eConnections - March 2, 2025
eConnections
The Weekend of the Last Sunday after the Epiphany
March 2, 2025
Palms to Ashes.
If you still have palm fronds from last year’s Palm Sunday service, please bring them this Sunday so we can transform them into ashes for this year’s Ash Wednesday services on March 5.
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.
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).
Ash Wednesday is one of two appointed fast days in the Episcopal calendar (the other being Good Friday). By denying ourselves food, our physical hunger becomes a tangible sign of our spiritual hunger for God. A fast can be a total fast during which you eat nothing until the end of the fast (usually after the 7 pm Ash Wednesday service), or a partial or limited fast, during which you either eat minimally or simply. Those who need to eat on a regular basis for health reasons should consider this discipline carefully, perhaps choosing the simple approach rather than the total or partial approach. In any case, no one should fast from drinking water.
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: Called 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.
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.
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.
Photo Gallery.
Pizza Night.
Rocco's was a little raucous for a Thursday night, but we had a great time nonetheless. The Dining Out Group will gather in March and the next Pizza Night will happen in late April. Pizzeria suggestions are most welcome!
Construction.
Top Left: Look closely and you'll see an elevator taking shape in the addition. Top Right: The ceiling in the front stairwell to Cathedral Hall has now been drywalled and mudded. Bottom: The administrator's work station was constructed this week.
Cathedral
Calendar
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
Monday, March 3
John & Charles Wesley
Cathedral Office: Closed
6:00 pm
Education for Ministry
Tuesday, March 4
Shrove Tuesday
Cathedral Office: 9 am - 1:30 pm
No Events Scheduled
Wednesday, March 5
Ash Wednesday
Cathedral Office: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
7:00 am
Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes
Spoken, Rite One
7:00 pm
Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes
Choral, Rite Two
Thursday, March 6
Cathedral Office: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
8:00 am
Morning Prayer
Friday, March 7
Perpetua & Felicity
Cathedral Office: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
12:05 pm
Holy Eucharist
1:00 pm
Community Lunch at Grill 362
Saturday, March 8
9:00 am
Morning Prayer
Sunday, March 9
The First Sunday in Lent
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 am
Spring Forward one hour
8:00 am
The Great Litany &
Holy Eucharist: Rite One
9:15 am
Growing in Our Worship
Story Makers
Adult Forum
10:30 am
The Great Litany &
Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
11:45 am
Hospitality
12:00 pm
Youth Group
Looking Ahead
Fr. Brian will be out of the office March 10-12 to attend the joint Northern Indiana / Indianapolis clergy retreat and March 13-15 for family matters.
Daylight Saving Time
begins Sunday, March 9 at 2 am
when we spring forward one hour
Story & Song Parish Retreat
Friday, March 21 & Saturday, March 22
Dining Out Group
Thursday, March 27
Collect for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany
(March 2)
O God, who before the passion of your only begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Mar 3 Anna Saar
Mar 4 Margaret Karcher
Mar 4 Benjamin Saar
Mar 5 Corin Chapman
Mar 5 Donna Richardson
Mar 8 Becky Ballentine
Mar 8 Elaine Mick
Remembering also those who have gone
into the nearer presences of God:
Mar 6 George Kline (103)
Cathedral Prayer List
For the repose of the soul of Tammy, daughter of Tony Molnar; and for Tony and his family.
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, for her daughter, Andrea, and for her son, Mark.
For the repose of the soul of Thecla Nowicki
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 Marci & Kevin, friends of Patty Hans
For Anne
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 Kali Walters, granddaughter of Nan Noecker
Janet Subbert, aunt of Nan Noecker
For Karen Slack and John Slack
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
Tony Molnar
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
March 2, 2025
8:00 am
Lector Jane Hunter
Eucharistic Minister Volunteer Needed
10:30 am
Lectors Celeste Hilliard & Christopher Hillak
Acolytes Cynthia Katsarelis, Bear Kallenberg, Scottie Peters
Eucharistic Ministers Kirk Philippsen & Mary Beth Wright
Ushers Deborah Drendall & Erica Vitale
Hospitality Host Rhonda Culbertson
March 4
Counters Rick Hilliard & Nan Noecker
March 7
Folder Peg Swadener