When we first moved into the Sausalito Shipyard and Marina (formerly knows as The Arquez) in Sausalito, California in 2004, Lee Caldwell, a neighbor of ours gave us two bronze Ecclesia Crosses. A few years later these crosses would come to have significant meaning to us here at Katrina’s Dream.
Katrina was more than the first woman priest to have a parish. She was a wife and mother. When the people of Bar Harbor, Maine honored her with a bench dedicated in her honor, she requested that it be made available to traveler’s like her son E. Olof Swanson to sleep on at night without being disturbed. She wanted her son to know how much his life meant to her. That his walk down the aisle as an acolyte at the ordination of the Philadephia Eleven was equal to hers.
In researching out his book 10 Blessings for the Church George Swanson stumbled upon the Ecclesia Common Cathedral program in the Boston area. Around the same time William who was staying at Rev. Kathyrn Piccard ‘s home while attending Episcopal Divinity School was invited to the same service, he was moved by the service. Then in 2010, George Swanson shared his dream of an outdoor agape meal. Having years of experience working with the homeless. William and Helene set out to create the program. We did so with both Katrina and George in mind.
On Saturday, June 4, 2011, Olof’s Brothers celebrated it’s first Love Feast at Dunphy Park, Sausalito, with the St. Vincent de Paul Society providing the main course.
The weekly Saturday program now has the full support of Sausalito Councilmen Jonathan Leone, and congregants of Christ Church Sausalito. Coffee and pastries are donated through the generosity of Brayth Burdios, Store Manager of the Sausalito Starbucks Coffee Company, receives donations of coffee and pastries.
William and Helene Swanson have big plans for this program and look forward to hearing back from all who are interested in learning more. And they can always use a little help. Please feel free to contact them at helene@katrinasdream.org.
Flyer
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Liturgy
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