kristiano kupaʻa.
Ka hui ona kini o kahi manaʻo
i like me kela maʻo.
ʻAuwamo na Kaumaha,
pau pu no na luʻuluʻu
a kulu like na wai maka aloha,
no kela, no keia a mau.
Ma ka noho aloha a ka Makua
Ninini na pule haʻahaʻa.
Na weli, ne pono, na ʻiʻini hoʻokahi,
ka pono, ka maha a mau.
As I have watched and wept through the past couple of weeks with all that the news has brought to us, it's the lyrics of this hymn that have rested on my heart. Like the hymn prays, we are to carry one another: through the pain, the fear, the dark nights of the soul, the joys and exultations, the changes and chances of life. We are to walk alongside each other, with each other, and with purposeful love. We are to pray together and alone, and unceasingly, and when the words run out, the Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words…
We are to p-r-o-c-e-s-s together at all times and in all places, lifting one another along.
I love this image, and I wonder, what if we thought of our processions with this dimension, too?
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I know that when we talk about processions in church, we are largely talking about a beautiful aspect of our tradition which has important history and ritual, but truly is about getting from here to there, purposefully. What if it also had in it this pastoral reminder of how we are to move in this world?
You may have noticed that our 'coming in' and our 'going out' hymns which we use on Sundays are both labeled PROCESSIONAL Hymn. Our 'going out' hymn is not called 'recessional' – Naming these hymns as such is purposeful, intentional, and correct! It is a theological and liturgical statement for us, and by it we claim that we, the Church, are called together by God for a beautiful, holy, life-giving purpose and we process into worship together. We, then, are nourished by the Word and the Sacrament, through our shared prayers, music, hymnody, and holy companionship with one another, and we process together in body, mind, and spirit through our worship. Then, as the Church, we process into the world proclaiming God’s love, always moving forward together into the next holy moment and divine opportunity to serve God and God's people. We are in ongoing procession, bound together in Jesus’ Love as the Body of Christ at work in this world that so desperately needs to know this transformative and transformational Love.
Over these next weeks, there will be bulletin boards up around the font, inviting you to add your prayers for our world, our nation, our community, our Cathedral, whatever is resting on your heart, to slips of paper and onto the boards. We will collect these prayers and share them at the end of June, and then we will repeat this in July, and we will do it again in August, and onward as the Spirit leads us in our procession and guides us in our prayers.
Bound together in Love, this is what we do. We process together.
Blest be the tie that binds~~Mahalo ke Akua.
With abundant aloha and fervent prayer,
Canon Heather+
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Special Notes for June and July from Canon Heather |
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Our choir will go on their annual hiatus providing a much-earned rest for our musicians and offering us a bit of summertime variation in our music with soloists, duets, quartets, and guest instrumentalists.
Your clergy will be engaging in continuing education and respite at different points over these months. We will enjoy hearing from guest preachers a couple times in the next few weeks. (Personally speaking, I will be away and in residency for my doctoral program June 13-July 15.)
Summer Formation – Alive St. Andrew’s – will return this July-August! Join me for these Sunday morning “Window Walks,” starting July 17, and explore windows of the Cathedral on these summer Sundays.
Our annual school supply drive for Kalihi-Waena School will happen during the month of July! Let's fill those bins again for the wonderful keiki of Kalihi-Waena! Go Lions! Much and many mahalos to Ann Hansen for this wonderful connection! See article under "Cathedral Outreach" for more details!
Do not miss! -- Special training opportunity for anyone interested in becoming a chalice bearer, lector, acolyte, or altar guild member coming in August! Watch for more details!
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Sunday, June 5 - The Day of Pentecost
Join the Rev. Cn. Heather Patton-Graham, Rev. Andrew Arakawa, and Kahu Ha'aheo Guanson as the Cathedral celebrates the Day of Pentecost at our morning services at 7am, 8am, and 10am (Note: at our 10am service, we will have a sung Eucharist!). The Cathedral also invites everyone to wear red as we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit!
Sunday, June 12 - Trinity Sunday
Guest Preacher the Rev. Deacon Frank Condello II (see bio below!) joins the Rev. Andrew Arakawa and Kahu Ha'aheo Guanson in the Cathedral for Sunday morning services. Bishop Fitzpatrick and Canon Heather will be celebrating Trinity Sunday at Camp Mokule'ia.
*Cathedral monetary collections will be donated to Camp Mokule'ia.
See article under "Camp Mokule'ia" for more details!
The Cathedral Choir will be on hiatus from June 19 - August 19
Kalihi-Waena Elementary School Supply Drive starts in July!
See article under "Cathedral Outreach" for more details!
Sunday, July 3 - The Rev. Cn. Sandy Graham
will be our Guest Preacher for our Sunday morning services
Sunday, July 17 - Start of Alive St. Andrew's
Sunday Morning "Window Talks"
Join Canon Heather in-between the 8am and 10am Sunday
morning services, as she takes you on a walking journey of the
Cathedral's Stained Glass windows.
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The Rev. Deacon Frank Condello II
joins the Cathedral for Trinity Sunday
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Pictured above, Frank (third from left) with former alumni of WCM, the Rev. Malcolm Keleawe Hee (Good Samaritan), the Rev. Haaheo Guanson (The Cathedral of St. Andrew & Dean of WCM), and the Rev. Mark Haworth (Halau Wa'a).
*Picture from The Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i website*
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The Rev. Deacon Frank Condello II will be the Cathedral's guest Preacher for the morning services on June 12, Trinity Sunday. Frank is a graduating student of Waiolaihui'ia Center for Ministry, and was ordained on April 27, 2022. Frank currently serves at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Honolulu. The Cathedral is excited to welcome him on June 12!
To read Frank's amazing journey to becoming a Deacon, please click here.
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Weekly Worship Opportunities |
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The Cathedral of St. Andrew will be offering the following worship opportunities for Pentecost season. Come, be with us!
Tuesday Zoom Noonday Prayer with Joy Martinez
Wednesday Bible Study at 10am
Wednesday Mass with Prayers for Healing at Noon in the Cathedral
Friday Zoom Morning Prayer with Robert Bley-Vroman
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2022 Cathedral Volunteer Appreciation! |
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As we head into the summer, we honor all the many volunteers who
share their time and talent with the Cathedral community in such a
vast myriad of ways. Our August Cathedral Life will be all about
our volunteers and their ministries-
Mahalo, mahalo, mahalo for all that you do!
Everlasting God, strengthen and sustain all those who volunteer in our churches; that with patience and understanding they may love and care for your people; and grant that together they may follow Jesus Christ,
offering to you their gifts and talents; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Adapted by Sharon Ely Pearson from the Collect
at a New Ministry, Episcopal Book of Common Prayer
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Message from Bishop Fitzpatrick:
Trinity Sunday at Camp Mokule'ia
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May 17, 2022
Aloha,
Beginning in 2015, the Diocese of Hawaiʻi began setting aside Trinity Sunday of every year as a time to collect a special offering to support Camp Mokuleʻia. This year, Trinity Sunday is on June 12 and I write to encourage you to use this opportunity to support this valuable ministry of the Diocese.
Like all of us, our Diocesan Camp Mokuleʻia has been forced to face the crisis of COVID-19 head on. Our Camp was closed for nearly all of 2020 and early 2021.
Mr. Darrell Whitaker, the Executive Director; the camp staff; the Board members; and volunteers work incredibly hard at our Camp. As a place of ministry, Camp Mokule‘ia, before the current pandemic, annually welcomed more than 15,000 guests on site. Through its operations, facilities and programming, the Camp strives to be a place that emphasizes the values of malama, pono and mana that we have identified as part of our Diocesan identity.
Your financial support at this time would be a particular blessing to our Camp and will go towards providing scholarship support as we look to Summer Camp, completing some key projects to welcome campers, and strengthening our Camp after these difficult times.
I hope every congregation will dedicate the loose plate offering to and welcome a special collection for the Camp on Trinity Sunday.
If you’re at worship, please make checks payable to “Camp Mokule‘ia” with a memo of “Trinity Sunday offering” and put the check in the collection (your church will mail the checks to the Camp). If you are still worshipping online from home and want to mail your check today, send your check directly to the Camp at:
Camp Mokule‘ia
68-729 Farrington Hwy.
Waialua, HI 96791
I am also leading the Trinity Sunday Worship Service at the camp on Sunday, June 12 at 9am. If you would like to attend the service and the brunch that will follow, please register at this link by Monday, June 6: https://forms.gle/AssSWkcS6ksBikMy8.
Thank you for being generous in support of our Camp and the children.
Yours faithfully,
Robert L. Fitzpatrick,
Bishop of Hawaiʻi
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Camp Stay-Cation Opportunities |
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Trinity Sunday and 75th Anniversary Celebration (June 10th - 12th)
This year is Camp Mokule'ia's 75th anniversary! Come enjoy a weekend celebration reminiscing of years past and dreaming for the future. Bishop Fitzpatrick will lead the Trinity Sunday service, offer a blessing of the land, and commission our staff for the start of summer camp! Join us for a weekend full of camp fun like a camp birthday party, family movie night, zip-lining, paddle boarding, yard games, and telling stories by the campfire.
Halloween (October 28th - 30th)
Come get your spook on at Camp Mokule'ia this Halloween! Join us for pumpkin carving, a sand monster contest, a movie night of Hocus Pocus, spooky campfire stories, paddle boarding, zip-lining, and trick or treating. Family friendly costumes are encouraged!
Christmas (December 9th - 11th)
'Tis the season for aloha! Join us at Camp Mokule'ia for a weekend full of cookie decorating, ornament making, holiday trivia, Christmas carols, and a picture with Santa! Our classic camp fun such as paddle boarding and zip-lining will also be waiting for you and your family under the tree!
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Summer Camp can be a life-changing experience for children and youth! It gives them a much-needed opportunity to make new friends, learn new skills, and gain independence. They can do all these things while experiencing the love of God while living in the midst of God's beautiful creation!
Click here for more information!
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Camp Mokule'ia celebrates 75th Anniversary on September 3! |
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Mahalo for your generous Slipper donations to
Princess Ruth Ke'elikōlani Middle School
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We here at the Cathedral would like to extend our warmest Mahalo to all who participated in our Slipper Drive during the Lent season! Principal Joe Passantino was ecstatic to receive boxes and boxes of footwear. He shared that his students will make the greatest use of these gifts!
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Kalihi-Waena School Supply Drive starts in July! |
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Each July for nearly two decades, the parishioners of Saint Andrew’s have gathered school supplies for Kalihi-Waena Elementary School. This is the school, three miles away, with which we have partnered with great success. This area in Kalihi is a low socio-economic area with many students living in public housing. The families are hard pressed financially and cannot afford supplies. The entire school has been deemed as a free lunch/free breakfast school.
Each year we provide the students with school supplies, and each December we donate extra meat for the holidays.
During the month of July, while you are shopping, please look for good prices on school supplies such as composition books, folder paper, markers and even slippers. The Cathedral will have supply bins out at all worship services for collection. At the end of the month, there will be a blessing and then we will deliver the supplies to the school at the beginning of August.
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Cathedral announcements and updates will be shared through our weekly Friday Worship email blast
during these Summer months.
The August Cathedral Life will be released on August 1!
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The Cathedral of St. Andrew
229 Queen Emma Square
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 524-2822
cathedralhawaii.org
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