Jan 2013 - Diocese of the Rio Grande

IN THE
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
January 2013
Photo by Raymond Raney

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IN THE
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
Message from Bishop Michael
Epiphany 2013:
An Introduction to Our Covenant of Understanding
for the Liturgical Resources for Blessing Same-Sex Relationships
Dear Sisters and
Brothers in Christ,
I am pleased to
announce that the
excellent work of the
Advisory Committee on
same-sex covenanted
unions is complete and will be made available to the
Diocese shortly. These guidelines were developed in the
spirit of the Elizabethan Settlement of 1559, and are a
continuation of the “via media,” which continues to inform
the rich diversity of Anglicanism and the Episcopal Church.
These official guidelines represent “Our Covenant of
Understanding” in the Diocese of the Rio Grande regarding
the Witness and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant of same-sex
unions.
We soon will be distributing comprehensive pastoral
guidelines for clergy, as well as educational materials for lay
leaders, vestries, and an appendix of available resources for
adult education and discussion forums in our congregations.
In the materials you also will find the Episcopal Church’s
official liturgy authorized for use in this diocesan family
specifically for the blessing of committed, life-long, faithful
unions of gay and lesbian Christians. I am so grateful to the
Lord for the steadfast efforts and wisdom of the Advisory
Committee members, who prayerfully worked together to
develop these initial resources. Our Diocese is wonderfully
vast, and it truly has been a blessing for me to collaborate
with such a diverse and dedicated group of clergy and
lay leaders whose commitment to the people of God and
Church of Jesus Christ is so clear. I would like to offer a few
brief theological reflections from my pastoral perspective
on the content, history and broader context of these
guidelines. I pray these will be helpful for you.
The trust and conviction behind these pastoral guidelines
reflect the belief that the faithful, loving, and lifelong union
of two persons of the same sex is capable of signifying
the unconditional and never-failing love of God in Christ. I
have come to both trust and believe that such unions can
be sources and signs of grace and reconciliation not only
for the church and the world, but also for a faithful couple
seeking a covenanted spiritual life together in Christ. All
baptized persons who confess the faith of Christ Jesus as
Lord and Savior appropriately need to be surrounded by
the prayers, witness, love, and fellowship of the Christian
community. The body of Christ is one in witness to the
Church’s baptismal promises. Diversity of perspectives and
contrary mindedness on any particular contemporary or
historic church issue does not divide us, but rather reveals
the unique Christian charisma of our oneness in Christ
within our diversity. As St. Paul teaches, the body can only
function as wholeness within its unique differences.
For more than a century an historic shift and change,
not unlike others in Church History in discerning Scripture,
Tradition, and Reason, intentionally has been under way.
Holy Scripture and human sciences have been in serious
dialogue in addressing the mystery of human nature,
human relationships, and the moral and ethical dignity
of Christian intimate behaviors. The blessing of same-sex
unions represents a shift from centuries of what the church
and various societies in their cultural contexts have judged
to be unacceptable. Yet, as we are all well aware, there
have been several other highly historic controversial shifts
in our church and world culture. In hindsight, these shifts
have come to be seen as faithful responses to a deepening
understanding and revelation of what it means to be
human. These shifts revealed how God in Christ is reflected
in loving human relationships and in community.
† Recall that there was a time when slavery was defended
officially by western cultural interpretations of biblical texts,
and the church at large struggled to understand and discern
the will of God for black people.
† It was not so long ago that Jesus’ prohibition (Matthew
Chapter 19) of divorce and remarriage meant that divorced
and remarried people could not receive Holy Communion in
the Episcopal Church, nor could a divorced Priest continue
in ordained ministry.
† Within the past 35 years the church has discerned that
women and children deserve equal status of human dignity,
and are thus eligible for all temporal, political, and spiritual
privileges that previously only men received.
† Those interpreted biblical texts that inhibited women
from leadership roles in the church’s ministries gradually
were understood in new ways and reinterpreted to allow
full inclusion of women in the life of the Church.
Just as our theological and cultural perspectives on these
matters have changed dramatically, so now our evolving
understanding of the complexity of human sexuality, and
specifically homosexuality, inspired further discernment.
This brought focus to the need for specific pastoral care,
and liturgical rites to be celebrated in community, to be
offered to all baptized members of the church.
The General Convention of the Episcopal Church
authorized diocesan bishops to provide a “generous pastoral
response” to gay and lesbian members of our church
who seek the blessing of life-long unions by providing
the prayers and support of the Church in congregational
contexts. These guidelines for the Diocese of the Rio Grande
have been prepared under the provisions of the Episcopal
Church’s Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, which
were approved by both the House of Deputies and House
of Bishops at General Convention 2012. Our efforts and
intention is to provide the church with a liturgical option,
and permission to preside over same-sex blessings.
These guidelines also recognize the range of convictions
on this matter. No priest or congregation is required to
offer these liturgical blessings. My prayer is that as a loving,
compassionate, and wonderfully diverse Diocese, we
remain bound together in Christ, and, as we grow faithfully,
to respect the various theological and ecclesial differences
and interpretation of Scripture, Tradition and Reason,
which model the best of our inherited Anglican polity. As
Episcopalians we will continue to witness and to live into
the roots of our Anglican faith tradition. We are bound
together within a charismatic polity of unity within diversity,
and holy tolerant respect within contrary mindedness.
This is our diocesan Covenant of Understanding. May all
our faithful relationships in the church become Holy Signs
of God’s Grace and unconditional Love, especially now in
a world that continues to find it easy to divide and judge
people as unacceptable.
Blessings and the Lord’s peace be with you,
+ Michael
IX Bishop, Diocese of the Rio Grande
St. Chad’s Rector Appointed NW Area Dean
The Rt. Rev. Michael L. Vono, D.D., has appointed the
Rev. Canon Brian W. Winter as Northwest Area Dean as
of January 15, 2013. Fr. Winter replaces the Very Rev. Dan
Tuton, who resigned as dean effective December 31.
Fr. Winter has been rector of St. Chad’s Episcopal
Church, Albuquerque, since October 2005, recently was
appointed Canon for Congregational Life and Development.
Previously he served as as Associate Rector at Trinity on
the Hill in Los Alamos, and Vicar at St. Michael’s Episcopal
Church in Brigham City, Utah where he was ordained to the
priesthood in January of 2003.
Fr. Winter has served on the Standing Committee, as
chairman of Camp Stoney Board, and currently as chair of
the Congregational Life and Development team. He grew
up in the Diocese of the Rio Grande attending St. Aidan’s,
was active in YCRG (Young Churchmen of the Rio Grande)
and a counselor at Camp Stoney. He currently is pursuing
his Doctorate of Ministry in Congregational Development at
Virginia Theological Seminary. He is married to Cheri Winter
and has two boys who recently graduated from Eldorado
High School in Albuquerque.
In his free time Fr. Brian enjoys spending time with
his family, especially when it involves skiing, hiking, or fly
fishing. Before going into the ministry Fr. Brian spent 12
years as a photojournalist taking photos for newspapers
in Arizona and Utah and still enjoys photographing God’s
wonderful creation and creatures.
The Rev. Canon Winter

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As Episcopalians
We Believe …
+ As Episcopalians, we are followers of Jesus Christ, our
Lord, and believe in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
+ We hold to and believe the universal Christian articles of
faith in the Apostles and Nicene Creeds; the doctrine of
the Trinity; the two Sacraments of the New Testament:
Eucharist and Baptism; the Resurrection of Jesus Christ;
the Communion of Saints; and the Apostolic Succession.
+ The Episcopal Church has members in the United
States, as well as in Colombia, the Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy,
Switzerland, Haiti, Honduras, Micronesia, Puerto Rico,
Taiwan, Venezuela, and the Virgin Islands.
+ We strive to love our neighbors as ourselves and respect
the dignity of every person.
+ The Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican
Communion, and traces its heritage to the beginnings
of Christianity.
+ Our liturgy retains ancient structure and traditions, and
is celebrated in many languages.
+ We welcome men and women, married or celibate, to
be ordained as bishops, priests, and deacons.
+ We believe in amendment of life, the forgiveness of sin,
and life everlasting.
+ Lay people exercise a vital role in the governance and
ministry of our Church.
+ Holy Communion may be received by all baptized
Christians, not only members of the Episcopal Church.
+ We uphold the Bible and worship with the Book of
Common Prayer.
+ We affirm that committed relationships are lifelong and
monogamous. Episcopalians also recognize that there is
grace after divorce and do not deny the sacraments to
those who have been divorced.
+ We affirm that issues such as birth control are matters of
personal informed conscience.
+ We celebrate our unity in Christ while honoring our
differences, always putting the work of love before
uniformity of opinion.
+ All are welcome to find a spiritual home in the
Episcopal Church.

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Shoe Box Beginnings
By Ms. Majie Powey
Truth or Consequences, NM
The Shoe box project was started in 2009. I attended
a deanery meeting in El Paso and heard the Rev. Judith
Lethin speak of her work with Compassion House in
Columbus, New Mexico. She spent her summers in Alaska
and winters in Columbus. She worked with women on
both sides of the border to help the women of Palomas,
Mexico, develop self sufficiency skills. Many men in
Palomas had left or been killed due to the drug wars.
At that time I worked with Public Health in Truth or
Consequences, NM. After the meeting I talked to Judith
about the idea of taking shoe box gifts to the children of
Palomas and she was enthusiastic. And so the Shoe Box
Christmas Box Project Started.
I then approached Paul Dulin with New Mexico
Department of Health . He was the head of Border Health
and was enthusiastic. With the help of many of the Public
Health offices in southwest New Mexico, and St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, we did our first shoe box Christmas gift
distribution. It was facilitated with the mayor of Palomas.
In 2011 Barbara Ransom Fry, Deacon from St. Andrew’s
in Las Cruces really got her church involved and they
contributed about 150 to 200 shoe boxes. Paul Dulin
with Public Health was back at the helm to facilitate the
border crossing. Ms. Susan Hutchins had recently moved
to Columbus, and was working to assist the women
of Palomas in their fiber arts crafts and self sufficiency
projects. Barbara linked up with her and during 2012
became more involved with the cross border work.
Churches in Deming and Silver City and civic groups in
Deming and Silver City also have played a large role. Polly
Edmunds works with Border Partners and is very involved
in working with the women of Palomas.
The Rev. Thomas
Rowland and the
Rev. Deacon Barbara
Fry get ready.
Girls with boxes
leave the stage.
Anxious to see what’s inside, children prepare to depart.
St. Christopher’s, El Paso,
Jumps In
St. Christopher’s joined several parishes in the
Southwest Deanery in the shoebox ministry
of Our Lady of Las Palomas. Susan Hutchins,
director of OLLP, collected approximately two
dozen boxes compiled by the Sunday school
children and members of St. Christopher’s for
distribution in the border communities in and
around Palomas, Mexico, and Columbus, New
Mexico.
The activity was a first for our growing Sunday
school, and gave the children of St. Christopher’s
an Advent/Christmas outreach opportunity that
added new depth to the education program of
our parish.
Coats Needed for Palomas
Children
Working Together to Stay Warm has organized to collect
coats of all sizes for the children of all ages in the Columbus/
Palomas/Deming area of the Diocese of the Rio Grande, said
the Rev. Deacon Barbara Ransom Fry.
Coats donated for transport across the border to Mexico
must be new, with the tags will attached. Used coats in good
condition can be donated for distribution in the areas in the
U.S.
Central collections points are being organized at Trinity
on the Hill, Los Alamos; St. Chad’s Episcopal Church,
Albuquerque; and St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church,
El Paso. Persons needing information on donations may
contact Deacon Fry at her email: hildeesmom@yahoo.com.
The coats will be distributed by Border Partners, a non
profit organization in the Columbus / Palomas /Deming
area.
Photos by Paul Dulin
Ministering along the Border

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Reflections on Border Ministry
From Ms. Jo Galvan, Las Cruces Public Schools
Director of Communications
During the holidays, hundreds of employees and
school children from throughout the Las Cruces Public
Schools are involved with a variety of projects that
benefit families within our community. Canned food
drives, Toys for Tots, Dress A Child, Coats for Kids, and
turkey & food baskets are familiar activities.
Upon reading a newsletter from Las Cruces City
Manager Robert Garza, I learned about the Palomas
project. I had a feeling my co-workers in the LCPS
Superintendent’s Office would be interested in getting
involved; and sure enough, they were.
When you see the photos of the kids getting their
presents, how could anyone not want to help? As we
spent time together decorating the boxes and divvying
up the gifts, we talked about the children who would
be opening “our boxes.” We imagined the smiles
and laughter of the niños and niñas in this nearby
community. And, we’re already looking forward to
next year. What a humbling and gratifying experience
this has been for us all.
From Mr. Paul Dulin, Director
Office of Border Health
New Mexico Department of Health
Somehow, even when the dark clouds of a pickup
truck stuffed with 300 gift boxes would not start and
the hours ticked away, and all were waiting for me
to spirit to Christmas Box Convoy across the border,
friends of friends came to the rescue!
I called Louis Luna, a colleague, who found a repair
garage and chained my truck to his SUV and pulled me
there. But not until Peter Edmunds of Border Partners
and Barbara Fry (returning from Columbus) brought
their pickups and we transferred the gifts.
One of the volunteers hands a gift to the next in line.
The folks at the repair garage got right on the job,
replacing a defective fuel pump, and I was able to
drive my own vehicle home.
I was so gladdened to see 400+ children lined
up around the Salon San Vicente when we finally
arrived (2 hours late)! The staff and volunteers of the
Sectional Municipality of Palomas were attentive and
we sorted the gifts in less than 30 minutes and finally
were able to get the first group through.
A few were turned away--but very few (maybe 20).
What we did do was give only one small thing-a
book, a handful of candy, a stuffed animal, a Frisbeeto
about 50 children-that is, we were shy about
75 Christmas Shoe Boxes. Also, we have never had
sufficient gifts for 14-15 year-olds. So we may need to
have a group just focus on certain age groups.
From Ms. Susan Hutchins
Director, Our Lady of Las Palomas
I leave a piece of my heart in Palomas every time I
cross, and I bring a piece of Palomas wrapped in my
heart each time I leave. It is indeed New Testament
times in Palomas. And in this season of Advent, this
season of hope, waiting and yearning, we can and do
and did this past Saturday bring the hope of Advent,
the promise of Jesus Christ to God’s children. This was
a very moving and transformational experience...not
just for the children and families who received a shoe
box of hope and promise, but to those volunteers who
also have the hope and knowledge that we can bring
the promise of Christ.
I pray that as we are called by God to share our
gifts, we remember that there are God’s children in
Palomas that need our love and grace all year long.
The Volunteers who made all this happen.
Serving Many, Agonizing
Over the Rest
By Ms. Majie Powey
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Truth or Consequences
We arrived at the Center in Palomas with a line down and around
the Block. It took another army of neighbors appointed by the
Palomas Community authorities to help unload and set up, and the
groups of children were let in.
We had 715 shoeboxes and a number of bags of toys. By 4:30 p.m.
we finished off the boxes and loose toys and counted 750 children
had been served.
Heartbreaking to have to turn children away and it was hard to
estimate how many went away empty. One said 50 another said
250 children did not receive a gift.
One small child caught my heart in the beginning. Running down
the street crying and trying to get into line as children were lining
up as we took our treasures in to give to the children. What I saw
was a child afraid she would not get there in time to get a gift. I
watched for her, and a couple hours later into the line of children,
she made it.
This child held up her pants as she ran (way to big for her). She had
something on her feet, but it was hard to tell if she wore shoes or
only socks. With all the rain, the street was a mud hole in places.
Her pants slipped and them we realized she had no jacket and had
no underwear.
We met Children cold wet and so poor I came home and cried. Did
we do a good job? Yes, of course we did, but so many helped, and
yet so hard to see others go away without.
The first group of children go up on stage.
Waiting in line for three hours, children and parents line up in Palomas.

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Women’s Spirituality
Retreat Set for February
Women are
invited to a
Spirituality retreat
from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Saturday,
February 9 at the
Church of the Holy
Faith in Santa Fe.
The retreat will
be led by Ms.
Deborah Smith
Douglas.
We all live in
what the poet
W. H. Auden
Deborah Douglas
called the “age of
anxiety.” But we
are also invited into the peace of God, a peace so radical
that it “passes all understanding.” How can we get from
here to there? Without denying the power of what we
fear, how can we learn to live in trust and hope?
This retreat will use Scripture and poetry, as well as
insights from psychology and art and the lives of the
saints, to explore ways we might loosen the grip of
worry on our lives, and enlarge our faith that we might
hold our anxieties both more lightly and from a deeper
place.
Ms. Deborah Smith Douglas has degrees in literature
and law, and is a writer, spiritual director and retreat
leader. She is the author of The Praying Life: Seeking
God in All Things and, with her husband David Douglas,
of Pilgrims in the Kingdom: Travels in Christian
Britain. Her essays have been published in Weavings,
Commonweal, Desert Call, Spiritual Life, Christian
Century, and The American Benedictine Review. She is a
laywoman in the Episcopal Church, and a Camaldolese
Benedictine oblate.
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Women-Inspired and Inspiring Gather at Bosque
By Ms. Cynthia Davis
Women of the DRG met at the Bosque Center for Crazy Quilt Conversations on November 9 and 10. We were the
inaugural group to use the Center and found it to be a delightful venue. Two dozen women from across the Diocese
gathered the evening of November 9 for a time of fellowship and conversation with Bishop Vono.
Saturday was spent in creating a vision for Women in the DRG. With broad strokes, the women painted a dream of active,
diverse lay and ordained women involved in ministries both inside and outside of church walls. Participants created a vision
of women as leaders empowered with retreats, mission, and education through communication and fellowship.
The final session of the ‘Crazy Quilt Conversations’ involved planning concrete steps. The steering committee will meet
in February to create a mission statement for the Women and set up focus groups to build communication with various
demographics to help identify needs and desires of all women.
Several women’s events are already planned:
• February 9 Women’s Spirituality Retreat, Nov. 9 at Holy Faith in Santa Fe, led by Deborah Smith Douglas.
• March 2 Lively Lent, a Retreat with Bishop Vono at St. Francis on the Hill, El Paso (co-hosted by St. Christopher’s).
• March 23 Lent Retreat with Canon Kathleen McNellis at St. Andrew’s, Roswell.
• Pentecost weekend 2013: A Day for Women with The Rev. Barbara Taylor Brown.
• June 2013: Body, Mind, Spirit Retreat in Taos.
• Fall 2013: Women of the DRG Retreat at the Bosque Center
Information about these and other
Women’s Activities may be found at
www.VarietiesofGifts.blogspot.com.
“Breaking news” is emailed
to women of the Diocese, so
email Ms. Cindy Davis (cdavis@
CynthiaDavisAuthor.com) with your
contact info to be added to the list.
If you are interested in being part of
a focus groups, are curious about an
event, or have and event or ideas for
Women in the DRG, email Cynthia
Davis (cdavis@CynthiaDavisAuthor.
com).
Women at the Bosque Center envision the future of ministries in the DRG.
After 38 Years
at All Saints
Episcopal Church:
Rev. Dr. Martin
Bayang to Retire
By Mr. Bob Clark
All Saints’ Episcopal Church,
Grants, NM
Fr. Bayang
The Rev. Dr. Martin Bayang, who has served as Vicar of All Saints’
Episcopal Church for more than 38 years, retired at the end of 2012.
All Saints’, located on Highway 605 in Milan, serves Episcopalians who
live in Milan, Grants, Cibola County and other areas of Northwestern
New Mexico.
Fr. Bayang’s final worship service, as Vicar of All Saints’ Episcopal
Church, took place at the 10:00 a.m. at the church on December 30,
followed by a festive Pot Luck Luncheon, a Church tradition that he
has instituted.
Fr. Bayang, and his wife, Veronica, were born and raised in the
Philippines. They moved to the United States where he studied and
graduated in the Ph.D. program at Boston University. He was ordained
to the diaconate on May 30, 1961, and to the priesthood on February
14, 1962. In 1974 the Bayangs moved to Gallup, and he became the
Vicar of the small All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Milan. Members of
the congregation credit Rev. Bayang for being the stabilizing force that
led the Church through the intense social and economic transitions of
that era. Many cite his spiritual strength for holding the church family
together through exceptionally traumatic times.
According to Ms. Carolyn Finster, the Bishop’s Warden who heads the
Committee, “Father Bayang’s decision was made after considerable
thought and prayer. For the entire tenure of his ministry at All Saints,
he and his wife have resided in Gallup and driven to Grants for
services on a weekly basis. While they remain active and healthy, it is
increasingly difficult for them to make these weekly trips, according
to Finster. “And, as much as we are disappointed that they will be
leaving our midst, the entire congregation supports their decision and
wishes them well in their retirement years.”
Mrs. Connie Dixon, a long-time All Saints’ member who serves as the
Church Treasurer, commented: “we are truly a church family. We were
established over fifty years ago, and have weathered the pendulum
swings of the economy in Cibola County, always ‘landing on our feet’
During most of that time, Martin (Fr. Bayang) was our stalwart, our
leader, our spiritual rock. He has been up, when many of us have
been down. The Bayangs departure is a great loss, but we all bid them
adieu and God speed.”
The Rev. Canon Kathleene McNellis and the Rev. Canon Daniel
Gutierrez, already have met with church members to assist in mapping
a plan of action to find a new priest for the small Church. According
to Canon McNellis: “we will have an interim Priest-in-Charge at first.
It will probably take a while to identify a clergy person, but the right
person is out there – I am quite certain of that.”
Canon Daniel Gutierrez agreed. “This church has the spirit and
intensity of soul to move forward. Fr. Bayang has been the spiritual
‘glue’ that has held the membership in sync and together for many
years. He is leaving an extremely strong-willed group of believers,
who will undoubtedly move the Church toward to even higher
expectations. He should be very proud of that legacy – and he is.”

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St. Alban’s Gathers
for Thanksgiving
By the Rev. Canon Michael Perko
Thanksgiving weekend was a special time at St. Alban’s Episcopal
Church, El Paso. Our celebration began on Thursday with a choral
Mass of Thanksgiving, followed by a potluck dinner shared by
fifty of our parishioners, family, and friends. An abundance of
festivities, food, and fellowship made this a wonderful occasion for
everyone, and an opportunity to introduce a host of people to St.
Alban’s.
The following Sunday, the Solemnity of Christ the King, was
marked by a High Mass at which we ended another year of
Diners share Thanksgiving dinner at St. Alban’s
grace, and baptized three of our newest members, children of
one of our military families. The event was celebrated not only
by parishioners, but by a number of visitors, including the children’s grandparents, Gen. Tommy Franks (ret.), and his wife,
Cathy.
Gathered around our common Thanksgiving table, and the Table of the Lord for these events, it’s no wonder that our
community can give thanks to God with all our hearts, for the countless ways that we’ve been blessed as a parish family, and
for the new life in our midst that enlivens who we are. God’s abundant love and grace have never been more real to us all.
Bishop Michael Visits St.
Mary’s in Albuquerque
On December 9th, Bishop Vono made his official pastoral
visit to St. Mary’s in Albuquerque to confirm Nancy
Hendricks, Darrell Leland, and Bob and JoSele Swopes, and
to receive Richard Karner into the Episcopal Church.
Bishop Michael officiated at the 8 and 10:30 a.m. services,
preaching at both. After each service he visited with
those who stayed for fellowship. Before the confirmation
service, he spent about an hour with those who were being
confirmed or received for a general discussion and to answer
any questions. It was a blessing to have Bishop Michael on
the Second Sunday in Advent.
San Gabriel Rector featured in Meditation Book
Praises Abound: Hymns and Meditations for Lent & Easter from the Episcopal
Seminary of the Southwest, edited by Russell Schulz-Widmar, has just been
published by Church Publishing, New York. It is an anthology of original hymns
and meditations gathered by Professor Schultz-Widmar over his 36 years as
professor at the seminary, where he served on the editorial board for The Hymnal
1982.
The selection chosen for the 5th Day of Lent was written by The Rev. Rhonda
Smith McIntire when she was a student at Southwest in 1994. She now serves at
San Gabriel the Archangel Episcopal Church.
Schultz-Widmar writes in the introduction, “Seminary is about preparation,
formation, and transformation; it’s about living in Christian community. Seminary
is a journey. In this book, students at the Semiinary of the Southwest place before
you something of their journey, some of the fruits of their labors. And they invite
you to make this part of their journey part of your journey through Lent and
Easter Week.”
For more information and to order a copy, go to www.churchpublishing.org/
praisesabound .
The Rev. Rhonda McIntire
Bishop Vono with St. Mary’s blessed.
Bishop Welcomed at Trinity
on the Hill
Daughters
of the King:
One in the Spirit
through Prayer
The Daughters of the King is an Order where women
and girls can live more fully into their baptismal vows.
Daughters live the vision of knowing Jesus Christ, to
make Him known to others, and to become reflections
of God’s love throughout the world. This is lived out
through a Rule of Life including Prayer, Service and
Evangelism.
Prayer provides a spiritual foundation for Service in the
Name of Jesus and Evangelism as people see Christ lived
out. Amid the busy-ness of daily life, belonging to an
Order like the Daughters of the King provides a place of
centering, sisterhood, and focus, from which Daughters
are empowered for their many ministries.
The Very Rev. Mark Goodman blesses blankets for the BethanyKids Ministry in
Kenya at a gathering of the Daughters of the King at the Cathedral of St. John.
With the vision of Daughters as women empowered
by the Holy Spirit to be prayer warriors who lead and
inspire through service to bring others to Christ, the
theme for 2013 is Prayer. Daughters of the King in the
diocese will be focusing on the Prayer aspect of their
Rule of Life with retreats and studies. One such book
is Take My Heart, Oh God, a rich devotional for your
personal use.
If you are interested in learning more about this
Order for women, contact Mrs. Cindy Davis, Diocesan
President (cdavis@CynthiaDavisAuthor.com) or the
Daughters of the King in your parish, and check out the
Daughters blog (drgdaughters.blogspot.com).
Bishop Vono confirms one of the several at Trinity on
the Hill.
Bishop Michael Vono visited Trinity on the Hill
Episcopal Church in Los Alamos on November 18
for Confirmation.
According to the Rev. Colin Kelly, “Our Bishop,
accompanied by The Rev. Canon Daniel
Gutierrez, joined us and led a beautiful service of
Confirmation.
“Our congratulations go to confirmands Amelia
Kirkland, Ruby Selvage, Jason Rutledge (we also
welcomed his wife, Christine Rutledge as a new
member), Chris Scully, Kristen Pope, and Maryann
Blackhart who was received. I was very moved
when a number of others came forward from the
congregation to renew their Baptismal Vows.
“While at Trinity on the Hill, Bishop Vono also
joined the vestry for a beautiful potluck dinner
organized by Leigh Maynard, assisted by Mari
Mahler. During that time, he covered a number of
topics and confirmed the timing of my retirement.”

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IN THE
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
The Rev. Frederick B. ‘Ted’ Howden
Priest – Soldier – Martyr, d. December 11, 1942
Frederick Bingham Howden, known to his family as Ted,
was born January 27, 1902 in Cumberland, Maryland, one
of seven children of the Rev. Frederick B. Howden, Sr. and
Angelica Constance Faber Howden. He was twelve years old
when his father was consecrated Bishop of the Missionary
District of New Mexico and Southwest Texas, and the
family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. He attended
preparatory school at the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut,
graduated in 1925 from Yale University, and then completed
three years of seminary training at General Theological
Seminary in New York City. His father ordained him Deacon
at St. Clement’s Church in El Paso, Texas on June 10, 1928
and Priest, also at St. Clement’s, on January 13, 1929.
Immediately thereafter, Fr. Howden was called to serve as
the Rector of St. Andrew’s Church in Roswell, New Mexico.
During his tenure at St. Andrew’s he served as Vicar to
Lincoln County Episcopalians from 1929 through 1941,
and as a supply priest to St. Paul’s Church in Artesia, New
Mexico. He also held occasional services in the developing
towns of Hobbs and Lovington, and served as the Chaplain
at the New Mexico Military Institute. On April 21, 1932 he
married Elizabeth Fegan in St. Mark’s Church in San Antonio,
Texas.
Beginning in 1929 Fr. Howden led services of Evening
Prayer in the schoolhouse in Glencoe and frequently
celebrated Holy Communion at the Church of the
Transfiguration which met in the Navajo Lodge in Ruidoso,
New Mexico. He began a fund-raising drive to build an
Episcopal chapel in Lincoln County, the result of which was
St. Anne’s Chapel in Glencoe. It is now the oldest Episcopal
Church in Lincoln County, and at the time of its consecration
on June 3, 1934 was the only protestant church of any
denomination within the 150 miles between Roswell and
Alamogordo.
When World War II broke out Fr. Howden held the
rank of Captain in the New Mexico State Guard, and was
the Chaplain to the 200th Coast Artillery when it was
federalized and sent to the Philippines in September 1941.
A friend who was with him daily said he was always walking
over the hills of Bataan holding open air services here and
there and doing everything possible to help the men who
affectionately called him “Chappy”. He was, however, a
real soldier as well as a chaplain which all the more gained
him admiration and respect as he moved from battery to
battery, holding services and distributing candy, soap, and
cigarettes he had foraged for the troops. He was a spiritual
presence to his men, and in him they saw demonstrated
love, goodness of life, and joy in serving others in the Lord’s
name and for His sake.
At the Fall of Bataan and Corregidor to Japanese forces in
April 1942, Fr. Howden and his fellow soldiers were made
prisoners of war and were forced to endure the Bataan
Death March during which some 18,000 died. During
imprisonment in several prison camps including Camp
O’Donnell and Cabanatuan and finally at Davao Prison
Colony on Mindanao, his heroism and faith were always
apparent through the humanitarian care he gave to those
he served. At great cost to himself he often gave his own
portion of food to others whom he insisted needed it more
than he.
Fr. Howden died of dysentery and starvation-induced
pellagra on December 11, 1942, but his family were not
notified until June 1943. He was buried by his men in a
small cemetery in the shadow of the Mindanao jungle a
mile or so from the camp at Davao. After the war, in 1948,
his remains were reinterred in an Albuquerque, New
Mexico cemetery.
The prayer that Fr. Howden wrote for the cadets at New
Mexico Military Institute was printed for many years in the
cadet handbook.
Our Father in heaven, inspire, we beseech Thee, all
members of this School with directness of purpose in
the training of body, mind and spirit that we may better
serve Thee, our country, and our fellowmen. Give us the
vision to know the right, and the courage to follow after it.
Strengthen us with might by Thy Spirit for the duties of life
before us. And grant that we may so lay to heart the lessons
of training and discipline here that we may always continue
Thy faithful soldiers and servants unto life’s end. Amen.
Howden Story Told in
Journal Article
The Albuquerque Journal provided a
insightful look at the observance of the
Diocesan Feast Day for Fr. Ted Howden titled
“Chaplain ‘Chose A Higher Way to Live’” By
Leslie Linthicum. It may be accessed on the
Diocesan blog at trustingintheholyspirit.
blogspot.com
The Howden Family (including ‘Ted’ the IV, V, and VI) stand with Bishop Vono and representatives of the
armed forces following the observance at the Cathedral of St. John.
Collect (contemporary)
Almighty God our strength and sustenance, you gave your servant Frederick Howden the grace and
courage to put the need and hunger of others before his own life and health. Inspire us with directness of
purpose in the training of body, mind, and spirit that we may better serve you, our country, and others in
your name. Give us the vision to know what is right and the courage to pursue it. Strengthen us with your
Spirit for the duties of life before us, that we may continue your faithful servants to our life’s end, and at
the last enter into your heavenly kingdom: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Photos courtesy of Melissa Howden

IN THE
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EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
A Day of Rejoicing:
Honoring the Life of Fr. ‘Ted’ Howden
Throughout the Diocese, the Episcopal Family celebrated the life of the Rev.
Frederick B. ‘Ted’ Howden. In Roswell, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Los Alamos
all voices were raised up thanking the Lord for the life of this faithful servant, and
commemorating the 70th anniversary of his death on December 11, 1942.
Southeast Deanery
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell
It was especially touching to have our celebration in the Chapel at New Mexico
Military Institute in Roswell, the first time in recent memory that the Episcopal
Church in the Rio Grande has done so. Fr. Howden served in Roswell as Rector of
St. Andrew’s parish and as Chaplain of New Mexico Military Institute prior to his
service in the U.S. Army, and organized the first Episcopal church in the Hondo
Valley.
We are most grateful to Maj. Dan Musgrave, Chaplain at NMMI, for so graciously
inviting us to use the Institute Chapel and for taking part in the liturgy. Cadets
and staff members served as lectors and musicians, and Fr. Tom Gray, Fr. Maurice
Geldert, and Chaplain Musgrave served at the altar. A collect that Fr. Howden
wrote for the cadets at the Institute was included in the liturgy.
Fr. Ted Howden is not just well-remembered for his remarkable life and work, but
is deservedly held up as one of our saints, and we hope that this will continue as a
joint annual celebration of the Diocese and the Institute.
Southwest Deanery
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Las Cruces
The Southwest Deanery held our service at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,
Las Cruces, hosting clergy and laity from all over the deanery, as well as many
members of the public.
The Rt. Rev. Jerry Lamb was celebrant at the Eucharist and the Rev. Canon Scott
Ruthven (Chaplain Col. USAFR) was the preacher. The congregation was welcomed
by the Very Rev. Jeanne Lutz, dean of the Southwest Deanery, who also read
Father Howden’s biography during the service.
Members of the NMSU Army ROTC Bataan Battalion passed out bulletins and
read the lesson and psalm. Special guests at the service included friends, family,
and descendants of Bataan Death March prisoners and survivors. Canon Ruthven
also introduced Mrs. B. J. Corn to the congregation, who was baptized as a child by
Father Howden at St. Andrew’s, Roswell. A reception followed the service.
Northwest Deanery
Cathedral of St. John
At the Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque Dean Goodman eulogized the life of
Fr. Howden, who gave his life so that others might live.
Nearly 100 persons gathered at St. John’s to commemorate Fr. Howden with
10 members of the Howden family, including three men named after him. In the
audience were 12 representatives of the armed forces.
Following the service, a reception preceded a screening of the film by Melissa
Howden, Be Home Soon.
Northeast Deanery
Trinity on the Hill, Los Alamos
Trinity on the Hill held a beautiful, quiet, service for Fr. Howden. Although it was
hoped there would be more, the 25 in attendance were moved by the story of
Father Howden’s life and death.
Northeast Area Dean, the Very Rev. Louise Weiss, organized the service and
celebrated the Eucharist. At her invitation, the Rev. Canon Dr. Colin P. Kelly III
preached. Father Kelly gave a sermon that touched the hearts of all those who
heard it. He spoke of his own father’s death in a B-17, just one year and one day
before Father Howden’s death. Although Father Kelly did not mention it, all in
attendance knew that his father also had been a hero, who kept his plane aloft
long enough for the crew to bail out. Ironically, one of the members of that crew
was also on the Bataan death march and survived. Father Kelly pointed out that
perhaps that man’s survival might have come from Father Howden’s giving his
own food away.
Father Kelly also spoke of a childhood friend of his, whose father had been a
chaplain on the Dorchester, which was sunk in the Atlantic. The four chaplains
of that ship gave their life jackets to other men who had none and the four
chaplains perished when the ship sunk. Father Kelly spoke then of ordinary men,
who, when placed in extraordinary circumstances, will do extraordinary deeds of
heroism.
After the service, the congregation and the altar team lunched on sandwiches,
vegetables and desserts, provided by the Deanery and delegates. People had a
chance then to discuss Father Howden’s exceptional life, and also to share the
experiences of their family members who fought in World War II.

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Big Doings at the
Bosque Center
Celebrate Epiphany January 6th
Reserve a spot at Cakes, Kings and Champagne
The 2013 Season at the Bosque Center begins with
CAKES, KINGS & CHAMPAGNE from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday,
January 6.
The Bosque Center is a place of beauty, spirituality,
culture and community. So come and join in this fun and
delicious event featuring specialty cakes from specialty
chefs.
There will be bubbly to celebrate the Epiphany, music
provided by ENTOURAGE will be playing at Cakes, Kings
and Champagne
at the Bosque
Center on the Feast
of the Epiphany
(Dance, enjoy
Cakes, celebrate 3
Kings, and celebrate
the King of Kings.
Call Canon Daniel
Gutiérrez for
reservations at
505-881-0636. Entourage
Jazz Series Starts in February
Valentine’s Weekend: Bobby Shew at The Bosque!
Announcing a new Jazz at
The Bosque series created
by independent concert
presenters Victoria Rogers
and Cal Haines begins in
February at The Bosque
Center at 6400 Coors Blvd.
NW! A special brunch.
Bobby Shew
The first event features
in-demand trumpet-master
Bobby Shew (http://www.bobbyshew.com, who flies
around the world performing and teaching. In July 2011,
he was featured in “Bobby Shew Night in Prague” with the
Czech National Symphony Orchestra. An award-winning
recording artist under his own name, he also played as a
member of the Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Buddy
Rich big bands.
For Valentine’s weekend at the Bosque Retreat Center,
Bobby is putting together a concert of mostly ballads,
music that especially touches him and others. His excellent
trio includes highly accomplished pianist Jim Ahrend,
California virtuoso bassist Michael Glynn and drummer Cal
Haines.
This will be a compelling experience of jazz, musicianship,
artistry, melody and lyrical feeling. One of the highlights is
the romantic favorite, “The Shadow of Your Smile” and of
course, a personalized rendition of “My Funny Valentine.”
Tickets are available in-advance for $23 at http://www.
brownpapertickets.com or $25 at the door. There will be
an intermission and CDs available.
IN THE
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
Music at the Cathedral
A series of recitals are planned for February and March at the Cathedral of St. John, 318 Silver Ave. SW, Albuquerque.
The events will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are priced at $25 Adult, $20 Senior, $10 Student (with I.D.) Tickets for the performance
are available online at www.fcmabq.org, and at the door, from 30 minutes prior to the concert. Early seating
is advised.
Maxine Thévenot
Jacqueline Zander-Wall
The Holy Cross Concert Series,
Music for the Soul, presented a
marimba and steel band group
on Sunday, November 18. Nearly
50 persons attended the musical
outreach event that featured
Alexis Corbin on the steel drum
and her husband, Hovey, on the
marimba. d during the November
18th Music for the Soul concert at
Church of the Holy Cross in Edgewood.
The program at Church of
the Holy Cross in Edgewood included
explanations of the history
of the instruments by the duo,
Solcalypso (www.solcalypso.com.
The program showcased calipso
standards.
Lenten Concert Series
February 22:
The Confession Stone
The first of four concerts in the new
Fridays in Lent series will feature Jacqueline
Zander-Wall, mezzo soprano &
Maxine Thévenot, piano in a presentation
of Robert Fleming’s 50-minute
song cycle “The Confession Stone” (Songs
of Mary). This work features settings of
poems by Owen Dodson. This cycle became
one of the works most frequently performed
by the Canadian mezzo-soprano Maureen Forrester
for whom they were written. Jacqueline
Zander-Wall and Maxine Thevenot will
perform at 7 p.m. Friday, February 22, 2013,
in Anna Kaseman Hall.
March 8: New York Polyphony Performs
The third concert in our new Fridays in Lent series. They stunned New Mexican
audiences last season with their a cappella program. The four gentlemen from
New York Polyphony are making big waves in the music industry worldwide
with their cutting-edge programming from the 11th century to modern married
with their impeccable tuning. New York Polyphony will perform at 7 p.m. Friday,
March 8, 2013.
Marilyn Bernard
March 22: 8th Annual Bishop
Trelease Concert
The final concert in our new Fridays in Lent
series. The 8th annual Bishop Trelease Memorial
Concert featuring the Cathedral Choir and
Choristers, soprano soloist Marilyn Bernard
along with a professional orchestra will
perform the stunningly beautiful Requiem by
John Rutter. The Cathedral Choirs of St. John
will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2013.
Solcalypso
Edmund Connolly
Calypso Feeds Music for the Soul
February 8: Duo Trumpets
and Organ Recital
Since the time of Jeremiah Clarke and
Henry Purcell, Trumpet and Organ
have been associated as a brilliant
pairing. Trumpeters David Dash and
Mary Bowden and Organist, Maxine
Thévenot team up to present works
from the Baroque era to the jazzy and
entertaining Sonata by Naji Hakim.
The recital will begin at 7 p.m Friday,
February 8, 2013.
March 1: Air & Hammers Performance
The second concert in the new Fridays in Lent series
will feature Edmund Connolly, baritone & Maxine
Thévenot, piano as they present a meditative
concert of works by Gerald Finzi, Ralph Vaughan
Williams, Benjamin Britten, Hugo Wolf and Frederick
Frahm. Air & Hammers will perform at 7 p.m.
Friday, March 1, 2013, in Anna Kaseman Hall.
New York Polyphony
The Cathedral Choirs of St. John
Bread & Wine at
the Bosque
A new Eucharistic tradition is starting
at the Bosque Center: Bread & Wine
at the Bosque on the fourth Sunday of
the month.
Plan to join your brothers and
sisters from across the Diocese as we
celebrate Eucharist at 10:00 a.m. on
fourth Sundays starting February 24th,
followed by an amazing brunch in our
Dining Room. Our table is open!
Clergy from across the Diocese will
celebrate the Eucharist monthly,
and our great caterer will prepare an
amazing Brunch. Call Canon Daniel
Gutiérrez at 505.881.0636 for details.

IN THE
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EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
Cursillo: Beyond Back to the Mountain
By Ms. Cindy Davis
Nearly 30 Cursillistas (people who have been on a Cursillo, or other 3-Day
renewal weekend) met for Ultreya and the Back to the Mountain Weekend
at the Bosque Center on November 16-17.
Cursillo (a fancy word meaning “short course in Christianity”) is a renewal
ministry that empowers lay leaders in the church. For the past few years,
the movement has been on hiatus in the Diocese of the Rio Grande, but
new life is being breathed into this ministry with the support of Bishop
Vono and the vision of the Acting Secretariat.
The Back to the Mountain weekend included music, shared meals,
renewing of friendships and meeting new friends, as well as worship
and discussion. Participants heard a series of lay talks focusing on the
“Three-Legged stool” of Piety, Study, and Action buttressed by the ongoing
experience of Reunion Groups.
After experiencing the amenities at the Bosque Center, the group was
unanimous in supporting the idea of having a Cursillo weekend at the
Bosque Center next fall. If you have questions about Cursillo, contact Ken
Davis, Secretariat Convenor, the Rev. Colin Kelly, Chaplain, or anyone who
has attended a previous Cursillo event. Further info about Cursillo in the
Diocese can be found at www.CursillooftheRioGrande.blogspot.com.
Cursillistas sing along in the Bosque Center dining room.
Chaplain Kelly offers Eucharist
There Still Time to Register
Trinity Conference: the
Radical Christian Life
The Diocese and St.
Michael and All Angels
Episcopal Church in
Albuquerque have joined
as a partner site for the
Trinity Institute’s 42nd
National Theological
Conference on the topic
of “Radical Christian Life:
Equipping Ourselves
for Social Change.” The
Sr. Joan Chittister
teleconference will be
offered at the Bosque
Center, 6400 Coors
Boulevard, Albuquerque, on January 12, 2013.
The conversation leader will be Sister Joan D.
Chittister, OSB, and she will be supported by
conference preacher Rabbi Darrent Levine.
“Our task is now to be radical Christian communities
in the here and now, not fossils of a bygone reality,
not leftovers from an earlier golden age. Now we
need new wisdom and a new kind of struggle to
determine what we must be and do in the midst of
these changing times,” said Sister Chittister.
The forces of globalization demand that we
rethink what it means to be a community and
where our mutual responsibilities lie. In her return
to Trinity Institute, Sister Joan, a visionary spiritual
voice in America for over thirty years, as well as
an accomplished author, social psychologist and
communications theorist, will offer tools for making
the vital connection between contemplation and
social action.
At the Bosque Center tools for contemplative
discernment, personal and communal spiritual
practices, and faithful engagement will be shared in
small group creative work sessions. Participation is
open to clergy and laypersons of all faith traditions.
Cost is $30, payable to St. Michael and All Angels
Episcopal Church. Scholarship assistance is available.
Lunch will be served. Cost is $30. For more
information, or to register, visit www.all-angels.com
or call 505-345-8147.
ECF Fellowship Partners Program 2013 Application
Process Open!
For nearly 50 years, the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF)
has named and supported emerging scholars and ministry
leaders throughout the Episcopal Church. ECF believes that
by supporting individuals at an early stage in their ministries,
transformational scholars and ministry leaders can make a
lasting impact on the wider Church.
ECF is pleased to announce that the application process for
the 2013 Fellowships is now open.
At this early stage of the application process, applicants
should bear the following in mind:
• ECF is deeply committed to strengthening the leadership
capability of the Episcopal Church. Applicants to the
academic and ministry tracks are asked to describe their
commitment to developing the next generation of leaders
for the Episcopal Church, whether this is in the context of
a seminary, a local congregation, through a church-wide
network, or in another context.
• An ECF Fellowship provides both financial support and
networking opportunities. ECF has typically awarded
three to four Fellowships per year. New awards range
up to $15,000 for the first year and are renewable for an
additional two years. In addition to this financial support,
Preaching Workshop Provides Continuing Education
Registration Deadline January 7
For those interested
in taking the Bishop’s
School for Ministry
preaching course,
Leading from the Pulpit:
Preaching and the
Whole Ministry, by Dr.
Ruthanna Hooke, the
registration deadline is
January 7.
The course will meet
January 14-18 at the
Bosque Center, and
provide instruction by
Professor Hooke
the Rev. Ruthanna B.
Hooke, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Homiletics from Virginia
Theological Seminary. The course will be considered clergy
continuing education, and will be open to clergy of other
denominations. Persons who are in the ordination process
and members of the college of deacons are encouraged to
attend.
The course invites participants, as a congregational leaders,
to reflect on the relationship of preaching to the whole
new Fellows join a wide network of past Fellows and are
empowered to share their knowledge, experience, and
best practices with the wider Church.
• The application requires a significant commitment of time
and effort and is due on March 15, 2013. The selection
process for an ECF Fellowship is highly competitive and
a strong application requires a significant investment of
time and effort. We encourage all applicants to begin this
process early.
• The Fellowship Partners Program is one of the most
exciting ways that ECF supports innovative scholars and
ministry leaders throughout the Episcopal Church. Click
here to read about recent Fellows and be sure to check
out the most recent edition of Fellows News. Please email
Senior Program Director Miguel Escobar or Brendon
Hunter, Assistant Program Director, if you have any
questions about the ECF Fellowship Partners Program.
The deadline for 2013 Fellowships will be March 15, 2013.
Complete information about the Fellowship Partners Program
can be found on ECF’s website at www.EpiscopalFoundation.
org or by calling 800-697-2858.
of ministry. Preaching is a focal point for congregational
ministry, and by analyzing preaching one can gain new
insight into the whole of ministerial leadership, and discover
ways that preaching can be more effective in shaping
ministry overall.
The course registration form, the syllabus, and a course
handout is available on the diocesan website at: http://www.
dioceserg.org/pages/view/bishops_school_for_ministry.
Persons interested also may contact the Rev. Canon Brian
Winter at fatherbrian@stchadsabq.org.
One of the principal tools for our analysis of preaching
in this course will be examining your body’s experience in
preaching, proceeding from the principle that everything
that is happening in your preaching—in relationship to self,
text, God, and congregation—is lodged in your body, so that
by attending to your body’s experience in preaching you
can gain new insight into your preaching and your ministry
in general. Moreover, this principle suggests that changing
the body’s experience in preaching is one means toward a
holistic transformation of ministry overall. Thus the course
will also engage our bodies to facilitate this process of
transformation.

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New Archbishop says C of E
will have women bishops
[Anglican Communion News Service] The next
archbishop of Canterbury is confident he will consecrate
a female bishop. “Its clear that woman are going to be
bishops in the Church of England,” said Justin Welby,
who will take over from Rowan Williams as the spiritual
leader of the Anglican wing of world Christianity at the
end of the year.
In late November, bishops and clergy in the General
Synod, the Church legislature, comfortably backed the
change, but lay members were four votes short of a twothirds
majority.
“It was a pretty grim day for the whole church. There
is a lot to be done but I am absolutely confident that at
some point I will consecrate a woman bishop,” Welby
said during a visit to promote religious reconciliation in
Nigeria.
It had been widely assumed that the oft-debated and
amended measure — backed by both incoming and
outgoing archbishops of Canterbury — would pass Nov.
20 during the second day of the church’s Nov. 19-21
group of sessions at Church House in Westminster.
The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England
met on November 27-28th, and announced: “In its
discussions the Council decided that a process to admit
women to the episcopate needed to be restarted at the
next meeting of the General Synod in July 2013.”
Durham Bishop Welby
Named Archbishop of
Canterbury
[Episcopal News Service]
Following months of
anticipation and media
speculation, Downing Street
confirmed Nov. 9 that the
Queen has approved the
nomination of Diocese
of Durham Bishop Justin
Welby as the 105th
archbishop of Canterbury.
As the 105th archbishop
in a succession spanning
more than 1400 years,
Bishop Welby
Welby will assume the
multi-faceted role as
spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, Primate of
All England, and bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.
Before his ordination to the priesthood in 1992, Welby
studied law and history at Cambridge University and
then spent 11 years as an executive in the oil industry.
After a decade in parish ministry, he was appointed a
canon residentiary, and later sub-dean, of Coventry
Cathedral. He served as dean of Liverpool Cathedral
from 2007-2011.
As bishop of Durham, the fourth-most-senior position
in the Church of England to which he was consecrated
in October 2011, Welby is automatically granted a seat
in the House of Lords.
Welby, 56, will succeed the Most Rev. Rowan Williams,
who will step down at the end of the year after serving
as the 104th archbishop of Canterbury since February
2003. Williams has accepted a new post as master of
Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Welby’s enthronement as 105th archbishop of
Canterbury will be held March 21, 2013, in Canterbury
Cathedral.
Welby is married to Caroline and they have five
children, aged 16-27.
IN THE
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
By the Rev. Stephen Caldwell
Report from Joint Nominating Committee for
the Election of the Presiding Bishop Meeting
Members of the Joint
Nominating Committee for
the Election of the Presiding
Bishop (JNCPB) were elected
at General Convention 2012.
The Nominating Committee is
comprised of a bishop, a priest
or deacon, and a layperson
from each of the nine provinces
Ms. Diane Butler
of the Episcopal Church.
House of Deputies President
Gay Jennings appointed two youth representatives to the
29-member committee, which is charged with presenting no
fewer than three nominees to stand for election to the office
of Presiding Bishop at General Convention 2015.
Members of the JNCPB are: Johnson, Ms. Sally Co-Chair
Minnesota, VI; Shaw, The Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Co-Chair
Massachusetts, I; Kirk, The Rev. Ruth Secretary Delaware,
III; Allen, The Rt. Rev. Lloyd Honduras, IX; Anderson, The Rev.
Devon Minnesota, VI; Baxter, The Rt. Rev. Nathan Central
Pennsylvania, III; Butler, Ms. Diane Rio Grande, VII; Clifton,
The Very Rev. Ellis Michigan, V; Coultas, The Rev. Cn. Amy
Real Kentucky, IV; Fleener, Jr, Mr. William Western Michigan,
V; Franklin, The Rt. Rev. R. William Western New York, II;
Getz, Ms. Pauline San Diego, VIII; Gibbs, The Rt. Rev. Wendell
Michigan, V; Glasspool, The Rt. Rev. Mary Los Angeles, VIII;
Gray III, The Rt. Rev. Duncan Mississippi, IV; Grisham, The Rev.
Lowell Arkansas, VII; Hicks, Ms. Josephine North Carolina,
IV; Jackson, The Rev. Dr. David Hawaii, VIII; Konieczny, The
Rt. Rev. Edward Oklahoma, VII; Lloyd, The Rev. Canon Mally
Ewing Massachusetts, I; Moreno, Mr. Luis Eduardo Colombia,
IX; Pollard, Ms. Diane New York, II; Salazar, The Rev. Canon
Jose Francisco Venezuela, IX; Skinner, Mr. Joe South Dakota,
VI; Smylie, The Rt. Rev. John Wyoming, VI; Spicer, Ms. Kathryn
West Missouri, VII; Tavolaro, Mr. Dante Rhode Island, I; Vest
Salmon, Ms. Nina Southwestern Virginia, III; and Wilson, The
So far in this column we have looked at customs,
seasons and particular days, all included in the Prayer
Book. January presents us with an important exception
to this pattern. A week is set aside each January for
prayerful work to be done by all Christians, not just those
who look, speak and worship Episcopalian.
This special week—which has no special color of its
own—is never-the-less visually identifiable on your
church calendar. January 1st through the 13th are all
white days, while the rest of the month is green. The
exceptions are the 18th (Confession of St. Peter) and the
25th (Conversion of St. Paul)—both white days—which
stand out on the page in the field of green. The week
between them has its own non-Prayer Book designation:
THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY. It is an
important time because the Lord God intends for His
Church (I’m convinced) to be united as the Three Persons
of the Holy Trinity are united.
That doesn’t mean that Episcopalians have to give up
our preference for Anglicanism in order to look and
worship like the Assemblies of God, or that the Baptists
have to say Mass like the Roman Catholics. From human
perspective, the Three Persons of the Trinity don’t look
the same, either.
It does mean that when we are not united in mission
and ministry, we damage the example and image of
the Holy Trinity. When individual churches decide they
don’t need each other, or think they have “The Truth”
exclusively to themselves, we damage the example and
image of the Holy Trinity. The three Persons of the Trinity
wouldn’t be a trinity if one of them was voted out, or if
Rev. Canon Sandye Newark, II.
Setting its work in the context of prayer, Bible study and
the Eucharist, the committee elected Sally Johnson and M.
Thomas Shaw to be co-chairs and Ruth Kirk as secretary. Cochair
Sally Johnson commented, “It is a strong group, broadly
representative of the church and fully and passionately
engaged in important work for the future of the church.”
Tasks tackled during the three-day meeting include
reviewing the reports from the 2006 nominating committee,
developing a preliminary time line, and gathering in
exploratory sub committees: Communications, Profile, and
Process. The conversation and work helped members to
get to know each other in order to build community moving
forward.
Co-chair Tom Shaw added, “It is amazing that the Holy Spirit
has brought together this uniquely gifted group of people to
do this work. Already we are forming strong community that
will pray and work together over the next two and a half years
for the service of the church. “
Diane Butler, of our diocese, who is currently facilitating the
profile sub-committee that will develop educational programs
about the nomination and election process as well as design
a method to solicit input from the wider church, commented
following the meeting, “It is a great honor and pleasure to
work with this group of people. While the work is intense,
it is also rewarding to be involved with folks who have a
deep sense of prayerful purpose in accomplishing the work
set before them. The committee is committed to keep the
wider church informed of their progress and to this end has
established two social media venues that will be utilized in
addition to issuing press releases through the Episcopal News
Service.”
Interested persons may follow the JNCPB on Twitter at:
PB27Nominations or #JNCPB, and on Facebook at: www.
facebook.com/pb27nominations.
A PARTICULAR WEEK OF PARTICULAR PRAYER or
“Why Isn’t This In The Prayer Book Calendar?”
one of the Persons decided that it was more “God-like”
than the other two.
There is more. When we pool our resources in mission
and ministry, we strengthen the potential for doing
more, as well as the potential for being more effective in
what we do. Thus we pray together that we may find the
humility and desire to work together, that our common
mission and ministry in Christ may be accomplished and
celebrated together.
While the Week of Prayer isn’t a Prayer Book designated
time, it contains many prayers for Christian unity in
mission and ministry, among them #14, pg 255; #6, pg
395; and #14, pg 818.
The Week of Prayer began in 1908 as the Octave of
Christian Unity, and focused on prayer for church unity
in mission and ministry. The dates of the week were
proposed by Father Paul Wattson, cofounder of the
Graymoor Franciscan Friars, centered in upstate New
York. In 1958, the Faith and Order Commission of the
World Council of Churches (a body that includes, among
others, most of the world’s Orthodox churches, as well as
many Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed,
United and Independent churches) began co-operative
preparation of materials for the Week of Prayer.
The theme for the 2013 Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity is “What does God require of us?” (cf. Micah 6:6-8).
Good question, wouldn’t you agree? Now, let us pray
together that we understand the answer and receive the
strength, resolve and guidance to work together toward
more effectively accomplishing the Divine Will on earth.
Let all the people reply, “AMEN!”

IN THE
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EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
Jubilee Ministry:
Change through
Love
By the Rev. Deacon Barbara Ransom
Fry, Diocesan Jubilee Officer
“Love God.
Love your Neighbor.
Deacon Barbara Fry
Change the World.”
- The Rev Ronald M Owen of Fla.
I love it! If you were asked to define your ministry in less
than 10 words what would you say and would it get your
point across? This one certainly does for me.
In November I had the privilege of attending a conference
in Americus Georgia for this Diocese . The conference was
designed to pass information to Diocesan Jubilee officers
“especially new ones” of the importance of celebrating 30
years of Jubilee Work in the National Church and to give
information of how the focus of Jubilee is changing.
Americus, Georgia, is the home of Habitat for Humanity
and President Jimmy Carter. It was my first visit, and certainly
the work was impressive. DJO’s (that’s Diocesan Jubilee
Officers) from across the country and Central America met,
worshiped and discussed the future of where Jubilee is now
being directed. The National office on the web site, as well as
the Directory, will now be referred to as Domestic Poverty /
Jubilee.
Having spent five years in another state working with
Jubilee, this new title seems to set a more sober tone.
Perhaps it speaks to the reality of the people we truly are
serving. It also gives credit to the people that know first
hand the struggle of so many people today. But in truth we
celebrate the people that live and breath the work of Jubilee:
“Changing the World so others may live.”
But back to the conference: From discussions of what is
charity, service, advocacy, and Justice ministry, and how
does this transform our work into helping people become
whole, there were discussions of Networking and building
a communication infrastructure, and how we can provide
opportunities to strengthen local work in fighting domestic
poverty.
A Guest speaker, Bishop Alan Scarfe discussed the Social
Justice and public policy commission in Washington, D.C.,
and the work on two resolutions to be presented in 2018.
1. Wealth disparity and the implications for the church,
and
2. Food security and health issues around the issue of
seed to the table organically.
What did I get out of the conference? My personal favorite
that seemed to trigger my own excitement was to find a way
to roadmap ministries of this Diocese pinpointing where they
are and what they are doing to make a difference in the lives
of the people we serve. Pinpointing where the deacons are
and the ministries we are involved in.
Does it fit the new criteria? Going beyond the measure
of just charity work, but helping us to make change in the
lives we serve. Justice for all? Like anything new we have
the possibility if we want it to happen it will happen. Like
anything new it is up to us to want to make a real difference.
In a recent Advent sermon by Bishop Lamb, St Andrew’s,
Las Cruces, he took the message of Isaiah. That struck home
for me. A simple visualization of “making the way straight.”
After torrential rains the dirty dusty roads of the desert
would often be washed out and rutted making travel next
to impossible. The call was for the people to make the road
easier to travel to open it up and fill in the potholes… to
make it easier for the Messiah to come. To fill in the ruts and
washed out areas of our lives and the lives of the people we
serve. It must be made straight, transformed or nothing can
change.
With domestic poverty, Jubilee is about making the road
straight …
By Joan Brown, joankansas@swcp.com
As we enter into the New Year, there is much to reflect
upon and prayer for in caring for creation. A recent
report from the World Bank states that we could see
temperature rises of over 7.2 degrees farenheit by
2060 due to climate change and increasing levels of co2
emissions, much of it from burning fossil fuels. It is ever
more important for communities of faith to engage in
prayer and action.
It is heartening to see witnesses of love and compassion
for Earth and brothers and sisters growing in the Episcopal
community.
We celebrate Monica
Whittaker, who is a
seminarian at Church
Divinity School of the
Pacific. She is named a
GreenFaith Fellow and
will join the 2013 Class
GreenFaith Program. The
Fellowship program is a
comprehensive eduction
and training program to
prepare lay and ordained
leaders from diverse religious traditions for environmental
leadership.
Whitaker is in her second year of studies in the Master
of Divinity degree program at Church Divinity School
of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. Prior to moving to
Berkeley, Whitaker was active in various lay ministries
for more than two decades in the Episcopal Diocese of
the Rio Grande where she is a Postulant for Holy Orders.
While living in New Mexico, Whitaker was involved
with New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light (NMIPL) as
a volunteer, presenter, worship leader, and legislative
advocate. She currently serves as seminarian at St. John’s
Episcopal Church–Oakland, a parish which has a strong
reputation for environmental stewardship. “I am excited
about developing effective leadership skills that empower
congregations to be advocates for Creation care. As a
religious leader I look forward to collaborating with my
faith community on environmental stewardship activities,
and exploring faithful responses to climate change.”
St. Stephen’s show off CFL exchanges
St. Stephen’s parish, Española was busy in Advent
learning how to be better stewards through an
educational series addressing plastics and energy use.
Joan Brown, osf, Executive Director of New Mexico
Interfaith Power and Light and Board President Edwina
Beard, member of St. Thomas of Canterbury joined them
to offer a sermon and presentation on the work of NMIPL.
An offering of energy efficient CFL light bulbs was part of
the educational presentation. St. Stephen’s is considering
membership in NMIPL, and they are already engaged in
caring for God’s creation.
St. Mark’s on the Mesa, Albuquerque is engaged in
on the ground creation care through an evaluation of
their energy use and potential energy savings measures.
In addition, they will be hosting the NMIPL We Are
the Eighth Day International Women’s Day celebration
on Sunday, March 3 from 2-4:30. The event highlights
women visual and poetic artists who will share their art
and reflections on their work, spirituality and earth care.
Homemade dessert and discussion with the artists is part
of the day. Part of the day will highlight the artwork of
girls.
Interfaith Power and Light offers an easy way to make
a difference by signing up with thousands of other faith
communities for the 2013 National Preach-In on Global
Warming, February 8-10, 2013. Sermon and educational
ideas, as well as an action are available free by going to
www.nm-ipl.org and clicking on the preach-in site. The
theme this year focuses around our brothers and sisters
who are already suffering from climate change in other
countries. It would be great to have every Episcopal
congregation signed up! Contact info@nm-ipl.org if you
have questions.
Lenten Resources are available on the NMIPL website,
www.nm-ipl.org, including a downloadable and printable
Lenten Fast Calendar with suggestions for living out Lent
in positive and prayerful ways each day.
Santa Fe parishes join other faith communities at First
Presbyterian Church for breakfast and advocacy education
on Saturday, January 12 from 8-11.
Albuquerque parishes join other ordained and lay
faith leaders and people for a presentation by Larry
Rasmussen on his new book, Earth Honoring Faith: Earth
Ethics in a New Key. Tuesday, January 29, 11:30-1:00,
First Congregational Church (Lomas and Girard), lunch
provided, donations accepted.
NMIPL loves to share your good work with the
community. Let us know what you are doing. We also have
resources, and can offer programs and help for energy
assessments and solar installation, no-interest loan fund
for energy improvements and more. Contact us at 505-
266-6966 or info@nm-ipl.org.
Resources for Lenten Programs and More...
NMIPL has copies of Blessed Earth’s Guide Book and
DVD’s with 12 sessions on Hope for Creation and Hope
for Humanity by Matthew Sleeth. This is suitable adult (or
middle or high school). It could be utilized by Christian
denominations for Lent or any time of year.
NMIPL will have its Annual Lenten Carbon Fast Calendar
on the website by mid-December.
Lent 4.5 Christian Simplicity by the Passionist Earth & Spirit
Center is a Lenten Program for Protestant denominations
and Catholic communities. lent@earthandspiritcenter.org,
www.lent45.org
Resources from Earth Ministry for Lent and other times:
http://earthministry.org/resources/publications/simpler-livingcompassionate-life
http://earthministry.org/resources/publications/food-faith
http://earthministry.org/resources/publications/money-faith
List of free Lenten resources from Earth Ministry:
http://earthministry.org/resources/creation-devotions/lent

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IN THE
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
Honoring Sandy Hook Elementary Children
Wooden angel figures were placed
in a wooded area beside a road near
the Sandy Hook Elementary School
for the victims of a school shooting in
Newtown, Connecticut December 16,
2012. (Published by Episcopal News
Service: Credit: REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Honoring and Grieving
A Response to the Horror of Murdered Children
At 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 15, about 30 persons
gathered at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Santa Fe for
a service of mourning for the victims of the Sandy Hook
Elementary shootings.
“Deciding to have the Saturday service at St. Bede’s
to mourn and honor the victims of the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting had most to do with offering
the healing beauty of Episcopal Liturgy both to our own
members and to the public,” explained the Rev. Nicolette
Papanek, priest in charge at St. Bede’s. “And, to offer it
as soon as possible, rather than waiting until some time
deemed appropriate by others.
“I was struck in news coverage that while the first place
people went when the tragedy happened was to the
school, the second place they turned to was the church. For
many people, the church is the place they go to in crisis,”
the Rev. Papanek said. “I believe it represents a desire to
encounter the holy, to be comforted by something both
ancient and larger than we are, and to touch the eternal, if
only briefly. Unless the church offers something of value at
times like this, how can we expect people value us at other
times?
“A liturgy of deep and lasting value is what we tried to
offer to people in the service, using the ancient pattern of
Evening Prayer and incorporating contemporary words of
comfort, lament, and petition,” she said. “Jerry Nelson, our
music director, chose music that complemented our desire
for people be comforted in their sadness yet strengthened
for the work to come. In my brief homily, I admitted our
vulnerability, including the vulnerability of clergy, yet
challenged people to use this horrific event to co-create a
better future, placing ourselves in God’s hands yet keeping
our vision on a safe world for all children.”
The timbre of the service followed in the wake of the
officiant’s invocation of Psalm 139: “If I say, ‘Surely the
darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to
night,’ darkness is not dark to you, O Lord; the night is as
bright as the day; darkness and light to you are both alike.”
Using readings from the prophets, the liturgy invoked the
tribulations and the promise of salvation from the Hebrew
scriptures, and referenced the Gospel story of King Herod’s
slaughter of the innocents (Matthew 2:16-18).
Prayers invoked the grief felt throughout the nation, and
reflected in a Litany for a Great Tragedy written in 2007 by
the Rev. David Hicks, and published by The General Board
of Discipleship.
Sandy Hook Elementary
School shooting
[Wikipedia] On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old
Adam Peter Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six adult
staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in
the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Connecticut.
Before driving to the school, he had shot and killed his
mother, Nancy Lanza, at their nearby Newtown home.
After shooting the students and staff members, he
committed suicide.
The massacre was the second-deadliest school
shooting in United States history, after the 2007
Virginia Tech massacre; it was the second-deadliest
mass murder at an American elementary school, after
the Bath School bombings of 1927.
Statement by Bishop Vono:
I speak with a heavy heart as the Episcopal Diocese of
the Rio Grande prays for the families, children, teachers
and community affected by the tragedy at Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. While
no one can adequately express words of sympathy nor
explain these horrific actions, we strive to journey with
this community and offer our hearts and prayers.
One cannot escape the pain. We feel this tragedy in
our hearts and bodies since we are all bound by mutual
humanity, mutual pain, mutual tears. As a community, we
offer prayers of consolation, prayers of peace, and pray
that all those affected are surrounded by the consoling
presence of a gentle and peaceful God.
In the Christian faith, we have a knowing that children
hold a special place in the arms of the Lord. That is of
comfort as we walk with the nation over these next few
days.
It is also imperative, that we strive to change transform
our communities from violence to peace. Where no
individual nor family will awake worrying if a parent, child,
friend or relative is safe. A world where love is boundless
and violence is a thing of a long distance past.
We pray as one family “The Sovereign LORD will wipe
away the tears from all faces. (Isaiah 25:8)”
When my words fail, O Lord, may your Word speak.
Homily by the Rev. Nicolette Papanek
(reprinted with permission)
When my words fail, O Lord, may your Word speak.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit. AMEN.
It is at times like this that people look to their priests,
rabbis, imams, and other religious leaders. The challenge
this day is that those of us who are supposed to be religious
leaders are rendered speechless as well. What does one say
in the face of senseless violence? What does one say when
tears fall freely and hearts are broken? When the innocent
are slaughtered and no one has any explanation?
Our chief pastor of the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori, in her call to prayer said this,
“We grieve with the many families and friends touched
by this shooting in Connecticut. We mourn the loss of
lives so young and innocent. We grieve that the means
of death are so readily available to people who lack the
present capacity to find other ways of responding to their
own anger and grief. We know that God’s heart is broken
over this tragedy, and the tragedies that unfold each and
every day across this nation. And we pray that this latest
concentration of shooting deaths in one event will awaken
us to the unnoticed number of children and young people
who die senselessly across this land every day. More than
2,000 children and youth die from guns each year, more
than the soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Will you
pray and work toward a different future, the one the Bible’s
prophets dreamed of, where city streets are filled with
children playing in safety”
This is the vision our Hebrew Scripture reading give us from
the prophet Zephaniah, and Paul speaks of in his Letter to
the Philippians, a time to rejoice and exult. Yet today there
is little room in our hearts to rejoice and exult, instead, we
share the lament of those same prophets as we cry, “How
long, O Lord, how long?
John the Baptist leaps into our vision crying, “You brood of
vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Bear fruits worthy of repentance.” Bearing these fruits of
repentance is what we are called to do. No longer can we
stand idly by because those are someone else’s children.
Those children in Connecticut are our children. Those
children are the ones from whom we can no longer flee.
They are the ones with hollow, frightened eyes, calling us to
make their world a place of love and safety.
And so, who among us will rise up as not only the prophets
but also the healers of this day? The healers who will reach
out to all those who are in pain and see violence as the only
answer? Who among us will gather and pray, gather and
sing, gather and work, for healing our hurting and broken
world. No longer must we allow parents to weep for their
children. No longer must we let children weep from hunger
or cold or loneliness or fright or abuse.
And while we work for these things, remember this:
“Nothing is lost on the breath of God, nothing is lost for
ever; God’s breath is love, and that love will remain, holding
the world for ever. No feather too light, no hair too fine, no
flower too brief in its glory; no drop in the ocean, no dust in
the air, but is counted and told in God’s story.” AMEN.

IN THE
15
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
Save the
Date!!
Youth and Young
Adult Conference
The Diocese of the Rio Grande presents
The first Youth & Young Adult Leadership Conference,
which will be April 5th through 7th at the Bosque Center in Albuquerque.
The conference will be led by Mr. Matt Blank, who is the
Youth Missioner for the Diocese of Texas.
Matt’s leadership will guide participants to focus on start-up ministries to youth,
as well as enhancing established youth programs. The conference also will present
a special component dedicated to Campus and Young Adult Ministry.
Details of costs and housing will follow soon,so please save the date on your calendars.
Information requests and questions should be directed to the
Rev. Canon Kathleene McNellis at 505.881.0636, kmcnellis@dioceserg.org.

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IN THE
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE RIO GRANDE
Diocese Bids Farewell to Fr. Tarbell
It is with great sadness that Bishop Michael
Vono announces the passing of our brother
and fellow Priest, The Rev. Canon Al Tarbell.
Canon Tarbell entered the
heavenly kingdom one day
shy of his103rd birthday.
He rejoices in the company
of Angels and held in the
loving arms of Christ. As
we remember his life and
ministry, please keep his
niece Caroline in your
prayers.
Fr. Tarbell was born in
Bangor, Maine, on December
26, 1909, and lived into
the promise of the 20th Century, following
three career paths. His first career was in
live theater and acting. His second career in
military intelligence followed the outbreak
of World War II, and eventually led to his
assignment at Sandia Base, Albuquerque.
In 1954 while at Sandia, he was recruited
by the Episcopal chaplain to help organize
a church in the Northeast
Heights. His efforts and those
of his wife, Mabelle, who
played the organ, led him to
follow a call to ministry. He
received his Master of Divinity
from General Theological
Seminary in New York, and
returned to Albuquerque to the
Cathedral of St. John. He later
founded St. Aidan’s Episcopal
Church (now St. Mary’s) in the
Northeast Heights.
Fr. Tarbell retired in 1978, and remained
active at the Cathedral of St. John until recent
years. Services for Fr. Tarbell were held at 1
p.m. Sunday, December 30, at the Cathedral
of St. John.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Mission of St. Chad’s:
TO PROCLAIM the Good News of Salvation through our Lord, Jesus Christ;
TO EMPOWER God’s people to promote His Kingdom by fulfilling their Baptismal Covenant;
TO WORSHIP God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; and
TO SHOW FORTH God’s prophetic and reconciling love to one another and to the world.
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