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April 2015
Moving Forward In Reconciliation and Celebration
The Rev. Peter Williams Cassey was the first person of color ordained in the Episcopal Church West of the Mississippi River at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in 1866. Peter arrived in San Francisco in 1863, and became a leader in the Underground Railroad and community organizer of blacks throughout the state. He and his wife, Anna Besant Cassey, founded St. Philip’s Mission, the first black church in San Jose, and St. Philip’s Academy and the Phoenixonian Institute, the first secondary school…
Find out more »Evensong in Celebration of the Casseys
Singing witness in Celebration of Peter Williams Cassey and Anna Besant Cassey. Officiant, The Rt. Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves, Bishop of El Camino Real; Preacher, the Rev. Ronald Culmer, Rector, St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, Pleasanton, California All are cordially invited; all beliefs or disbeliefs are embraced Sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real.
Find out more »May 2015
Investiture Ceremony: Rev. Professor Jane Shaw
President John L. Hennessy cordially invites you to attend the investiture ceremony of The Rev. Professor Jane Shaw as Dean for Religious Life. Dean Shaw began her role at Stanford University on September 1, 2014. On May 6, 2015, she will be formally invested by the Stanford Community as Dean. Special Guest Preacher: Anna Deavere Smith, noted playwright, actress and professor. Memorial Church has historically been an important center of spiritual and ceremonial life at Stanford University since the church…
Find out more »June 2015
Ramadhan Celebration Dinner
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Silicon Valley Chapter would like to kindly invite you to our annual Ramadhan celebration dinner. In the month of Ramadhan, Muslims around the world abstain from food and drink from dawn to sunset and increase focus on worship, charity and human welfare. This is all in an effort to strengthen their relationships with God. This Ramadhan celebration dinner is a wonderful time for the community at large to come together and have a discussion about the significance of this month to…
Find out more »July 2015
Ramadan Open House
Ramadan is the name of the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar. During the blessed month of Ramadan, Muslims all over the world abstain from food, drink, and other physical needs during the daylight hours. Ramadan is a special month for Muslims because the Quran was revealed during this month. For Muslims, Ramadan is a time to practice self-restraint; a time to cleanse the body and soul from impurities and re-focus one's self on the worship of God. Mosques around…
Find out more »Memorial Service for Carolina shooting victims
Grace Baptist Church in San Jose will hold a memorial service for the victims of the shootings in South Carolina. All are welcome to come and honor those who were killed last month at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.
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