Register now for the Diocese of Hawai'i's Chrism Mass & Spring Training 2023:

PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE NEW SEASON OF CHURCH

​Saturday, March 4, 2023
The Cathedral of St. Andrew, Honolulu

Join us for the Diocese's Annual Chrism Mass & Spring Training event being held at The Cathedral of St. Andrew.  The day will begin at 9:00 AM with the Chrism Mass and Eucharist, that will include the Renewal of Clergy Vows and Renewal of Baptismal Vows.  Spring Trraining will commence immediately following the Chrism Mass!  Cost is only $20 and includes lunch. Scholarships are available. To apply, check the scholarship box in the registration link.

REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED.  YOU CAN STILL ATTEND ALTHOUGH LUNCH MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.

Schedule:

8:30AM: Check In Begins
(Will remain open all morning)

9:00AM
Chrism Mass & Eucharist with
Renewal of Clergy Vows & Baptismal Vows
​Download Service Program (Coming soon)
 
10:30AM
Plenary Presentation by the Diocesan Listening Team

12:00PM: Lunch
​($20 event fee includes lunch)

12:45PM
Workshops - Session I

​1:45PM
​Workshops - Session  II

2:45PM
​Wrapping up and sending forth

PLENARY PRESENTATION BY THE DIOCESAN LISTENING TEAM

​What does it mean to listen? How are we transformed once we do so? 

From April 2021 through June 2022, three members of Diocesan Council (Phyllis Miller, Tim Bostock, and Kim Arakawa) conducted 63 listening sessions across the Diocese with the intent of providing a grace-filled space to discover emerging concerns and innovative ideas, as well as celebrate joyful successes. The Listening Team spent time with 36 clergy and 177 lay participants who reflected and shared thoughts on seven open-ended questions centered on loss, call, support, spiritual food, identity, community, and joy.  In addition, the sessions offered participants the opportunity to wonder together – What is God Calling us to do? Who is God Calling us to be?   

Since concluding the sessions, the Listening Team has analyzed the data – identifying areas of consensus on what respondents feel is working across our faith communities, where they see systemic stressors, what we, as a Diocese, may be missing or not affirming, and helpful “a-has.” The Spring Training plenary will be an opportunity for the Listening Team to share these findings and an invitation to reflect, to dialogue, to question together – what resonates, and what are our next faithful steps?

Listening Team Findings – Full Report

We are pleased to offer the following workshops.  Please select only one workshop for each session.

WORKSHOPS - SESSION I:

1. "Walking Through the Liturgy: Why We Do What We Do" with Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick
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2. "The Portfolio and YOU: How the Diocesan Portfolio Works" with Trip Lynch, Commission on Investments - Learn how the Diocesan Portfolio works, how it is managed, and how it can build long-term future security for congregations like yours.
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3. "The Gospel Story from A Cultural Perspective" with Deacon Bob Steele, Reconciliation Task Force - ​This presentation by the Rev. Dcn. Bob Steele of the Reconciliation Task Force, will focus on culture.  More specifically, it will show that the Gospel story told with religious imagery from a Western, European, and American cultural perspective supports white supremacy.  Traditionally, this imagery has privileged whiteness and portrayed Jesus as a White Northern European. Deacon Steele will give a counter-voice to the Western European and American worldview by showing works by African American artists that have rejected western interpretations of the telling of the Gospel story.  Drawing from his extensive collection of African American artists, Deacon Steele will present the works of Henry O. Tanner, Alan Crite, and others.  He will also compare their art to a re-telling of the Gospel from the perspective of Sadao Watanabe, a Japanese artist, a deeply committed Christian who uses white figures in his representation of the Gospel story.

WORKSHOPS - SESSION II:

1. "Creation Care" with the Environmental Justice & Creation Care Task Force - Come hear students from ʻIolani School's Citizensʻ Climate Lobby Club share about the Youth Climate Future Forum, their legislative priorities for 2023, and their experience lobbying at the Hawaiʻi legislature.  They will also teach us about how to advocate for certain bills, how to submit testimony, and how to take advantage of the Public Access Room.  For more information, see the Youth Climate Future Forum website HERE, or view an informational flyer HERE. 
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2. "Q&A with the DSC" with the Diocesan Support Center staff - They're in the room together waiting for you to answer your questions!
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3. "How to More Effectively Communicate Financial Information to a Non-Financial Audience" with Trip Lynch, Commission on Investments

REGARDING INTERISLAND TRAVEL:

The Diocese will cover air travel expenses for clergy and (1) authorized lay person from each neighbor island congregation.  Please click HERE for travel procedures.

For all others, if your church will be paying for your interisland airfare, you can arrange for your flight through the Diocesan Travel Coordinator and we will invoice your church.  If your church will not be paying for your airfare, please make your own arrangements.
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Contact the Diocesan Travel Coordinator HERE to submit an interisland Air Travel Request. Clergy authorizing a lay person for their congregation shall submit the air travel request  together with their own.  

If you have any questions about this year's Chrism Mass and Spring Training event, contact Canon Sandy Graham HERE or call (808) 536-7776, ext. 309.

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