Anna Julia Hayward CooperAnna Julia Haywood Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn WrightSt. John’s ChapelEpiscopal Divinity SchoolCambridge, MA(the Rev’d Dr.) Elizabeth KaetonProctor Scholar, Spring Semester 2011Elizabeth Evelyn WrightPlease pray with me: O God, take my mind and think through it. Take my lips and speak through them. Take all our hearts and set them on fire with a love of your gospel. Amen.Not too long ago, I heard...

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Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress and Princess consort of Monaco. In April 1956 Kelly married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and became styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and was commonly referred to as Princess Grace.After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of 20, Grace Kelly appeared in New York City theatrical productions as well as in more...

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Today is the Feast Day, proposed by "Holy Women, Holy Men", of Anna Julia Haywood Cooper and Evelyn Wright. I am preaching today at St. John's Chapel at the 12:15 Eucharist. It's an enormous privilege and a decided pleasure.I'll post my sermon later this afternoon, but I wanted to post the Eucharistic prayer I put together for today's service. The Rev'd Dr. Susanna Snyder, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Society and Christian...

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