eConnections - February 23, 2025
eConnections
The Weekend of the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
February 23, 2025
Palms to Ashes.
If you still have palm fronds from last year’s Palm Sunday service, please bring them on or before next Sunday so we can transform them into ashes for this year’s Ash Wednesday services on March 5.
Winter Walk Thank you.
Many thanks to all who supported Team Cathedral for St. Margaret’s House’s annual Winter Walk. Your contributions (so far) have totaled $875, and the total amount donated thus far to St. Margaret’s House from this year’s Winter Walk is $102,351. Wow!
Pizza Night.
Who’s up for some old school pizza? Join us this coming Thursday, February 27 at 6 pm at Rocco’s: South Bend’s First Original Pizza! Sign up at the back of the Church or send an email to Fr. Brian at dean@stjamessouthbend.org to let him know you’re coming.
Adult Forum.
February 23rd @ 9:15 am Sisters of the Holy Cross
Join us as we welcome a couple of the Sisters of the Holy Cross for a discussion of their lives, faith and mission at Saint Mary's College, and throughout the world.
March 2nd @ 9:15 am Through the Years: Flower Bells
As part of our much anticipated longing for Spring, we will gather with Catherine Craker and Fr. Mark for the making of our flower bells.
March 9th @ 9:15 am Challenging the Systems of Our Beliefs (Part 2)
On Sunday, March 9, Cathedral Administrator Canon Joe Anand-Obleton will present “Challenging the Systems of Our Beliefs: Part Two.” In this series, we are called to contemplate the roots of our beliefs (why we believe what we believe). Discussions will encourage us to spread this knowledge and promote just peace. Attendance at Part 1 is not necessary to join us for Part 2.
Ecumenical Bible Study.
This long-running, community-wide bible study group will dive into the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel According to Luke on Sunday, March 2, at 12:30 pm in the Cathedral Conference Room. All are welcome.
Mardi Gras Celebration.
St. Michael’s & All Angels Episcopal Church invites all to join them for a fun night of fun, music, laughs, face masks, necklaces and food on March 1, 2025 from 4 to 7 p.m. They will be serving jambalaya, shrimp, rice, salad, drinks, beignets, and king cake. Presale tickets for a bowl is $8 and a full meal is $11, while tickets at the door are $10 and $14, respectively. For futher information or questions, please call (574) 360-3416.
Lent 2025.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday: March 5. Holy Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes will be offered at 7 am (spoken, Rite One) and 7 pm (choral, Rite Tw0). Just a reminder that Ash Wednesday is appointed as a day of fasting, which I will say more about next week.
Lent is 40-day season in which the faithful are encouraged to disciplines of special acts of devotion and self-denial intended to draw us nearer in faith to God. We are once again offering several opportunities for personal and corporate observance of a holy Lent.
Let Us Pray: Call to Common Prayer. Continuing last year's practice, we are hoping to open the Cathedral for prayer every day during Lent. Volunteer officiants, readers, and musicians are needed lead the Daily Office. Click here to view the schedule and sign up. Click here for the readings and collects appointed for each service.
40 Days through Isaiah & Luke. A daily discipline of Scripture reading through the book of the prophet Isaiah and the Gospel according to Luke. Click here for the reading schedule.
A Lenten Century. Exercise is a great opportunity for contemplation and prayer. The Lenten Century is both an invitation and challenge to keep moving. 100 miles, 100 kilometers, or whatever number is right for you, let's get up and get going walking, running, cycling, swimming, or anything else. Click here for a Lenten Century log sheet.
Living Matthew 25. This community-wide effort offers dozens of opportunities from a host of sponsors from which to pick and choose. The Living Matthew 25 schedule is available here and is posted at several places at the Cathedral of Saint James.
Lent Madness. Learn saints whose faith has been an example and inspiration for generations of Christians in this wonderful, whimsical March-Madness style bracket featuring 32 notable faithful followers of Jesus as they vie for the "Golden Halo." Click here for the Lent Madness website.
Trivia Night Thanks!
We squeezed lots of people into the Cathedral nave Friday evening for a wonderful, successful trivia night. The Notre Dame Registrars, featuring Christopher & Andrew Hillak, Clay & Sherry Berkley, and trio of ringer couples recruited from Notre Dame by Mr. C. Hillak were the evening's top point-getters. Congratulations! A great time was had by all AND we collected just over $375 for Habitat for Humanity. Thank you so much to Kim & Tim Gray for organizing 10 rounds of trivial fun and to Kirk Philippsen for setting up and - with an assist from Matthew Worns - tearing down. Next year in Cathedral Hall!
Story & Song.
Event information and registration will be released in a separate eConnections email early this week. Watch for it in your inbox!
Saturday, March 29 @ 7:30 pm
Faculty conductor Cynthia Katsarelis from Notre Dame’s Sacred Music program leads a special collaboration with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and South African soprano Goitsemang Lehobye. The program features Nkeiru Okoye’s Songs of Harriet Tubman and Louise Farrenc’s Third Symphony. There will be a pre-concert conversation at 6:30.
For more information and tickets, please click here.
Cathedral
Calendar
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Sunday, February 23
The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist: Rite One
9:15 am
Growing in Our Worship
Story Makers
Adult Forum
10:30 am
Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
11:45 am
Hospitality
12:00 pm
Youth Group
Monday, February 24
Saint Matthias the Apostle
Cathedral Office: Closed
6:00 pm
Education for Ministry
Tuesday, February 25
Emily Malbone Morgan
Cathedral Office: 9 am - 1:30 pm
No Events Scheduled
Wednesday, February 26
Photini
Cathedral Office: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
2:00 pm
Clergy & Lay Leader Touchbase
7:00 pm
Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, February 27
George Herbert
Cathedral Office: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
6:00 pm
Pizza Night
Friday, February 28
Anna Julia Haywood Cooper
Cathedral Office: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
12:05 pm
Holy Eucharist
1:00 pm
Community Lunch at Grill 362
Saturday, March 1
David of Wales
No Events Scheduled
Sunday, March 2
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist: Rite One
9:15 am
Through the Years: Flower Bells
10:30 am
Holy Baptism & Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
Sloane Madden Drendall
11:45 am
Hospitality
12:00 pm
Youth Group
12:30 pm
Ecumenical Bible Study
Looking Ahead
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, March 5
Story & Song Parish Retreat
Friday, March 21 & Saturday, March 22
Dining Out Group
Thursday, March 27
Collect for the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
(February 23)
O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing: Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Feb 24 Erica Vitale
Feb 26 Jeff Marchant
Feb 26 Louise McCrea
Feb 26 Aubree Schenkel
Feb 28 Daniel Kallenberg
Remembering also those who have gone
into the nearer presences of God:
Feb 23 Fr. James Slack (88)
Cathedral Prayer List
For the repose of the soul of Tammy, daughter of Tony Molnar; and for Tony and his family.
For Siberina Taylor (for strength to forgive herself for her past and how it's affected her children and for healing)
For Juan Jacob Allen Obleton (for strength to overcome addiction and to be a father to his daughter)
For the repose of the soul of Robert Snyder, husband of Fr. Brian's cousin Terri (Sell) Snyder; and for Terri and their family.
For the repose of the soul of Julie Mrozek (Holy Trinity), and her daughter, Andrea and son, Mark.
For the repose of the soul of Thecla Nowicki (Holy Trinity).
For Anne (for healing)
For the repose of the soul of Loren Van Oort.
For James Ellar, high school classmate of Mike Jaworski, who has a recurrence of cancer.
For Greg, cousin of Alison Grantz, whose leukemia prognosis is now, sadly, terminal following two unsuccessful bone marrow transplants. Please pray for Alison's mother, Cheryl, and the Gotsch family.
For Kali Walters, granddaughter of Nan Noecker
For Janet Subbert, aunt of Nan Noecker
For Karen Slack and John Slack
For the family of David and Tiffany Robinson
For Rose Tinder-O’Brien
Josh Young, Kerrin Young, and Violet Young
For Tim Lane and Dan (sons-in-law of Karen Slack) who are recovering from surgery and for Corrine, Tim’s wife.
For Elaine Mick
For the Proffitt Family and for the Hillman Family
Ann and Bill Young
Corey Davis and Kenya Pearson
Steven Mast
Mary Brooks
Jamie, Mimi, Joely, Mia, and the entire Jeter Family
Bill Jones and his family
For Mary Beth Wright
Sharon Toth, and for the entire extended Sobecki Family
Kathleen Murphy, mother of Jen Mosley; and for Richard Murphy Jr., Richard Murphy III, and for Jill Bird
Mary M. Burman
Carolynn Raney
For Carl and Melinda Stopczynski; and for Alison Abbot -- cousins/extended family of Mike & Lisa Jaworski
For Joan Machatton
Jennifer & Mike Mosley
Jim Arns
For Cindy Ahlgrim
For Joni Carlson, who continues treatment of an ongoing issue
For Mike Jaworski and for Lisa.
For Michael, son of Diane Hoist, and his family.
For Joseph Hilliard
For Tim Haywood, and Janice
Fred & Kate Mast
Wade & Sue Sheets
Paula Fowler
Canon Tina Velthuizen's grand-nephew, Jordan, who is struggling
Connor Gibbons
Olivia, who has leukemia, and her family
Sheila & family
Alan Thompson
Peju, Bunmi, and the Okanlami family
Dan & Gail Mandell
Ron Gunn
Alissa Broussara
Cherryl Andries
Becky Ballentine
Marge Johnson
Jo Dorsch
Sharron McGowan
Joyce Marchant
Fr. Paul Tracy
Richard Bitner
Al Caparell; Tony Lemna; Mike; Denise & Demetrius
For those expecting children: Connor Wilson and Genesis Dylewski
For those preparing for Holy Baptism: Sloane Drendall, daughter of Megan & Phil Drendall; Grayson Woodruff, son of Lesley & Ryan Woodruff.
For those preparing for Holy Orders: Nan Noecker, diaconate
How may we pray for you? To add (or remove) a petition from the Cathedral Prayer List, please send an email to Deacon Clay Berkley. If you are requesting prayer for someone else, please make sure you have their permission to add their name and any details to the prayer list.
Ministries
February 23, 2025
8:00 am
Lector Volunteer Needed
Eucharistic Minister Volunteer Needed
10:30 am
Lectors Julie Martindale & Kirk Philippsen
Acolytes Bear Kallenberg, Scottie Peters, Cynthia Katsarelis
Eucharistic Ministers Mary Beth Wright & Betsy VanderBurg
Ushers Deborah Drendall & Nicole Pinter
Hospitality Host Daughters of the King
February 25
Counters Liz Burman & Donna Woods
February 28
Folder Peg Swadener
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