Diocese of the Rio Grande

Bishop Hunn's Weekly
Update
​ October 17, 2021
Diocesan Convention Positions Available
2021 Positions for Election

Cathedral Chapter 
Clergy or Lay 
3-year term
2-year term

COMB
Clergy - 4-year term
Diocesan Council 
Clergy - 2-year term
Lay - 2-year term

Disciplinary Board 
Clergy - 4-year term
Clergy - 1 year term
Lay - 4-year term
Lay - 3-year term

Standing Committee 
Clergy - 3-year term
Lay - 3-year term
Lay - 1-year term (Floor Nominations
due by 5 pm October 27, 2021)

If you are interested in any of the above positions, please contact the Parish Office by August 10 and we will send you the nomination form. 
Check out the updated Diocese of the Rio Grande website!
Diocesan Messages
& Other Deanery Meetings
Contemplative Outreach Hosts Introduction to Centering Prayer 

On October 16, 2021 Contemplative Outreach of NM will sponsor a Day of Prayer at the Norbertine Abbey in Albuquerque. The morning will be an Introduction to Centering Prayer, from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Following the Intro. workshop we will stop for a lunch break. During the afternoon from 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. we will spend time in Centering Prayer and silence. This past year has been a difficult time for us all. This will be a time to come together in silence and solidarity, in prayer for the world. 
Please email us at conm2016@gmail.com to register. 
If you plan to attend the entire day please bring a sack lunch. Snacks and drinks will be provided. A refrigerator is available to store your lunch. 

Donations are welcome at the door for Contemplative Outreach NM (CONM)

Location: Norbertine Abbey, 5825 Coors Blvd, SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121

"The primary spiritual practice is fidelity to one's commitments in daily life."
Father Thomas Keating

Please register by October 9, 2021
Women of the DRG Presents...

Humor in Religion
Oct. 23 at 10am via Zoom
Humor in Religion? Yes!
Humor can open our hearts and minds to the Gospel in new ways. Camille Donoghue (Women’s Ministry Council Member) will explore some humorous and thought-provoking insights on October 23 at 10AM on Zoom. Invite a friend and join in for a fun and inspiring time.
Contact Cindy for the Zoom link. If you have participated in the past, you'll get the link, automatically. 
Contemplative Outreach
Lectio Divina Online Workshop
Saturday, August 14, 2021

Follow up sessions (Optional)
Following the Aug 14 workshop we will meet online once a month to deepen our Lectio Divina practice:
September 11@10:00 AM to 11:15 AM EDT
October 9@10:00 AM to 11:15 AM EDT
November 13@10:00 AM to 11:15 AM EDT
Use this to determine your correct local start time.timezone converter
Presented by: The Contemplative Outreach Lectio Divina Service Team
 
This online workshop offered on the Zoom platform provides an opportunity to “listen with the ear of your heart” to explore and deepen your practice of monastic Lectio Divina as a way of praying the scriptures. The traditional four moments of the prayer (reading, reflecting, responding and rest) are explored as expressions of the four senses of scripture: the literal, allegorical, behavioral/moral, and unitive senses. The fruits and gifts of Becoming a Word of God will be discussed and celebrated. Small group faith sharing will be included.

The program is free, however, registration is needed for planning purposes. 
Click this link to SIGN-UP.
Note the New and Updated Gatherings
  • October 23: Humor in Religion (Camille Donoghue--via Zoom) Send favorite jokes to Cindy or Camille. 
  • Nov. 12-13: Women of Valor and Worth, Annual Fall Weekend Retreat (The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts-Schori) In Person at the Cathedral (ABQ)--COVID permitting and also via Zoom. More Info coming Soon. 
  • December 11: Christmas Party
​RSVP to Cindy Davis 
cynthiadavisauthor@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link for any meeting.  

E-mail Cindy Davis, Coordinator of Women's Ministry, if you have questions about anything related to Women's Ministry and suggestions for speakers or topics.
There are summaries and videos from the earlier Zoom events on the ​Women's Ministry website.  
October 29-31
The Budget video, Evensong, and Day 1 of Convention are available on the Diocesan Facebook page.

Day 2 can be seen on Vimeo, there were some technical difficulties.
​‘Tell Me Something Good,’ a new web series from The Episcopal Church
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Tell Me Something Good, a new web series from The Episcopal Church, highlights positive stories from around the church through conversations with a variety of guests. New episodes of Tell Me Something Good will be released every two weeks. Episodes 1-6 are available for viewing on The Episcopal Church website here, on Facebook here, and on Instagram TV, @theepiscopalchurch.
From Many, One: Conversations Across Difference“Conversation with others across difference is not just a nice thing to do. It is a spiritual practice of love in action.” 
– Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
“The body is not made up of one part but of many.”
– 1 Corinthians 12:14
What do you love? What have you lost? Where does it hurt? What do you dream? 
“From Many, One: Conversations Across Difference” is a campaign inviting Episcopalians and our neighbors to engage in one-to-one listening and sharing across the many differences that separate us.
Echoing the Latin phrase on the U.S. seal – E Pluribus (“from many”) Unum (“one”) – and following in the footsteps of Jesus, we trust that the spiritual practice of conversation across difference can help to knit us all into a diverse, more perfect union.

Visit From Many, One for more information on how to engage further with with this important campaign.