It has been very exciting to return to day-to-day life at the Cathedral following my summer away. It is immediately clear that both the staff and lay leadership really stepped up to the plate during my absence. Far more than keeping things running, they made some thoughtful changes and innovations. This is a tribute to the dedication and skill of our volunteer and professional leadership, and I am sure that the presence of my esteemed predecessor, Dean David Lowry served as a catalyst to this process. More than any other time in my tenure, I experience this community to be vibrant, energetic and brimming with creativity.

Fundamentally the Church seeks to know Christ and to make Him known, and we do this best when there are many people who feel empowered to create and lead ministries. In the current Cathedral environment, being the Dean is more akin to conducting a symphony of talented musicians than being a single performer on center stage, and this is very satisfying.

I have said before that Church membership is a nebulous creature in our time. Suffice it to say that if you are reading these words and you consider yourself part of the Cathedral Community, I am grateful to have you, and hopeful that you will both participate in and financially support our common life to the extent that you are able. Everything that we do depends upon the gracious generosity of the people of God, and in Him the possibilities are endless.

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All Saints’ DayAll Faithful Departed & All Saints’ Sunday

All Saints’ Day is Saturday, November 1. Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 AM in the Chapel.

We will collect names beginning October 12 on sheets in the back of the cathedral and chapel for the annual reading of the necrology during the All Faithful Departed or All Souls’ Day Eucharist at 12:15 PM on Monday, November 3, in the chapel.

All Saints’ Sunday is November 2 and is an opportunity for Holy Baptism at the 10 o’clock Eucharist.

Lectionary Texts(Sunday Readings)

October 5Isaiah 5:1-7

Psalm 80:7-14Philippians 3:4b-14Matthew 21:33-46

October 12Isaiah 25:1-9

Psalm 23Philippians 4:1-9Matthew 22:1-14

October 19Isaiah 45:1-7Psalm 96:1-9

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10Matthew 22:15-22

October 26Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18

Psalm 11 Thessalonians 2:1-8Matthew 22:34-46

Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana

The Right Reverend Morris K. Thompson, Jr., Bishop

Christ Church Cathedral

The Very Reverend David A. duPlantier, Dean

The Reverend Steven M. Roberts, CanonThe Reverend W. Gedge Gayle, Jr.,

Priest AssociateThe Reverend Travers C. Koerner,

Priest AssociateThe Venerable Priscilla G. Maumus,

DeaconThe Reverend Bridget K. Tierney,

Director of Advent HouseMr. Jarrett R. Follette, Canon PrecentorMs. Lisa Wilkie, Parish Administrator

Ms. Carol Butcher, Executive Assistant to the Dean

Ms. Suzette Follette, Parish Secretary & Wedding Coordinator

Mr. Aymen Ammari, SextonMs. Tania Sabillon, Sexton

Mr. Manny Garcia, Sunday SextonMs. Sharon Henry, Nursery WorkerMs. Karen Landry, Nursery Worker

Ms. Jeanette Gilmore-Burrell,Nursery Worker

Weekly LiturgiesSundays

7:30 AM ~ The Holy Eucharist (Spoken)1928 Prayer Book

10:00 AM ~ The Holy Eucharist (Sung)Rite II (Rite I in Lent)

6:00 PM ~ The Holy Eucharist (Sung)Real Presence

Weekdays (M-F)12:15 PM ~ The Holy Eucharist

Saturdays9:30 AM ~ The Holy Eucharist (Spoken)

Rite I

Honorary CanonsNon-Residentiary

The Reverend S. Chad JonesMr. David R. Pitts

The Reverend E. Mark Stevenson

Vestry

2015Jim Buck, Dick Moreland

Lisa Sibal, Bill Soileau

2016Chris Beary (Treasurer), Sam Buckley

(Secretary)Julio Figueroa (Senior Warden)

2017Mikey Corcoran,

Sandy Jackson (Junior Warden)Karen Whitfield

2018Kendall Genre, Jesse George

Lawrence Marrione, Rick Mithun

Christ Church Cathedral2919 Saint Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana 70115504.895.6602

504.895.6662 (fax)http://cccnola.org

Submissions for Cathedral publications are always welcome.

*Items for the October, 2014 issue of The Canticle are due October 13.

Please e-mail articles tocanticle@cccnola.org.

Send photos tophotos@cccnola.org

Sunday bulletin and/or weekly e-blast announcements should be submitted

before noon on Tuesdays to canticle@cccnola.org.

Sunday Morning 10 AM EucharistLive Broadcast on WGSO 990 AM

Radio. Online streaming and downloadable

podcast at www.wgso.com Broadcasts underwritten in part by

St. Martin’s Episcopal School.

to Alice & Frank for providing this much-requested as-sistance!

If you have other questions, call Diane Piret at 504-394-1227 (email: dapiret@aol.com) or Alice Hopkins at 512-0696 (email: grits736@hotmail.com)

While bags are certainly welcome, if you have boxes to pack your treasures in (or put bags into a box) that would be helpful since boxes are easier for us to stack. If not, that’s OK—we reuse the bags at the sale too! This is a “Green” event that “recycles” all your stuff!

If you have a little time, we sure can use your help the week before the sale for set up. We very much need volunteers during the set-up week (October 6 –10). Even if you only have one afternoon or a few hours some mornings, we’ll be glad to have you join us. Can’t do lifting? That’s OK—we have lots of sit down jobs. Can only help during “retail” hours? We need “sales associates” and cashiers Friday 4-6 and Saturday 8 - 12! Just let Diane or Alice know that you’d like to participate, and we’ll remind you as the time ap-proaches. Please remember this event isn’t just a fundraiser, but helps our neighbors acquire things they need at a frac-tion of the cost of new in the stores. (And YOU benefit by having tidy closets, a tax deduction and perhaps some new friends!)

As has become our Thrift Sale Team tradition, the Sale helps fund Christ Church Cathedral needs and, at the Dean’s re-quest, we will continue to underwrite the Cathedral’s costs of our important Sunday coffee hour hospitality ministry. (While our parishioners generously furnish the food, other items – the coffee, sugar, napkins, etc. – are not covered by donations.) A portion of the proceeds will also go to the New Orleans Mission.

Rummage isn’t your “thing”? Monetary donations towards our goals are very welcome. Make check out to CCC and designate Thrift Sale in the memo section.)

Whether donating mer-chandise and/or volun-teering your time and talent, this event can’t happen without you.

Thanks for all your sup-port!!!

Annual Thrift SaleThe Annual CCC Thrift Sale Is Only Weeks Away!

NOW is the time to clean out your closets, cabinets and cubbies!!

The CCC Annual Thrift Sale will be held on Saturday, Oc-tober 12, and we will start the much anticipated weekday merchandise collection beginning Tuesday, September 2. We also continue to accept items on Sunday mornings, be-fore/after the 10:00 AM service. (Please remember that on Sundays there is no staff available to assist.)

Beginning September 3, the weekday drop off schedule is:Monday

2:00 PM – 4:00 PMTuesday - Friday

10:00 AM until 12:00 noon and2:00 PM until 4:30 PM

Please make note of these times. We appreciate your coop-eration in respecting the lunch hour exclusion. If you will need help unloading, please call ahead (895-6602) to make an appointment so someone will be readily available to as-sist you. (Sometimes the appropriate staff members are tied up in a project, and we don’t want you to have to wait for an extended period of time.)

We store items behind the tall red screens in the back of Stuart Hall, so please be prepared to pull up to the Sixth Street door or the back parking lot for easy off-loading. It will expedite things if you call ahead so staff can unlock either the back gate or the Sixth Street door for you. If you only have a few things and don’t mind carrying them back to the Hall, then just come on in the front during drop off hours.

Not sure if your treasures are right for the CCC Thrift Sale??? We can use pretty much any items you have that are in good shape. ( But we can’t sell used underwear, used computer parts or mattresses.) Housewares, appliances, books, jewelry, videos, DVDs, children’s items, bric a brac, musical instruments, silver, gold, china, toys, working elec-tronics, linens, blankets, clean clothing, belts, ties, handbags, luggage, artwork, tools, pool & patio items, holiday items, Mardi Gras beads, furniture, etc. Receipts for tax deduc-tions will be available.

PICK-UP SERVICE AVAILABLE – Alice and Frank Hopkins have a small truck and have volunteered to help with your larger items (in the metro N.O. area.) We have limited storage space, so we’ll begin accepting large and furniture items after Labor Day. Frank can only pick up by appointment (he does have another, paying job!), so please call Alice at 512-0696 to make arrangements. Many thanks

Introduction to Centering Prayer

Saturday, October 4, 2014 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Advent House1637 Seventh Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115

(Behind the Cathedral on the corner of 7th and Carondelet)

Presented by Deacon Maggie Dawson

A Facilitator for Contemplative Outreach, Ltd.

Come learn and experience the foundational teachings of the basic steps for practicing centering prayer and learn how to respond to thoughts, feelings, and other distractions which affect all practitioners.

Suggested Donation of $10 will be collected at the door

To register or ask questions please contact Dick Moreland at dickmoreland@aol.com or 301-537-1065 or

The Rev. William Thiele, Ph.D. at william.thiele56@gmail.com or 504-899-3431, Director of the School for Contemplative Living (www.thescl.net)

Space is limited. Please register early.

This Workshop will be followed by 6 weekly sessions that will provide an opportunity for further input to increase your understanding of

Centering Prayer through practice, DVD’s, books and discussion.

The Workshop sponsored by Advent House (A ministry of Christ Church Cathedral)

and The School for Contemplative Living

Since 2010, Christ Church Cathedral has collaborated with its neighbors in Faubourg Delassize to carry out the GREAT PUMPKIN PARADE. Prior to this partner-ship, many families would travel into the Garden District on Halloween to Trick-or-Treat. The Faubourg Delassize community was dealing with a crime epidemic and many residents did not feel comfortable walking the streets of their own neighborhood at night. The Faubourg Delassize Neighborhood Association came up the idea of doing a safe route for trick-or-treating and having an ending celebra-tion at a trusted location...which became Christ Church Cathedral! The Cathedral had already become home to nu-merous community meetings and Cathedral parishioners also donated candy and their time to help make the first event a success. And a success it was!

Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative

This summer, Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative hosted the a six session Cooking Matters course! Thanks to a generous donation from Second Harvest Food Bank, this course is totally free to all participants. Cooking Mat-ters aims to teach participants to cook tasty and healthy meals on a budget. Each class features one recipe, and at the end participants receive all of the ingredients to replicate the meal at home! The first class made healthy mini-piz-zas with English muffins, veggies, and fresh basil from the Faubourg Delassize Community Garden! Participants also had great and informative discussions about making healthy lifestyle choices – a dialogue that continued throughout the entire course. We experienced high attendance throughout the session and ended with one last cooking class and a ceremony where participants were awarded certificates of completion. Thank you so much to Christ Church Ca-thedral for providing kitchen and meeting space! What a difference it makes having great facilities being offered by a generous congregation! Be on the lookout for the next round of classes!!!

in a concert celebrating the life of Patrick F. Taylor

on Thursday, November 6 at 6:30 PMat Saint Louis Cathedral.

Admission is free.

Choir to sing with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

Altar Flower Donations

Thanks to all of you who have donated flowers for the cathedral and chapel. There are still opportunities for you to donate flowers in memory or thanksgiving of loved ones. Please sign up on the sheet in Stuart Hall or for more information, contact Sue Blank-ingship - phone 885-0773 or wyattpump1@aol.com.

Parents’ Night Out

A great opportunity for a few hours …for a quiet dinner? …or errands? …or just peace and quiet?

Friday night – October 17 6pm - 9 pm.

We will provide for your children: dinner, a time to play, do crafts & other activities.

Cost: Free

Please use the back entrance of Church on Carondelet Street.

Supervising Adults:Christian Formation leader Page Beary (504) 232-1100

and Canon Steven Roberts (504) 352-4564.

Feel free to call if you have any questions…

…and get ready for a Parents’ Night Out!

The Lord Nelson Mass byJoseph Haydn

1 Kyrie2 Gloria5 Credo

6 Et incarnatus7 Et resurrexit

Betsy Uschkrat, SopranoLisa LaFleur, Mezzo Soprano

Casey Candebat, TenorThomas Middleton, BassRaul Gomez, Conductor

is especially appropriate at the Easter Vigil, on the Day of Pentecost, on All Saints’ Day or the Sunday after All Saints’ Day, and on the Feast of the Bap-tism of our Lord (the First Sunday after the Epipha-ny). It is recommended that, as far as possible, Baptisms be re-served for these occasions or when a Bishop is present. (BCP, page 312). Our next opportunity for baptism is November 2. Please contact Canon Roberts for more information.

I publish the Banns of Marriage between

Mathilde Casserleigh and Chris Fusco

If any of you know just cause why they may not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, you are bidden to declare it.

~ The Very Reverend David A. duPlantier

October

1 - Anne Williams2 - Linda Bradfield4 - Barbara Mangum5 - Alice Hopkins7 - Linda Truax8 - Ted DuCharm11 - Lillian Leche12 - Allen Zschiesche13 - Avery Lo13 - Diana Orr13 - Grace Zschiesche14 - Vicki Moreland17 - Edward Whitfield

18 - Jennifer Buckley18 - William Buckey, Jr.18 - Rhett O’Keefe18 - Walter Truax21 - Brittany Bousquet21 - Rita Carlson21 - Paul Ramoni22 - Karla DuPlantier26 - Alma Holley27 - Alan Brackett29 - Helena Lazich31 - Borden Wallace

O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on your servants as they begin another year. Grant that they may grow in wisdom and grace, and strengthen their trust in your goodness all the days of their lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If your name isn’t listed, we don’t have your date of birth in our re-cords. Please send an e-mail to acs@cccnola.org or call the cathedral

office and we’ll be sure to wish you a Happy Birthday next year!

Gentle Reminders

The street just in front of the cathedral steps is a drop-off zone for passenger unloading. Please do not park

there.

Our choir and organist work very hard to prepare the music offered during worship. Please respect their min-istry and do not visit with y our neighbor during their

offerings. Many thanks.

Visitors to the cathedral are often surprised by our Coffee Hour. I’ve heard many a person say they were going to go home and tell their

church about our hospitality. You can help us keep up our reputation for great

hospitality by volunteering to host Coffee Hour one Sunday. Drinks are

provided by the cathedral and volunteers provide their choice of food. Host with a friend or two. If you have no time to shop and prepare food, donations are always gladly accepted. For additional information or to volunteer, contact Kathy Boy, 891-1360 or kboydaj@yahoo.com. Recent hosts: Christian Education Committee, Sarah and Liam Whalen, Lynn Gladney, Verna Barrett, Barbara Richmond, Sue Blankingship.

Many thanks to all!

Coffee Hour

The Gardening Group meets every third Saturday of the month from 8am to 10am in an attempt to beautify and maintain the gardens. The next gather-ing is scheduled for Octo-ber 18. Everyone is invited. Your help is appreciated.

Calling All Gardeners!

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