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From your Community Justice Vicar

6/16/2020

 

​1) AG public hearing on police encounters, 2) LGBTQ Pride event from June 7th, 3) Juneteenth Prayerful Protest March in Mineola, and 4) some words from our Pro-Cathedral

Friends and colleagues,
​

I pray that you are all coping alright, and surviving these challenging and complicated days.

There are 4 things that I want to bring to your attention:

1) Tomorrow, Wed. June 17th starting at 11am, our NYS AG Tish James is hosting a virtual public hearing on the interactions between police and the general public during recent protests.  The livestream public hearing can be accessed tomorrow morning from the homepage of the AG’S website.

https://ag.ny.gov/

2) On June 7th, the Pro-Cathedral and the LGBTQ Working Group in the Diocese, along with other co-sponsors, hosted a deep and powerful conversation with Bishop Deon K. Johnson, the newly consecrated bishop in the Diocese of Missouri, and the first openly gay and Caribbean-born bishop in the Episcopal Church.  Here is the link to the recording of the webinar.

http://www.cjministry.info/2020-pride-forum.html


3) There will be a Prayerful Protest March starting at the Supreme Court in Mineola to acknowledge and observe Juneteenth, this Friday, June 19th.  For those unfamiliar with Juneteenth, it is the observance of the “official” proclamations on June 19, 1865 that slavery was “ended,” but obviously it’s far more complicated than that. There are many writings dedicated to this history, and here is just one of them from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., on the PBS website: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is-juneteenth/ 

Here is the link for the Juneteenth Prayerful Protest March on Friday
https://www.facebook.com/events/795513980852512/ and a link for more flyers, 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/83n41sldsm0lx65/AADYy5p9ToQjMzjSOXTJn0yna?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR036XpgbV0X5RXKSMZkd1WcJ7F_4UIB5InP2DCjzGpNwqnyqFQSF5wLVAQ 
 
4) And finally, below is a link to the Pro-Cathedral service last Sunday. Toward the very end of the service, at about the 28 minute mark, we list a number of trusted local (mostly NYC-based) organizations with which St. Ann & the Holy Trinity is familiar. If you’re looking to connect with — or wish to donate to — some great folks in the City doing God’s work, this is a good place to start. (And if you are interested in hearing my sermon, that comes in at about the 9 minute, 30 second mark.)

https://youtu.be/w7UNKRKVpMk


Stay safe and be well.
Peace,
Marie


Rev. Marie A. Tatro
Vicar for Community Justice Ministry,
     Episcopal Diocese of Long Island

JAN 11, 2020 - LGBTQ Working Group Retreat in Wantagh

12/29/2019

 
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Dear friends and colleagues,

Our one-day retreat sponsored by the LGBTQ Working Group of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island is rapidly approaching!  Please register at this link:

http://www.dioceseli.org/LGBTQRetreat

We will meet on January 11, 2020, from 10:00 AM to 3 PM, at St. Jude’s Church in Wantagh, located at 3606 Lufberry Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793.  Lunch will be served.

For EDLI clergy: Please announce this retreat at your upcoming services.  It will soon be appearing in your bulletin insert from our Communications Department.

Please note that this gathering is open to ALL: both clergy and laity, for LGBTQ as well as our straight allies, and people of all faiths. 

The main purpose of the retreat is for us to discern our mission: what this ministry in our Diocese will/should/can be.  We will explore our queer identities and our gifts and talents as queer Christians in the context of our faith, our denomination, and our Diocese in particular.

Further, we recognize there there is a great deal of “faith diversity” in our community: both within the Episcopal Church, and in the larger community of friends who are receiving this email invitation.  Again, I want to stress that all are welcome, but also to let you know that our conversation — which will be facilitated by a queer Christian theologian — will be a process of discernment through our Christian lens.  While we bring that lens to the table, we welcome non-Christians to join us if they feel comfortable doing so.

Our facilitator is the Reverend Elizabeth M. Edman.  A brief bio is below.


Please remember to register at the link above so that we can have the space and the food prepared for you.

Happy Holidays to all of you, and a blessed beginning to the New Year!

Peace,
Marie+
Vicar for Community Justice Ministry
Episcopal Diocese of Long Island


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The Reverend Elizabeth M. Edman is an Episcopal priest and political strategist who has been igniting people's understanding of Christianity and queer life for more than 25 years. 

​She has lived and worked on the front lines of some of the most salient contemporary issues where religion meets sexuality, serving as an inner city hospital chaplain to people with HIV/AIDS from 1989 to 1995. She helped to craft political and communications strategies for marriage equality efforts, and persevered for almost two decades to become an openly queer priest in the Episcopal Church.

Liz's writing has appeared in Salon.com, The Advocate, Bilerico/LGBTQ Nation, and Religion News Service.  She is the author of Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know about Life and Love and how it Can Revitalize Christianity. [Beacon Press, 2016]. http://www.queervirtue.com/

Liz lives in New York City with her two sons, and is canonically resident in the Diocese of Newark.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's Pride Month statement honors LGBTQ Episcopalians

6/12/2019

 
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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
  > Click here for the complete Presiding Bishop's Pride Month Statement,
​as reported by Episcopal News Service
"Especially this month, I offer special thanks to God for the strength of the LGBTQ community and for all that you share with your spouses, partners and children, with your faith communities, and indeed with our entire nation."

           CJM
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