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[Esther Williamson]

I was baptized at St. Andrew's State College and my father's funeral was 
held there.

Esther

On 7/1/2015 4:56 PM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> From: ME Michaud
>
>> If you were at St. Paul's K St., you might want to know that
>> R. Cornish Martin died last weekend.
>
> Oh MY -- RIP Fr. Martin  Thanks for relating this sad news.
>
> I liked him a lot. He introduced me to Dix's "Shape of the Liturgy." 
> When he came to StPKSt, he was chaplain for GWU,  as he had been for 
> Penn State before the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania made it a 
> separate mission from St Andrew's. The Diocese of Washington switched 
> the Chaplain position to the Fr. Abbott (who had the most infectious 
> smile of anyone I've ever met) of St Mary's -- the first White Rector 
> of the traditionally African-American Parish that was once located 
> across the Street from the all-White StPauls in the bad old days of 
> segregation in Episcopal Churches in DC. During WWII the Federal 
> Government took St Paul's property to build the GW Hospital as a 
> wartime emergency measure. The move to K Street came after the Federal 
> Government built their new church on K Street in 1947 (not for mavens 
> of separation of church and state <g>)..
>
> I see his funeral will be at St Paul's on July 11 -- I'd like to go if 
> I can.
>
> It's interesting that he came from St.Andrew's State College; StPKSt 
> has just called a new Rector from the same parish -- Fr. Wall, who 
> we've met on visits to Penn State.
>
> Our former Archdeacon in Brooklyn -- Fr, Peter Golden was a cousin of 
> Fr. Martin, and kept me up to date on his activities when we'd meet at 
> St Mary the Virgin evening festival services, but we haven’t seen him 
> since All Saints Day.
>
> Apropos of our recent seminary discussion, it should be noted 
> Fr.martin received his Divinity Degree from Howard University 
> Seminary. No Nashotah stuff for this Angle-Catholic Extraordinaire!.
>
> Jim Guthrie