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 »October 2016
Yes on 62 Interfaith Service
Download a flyer: yeson62flyer Bring your friends, neighbors, family and co-workers to a spirited gathering in support of ballot proposition 62 which abolishes the death penalty in California. Jews, Muslims, Christians, Jains, Hindus, Zoroastrians and others will gather at Trinity Cathedral in San Jose, to pray together and to sign a joint statement. We are putting our faith into action--acting on our sense of compassion and on our belief in the sanctity of life. We believe there is no crime…
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