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The Chapel of the Venerable Bede |
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Who Was Bede? |
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The chapel at the Episcopal Church Center is called the Chapel of the Venerable Bede. The Chapel was named for Bede, an English scholar and monk who lived from 673 A.D. - 735 A.D. He wrote over fifty books, the most famous of which is his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, which earned him the title "Father of English History." In his histories he utilized a system of dating that had been developed some 200 years before but had been largely ignored. This dating system is the common calendar which we use today, with B.C. marking the years prior to the birth of Christ and A.D. (Anno Deo: Year of Our Lord) marking the years after the birth of Christ. It was Bede who popularized the calendar we use today. In a way, then, Bede is at least indirectly responsible for all the Y2K hoopla we heard so much about! (Incidentally, the calendar is probably off by 4-6 years, and by today's best scholarly reckoning, Jesus was born sometime between 6 B.C. and 4 B.C., with the majority favoring a date of 4 B.C. This being the case, the Third Millenium, as being measured from the birth of Christ rather than according to our calendar, began on the day we call January 1, 1997).
Bede was evidently considered by his contemporaries to be a venerable personage, so on his tombstone was inscribed "Here lies Bede the Venerable." The title stuck, hence most churches named for him are called Church of the Venerable Bede rather than Church of St. Bede. |
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Address:
1150 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, Florida 33146 |
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Phone Number:
305-284-2333 |
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Contact Information: |
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Chaplain: |
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Fr. Frank J. Corbishley |
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Lutheran Partner: |
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Pastor Arnold Perry |
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Chapel Business Manager: |
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Ana Carter |
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Preschool Director: |
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Phyllis Bochman |
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Preschool Business Manager: |
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Jersey Haracz |
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Located on the campus of the University of Miami in the heart of Coral Gables, Florida.
The chapel serves the community at large as a parish church as well as the Episcopal Church Center for the university. |
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Lutheran Partners: |
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church are moving ever closer to full communion with each other via a special inter-Church agreement called a Concordat. Full communion does not imply merger, but does mean that we fully recognize and accept each other's sacraments, ordained ministry, and polity. In the spirit of the strengthening ties between the two Churches, in many parts of the country in rural areas, where there might not be enough Lutherans and Episcopalians to support two parishes, one joint parish is formed, alternately using Lutheran and Episcopalian rites. The clergy-person in charge will usually alternate between the two denominations. Wherever the two Churches can work together and avoid overlap, we are encouraged to do so.
As the Lutherans did not have a site of their own on campus, in the summer of 1998, Fr. Frank of the Episcopal Church Center contacted Pastor Arnold Perry of nearby St. Mark's Lutheran Church to see if he would be interested in working together on campus. Pastor Perry responded enthusiastically. In fact, Pastor Perry already has strong UM ties: his wife is the Assistant Dean of the School of Business and one of their sons graduated from UM in 2001.
Pastor Perry and his wife are with us at the Episcopal Church Center virtually every Sunday evening of the school year, participating in the the Eucharist and dinner and dessert. Pastor Perry and Fr. Frank alternate preaching and presiding at the Eucharist. Initially they would alternate between the Lutheran and Episcopal rites according to who was presiding - however together they created a new "UM rite" that is used for worship. |
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Father Frank Corbishley has been serving as chaplain at UM since August 1994. Before coming to UM he worked as a parish priest at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in south Dade. His seminary training was at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City.
Father Frank is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and of the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). Having a strong interest in Latin America, he came to Miami after graduate school to look for a job in international business. He worked for Barclays Bank PLC in Miami, lending to banks and corporations in Latin America, for several years before pursuing his seminary studies.
Father Frank is married to Deborah Sampieri Corbishley, an attorney, who first came to Miami immediately after her graduation from Law School to teach at UM's School of Law. The Corbishleys' three children are enrolled at St. Philip's Episcopal School. |
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This ministry is provided jointly by the Episcopal and Lutheran Churches, but it is in no way meant to exclude those who are not from either tradition.
ALL ARE WELCOME! |
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Some Links of Interest: |
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Diocese of Southeast Florida |
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of America |
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The Episcopal Church, USA |
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St. Mark's Lutheran Church |
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University of Miami |
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