Celebration in 4 languages

Entangled States blog reports on a joyfilled Advent 4 service held in 4 languages in Phoenix:

Members of the Sudanese congregation lead the processional with singing and dancing accompanied by the sound of pounding drums. They also offered music during the offertory and the recessional. Mariachis provided most of the additional service music.

see video below

The Rev. Anderia Arok of St. Paul's gave the sermon while The Rev. Canon Carmen Guerrero of Catedral de la Trinidad translated his Dinka-accented English into Spanish - which lead to a little confusion and a few laughs at times.

The Rev. Canon Licia Baldi Affer of Trinity Cathedral celebrated the Eucharist and offered the Bendición in her native Italian.

Posted by Ann Fontaine on December 22, 2009 12:00 PM | |
Comments (3)

This is fantastic, but which Trinity Cathedral was it?

Posted by Matthew Buterbaugh+ [TypeKey Profile Page] | December 22, 2009 12:59 PM

I shot this and the photos at Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix to go with my accompanying story: http://azdiocese.org/dfc/newsdetail_2/730
It was a fantastic service which I hope they do again soon.

Posted by Greta Huls [TypeKey Profile Page] | December 23, 2009 11:28 AM

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