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DioCal bids bon voyage to Heminger |
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Written by Francesca Pera
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 |
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In the Diocese of California we abide by the Associated Press’ style guidelines in this and other publications. This article is an exception.  Anyone who has had trouble registering for events on the www.diocal.org website, or who has discovered glaring mistakes in DioBytes, has probably communicated with diocesan communications associate Anne Heminger. Although Anne is rarely the source of such troubles, she has frequently helped many to navigate the sometimes-difficult technologies at the Diocese of California. To those of you who have had the opportunity to work closely with Anne, we are sorry to say that she’s leaving the diocese to conduct graduate studies in musicology at Clare College, Cambridge.
Anne is a remarkably brilliant young woman and was one of 30 scholars out of 800 applicants to receive a Gates Foundation scholarship for her graduate studies. She plans to focus her studies at Clare on Reformation music and her current musical knowledge is nothing less than encyclopedic.
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New dean of Grace Cathedral writes first letter to Cathedral community |
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Written by Anne Heminger
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
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 Dear Friends,
It is with enormous pleasure that I write this first letter to you as your new Dean. It has been a great privilege for me to be in this discernment process over the last 15 months or so, and it is now with joy, gratitude and excitement that I anticipate joining you all in a few months. Thank you for the many kind emails and notes I have received from so many of you.
First and foremost, I look forward to praying with you and getting to know you. That takes time; as we get to know each other and build relationships of trust, my belief is that we will begin to forge together a vision for Grace Cathedral. I believe we can be a house of prayer for all people in our twenty first-century context, and a leading center of liturgy and music, love and service, thoughtful faith and inspiring conversation for the city of San Francisco and the Bay Area -- and for the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.
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Diocese celebrates 40th anniversary of Pride |
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Written by the Rev. Tom Jackson
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 |
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Episcopalians across the Bay Area celebrated Pride this June with a month-long series of stories, lectures, movies and raising the rainbow flag high above St. Paul’s, Oakland. Our celebration culminated Sunday, June 27 as more than 100 people joined in our open air Pride Eucharist on Beale Street. The Rt. Rev Marc Andrus presided, the Rt. Rev. Mark Holmerud, bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America preached, and the Rev. Nancy Feniuk Nelson, Bishop Holmerud's associate, assisted. Oasis president the Rev. Tom Jackson served as deacon and Dan Burner assisted at the altar. |
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Grace Cathedral Names Jane Alison Shaw as its Eighth Dean |
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Written by Sean McConnell
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Friday, 25 June 2010 |
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On June 25, Grace Cathedral’s Board of Trustees by unanimous roll call vote enthusiastically approved the nomination of the Rev Canon Dr Jane Alison Shaw as the eighth dean of Grace Cathedral. She was nominated by the Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus after an extensive search process. “Jane Shaw’s spiritual depth, commitment to the Gospel, theological vision and leadership skills make her uniquely qualified to help guide Grace Cathedral into its second century,” said the Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop of California. Dr. Shaw joins Grace Cathedral from the University of Oxford in England where she has served as the Dean of Divinity and a Fellow of New College, Oxford. In addition, she has taught history and theology at the university Read more at www.GraceCathedral.org. |
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St. Clement's, a history and a romance |
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Written by Anne Heminger
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
 In his preface to the first edition of Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman wrote, “As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.” A quaint thought, yes, and one that I recall only rarely, as I did upon receiving the new book Saint Clement’s Episcopal Church: The First 100 Years 1908 – 2008.
Now a church history is a sticky thing. When you have scores of families and generation-upon-generation of tales re-told, agreements about the past are uncommon at best. And after 100 years, prudence is a necessity when deciding which stories to pass along. |
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