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I’m grateful for Fr. Don Compier everyday, but today I am grateful for him sharing this wonderful information with our Diocese. How might we at St. Augustine’s be more welcoming of our Hispanic neighbors?As we prepare to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15), The Diocese of West Missouri invites you to celebrate and welcome our Hispanic neighbors. ♥️🤝![]()
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The Very Rev. Dr. Don Compier writes about how we can engage with local Hispanic communities—through liturgies, celebrations like the Virgin of Guadalupe, Días de los Muertos altars, and Las Posadas—and to let these traditions enrich our own worship and fellowship.![]()
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Read more here: diowestmo.org/national-hispanic-heritage-month-welcoming-our-neighbors/
“Having emerged from slavery, it is our duty to cast off its grave-clothes and resist its deadly influences.” – Alexander Crummell (1819-1898), Priest and Missionary to Liberia ![]()
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Alexander Crummell was born in New York City, the son of a former slave and a free woman of color, both of whom were active abolitionists. Crummell was denied admission to New York’s General Theological Seminary and his ministry was opposed by leaders in the Episcopal church, because of his race. With the sponsorship of William Wilberforce’s son and other prominent English abolitionists, Crummell studied instead at Cambridge University in England and became the first officially black graduate of Cambridge. Crummell worked tirelessly for the abolition of slavery and for the advancement of all people of African heritage. Crummell moved to Liberia in 1853, and devoted himself to ministering to native Africans and African-American settlers, with a vision for establishing a Pan-African Christendom. Crummell’s work was later cited as an inspiration by Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Dubois, and many other activists. ![]()
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Almighty and everlasting God, you called your servant Alexander Crummell to preach the Gospel to the people of Liberia: Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom, that your Church may proclaim the unsearchable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. ![]()
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Happy Labor Day!![]()
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Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of other workers, and arouse our concern for those who are out of work; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.