Welcome Cal Students to the 2018-19 Academic Year!
Calendar for December 2-9, 2018
Sunday, December 2, First Sunday in Advent: 1928 Book of Common Prayer Holy Eucharist, 11:30 a.m., refreshments following.
Tuesday, December 4: Noon Mass
Thursday, December 6: Noon Mass
Sunday, December 9: Second Sunday in Advent: 1928 Book of Common Prayer Holy Eucharist, 11:30 a.m., Rite of Holy Baptism, refreshments following.
All welcome!
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The American Church Union announces a new release:
A History of the Diocese of Christ the King and the Anglican Province of Christ the King by The Rt. Rev. Peter F. Hansen. Available through the ACU website .For more information see the press release:
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Bishop Ashman, Provost of St. Joseph’s Anglican College and Bishop of the Diocese of the Western States, has announced the publication of The Shepherd’s Staff, our new Diocesan newsletter:
Shepherd’s Staff August 2018
Shepherd’s Staff September 2018
Shepherd’s Staff October 2018
Shepherd’s Staff November 2018
Fall 2018 Online Classes have been announced by Bishop Upham, Vice-Provost, and Bishop Ashman, Provost: FALL CLASSES 2018. These are taken for credit or audit. Classes began September 3.
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July 16 – July 27, 2018 St. Joseph’s Seminary Residential Summer Session has concluded: Noon Mass and Evensong were open to the public, Monday-Friday, in the chapel.For photos and videos, please visit SJA Chapel on Facebook. The Summer Session was well attended, the liturgies soaring, and we have a number of new, dedicated seminarians, thanks be to God. Classes included the Liturgical Kalendar, Homiletics, History of the APCK, the Prophets, Church History, and Ethics. Online classes will resume in the Fall. An inspiring two weeks for all!
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The Berkeley Early Music Festival came once again to St. Joseph’s Chapel the week of June 3-8. We look forward to 2020 for the next one! Highlights included our own Eugene Petrushansky and Vincent Ho.
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The Twenty-Seventh Synod of the Diocese of the Western States, Anglican Province of Christ the King, met in Lafayette in April, with the Synodical Mass here at St. Joseph’s Chapel. A glorious and productive week provided time to make new friends and see old ones. Thanks to all who worked so hard to make it happen. See videos and photos on our Facebook page. Read Bishop Hansen’s sermon speaking of his history with St. Joseph’s here: The Power of Place, Synod Sermon St. Joseph’s
Bishop Ashman’s Pastoral Letter:
Bp. Ashman Pastoral Letter.Synod
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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.
