Virginia Episcopalian Magazine Winter 2012 Issue | Page 25

RECIBIMIENTO Y RECONCOCIMENTO:
RECEPTION AND RECOGNITION
On Sunday, November 20, in a packedto-overflowing worship space, the
congregation of La Iglesia de Santa
Maria, Falls Church gathered to
celebrate the reception and recognition
of the Rev. Roberto Orihuela as a
priest in the Episcopal Church, and his
installation as vicar of Santa Maria.

This particular celebration was a
special one for the Diocese of Virginia:
a diocesan service conducted entirely
in Spanish. The Rt. Rev. David C. Jones
– who has been studying Spanish for
several years now – presided at the
service, and the Rev. Canon
Susan Goff, also a Spanishspeaker, participated in the
examination and installation.
The congregation followed
along in an order of service that
was printed in both English and
Spanish, side-by-side.

Orihuela comes to the
Episcopal Church from the
Roman Catholic Church. He
has served at Santa Maria as
pastoral director for three years
and now assumes the role of vicar. t

Photos: Tyler Fox

(Top) The Rev. Roberto Orihuela and
his wife, Helkha Pinto, celebrate his
reception and installation as vicar with the
congregation of Santa Maria.
(Left) The Rev. Robert Orihuela celebrates
the Eucharist at his ceremony of reception
with the Rt. Rev. David C. Jones, left, and
the Rev. Canon Susan Goff, right.

LIVERPOOL PARTNERSHIP GROWS
The Rt. Rev. Richard Blackburn of
Warrington, bishop suffragan of
Liverpool, celebrates the Eucharist
at Meade Memorial, Alexandria.
Bishop Blackburn and his wife, the
Rev. Helen Blackburn, and the Rev.
Malcolm Rogers, chair of Liverpool’s
Partnership & Links Forum, visited
the Diocese of Virginia in October
as part of the growing partnership
between the Diocese of Liverpool
and Virginia. The team also visited St.
Christopher’s School and Grace & Holy
Trinity, Richmond. Over the next few
years, Liverpool and Grace & Holy are
planning a youth exchange program.

In addition, Helen Blackburn
attended a conversation for female
clergy, and Bishop Blackburn met with
the Committee on Race Relations.

Bishop Blackburn served as

retreat leader at the Bishop’s Fall
Clergy Retreat at Shrine Mont, where
Rogers connected with a number of
Virginia parishes interested in linking
with Liverpool parishes. t

(Left to right) Rogers; The Rev. Mary
Dogue-is, a seminarian from the
Philippines; Blackburn; and the Rev.
Collins Asonye, rector.

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