{"id":271,"date":"2011-06-02T09:19:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:07:20","slug":"olofs-brothers-love-feast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/1st-21st-century-church\/olofs-brothers-love-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Olof’s Brothers’ Love Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PROJECT UPDATE:<\/p>\n

Helene Swanson is bringing Olof’s Brother’s to NYC. More to come on the heels on our Bubble of Love: Yom Kippur 2025. \u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

When William and Helene Swanson first moved into the Sausalito Shipyard and Marina (formerly known as The Arquez) in Sausalito, California in 2004, Lee Caldwell, a neighbour of ours gave us two bronze Ecclesia Crosses<\/a><\/strong>. A few years later these crosses would come to have significant meaning to us here at Katrina’s Dream.<\/p>\n

Katrina’s Dream founded in memory of the Rev. Katrina Van Alstyne Welles Swanson, was more than the first woman priest to have a parish. She was a wife and mother.\u00a0 When the people of Bar Harbor, Maine honored her with a bench dedicated in her honor, she requested that it be made available to travellers like her son E. Olof\u00a0 Swanson<\/a><\/strong> to sleep on at night without being disturbed. She wanted her son to know how much his life meant to her.\u00a0 That his walk down the aisle as an acolyte at the ordination of the Philadelphia Eleven was equal to hers.<\/p>\n

In researching out his book 10 Blessings for the Church<\/em> George Swanson stumbled upon the Ecclesia Common Cathedral<\/strong><\/a> program in the Boston area.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 William and Helene set out to create the program.\u00a0 We did so with both Katrina and George in mind.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, June 4, 2011, Olof’s Brothers celebrated its first Love Feast<\/a><\/strong> at Dunphy Park, Sausalito, with the St. Vincent de Paul Society<\/strong><\/a> providing the main course.<\/p>\n

\"Harry<\/a>The weekly Saturday program now has the full support of Sausalito’s Vice Mayor Jonathan Leone<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and congregants of Christ Church Sausalito<\/a><\/strong>. Coffee and pastries are donated through the generosity of Brayth Burdios, Store Manager of the Sausalito Starbucks Coffee Company<\/a><\/strong>, receives donations of coffee and pastries.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 Please feel free to contact them at helene@katrinasdream.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE #1<\/strong>:\u00a0 Harry de Boissiere-Rudl<\/a>\u00a0 stepped up to the plate, following in the steps of his late stepfather William Swanson<\/a> and the program while his mother Helene walked across America to promote the Equal Rights Amendment and the other ministries of Katrina’s Dream.<\/p>\n

UPDATE #2<\/strong>: Those who live o anchorage are facing difficulties.\u00a0 To read more on their plight Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n

A Blessing for Olof’s Brothers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blessings for you and yours.
\nMay all be welcomed non-believer and believers alike.
\nMay your church flourish.
\nMay she grow strong in your loving arms.
\nMay she be a light in a community
\nfor others to come to the table and
\nexplore their relationship
\nwith the universe and God.
\nLove and Light in Christ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flyer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>To view the flyer, please click here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Liturgy\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>To view the service, please click here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PROJECT UPDATE: Helene Swanson is bringing Olof’s Brother’s to NYC. More to come on the heels on our Bubble of Love: Yom Kippur 2025. \u00a0Stay tuned! When William and Helene Swanson first moved into the Sausalito Shipyard and Marina (formerly known as The Arquez) in Sausalito, California in 2004, Lee Caldwell, a neighbour of ours…
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