Jan-Mar 2012 Franciscan 4 No 2 - April-May...full Easter service without hurrying. ... William...
Transcript of Jan-Mar 2012 Franciscan 4 No 2 - April-May...full Easter service without hurrying. ... William...
Portland, Oregon The Franciscan | 1
The Franciscan The mission of St. Francis Anglican Church is to
uphold and make known the Faith delivered once for all to the Saints, Catholic and Apostolic in the Anglican Tradition
Volume IV Number II April-May-June 2012 Portland, Oregon
Palm Sunday Just inside the door of the Latvian Center on Palm Sunday
April 1st, Fr. Costanzo blessed and distributed palms, after
which the congregation processed into the Chapel singing Hymn
62, All glory, laud, and honor to the tune of St. Theodulph. After
Fr. Costanzo changed from a purple chasuble into a red chasu-
ble, the Mass began.
Easter Sunday This year we were able to use the Latvian Center Chapel at
time previously used by the Estonians, for they had their Easter
celebration on Palm Sunday. Having the service begin at 11
o’clock with no one following gave us the opportunity to have a
full Easter service without hurrying.
Because we are unable to celebrate an Easter Vigil, we began
the Sunday service in the narthex with that part of the Vigil
where the priest strikes a new fire which is then used to light the
newly blessed Pascal Candle. Then Deacon George Charlan,
our Parish Deacon, carried the Pascal Candle in procession into
the Chapel while “The Light of Christ, Thanks be to God” was
chanted three times, each time at a
higher pitch. When the candle has
been placed in it’s stand, our cantor,
Margret Schuster, chanted the Ex-
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Michael Nolan and Joe Mock in the
Palm Sunday procession (with apolo-
gies to Joe for catching him in a “blink
of the eye.”)
Above, Deacon Charlan, Fr. Costanzo, Mr. Smith and Mr. Walther during
the chanting of the Exultet. At the right, Fr. Costanzo is shown lighting the
Pascal Candle during the ceremony in the narthex.
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April Birthdays Fr. Chad Hart, III 11
Leann Nolan 12
Miranda Rake 30
April Anniversaries Rev. George Charlan,
Ordained Deacon 25
May Birthdays Gil Miller 17
May Anniversaries Fr. & Mrs. Michael Costanzo 19
Tom and Margot Wilson 31
June Birthdays Michael Nolan 3
Arlene Perry 18
Madge Tilsley 21
Sheila Walther 23
June Anniversaries Michael & Leann Nolan 11
Joseph & Sharon Mock 19
Fr. and Mrs. Kent Haley 23
July Birthdays Bill Schuster 13
July Anniversaries Mr. and Mrs. Steve Smith 23
August Birthdays Yuri Imamura Rake 4
Margaret Sang 19
Steve Smith 27
August Anniversaries Bill & Margaret Schuster 13
September Birthdays Ray Curry 1
Douglas Rake 1
Naomi Ohlson 8
Shalom Marie Ohlson 11
Betty Ann Smith 16
Ruth McRae 17
John Walther 24
Sarah Nolan 27
September Anniversaries Ray & Cody Curry 5
Gil & Peggy Miller 10
David & Betty Ann Smith 12
Rev. Chad Hart, III, Ord. Deacon 18
ultet. As it was sung, the clergy and server were gathered around
the candle facing the augmented St. Francis choir made up of Bill
Schuster, Music Director and Organist, Andis Garuts, Anna Schus-
ter, Arlene Perry, Catherine Schuster, Cecelia Schuster, David Sim-
mons, Elizabeth Schuster, John Robert Schuster, Margaret Schuster,
Margot Wilson, Michael Schuster, Robert Kohl, Sharon Mock, Sheila
Mulbry, Tom Wilson and William J. Schuster. The Easter Mass followed.
The Music
The Service Music was Healey Willan’s Second Communion Ser-
vice augmented by the plainsong Gloria and Lord’s Prayer from the
Fourth Communion Service of Wilfred Douglas.
The Choir chanted the minor-propers and sang Come and See
Where Jesus Lay by Robert L. Kreutz for the Communion Anthem.
They closed the Mass with an energetic performance of the Hallelu-
jah chorus from George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
The hymns sung by all present were Jesus Christ is Risen Today
(Easter Tune), Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (St. Kevin) and He
is Risen (Neander).
We applaud everyone’s effort in making this one of the best
Easter celebrations we have had. Bravo and Brava!
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Around the Parish
Deacon George Charlan celebrated the 17th anniversary of his
ordination to the Deaconate on April 25th. In the picture at the left,
Fr. Costanzo blesses Deacon Charlan at the April 29th Mass ex-
plaining that too much went on during the Episcopal Visitation on
April 22nd to properly acknowledge the anniversary then.
During these 17 years Deacon Charlan has served as the
Chaplain to Bishop Robin B. Connors both when he was the Ordi-
nary of the Diocese of the West and then Rector of St. Marks, Port-
land. When Bishop Connors left St. Mark, George continued serve
the Bishop when he was in charge of the church peculiar set up by
the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, Archbishop
John Hepworth. When Bishop Connors made his final retirement,
Deacon Charlan continued as an assistant deacon to Deacon and
then Father Daniel Squires and now to our Rector Michael Cos-
tanzo.
Deacon Charlan arrives an hour early every Sunday or Holy
Day to set up the altar, kneelers, table and worship material be-
fore any of us arrive. Then during Mass he celebrates the larger
Deacon’s role that Fr. Costanzo has established.
George has also contributed some of the worship items that
are in use at St. Francis; when we need some special liturgical fur-
niture or embellishment, George is often able to supply this from
his own personal “warehouse.”
We are grateful for his faithful service and particularly happy
to extend our best wishes to him on this special occasion.
William Schuster, Bill Schuster’s number one son, is complet-
ing high school this spring and will begin his Army training in Ju-
ly. Bill’s eldest daughter, Catherine, is graduating from the Uni-
versity of Portland with a degree in Mathematics. She will be at
home during the summer and holding down a part-time job until
she decides what to do next.
Gil and Peggy Miller continue their European travels. They
hosted their grandchildren to a special spring break with a vaca-
tion trip to France. They will be visiting northern Europe, includ-
ing Latvia and Estonia, as well as cities in Sweden, Finland and
Russia later this year.
Fr. Costanzo, Gil Miller, Arlene Perry and David Smith will
travel to Irvine, California, for the meeting of the DOW Standing
Committee and Synod and Deacon George Charlan and Rob
Perry will join them for the Synod which begins in the afternoon of
May 24th. Following that Rob and Arlene will spend a week in
Ashland at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Oregon Caberet.
William Catherine
Deacon George Charlan
Gil Miller receiving birthday blessing.
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Sharon Mock spent Mother’s Day with her mother and her
sister’s in California and Joe has continued training their new
dog. Joe says the dog is moving out of the rambunctious pup-
py stage into the adolescent stage and is becoming better
behaved. Congratulations, Joe.
Sheila Walther and Margot Wilson are recovering from sur-
geries which included hospital stays. Tom Wilson has been
fighting an ear infection and recently has been attending clas-
ses on the safe operation of a motorcycle.
Tim and Naomi Ohlson are expecting their third child in
August, but unlike today’s common practice, they have cho-
sen to prolong their suspense by waiting until it is born to dis-
cover the baby’s sex. Ranatha has announced that she is almost six being five and a half. Tait told mom that he
wanted to be older and taller than his sister Ranatha but later realized that while he might be taller he will not ev-
er be older. Naomi has laid in a garden and Tim has published pictures of its early development on Facebook.
The Episcopal Visit
Mr. Timothy Ohlson, Bishop Stephen Strawn, Fr. Michael Costanzo and Deacon George Charlan.
On Good Shepherd’s Sunday, April 22, the Second Sunday after Easter, The Right Reverend Ste-
phen Duane Strawn, Ordinary of the Missouri Valley and the Episcopal Visitor to the Diocese of the
West in the absence of an Ordinary, visited St. Francis to perform the Canonical Visitation (required
once every three years), Induct and Institute The Very Reverend Michael Allen Costanzo as Rector
and to set aside Mr. Timothy Eric Ohlson as a sub-Deacon. Our choir was augmented by Bill Schuster
on the Organ, his daughter Cecelia, Jocelyn Thomas and Andis Garuts. See additional pictures on the
next page.
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Bishop Stephen Strawn, the Episcopal Visitor to the DOW, with
his Chaplin, Deacon George Charlan, is received by the Priest-
in-Charge, Fr. Michael Costanzo, soon to be instituted Rector.
The Senior Warden, Peggy Miller, and the Junior Warden, Thom-
as Wilson (hidden) present Fr. Michael Costanzo to the Bishop
for induction and institution as Rector of St. Francis.
Mr. Timothy, having been admitted to the office of sub-Deacon, is shown here bestowed with the Altar Missal which he is to read
and study. He was also bestowed with amice, maniple and tunic (the sub-deacon’s apparel) and the chalice with purificator and
paten. As sub-deacon, Tim is now authorized to administer the chalice during communion.
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The Franciscan
The Franciscan is the periodic newslet-
ter of the Parish of Saint Francis in Port-
land, Oregon. It is distributed by elec-
tronic mail and a version is also made
available on the Church web site.
Services
Sunday: Mass at 9 am
Other times as announced.
Church
Latvian Center Chapel
5500 SW Dosch Road
Portland, Oregon 97239-1151
Correspondence
Official correspondence to:
St. Francis Anglican Church
9 SW 68th Ave
Portland, OR 97225-6176
Clergy
The Rev. Michael A. Costanzo
19029 Dallas St
Oregon City, OR 97045-7596
(503) 656-4528 (residence)
frmichael.costanzo@
www.stfrancisportland.org
The Rev. Mr. George Charlan
(503) 775-5435
Vestry
Officers
Peggy Miller, Senior Warden
Tom Wilson, Junior Warden
Michael Nolan, Treasurer
Sheila Walther, Vestry Member
Staff
Arlene Perry, Secretary
David Smith, Parish Attorney
Staff are non-voting
Internet Web Stie
www.stfrancisportland.org
Facebook Name
St. Francis Anglican Parish
The Rt. Rev. Stephen D. Strawn
Episcopal Visitor
3728 Payson Road
Quincy IL 62305-6504
Phone: (217) 222-3241
E-Mail: [email protected]
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the West
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