St. Joseph’s wishes all a most blessed Eastertide and looks forward to seeing all once again in person in the next few months.
Due to the public health state of emergency, all services and events are cancelled through the end of May. Fr. Napier is available for individual meetings: 510-387-2595, sjatc@sbcglobal.net.
Also call Fr. Napier to join him, Fr. Mautner and St. Peter’s parish for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer through Zoom and Facebook, as well as future Sunday services that might be cancelled due to public health alerts.
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Pastoral Letters:
Archbish0p Upham’s Pastoral Letter April 25, 2020, Covid Update
Archbishop Upham’s Pastoral Letter, April 2, 2020
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THE SHEPHERD’S STAFF, Bp. Ashman’s DWS Newsletter: If you would like to be put on Bp. Ashman’s mail list, please email the office at SJATC@sbcglobal.net, Subject, Shepherd’s Staff
Shepherd’s Staff 2020 05 April
Shepherd’s Staff 2020 04 March Special Edition
Shepherd’s Staff 2020 03 March
For the newsletter archive, please visit the APCK website.
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American Church Union Publishing announces a new release:
The Children’s Holy Mass Book, Coloring for Children and the Young at Heart
An excellent resource for children, with text explaining the Mass, to be placed in the narthex or pew, or used in addition to the ACU Church School Series. Visit www.AmericanChurchUnion.com to purchase online or download an order form.
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Online Classes are listed on the Seminary page of the Anglican Province of Christ the King website: www.anglicanpck.org.
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Welcome brochure for students, visitors and the Berkeley community: ST. JOSEPH’S COMMUNITY BROCHURE
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In honor of the life and love of Archbishop Robert Sherwood Morse: Archbishop Morse Rest in Peace Archbishop Morse’s Biography In Memoriam, Special Edition Christus Rex
All Is Grace, a Collection of Pastoral Sermons by Archbishop Robert Sherwood Morse was released in May 2017 by the American Church Union. Visit www.AmericanChurchUnion.com for more information and to purchase online.
In Memoriam: Memorial Dedication, October 24, 2015, St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, Berkeley, California
In Memoriam: Video Tribute of his life
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St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, a parish of the Anglican Province of Christ the King, witnesses to Apostolic Christianity in the Anglican tradition (www.Anglicanpck.org).
Located a block from the University of California, Berkeley, the Chapel serves as the Archbishop’s Chapel and the Collegiate Chapel for St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological Seminary. It is also a parish home for neighboring university students and the Bay Area community.
We welcome you to worship with us!
Our History
The Anglican Province of Christ the King
In the aftermath of World War II, attacks upon the Christian faith concerned many Episcopalians. These attacks peaked in the 1976 General Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when the Episcopal Church made sweeping changes, abandoning the liturgy, spirituality, and apostolic faith of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. They allowed clergy to break their vows and renounce the doctrines and disciplines of the apostolic Church.
Inspired by the Holy Spirit, Episcopalian clergy and laity gathered in 1977 in St. Louis, Missouri. They issued the Affirmation of St. Louis, confirming orthodox Christianity. With the authority of the Affirmation, six parishes formed the Anglican Province of Christ the King, electing the Rev. Robert Sherwood Morse, rector of St. Peter’s, Oakland, as bishop. Father Morse was consecrated to the episcopacy by the requisite three bishops on January 28, 1978. The Rt. Rev. Albert A. Chambers, retired Episcopal Bishop of Springfield, Illinois, served as chief consecrator.
The Province of Christ the King has grown to three dioceses, maintaining a national cathedral in Georgetown, Washington D.C. and offices in San Francisco, Tulsa, and Washington D.C. In 1979, the Province of Christ the King established Saint Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in Berkeley, California. The Province embodies the historic Anglican faith that produced the King James Bible, writers such as William Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis, and Dorothy Sayers, eleven U.S. presidents and most of our nation’s founding fathers.
Visit the APCK website at www.anglicanpck.org.
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel
With the founding of St. Joseph’s Seminary Chapel, a parish was formed. Students residing in the adjoining house help with Sunday services.
The American Church Union, our Anglican publishing house, is headquartered here, offering works for seminarians, parishes, clergy, and laity, both classic reprints and contemporary publications.
Located close to U.C. Berkeley campus, we offer choral Eucharists, liturgical processions, devotional organ music, and traditional hymns, all to the glory of God in this university setting, as a witness to historic Anglican Christianity.
St. Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea is described in Matthew 27:57 as a rich man from the town of Arimathea, northwest of Jerusalem. Mark 15:43 and Luke 23:50-51 identify Joseph as a member of the Sanhedrin (Israel’s ruling council). He was a secret follower of Jesus who, according to Luke, did not consent to the condemnation of Jesus. According to John 19:39, Joseph buried Jesus in Joseph’s new tomb, fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy.
Tradition holds that St. Joseph of Arimathea, a sea trader in tin, brought the Holy Grail (the chalice of the Last Supper) to Glastonbury, England in the first century, founding English Christianity. Glastonbury traditions claim that Joseph was Mary’s uncle and thus related to Jesus.
The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches also venerate Joseph of Arimathea, linking the East with the West.
