Diocesan Cycle of Prayer

malcolm boyd
poet/writer-in-residence

About the
Cathedral Center

The Cathedral Center of St. Paul is the administrative and ministry hub of the six-county Diocese of Los Angeles.

Located in the Echo Park district near downtown Los Angeles, the Cathedral Center houses its central church serving congregations that worship in English, Korean and Spanish; a variety of community-outreach programs ranging from youth services and the Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union to the Cathedral Center Grants Program and the Cathedral Center Scholarship Program; and the offices of the bishops and Cathedral Center staff

The Cathedral Center regularly hosts retreats, daytime meetings, and a variety of other events for Episcopal-affiliated and community groups.

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer - October 2007


Monday October 1 Remigius of Rheims (October is AIDS Awareness Month)	Agencies: Diocesan AIDS Ministries (1986). Institutions: Episcopal Camp at Wrightwood (1990). Schools: St. Mark’s School, Altadena (1959); Arcadia Episcopal Preschool, Arcadia (1993). Widows: Lydia Wilkins (William, 1990).
Tuesday October 2
Wednesday October 3
Thursday October 4 Francis of Assisi	Congregations: St. Francis, Los Angeles (1936); St. Francis, Norwalk (1951); St. Francis, Palos Verdes Estates (1953); St. Francis of Assisi, San Bernardino (1962); St. Francis of Assisi, Simi Valley (1962). Clergy: Richard Menees (1979). Religious Communities: Society of St. Francis, Third Order, Brother Jacoba Sparrows Fellowship, Santa Paula; Society of St. Francis, Third Order, St. Bernardine Fellowship, Riverside. World Mission Companions: The Diocese of El Salvador: Iglesia San Francisco de Asis, Lourdes, La Libertad, the Rev Ramiro Chavez. The Diocese of Belize: St. Francis, Burrell Boom
Saturday October 6 William Tyndale	Religious Communities: St. Mary’s Convent (Community of St. Mary’s, Highland Park) Los Angeles (1993).
Sunday October 7 Pentecost 19
Monday October 8 Columbus Day
Tuesday October 9 Robert Grosseteste	Clergy: Arthur Wolford (1990).
Thursday October 11 Philip, Deacon and Evangelist	Congregations: St. Philip’s, Los Angeles (1930). Clergy: Mtende Joseph Oloimooja (2001). Widows: Dee Davis (John, 1979). World Mission Companions: The Diocese of Jerusalem: St. Philip, Nablus, the Revd Husan Naoum, rector. Belize: St. Philip’s Church and School, Willow’s Bank
Friday October 12 Wiilfrid of York	Congregations: St. Wilfrid of York, Huntington Beach (1961). Widows: Ruth Hammond (John, 1957).
Saturday October 13
Sunday October 14 Pentecost 20 (Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky) (Children’s Sabbath)	Institutions: Hillsides (Home for Children), Pasadena (1913); Neighborhood Youth Association, Los Angeles (1906).
Thursday October 18 Luke, Apostle	Congregations: St. Luke’s, Monrovia (1891); St. Luke’s, Long Beach (1899); St. Luke’s-of-the-Mountains, La Crescenta (1931); St. Luke’s, Fontana (1950). Clergy: Harold Hultgren (1944), Anne Adams-Harris (Deacon, 1998). Widows: Virginia Brown (Don, 1979). World Mission Companions: The Diocese of Jerusalem: St. Luke, Marka, the Rev Imad Duaibis, rector. The Diocese of Belize: St. Luke’s Church and School, Lemonal
Saturday October 20	Clergy: Thomas Henry (1963).
Sunday October 21 Pentecost 21
Monday October 22 Cathedral Center Day in the Diocese of Los Angeles	Congregations: Cathedral Center of St. Paul, Los Angeles, (Consecrated October 22, 1994). Cathedral Center Prayer: God, our Creator, God of our history and our future, who inspires all our lives, we pray for the ministry of our Cathedral Center. May it be a place of reverence, beauty and great hospitality, a center for education and service to others. Strengthen all who will minister there with compassion and courage. Grace us with generous hearts that, through this Center we may be joined together in your mission and in care for all your people; we ask in the name of Jesus our Lord who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Tuesday October 23 James of Jerusalem	Clergy: Darrell Ford (1976). Widows: Lillian Duffy (John, 1996).
Wednesday October 24	Clergy: Robert Spicer-Smith (1948). Widows: Lois McCutcheon (Glen, 1969).
Saturday October 27	Widows: Janet Zimmers (Philip, 1997).
Sunday October 28 Pentecost 22 (Simon & Jude, Apostles) (All Saints Sunday Commemoration of All Faithful Departed)	Congregations: Chapel of Ss. Simon and Jude (The Kensington, The Episcopal Home, Alhambra, 1923); St. Jude’s, Burbank (1922); St. Simon’s, San Fernando (1922). Clergy: Gillett Bechtel (1953).
Monday October 29
Tuesday October 30	Clergy: Lawrence Steele (Deacon, 1999).
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