07/01/2009
La Trinidad a downtown blessing
By Greta Huls/Canon for Communications
People of all ages dip their fingers in the baptismal font on the way out of Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix after its Spanish service on June 28. Greta Huls/Diocese of Arizona
PHOENIX - As I sat in the front pew, I closed my eyes and let the sounds of the familiar service wash over me. I was at peace, even though I didn't understand a single word (other than during the announcements: mucho spagetti and mucho macarrones y queso).
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06/29/2009
Episcopal Church Strategic Planning Committee survey available in Spanish, French, English
By Neva Rae Fox/TEC Public Affairs Officer
The Strategic Planning Committee survey is now available in Spanish and French, as well as for downloading, printing, and returning by mail.
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06/25/2009
Clergy opposed to immigration bill are asked to leave Senate
By Daniel Scarpinato/Arizona Daily Star
Dems also walk out after dust-up with panel's chairman
PHOENIX — A group of religious activists were told to leave the state Senate Tuesday after they sought to voice their opposition to a bill designed to get local law enforcement to act on federal immigration laws.
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06/23/2009
Students say the darnedest things...
By Matt Marino/Canon for Youth and Young Adults
PRESCOTT - Camps for junior high and senior high students are winding down ... and gearing up for the younger crowd. The Diocese funds Chapel Rock which has kept Diocesan youth (and adults) cool since 1931.
Things students said about this summer’s Chapel Rock camps:
I will remember this week forever.
The talks were really inspirational. I actually paid attention.
It’s like a concert when we sing.
The small groups gave us time to talk things through and help each other out.
I love the prayer stations.
Our Cabin Times (cabin discussions) were awesome!
My counselor was awesome!
The music was awesome!
Chapel Rock really, legitly, rocks.
I was raised not going to church. As soon as I get home I am making my family go to church.
Make it longer. Please.
I love Chapel Rock.
Indescribable. Life Changing.
Probably the best week yet.
I am so coming back.
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06/16/2009
Two from Arizona graduate from Seminary of the Southwest
By Bob Kinney/Seminary of the Southwest
The Rev. Peter Fabre of St. Andrew's, Glendale, former Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Arizona, The Rev. Canon C.K. Robertson, and The Rev. Julie O’Brien of Church of the Holy Spirit, Phoenix, gather at the May 12 commencement at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. Bob Kinney/Seminary of the Southwest
AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Revs. Julie O’Brien and Peter Fabre are recent graduates of Seminary of the Southwest.
O’Brien, ordained to the priesthood June 13 and serving now at Church of the Holy Spirit, Phoenix, received the master of divinity degree. Ordained to the diaconate June 6, Fabre is at St. Andrew’s, Glendale and is completing a clinical pastoral education program this summer.
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06/14/2009
Navajoland convocation approve plan for September election
By The Rev. Pat McCaughan/Episcopal News Service
The Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald of Navajoland and The Rev. Canon David Bailey of the Diocese of Utah talk June 14 during the 33rd annual Convocation of the Episcopal Church in Navajoland. The Rev. Dick Snyder/Diocese of Utah
FORT DEFIANCE, ARIZ. - Delegates to the 33rd annual Convocation of the Episcopal Church in Navajoland June 12-14 overwhelmingly approved creation of a leadership conference to facilitate the elections of an interim bishop in September and a Navajo, or Diné, bishop for Navajoland, an area mission of The Episcopal Church, by 2013.
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06/08/2009
Episcopal Migration Ministries June 19 live webcast to discuss World Refugee Day with Presiding Bishop, Connecticut Bishop, panel
By The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs
A June 19 live webcast sponsored by Episcopal Migration Ministries and the Office of Communication will focus on World Refugee Day and will examine the plight of today’s refugees.
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06/08/2009
Bailey recommended as Navajoland bishop
By Greta Huls/Canon for Communications
SALT LAKE CITY - In a letter dated May 28, The Rt. Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah announced that The Rev. Canon David E. Bailey, formerly of St. Stephen's, Phoenix has been recommended by The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori to serve as Bishop of Navajoland.
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06/02/2009
Learn online with CALL this summer
By Center For Anglican Learning & Leadership
Learn Online with CALL this Summer
challenge your mind
nurture your spirit
engage the world
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05/27/2009
Welcoming people with disabilities: Our joy and delight
By The Rev. Canon Timothy Dombek
‘Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.’ Mark 9:37
Sixteen years ago this fall, our son, Jonathan, our only child, was born with Down Syndrome. The gift of his birth into our lives has been nothing less than an epiphany, an eye-opening revelation of a population to whom many, if not most of our churches are unprepared (or more likely, inadequately prepared) to serve. As a parent of a child with a permanent, lifelong disability, sometimes just getting basic services or simple approvals for your child’s participation in “normal” activities can be arduous. Social service agencies, schools, employers and other organizations swing between being a champion of your rights—or your child’s rights—and being the barrier to a better life, education or therapy—sometimes all in the same week. The last place from whom families like ours need to deal with resistance is the church. But even the church is not above resisting the changes needed to accommodate people or children with disabilities.
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