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Mexico Mission: First Day of Work
(Author’s note: I fully intended to post on our first day of work Monday evening, but, dang, if I didn’t fall asleep on my keyboard.) Folks began slowly to stir starting at 6:00 Monday morning; strong coffee waking us for the day ahead. We began with our annual Monday morning visit to the students’ weekly Read More
Mexico Mission: Arrival!
We have arrived safely in Rancho Santa Marta after a pretty uneventful two days drive. Saturday we made our way to Carlsbad where we stayed at St. Michael’s by the Sea Episcopal Church. Some made their way to the beach where some (not mentioning any names, Josh) got their pants wetter than was suggested. Oh Read More
Mexico Mission: Tuesday at the Rancho
I have been slow, dear readers, in filling you in on our goings on here at Rancho Santa Marta. Part I will blame on the internet this morning. But more to the point, we have been exceedingly busy! The jobs begun yesterday continued with a more rapid pace than before. By afternoon the ceiling insulation Read More
Mexico Mission: We Have Arrived
This will be a brief post to let you all know that we have arrived safely at Rancho Santa Marta. Briefly, a great team has coalesced through two long days of (relatively) uneventful of travel. No break downs as in the past (Donatello, throwing a wheel in Tracy, a broken whatchamacallit in Buttonwillow – those Read More
Community, Solitude, and Witness: The Threefold Good
Fr. Robert Hale, Oblate Director at New Camaldoli writes of the Threefold Good of the Camaldolese Benedictine charism. This is a big reason I became a Camaldolese Oblate. -rby+ The Camaldolese and Universal “Threefold Good.” Fr. Robert, 3/12/18 We Camaldolese have as our “characteristic element” the threefold good, according to our Constitutions. We believe that Read More
Introducing Formation in Faith
Formation in Faith at St. John’s Know the Story of God, Commit to the Story of God, Participate in the Story of God September 5, 2017 “Christians are made, not born” -Tertullian, d. 240 On behalf of the clergy at St. John the Evangelist Parish, I would like to invite you and your household into a venture in Read More
Mexico Mission: Monday Night in the Homes
Permit me to take a step back and tell you about Monday night here at Rancho Santa Marta. We had the distinct honor to be invited into the group homes for dinner. As you know, Rancho Santa Marta was begun as an orphanage here in rural Baja California. Over the years it continued to develop Read More
Sunday Night Worship at Rancho Santa Marta
As the sun rises here on our first workday here at Rancho Santa Marta, our team begins to rouse from what appears to have been a very solid night’s sleep. While lights out was at 11:00, in the guys dorm snoring had commenced in earnest by 10:40. If this is any indication of what lies Read More
Choir is Starting!
The choir are tuning up! Join us for rehearsal on Wednesdays with the Youth Choir from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in the Parish Life Center and the Adult Choir from 7:00-8:15 p.m. in the St. John’s Sanctuary. The Youth Choir is open to all second through eighth graders. For further information, please contact Barbara Janzen at 895-9170 Read More