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Canterbury Colorado

Love one another as I have loved you. John 13:34

Text Box: Aidan’s Vestry decided, along with the Board of Stewards, to stop using the building for the foreseeable future. The scope of repairs needed is vast and costly. Currently, the Vestry and Board of Stewards are beginning to work together on a plan for the future, and a joint committee of both boards is being formed. This Campus Ministry Building Needs Committee is charged with the task of asking what the needs are for campus ministry, and how those needs can be met with our current facilities and new or improved facilities. We expect this committee to work for two or three months and then to make a report. We expect to involve students, clergy, and congregation in the work of this committee. In the meantime, Canterbury House has been cleaned and is not

Text Box: “...St. Aidan’s Vestry decided, along with the Board of Stewards, to stop using the building for the foreseeable future.”

Canterbury House

Text Box: Kesner participated in a month-long English intensive course at CU during the month. His course was funded by the collection taken up at the 5pm Canterbury liturgy during the spring of 2007. The funds were matched by the St. Aidan’s Outreach Committee—the Canterbury students have led St. Aidan’s as a congregation in generosity and support of this important ministry.

Text Box: On Sunday, July 22, Father Kesner Gracia, priest at the Colorado Haiti Project’s St. Paul Mission in Petit-trou-de-Nippes, Haiti, preached at the 5pm Canterbury liturgy, as well as the 8am and 10:15am services at St. Aidan’s. Father Kesner’s visit was made possible in part by the generosity of the students of Canterbury (see page 3). While in Boulder,

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Left to Right:
Fr. Kesner, Fr. Dustin, & The Rev. Mary Kate

Text Box: 2419 Colorado Avenue has been known as Canterbury House, and many of you are familiar with this house on St. Aidan’s property that has seen many different uses in the last 50 years. Formerly a residence (the first recorded use was in 1936, by a poultry farmer), it was purchased in the early 1960’s by St. Aidan’s. It has been used as housing for clergy, housing for students and Peer Ministers, gathering space for campus ministry, where meals have been served, movies have been watched, Bible studies, fellowship, and of course, a place for students to do laundry. It became apparent in 2006 that the building had some structural problems. The Board of Stewards had several evaluations done on the structure and infrastructure, and following these, the St.

Text Box: in regular use. There is a new sign over the old sign that says “Canterbury: On Campus for Good” and an arrow that points to St. Aidan’s, where Canterbury Lounge has been set up for students in the church building. Canterbury Lounge includes a big TV with cable and other things, a fridge and a freezer for cold drinks and ice cream, single-serving coffee machine, lots of snacks, a computer and printer, and a wireless internet network. The need is clear—to have a place for parish-based campus ministry that can meet student’s needs and be a place of welcome. How we will meet this need and rise to this ministry opportunity and occasion is the work we are undertaking now. —The Rev. Mary Kate Schroeder

Text Box: “...the Canterbury students have led St. Aidan’s as a congregation in generosity and support of the [Colorado Haiti Project’s St. Paul Mission].”

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