blessed sacrament church - the first 25 years

I WILL UNTO

ifo THE ALTAR OF GOD

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I WILL GO UNTO THE ALTAR OF GOD

A history of the Church cif the Blessed Sacrament

Written by Voiza O Arnold

Cover Layout and Typing

Janet Wheeler Evelyn Sulley

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Establishment of the mission 1956-1969 bull 5

Growth and dis ruption

A summer of waiting

Renewal and growth

1969-1978 bull 20

1978 bull bull 24

1978 -1981 26

Appendix A Vitae of priests 33

Appendix B Points of inte re st 38

Appendix C Vestry lists 45

SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

First planning meeting regarding the establ ishment of a mission in Placentia with formal petition drawn up with sixteen signatures Meeting held in home of Hilmer and Dorothy Lodge 15761 E Palm Drive Placentia January 30 1956

Permission granted to form a mission in Placentia In letter from Bishop Sloy June 29 1956

First Mass of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament celebrated by Father Scully Founder and first Vicar October 7 1956

Dedication of the land December 7 1957

Groundbreaking for the church October 9 1960

First Mass in the church Augus t 20 1961

Dedication of the new church building January 28 1962

Complet ion of the Irethlehem Room late 1962

Purchase of the Vicarage (later the Rectory) 1964

Retirement of Father Scully Februa ry 28 1969

March 1 1969

Father Couper joins the staff November 1973

In anticipation of the attainment of parish status the Vestry names Father Scully Rector Emeritus January 22 1976

Attainment of parish status Father Rasch becomes first Rector March 16 1976

Parish Hall completed and named Scully Hall October 13 1976

Division of the congregation and resignation of Father Rasch March 1 1978

Father Rasch becomes second Vicar

Father Couper maintains services for the remnant of the parish during the search for a Rector March - October 1978

Father Baumann becomes second Rector October 15 1978

Father Scullys 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood May 31 1981

The churchs si Iver anniversary celebrated with the consecration of the church September 27 1981

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Psalm 43

Even today in 1981 there are large portions of Yorba Linda and Brea which retain a country-like small-town flavor Indeed much of the land is still zoned for horses goats rabbits and chickens Plashycentia bordering both cities on their southern and western rims has only made the transition from groves of lemons oranges and avoshycados to tracts of homes in the last fifteen years Imagine this area twenty-five years ago when the nucleus of families desiring to establish a mission of the Episcopal Church in this section of Orange County first met Certainly they were pioneers geographically as well as spiritually They were bound together not only by their comparative isolation from the churches in the south county but also by their desire to form a parish centered around the AngloshyCatholic tradition They were aided in this desire by the mercurial growth of Orange County growth which was becoming increasingly apparent to the Diocese as well as those presenting their petition to the Diocese requesting permission to establish a mission In January of 1956 the group met at the home of Dorothy and Hilmer Lodge on Palm Drive in Placentia to draft its petition Enclosed in the petition was the list of sixteen male names residing in the Placentia Yorba Linda and Brea areas then required by the Diocese including those of Hilmer Lodge Clyde M Daniels and Chester Palmer Other names to be important in the early growth of the Mission such as Thompson Dalessi and Maurer did not appear on the list simply because they resided in Fullerton The Diocese responded to their request by saying that Orange County was currently being assessed as to its need for new parishes by June 29 1956 they had theofficshyial approval of the Bishop and the Standing Committee After the first official meeting of the mission several businessmen donated

Anglo-Catholicism is a tradition within the Anglican Communion emphasizing devotion to God through the beauty of worship the practice and teaching of the undivided Church and continuity with the Apostles Anglo-Catholic or High Church 11 practices at this time embellish the rituals of the Episcopal Church from medieval Roman Catholic and other sources

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As these two artifacts~ one a 195 budget and the other

a list for a parish potluck somewhere around the same time~ show shy

Some things have changed ~ lot

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCi OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Br~a Placentia Yorba Linda

PROPOSED BUDGED FOR 1957

Vicars salary - 10~ $40000

Pension fund - 15~ 0 6000bull

Vicars auto allowance 30000

Utilities for vioarage 30000

Rent for t~e vicarage 100 00

Office expense bull 30000

Altar expense 7000

Diocesan assessment bull 30000

Church School material 6500

Every Member Canvass 2000

Treasurers bond bull 500

Payment on land purc~8se - 10~ per year 300000

Payment on proposed buildings (church and par1sh ~ouse) - 10~ per year 1000000

Total proposed budg~t $1500000

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money to buy one hundred folding chairs (which are still in use) Mrs Blanche Bagnall Garfield volunteered the Bagnall Ranch recr~ashytion hall for church services and Hilmer Lodge constructed a portable altar Mr Clyde Daniels was appointed treasurer and Dorothy Lodge wrote to the Diocesan Altar Guild reQuesting basic altar supplies (these included one fair linen two corporals one pall one chalice veil four purificators two lavabo towels and one burse and veil of each color) In replying to Mrs Lodges letter Mrs F L Capers Diocesan Altar Guild Directress bemoaned the fact that then as now we find it very difficult to get anyone to do white work Perhaps the most important eQuipment to arrive from the Diocese was human in form Bishop Francis Eric Bloy selected Father Ernest W S Scully to be vicar to the new mission On October [ 1956 the new mission celebrated its first Mass markshying the union which was destined to make a permanent landmark in the city of Placentia and in the hearts of many This date was to be kept in later years as the parishs Feast of Dedication

At the initial meeting of the new mission held early in 1956 the handwritten minutes suggest that several names for the mission were being considered for eventual submission to and approval by the Bishop One of Father Scullys first acts as vicar was to settle this Question by selecting and sticking to the name of Blessed Sacrament He desired that the focus of worship in the new body be Eucharistically centered

The man chosen by Bishop Bloy to lead the new mission in the first crucial months of its development was a fighter A small compact man Father Scully is one of those people who except for white hair and a few gt-lTinkles looks the same at nearly eighty as he did at twenty or at forty Although diffident and somevlhat reserved he is tenacious in his goals and stalwart in his beliefs and opinions Qualities which illustrate his Scottish background and parentage Certainly they were attributes which were to stand the newly-formed mission in good stead during the next fel years Born Ernest William Syme Scully on December 30 1901 in Glasgow Scotland (which explains perhaps his choice of St Andrew as a favorite saint) he found himself in seminary at Nashotah House in Wisconsin where he was ordained a priest in 1931 Serving a tbtal of five parishes in the states of Wisconsin Indiana and

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Illinois between the years of 1930-42 Father Scully joined the Air Force as a chaplain during World War II and served until 1946 eventually finding himself in the Westchester area of Los Angeles serving at the Anglo-Catholic Church of the Holy Nativity until shortly before he was appointed 1956 During this period he vras

as Vicar of Blessed Sacrament in filling-in at Saint Mary of the

Angels for Father James Jordan the rector who was ill Father Scully was asked by Bishop Bloy to consider coming to the nel mission in Placentia and Thile he was still in the process of making up his mind he was visited one Sunday by two ladies from the new mission Beth Patterson and Shirley Nissen After church they took him out to breakfast and asked him to please come to the new mission they had heard of his work at Holy Nativity and wanted someone Hith a clearly Anglo-Catholic background Father Scully recalls that one of them said We are really burgeoning out the r e We have 1100 people (in the city of Placentia) and

Father Scully and wife Dorothy (on his right) could raise $1500 at the a~t with parishions (from left to right) drop of a hat He hadShrley Hopper her mother Shirley Nissen

the impression that theBeth Patterson and Mia Skinner outside the Bethlehem chape l women thought that this

sum would pay for the land Needless to say he was a bit more sceptical

Although this visit was not decisive for Father Scully he remembers it fondly as his first contact with people who were to become his parishioners at the new mission Indeed it was at this church that he was to find the culminating ministry of his career as he shaped the parish from its very inception Its

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parish i oners came to love the feisty Scotsman whose energetic exterior hid a poet whose dedicat ion to the Blessed Sacrament he shaped into a poem

THE BREAD OF LIFE

At early dawn I left my bed Refreshed in body and in mind~

And went to where His Altar spread A Banquet for us human kind And there I found myself aZone~

But for the priest to say the Mass And Him upon His Altar Throne~

with saints to sing the glorias

My Blessed Lord I t here received To strengthen body~ mind~ and soul~

And knew my heart to be relieved with promise of His heavenly goal

To daily task I then set out~

what e er that task might bring to me Of pain~ or sorrow~ earthly doubt~

ray Sacrament wou ld strengthen me

And at my bed at fal l of night I knelt in solemn~ fervent prayer And knew tha t until morning light My Lord and God would still be there

Cl early Bless ed Sacrament had received someone very special in the person of Ernest Scully

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bull bull bull AND BRING ME UNTO THY HOLY HILL AND TO THY DWELLING bull bull

Father Scully s sense of t he ultimate destiny and immediate moveshyment of the fledgling mission were very clear right fr om t he beginning Nowhere i s this more clearly illustrated than i n a letter dated Oct ober 10 1956 to Canon Billig Executive Assisshytant t o the Bishop three days after the first Mas s was celebrated He says t o Canon Billig

What with moving getting the house in some semb1ence of order a meeting or two and the first service last Sunday there has not been much time to get out an informal word or two as to prospects for the future plans and hopes

The first service of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament was the Holy Eucharist last Sunday the Nineteenth after Trinity at 1030 in the Bagnall Rancho Recreation Building There were ninety persons present with fifty communions and the offering (only) ninety~six dollars There were people from the three immediate communities of Yorba Linda Brea and Placentia and a fe from Fullerton and Whittier

It was a most happy occasion and certainly Eucharist is the only word which fully expresses the feelings of everyone and despite the fact that arrangements had to be made with many makeshifts there was a sense of pershymanenc e with the congregation responding in its parts of the service with strong voice and together We had no music since we had no hymnals but even this did not dampen the enthusiasm Of course much of the pleasure was over the turn out of so many people in response to the publicizing of the first service but over and above this was a sense of gratitude to God for this beginning of what promises to be a good work

And now we must go to work to bring about a fulfillment of this promise and tonight there will be the first of the sessions of a School of Religion which will meet

for instruction in the Faith and practice of the Church

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This will be for adults There will be a class for Confirmation instruction for the youngsters on Saturday mornings We have a number of candidates in both age groups and should have a reasonable number to present to the Bishop for our first class sometime next fall

It is clear from the very beginning that the question of l a nd was a crucial one Having obtained the promise of $15000 worth of assistance from the Diocese Father Scully and the Bishops Committee set about its search for a suitable spot large enough for a church parish hall and eventual day school Meanwhile the congregation met in the Lodges recreation room for 730 a m Sunday Mass and moved to th e Bagnall Ranch (located at what is now the southeast corner of Kraemer and Golden) for the 1030 a m service where worshippers were often surrounded by decorations left from a Saturday night party Father Scully says that there was a vine in a window over the spot where the altar was situated and that some of the quieter places in the Christmas Midnight Mass where deeper devotion was called for would be punctuated frequently

with sharp intakes of breath from the congregation as a rat would suddenly appear and run across the vine Mid-week Masses confesshysions and confirmation classes were held at the vicarage an old Placentia ranch house mmed by the Harold Lang family and located on Carolina Avenue (nmT Kraemer Avenue) ~his old house was apparshyently occupied by a poltergei s t whose favorite trick was to turn clear water in the shower into a muddy rust-colored substance Thankfully by 1957 three acres at the corner of Morse and Angelina

A typica l Sunday Mass held in the Bethlehem Chapel were purchased from Jack Crosley to be followed

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later by the acquisition of two more acres Having arrived at the promised land formal dedication of the grounds occurred on Dec ember 7 1957

In the interlude between the acquisition of property and the conshystruction of the present church building in 1960 makeshift arrangements needed t o be made A building which had done earlier service as a horse barn on the Daniels property was restored by the men of the congregation Arthur Maurer who constructed the east wall behind the crucifi x in the present church did the same in the makeshift chapel The first Mass in the chapel was celebrated on Palm Sunday of 1958 Although it was sometimes j okingly referred to as St Barnabas Chapel an only slightly veiled allusion t o its humble origins this building came to be called the Bethlehem Chapel reminding those who worshipped there both visitors and parishioners of that first stable in the town of Bethlehem s i gna ling both the birth of -Jesus and the birth of one of its missions Indeed nowhere was the name of Blessed Sacrament more appropriate than in its temporary chape l named f or Bethlehem - or the house of bread translated fr om Hebrel-r

The present church building

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The question of the permanent church building was a more complicated one and it was to be two years before ground could be broken Father Scully and the Bishops Committee busied themselves gathering money architects permits and all the paraphernalia necessary for so large a task An architect was chosen Everett Childs and designs submitted for approval At this stage Father Scully showed his Scotch stubborness by confronting the Diocese which wanted the mission to construct an all shy

The new Church is dedicated on a rainy but propamptious Sunday (January 28 1962) purpose parish hall before

it constructed the church building proper His answer to their request was a flat no Blessed Sacrament would have its church first and continue using the Daniels farm buildings for a parish hall This hurdle overshycome the ground breaking was held October 9 1960 The building was to be completed in less than a year and on August 20 1961 the first Mass was celebrated with the dedication held on January 28 1962 The congregation was home at last

The next hurdle faced by the congregation was yet another building project Father Scully explained the situation in a letter to Canon Noble L Owings Executive Assistant to the Bishop dated April 6 1962

Things have been so quiet about here for the past several months except for the every day activities of a busy mission church that if I were given to portents I would have known that this was a calm before a storm

As you know for the past three years we have been blessed with the free use of the farm buildings of

Mr and Mrs Daniels Now the axe which has hung over our heads the sale of this property has finally fallen We must vacate the building the latter part of June This leaves us with no place to house our church school and we are faced with the necessity of considering the possibility of going into another building program

He goes on to say that the estimated cost will be around fifteen thousand dollars and (like a good Priest he always asks) could the Diocese help with yet another loan Money matters worked out and the building which presently houses the kitchen Bethlehem Room and nursery was constructed that same year

Joan Sive and baby Valerie chat with Ev middot~e SuUey and babu Beth in the old parish hall which is now the Nursery and Bethlehem Room

GOOD SCRIPT-Smiling over lines in Episcopal Thfater Guild script read by Irs Clyde Daniels are from right Mmes lack Wilson Arthur Maurer and H G Ladge The play is part of a benefit show for Placentia Church of Blessed Sacrament 19 57

Ilmeg photo

The final major building acquisition of Father Scullys ministry came in 1964 in the form of the present Rectory (then Vicarage) on Annajeanne Drive directly behind and to the north of the church lot made possible through the gift of the down payment and financing of the l oan by a parishioner In less than ten years Father Scully and his pioneer congregation had put together vith love time energy and faith a beautiful physical plant as witness to the Catholic Faith Indeed the growth necessitated the services of an ass i st ing priest Father Richard Lockwood from 1967-69

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During these eight years the common life of the parish had developed just as the buildings had The Altar Guild was formed in 1957 as had St Elizabeths Guild a group which was prove an indomitable and indefatigable fund-raiser in the years to come The standard rummage sales bake sales and bazaars were interspersed with more imaginative endeavors such as two productions in 1957 and 1958 sponsored by St Elizabeths and staged by the Episcopal Theatre Guild an organization uf professional actors

Mary DaLessi in oostume for st GuiLd Fashion Show June 1963

ELizabeths (also Episcopalians) including such well-known names as Robert

Young and Barbara Baines rho would donate proceeds from program advertising and ticket sales to the mission or parish hosting them The Guild also catered wedding receptions in the Bethlehem Room to raise money The Adults Club provided opportunities for fellowship The parish sent items to service men during the Vietnamese War and sponsored an Indonesian family Money was sent to buy sheep for the Indians in Bluff Utah as well as clothing a contact revived in 1981 with yet another trip with clothing in tow

In short when Father Scully announced his retirement in 1969 he had achieved all and more than he had been sent by his Bishop to do He had not only fed his flock but he had seen them wellshyhoused he had ministered to both their physical and their spiritual needs

In one of the final newsletters which Father Scully sent out to his parish (dated November 1968) he included the following editorial summing up not only his years at Blessed Sacrament but his years as a priest He says liAs I write this I am reflecting nearly thirty-eight years of being a priest These have been joyous years the joys far outstripping the pains and anxieties although there were these intrusions He goes on to say that his years as a priest have consisted in touching the lives of many people most of whom but for the fact that our Blessed Lord had granted me the privilege of being a priest I would never have met and so my life would have been most dreary and drab by comparison He admits in his letter that the future holds many imponderables some of which cause me concern from a personal standpoint II but he cites the ords from the preparation before the Mass 0 put thy trust in God for I will yet give Him thanks rhich is the help of my countenance and my God Although he is not unmindful of the fact that I will no longer have the enjoyment of the close association hich has characterized our life together for the past twelve years he reminds his flock that they will continue to be present in his memories and in his daily prayers He concludes by reminding them of their continued responsibility to grow spiritually This places a great responshysibility upon everyone of you for as you gain in spiritual strength there will be more and more demanded of you

Patronal Festivals often took on the flavor of old time carnivals

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Father Scully and Dorothy left Blessed Sacrament for Mission Viejo and a well deserved rest in retirement but needless to say he did not leave the hearts and memories of the parish he helped to found and the people to whom he had spent his life ministering In 1976 which marked the twentieth year of his first coming to Blessed Sacrament and the forty-fifth anniversary of his ordination as a priest he was designated as Rector Emeritus of Blessed Sacrament by resolution of the vestry A copy of this resolution has been placed in the parish hall A portrait of Father Scully painted by parish ioner George Doherty also hangs in the parish hall re-named in his honor in 1978 as Scully Hall This year 1981 Father Scully celebrates both the twenty-fifth anniversary of Blessed Sacrament and the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood His career in the service of his Lord brings to mind the concluding words of that 1968 farewell ne1iTsletter Nothing worth having is ever bought at a cheap price for it is only as we have sacrificed that we appreciate what we have received

An early Confirmation Clas s in the newly completed church building

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AND UPON THE HARP WILL I GIVE THANKS UNTO THEE 0 GOD~ MY GOD

Father Raschs birthday 1974

When Anthony Frank Rasch came to Blessed Sacrament in 1969 he inherited from Father Scully a thriving parish which greeted him warmly He very quickly made it clear that he wished to continue the traditional kind of worship in the Anglo-Catholic mode established by Father Scully and the founders of the mission Under his leadership the parish was to continue its growth both in numbers of communicants and in the size of its physical plant This time period was also to mark the end of Blessed Sacrament as a mission on March 16 1976 the Church of the Blessed Sacrament became a Parish Teas at the Vicarage became teas at the Rectory the Bishops Committee became the Vestry

Brought up as a Roman Catholic Father Rasch took a circumferential route to the Anglican priesthood exploring many other religions upon the way After acknowledging his call to the priesthood and attending seminary in England he vlaS duly ordained and eventually installed at Blessed Sacrament He began his ministry on a positive note A young and attractive man he seemed particularly able to relate to the older

The Diocesan rule for advancing to Parish Status included three stipulations

1) Three years of complete self-support including being current on all assessments and loans

2) 3)

Maj or building erected or well on the way Church must be able to offer a stipend at least $1000 over the minimum pay for vicars

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parishioners assuaging their fears that he would attempt to overshyturn all that Father Scully had accomplished This was not to be the case indeed Father Rasch spent the time between 1969 and 1976 in embellishing refining and expanding the physical plant that Father Scully had put together Between 1971 and 1975 new chancel furniture and a new altar carpet were installed the shrines of St Joseph and St Mary were refurbished and dedicated the Holy Rood Scene was installed and the poly-chromed Stations of the Cross hung After a mysterious fire in the chancel area in November of 1969 which destroyed the electronic organ twelve ranks of pipes were installed along with a too-small console ultimately replaced in 1981

Along with the general refurbishment of the church building itself it was becoming ~uickly apparent that the Bethlehem Room was too small to serve the needs of the growing number of parishioners many of whom had small children The area which is now the office was serving as a very cramped nursery while the present workroom was a cheerless and cluttered office The staff had been expanded to include three worker priests Father James Sigmund in 1972 Father Clive Couper in 1973 and Father Don Seeks in 1975 all of wbom assisted in the Sunday services Father Sigmund had come to Blessed Sacrament from a parish in the Southwest A somewhat rotund man he possessed an informal jocular manner which proved a marked complement to Father Raschs personable formality Pershyhaps best remembered for the extemporaneous manner of his sermon delivery he left Blessed Sacrament in 1977 prior to Father Rasch and was eventually established in a parish of his own in Barstow in 1978 Father Donald Seeks a tall robust man who combined warmth and friendliness with a personal spiritual commitment to Christ brought with him a strong interest in youth ministry He enriched the church by providing an active enthusiastic youth fellowship and his faith and dedication inspired many young people from Blessed Sacrament as well as other parishes He remained until Easter of 1977 when he accepted a call to be vicar of a mission in Woodlake California Father Couper a retired engineer turned priest had a spiritual vigor and enthusiasm which was to serve this parish well in the future In short the growth of the parish had led to the need to expand the present one-room allshypurpose parish hall to include a larger nursery more restroom facilities and a larger room for church school and social activshyities In November of 1975 ground was broken for the new building

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which was to be completed and dedicated October 13 1976 in March of 1976 Blessed Sacrament became a Parish In September of that same year the National Convention of the Episcopal Church took steps which were to endanger the very life of the parish The ministry which Father Rasch had begun on such a positive note began to take on a more severe and gloomy tone ironically at the same time that the parish was at the strongest in its history having attained parish status and once again entering into an ambitious building program

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Having survived the political activism of the sixties the National Church was under increasing pressure from two groups those wishing the ordination of women to the priesthood and those desiring the revision of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer At the November convenshytion in 1976 both groups achieved their goals--women were allowed to be ordained to the priesthood and a proposed new prayer book was accepted with permanent adoption scheduled for September of 1979 To many of those at Blessed Sacrament both these steps signaled anathema and served as signs of spiritual weakness invading the Church from purely secular forces of equal rights and textual modernshyization As a parish it had always been both traditional and high in its mode of worship utilizing the more complex and enriched Anglican Missal in its service rather than even the 1928 Book of Common Prayer This reaction against the movements of the National Church drew similar response from other scattered groups and talk of separation from the Episcopal Church became if not pervasive at least not uncommon

Father Rasch who from the beginning had been in the middle of such controversy gradually found himself in the camp of those most conshycerned with action against the National Church Two of his closest friends were priests who found themselves involved similarly in their parishes The question became for many not whether to leave the National Church but when and how By 1977 four such parishes in the Los Angeles area (Our Savior St Matthias St Mary of the Angels Holy Apostles) had broken with the National Church taking with them a majority of parish members and were involved in litishygation with the Diocese of Los Angeles over their parish property This was not to be the case at Blessed Sacrament for several reasons

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Perhaps the most important of these reas ons was that unlike the other parishes who had a clear mandate from their congregations in the form of a majority opinion of some sort the issue never came to a vote Despite the fact that much discussion took place formally and informally and meetings on the Proposed Book of Common Prayer took the place of Bible study it became increasingly clear that while many did not approve the actions of the National Church or often of our own Diocese this did not mean that they wished to leave the Church Likewise those wishing to leave became more and more imshypatient Perhaps most unfortunate were those who were alienated by a parish in contention and simply stopped coming at all Blessed Sacrament found itself in the Fall of 1977 at an impasse Complishycating the issue of to leave or not to leave was the very concrete fact that the church buildings belonged quite clearly to the Diocese and any legal fight for them would ultimately result in their loss In the Spring of 1978 the group wishing to leave drew itself toshygether and meeting outside Blessed Sacrament issued a call to Father Rasch to become their rector naming themselves the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene and associating themselves with other groups vTho had banded together under the name of The Anglican Church of North America

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o PUT THY TRUST IN GOD FOR I WILL YET GIVE HIM THANKS~ WHICY IS THE HELP OF MY COUNTENANCE~ AND MY GOD

Undoubtedly any Hollywood casting director vould be delighted if Clive Richard Hamilton Couper vere to valk into his office to audition for the part of an English vicar in some mystery movie Tall veIl-built vith vhite hair and gentlemanly bearing Father Couper is veIl loved by all vho meet him It is hard to imagine that this very sincere and affable man spent the early part of his life as an arthritic invalid and only came to the priesthood some nine years ago During the transition period betveen Father Raschs departure and the arrival of his successor Father Couper vas to provide more than just the picture of a priest hovever he vas to provide the on-going Eucharistic center of Sunday vorshyship vhich vould enable the once again small congregation to continue its vitness to God vhile searching for a nev leader

Indeed in Father Couper Blessed Sacrament had found a man much like St Joseph is often thought to have been a supportive and loyal man vaiting in the background to serve vhen called an exemplary husband and father vho very fittingly had vood-vorking as a hobby The needs of his family delayed Father Coupers call to the priesthood and it vas only when the last of four children had graduated from college that he entered Bloy House Born in Rome Italy June 20 1913 (his mother and father vere both art students vho met in Paris) Father Couper spent his early years in New York City moving to Santa Barbara vhen he vas tvelve Plagued by ill health and arthritis as a child and young man it vas only after age hlenty-five that he vas able to lead something resembling a normal life He met Louisa Victoria Prill in Santa Barbara and they vere married there on December 21 1940 After a brief stint in the Army Father Couper took the engineering trainshying he had received and began a career vhich culminated in a move to Fullerton in 1958 to vork for Hughes Aircraft until he retired in 1970 It vas at this time that he began attending Bloy House and received his Certificate of Theological Schooling in 1972

Bloy House located in Claremont is an institution devoted to the education of those established in secular jobs vho vish to pursue a theological education Completion of a four year program of veekend study is sufficient for ordination

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During his years in Fullerton he had become active at St Andrews Church being confirmed in 1960 and continuing on to become a lay reader and member of the vestry answering a felt call to God through a lay ministry which led eventually to Bloy House and to Blessed Sacrament in October of 1973

Four and one-half years later he found himself surrounded by a nucleus of remaining parishioners united in their common goal of finding a new priest and keeping together those who had reshymained until that job was accomplished Father Couper offered the services and the parish offered the fellowship hosting picnics and barbecues which are remembered still for their warmth and hospitality In many ways those who remained at Blessed Sacrament that summer became a very close family as is often the case when trouble or bad luck strikes The vestry provided leadershyship and everyone prayed for a happy ending to what had been a very emotionally draining experience for all concerned

Colonel Joe FZandeTs head chef POUTS some of his famous Mrgts Blassingames baTbecue sauce on t~e chicken as Doug MUiThead turns and Dave Heil

and Kamp tty SpaTTOW look on and away

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AND THAT I MAY GO UNTO THE ALTAR OF GOD~ EVEN UNTO THE GOD OF MY JOY AND GLADNESS bull bull bull

As a boy of twelve David Michael Baumann first felt the call to Christ which was to result some ten years later in his entering the Anglican Theological College Vancouver British Columbia in September 1970 Growing up in the San Fernando Valley Father David was he recalls always active in the Church never rebelling against it as many do during his teen or college years During his later school years he cultivated interests in astronomy logic fantasy literature gymnastics music comshyposition archery and history_ It was shortly before his graduation from UCLA with a mathematics major that he became firmly convinced of his call to the priesthood It was also at this time that he met his wife Sherri a theatre major who married him in June of 1971 Completing his Master of Divinity in 1973 he was ordained deacon in September of 1973 and priest in March of the next year

After a fifteen-month stint as curate of St Clements Church San Clemente Father David became the first curate of St Anselms Church Garden Grove in February of 1975 later beshycoming assistant to the rector Father Samir Habiby and eventually priest-in-charge upon the rectors resignation to become Executive Director of the Presiding Bishops Fund For World Relief St Anselms offered him many kinds of

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preparation for his later ministry at Blessed Sacrament Because Father Habiby was very active in diocesan affairs and consequently often absent from the parish he left a great deal of the actual parish work to Father David The establishment of the Indochinese Refugee Resettlement Center at St Anselms made it a focus for many diocesan as well as national and international activities Father David often coordinated the visits of dignitaries both lay and clerical In short he grew in his abilities as adminshyistrator and politician two important qualities in any good priest

He grew also in the area of personal spirituality that third important quality so necessary in a priest While at seminary in Canada he had very quickly attached bimself to the Anglo-Catholic group of traditionalists who paradoxically provided the seminarys non-ritualistic majority with a radical wing Developing simulshytaneously an interest in liturgy and in theology particularly that of the early Anglican Church Father David during his years at Garden Grove where he was for all intents and purposes a closet Anglo-Catholic found himself evolving towards a concept of the Church which was neither Anglo nor Roman but truly Catholic in every important sense of that word It was this concept of the Church as a Catholic body which was to provide the means for healing the broken and scarred fabric of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament

Father David brought with him the venerab~e institution of the BibUea~ I oe Cream Festival here enaoted by the Episoopal Young Churohmen in 1980

When Father David came to Blessed Sacrament in October of 1978 he came not to a house divided but to a house shrunken to a shadow of its former self Over half of the active members had left with Father Raschs group while probably half again as many had simply faded away to other churches or to secular disillusionment The remaining core of the shrunken house minisshytered to by Father Couper

awaited its vestrys choice of a priest Led by its senior warden Doug Muirhead and supported in its search by the Diocese the vestry maintained its integrity and unity during this very trying period The choice of a new priest never an easy task was of course especially important to Blessed Sacrament in its emaciated state financially emotionally and spiritually When Father David arrived with his new son Benjamin born the preceding July and his wife Sherri to move into the Rectory and into the life of Blessed Sacrament he was greeted with joy and enthusiasm permeated by hidden reservations His ministry of healing had begun

Father David is a slightly-built man whose youth and physical stature belie the strength of purpose and determination which are hallmarks of his personality Good humor warmth and patience blended with devotional sincerity and a regard for duty make him a priest both to respect and to confide in He began his task of preserving the traditions of Blessed Sacrament while at the same time providing a fertile ground for new growth and change Under his tutelage the parish has tripled from an initial core of 150 to over 375 members in just three years Supported by a congreshygation committed to renewal through warm fellowship and traditional services Blessed Sacrament is entering the decade of the 80s stronger than ever before This renewal and revitalization can be seen in every aspect of parish life including the various guilds and organizations the physical plant evangelism and outreach and most importantly the services offered to the glory of God Indeed all of these things culminate in the essence of Father Davids sense of what the Catholic faith is all about For Father David and for Blessed Sacrament the Catholic faith is one which permeates all aspects of each and every parishioners life Above all things it is incarnational and sacramental preserving a dignified litu~gy defined and shaped by a sense of its Apostolic roots and history It is incarnational because it sees the material world as a gift of God created by God and therefore good it is sacramental because it sees within the material world God has given us the means of grace and a consequent return of man to God A dignified liturgy means more than simply the use of incense or vestments it suggests that we continually offer to God the very best that we have and that underlying the movements of the service itself is an intense and personal sense of the presence of God fostered by Spirit-filled prayer life and a deep personal commitment to Christ This

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prayer life is in turn fed by scriptural studies by continual learning about the tradition and history of the Church and buoyed by an awareness of our partners in prayer Saint Mary and the Communion of Saints

The lay ministries of Altar Guild Junior Altar Guild Lay Readers Acolytes Chalice Bearers Choirmaster and Choir and Ushers enrich the service while groups such as the Society of Mary and the Prayer Chain offer all members an opportunity for deepening our spiritual lives

The expanded fabric of the lay participation in the services of the Church extends to the area of fellowship to the area of fellowshyship and outreach particularly in services performed by the Guilds and organizations of the parish The needs of our youth are served by our Christian Education program and the Episcopal Young Churchmen group offers fellowship service and Bible studies for junior and senior high school age The Episcopal Churchwomen or St Elizashybeths Guild continues to provide both fund-raisers and fellowship opportunities for the women of the parish In addition to the yearly bazaar and rummage sale quarterly Saturday meetings enable working women to participate Besides tithing portions of profits to such places as Hillsides Home for Children and St JUdes Ranch the Guild has made countless improvements to the physical plant of the parish including new concrete walk-ways and kitchen renovations This group has also hosted nany lovely receptions for the parish Another group offering fellowship is the Saints and Sinners proshyviding potlucks barbecues and theatre parties satisfying the most eclectic of tastes The parish as a whole has extended outshyreach to a Vietnamese refugee and to the Navajo Indians in Bluff Utah We have grown in many ways since Father David came to us in 1978

An yet in just as many comforting and satisfying ways we are still the same parish which started in a stable and grew by love and perseverence to be a constant reminder of Gods presence in the world and especially in our little corner of it

And now we have come to the twenty-fifth year of our existence We have spent a year preparing and planning the celebration and commemoration of this event We have refurbished and renewed the buildings and the grounds We have been encouraged by our priests and vestry to renew and refurbish with Gods help ourselves

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spiritually as well We have tried in our preparation to duplicate that sense of dedication and mission felt by those who gathered together in the Bethlehem Chapel a quarter of a century before those who envisioned the walls which now surround us Their work and commitment erected those first buildings our work and commitment will continue that promise and make it grow On the day of dedication we will gather in Scully Hall with the Bishop and our priests and join together in one great procession to the doors of the church and as the doors open we will each of us feel in our hearts the words sung by the choir based on Psalm 43 Open me the Gates of Righteousness that I may go in and give thanks to the Lord

Parish life at Blessed Sacrament remains Eucharistically centered

And lively in warm fellowship

The I -ins l and loutr I o f a Patr onal Fcstival y June 1980

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APPENDIX A Vitae for priests serving Blessed Sacrament

VITA FOR FATHER SCULLY

December 30 1901 Born Ernest William Syme Scully Glasgow Scotland

~ay 1930 Ordained deacon by Bishop Ivin s

1931 Received degree from Nasho tah House

Hay 31 1931 Ordained priest by Bishop Ivin s

June 14 1937 Married Dorothy Ann Bartlet t

1930-32 Vicar St James West Bend Wisconsin

1932-36 Priest-in-Charge St Mark s Beav e r Dam Wisconsin

1936-39 Rector St James Goshen Indiana

1939-40 Vicar St Annis Morrison Illinois

1940-42 Priest-in-Charge Grace PontIac Illinois

1942-46 Chaplain United States Air Force

1945-56 Vicar Holy Nativity Westchester area of los Angeles Cal ifornia

1956-69 Vicar Blessed Sacrament Placentia Cal ifornia

January 22 1976 Named Rector Emeritus Blessed Sacrament Parish Placentia Cal ifornia

favorite Saint St Andrew

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THERE I S NO GOD

You say there is no God Then why pretend Since deaths the end That this I ifes worth the pain Of ceaseless sea rch for gain

If all there is to life Is this short span For marta I man Then why not end it all And save ourselves the gal I

But I ife i s more than this Hi s bitter Cro ss Saved man from loss Of 1ife and gave him heart To ga in that great part

Christ ro se again from death The empty tomb Dispel led the gloom Man 1 ive s forevermore Our Lord the sentence bore

Ernest Wi lliam Syme Scully THE RETURN

His body sagged hi s knees dropped hard On the step of the prie dieu sitting By the wal I whereon hung the shattered Crucifix smashed but for the scarred Figure of the Suffering Servant Pitting The strength of hi s longing against the battered Weakness of his body he 1 if~cd wet eyes To His and against the noise and cries Of the fallen opened his I ips and prayed To God in all the anguish of his heavy Heart 0 good Jesu I am not worthy Of Thy love though I am forsaken and betrayed By those who being Caesars made me levy My soul against their appe tite for earthy Power and might Now my soul is fal len stray ed From Thy command and I have nowhere to turn But to Thee for whom my soul doth yearn

Thou who no matter how hard the way Resisted all evil that in Thy Life I too might have 1ife I ift my soul again To Thee that I who have slaughtered and killed By Thy Cross and agonizing Passion may Receive my I ife repented freed from strife Of evil purified of every blot of sin and pain The soldier helple s s tool of beasts self-willed Forgiven by Him theyd nailed upon a tree

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VITA FOR FATHER RASCH

August 18 1939 Born Anthony Frank Rasch Los Angele5 California

1946 Bapt lIed In ROO1an Catholic Church

1949 Conf Irmed In ROO1an Catholic Church

Ju I y 9 1961 Received Into Episcopal Church

August 24 1962 BA California State University L A

1963-65 Attended College of the Resurrect Ion Mlrfleld Yorkshire England

1965-66 STB General Theological Seminary New York

September 10 1966 Ordained deacon by Bishop Bloy

March II 1967 Ordained priest by Bishop Bloy

1966-68 Curate St Lukes of the Mountains La Crescenta Cal ifornia

1968-69 Associate Rector St Lukes

1969-78 Rector Church of the Blessed Sacrament

1978 Became Rector Church of St Mary Magdalen Angl jean Church of North America

Favorite Saint St Mary Magdalene Interests cooking WOrld travel antiques gardening and

dabbl ing in a bit of real estate

In August of this year Father Rasch when asked about his ministry at Blessed Sacrament responded with the following statement

Prior to coming to Blessed Sacroment I had heard from Bishop Bloy that the (then) mission had worked very hard and consistently to teach and maintain the Faith revealed to us in Our Lord In my letter of acceptance to the vestry of Blessed Sacroment I promised ~y the grace of God that I shall continue with you to further this WOPk building upon that solid Catholic foundation which Father ScuZZy and youpselves have so very weZZ established

Against a wave of increasing secuZarization duping my pastorote the Church of ths Blessed Sacroment continued to witness to the Catholic Faith We grew from a membership of about l25 to 280 drawing many of oup newel members from the immediate community although several continued to be attracted to us from BUProunding environs because the parish was continuing to hold to the Catholic Faith maintained dignified and reverent worship steadfastly retained use of the 928 Prayer Book and preached the Gospel of Christ

The General Convention of 1976 had a devastating effect upon many of us in the Church Some believed that it would be possible to reverse the decisions of that Convention some of us did not After a year of prayerful reflection it was my decision to resign from the rectorship of the parish and to wit~ from the opiscopal Church I continue to have the deepest respect and affection for those who decided to stay Our problems were national and doctrinal not parochial or personal

I cannot imagine what the future of the opiscopal Church shaZZ be But I do know that the parishioners of Blessed Sacrament are committed in their hearts and souls to upholding the Catholic Faith albeit ths national church situation militates against the Faith at present Father David Baumann is a long-time personal friend and I am confident that he shaH minister to the pastoral needs of the flock and shaH by the grace of God do aZZ that he can to serve as a faithful FPiest and Pastor God bless you all

VITA FOR FATHER COUPER

June 20 1913 Born Clive Richard Hamil ton Couper Rome Italy

December 21 1940 ta r r I ed Lou Isa V let 0 r I P r I 1 I

1941-43 Served In United States Army

1958 Moved to Fullerton and accepted Job with Hughes

1968 Received BA In Philosophy CSUF

1970 Retired from Hughes

1972 Graduated from Bloy House

1972 Ordained deacon by Bishop Francis Eric Bloy

1973 Ordained priest oy Bishop Bloy

1972-73 Served deaconate at Church middotof the Messiah Canta Anal Cal ifornia

1973 Came to Blessed Sacrament as assisting priest

Favorite Sport BICYCLINGI favorite Hobby woodworking

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VITA fOR fATHER BAUMANN

July 30 1948 Born Oavld Michael Baum~nn Glendale California

October 10 1948 Baptized at St Athanaslu Church Los Angeles California

May 2 I 196 1 Confirmed at St Harks Van Nuys

June 1970 BA In Mathematic from UCLA

September 1970 Entered The Anglican Theological College (later Vancouver School of Theology) Vancouv e r British Columbia Canada

June 6 1971 Married Sheryl May Cassell

1973 M Dlv In Theology from Vancouver School of Theo logy

September 15 1973 Ordained deacon by Bishop Robert C Rusack

March 16 1974 Ordained priest by Bishop Rusack

September 16 1973 - First curate at St Clements Church Oecember 31 1974 San Clemente Cal ifornia

February I 1975 - Curate then Assistant to the Rector then October 14 1978 Prlest-in-Charge of St Anselm s Carde n

Grove Cal ifornia

July 3 1978 Birth of first son Benjamin Gray

October 15 1978 Accepted call to Blessed Sacrament Placentia California

Apr i I 14 1980 Birth of second son Nichola s Brown

Favorite Saint The Blessed Virgin Mary Interests astronomy logic fantasy 1 iterature gymnastics

music composition archery history

fATHER OAVIDS 10 HALLMARKS OF THE CATHOLIC fAITH

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1 Incarnat lanai and Sacramental

2 Scripturally based

3 SpIrit-filled

it offers

4 a dignif ied liturgy

5 my stica l prayer life

6 devot ions to Mary and the Ccwnmunion of Saints

7 a traditional (historical) heritage

it demands

8 a personal conversion to Christ

9 sharing the fa ith with others

10 f e ll owship with other Chri st ian s

APPENDIX B Points of Interest at Blessed Sacrament

The church building is constructed of concrete block with a slate floor and cathedral beamed ceiling The design incorporates the traditi onal areas of nave chancel and sanctuary The stone wall behind the main altar was designed and built by Arthur Maurer who was assisted in the construction of the wall and the laying of the slate floor by several of the men from the congreshygation The main altar is cut of travertine marble and contains a bronze tabernacle bearing the symbol of the Sacred Host and Chalice for the Reserved Sacrament The Chi Rho symbol on the front of the altar was designed by Barbara Scully Father Scullys daughter The Cross design on the chancel floor was executed in colored slate by Arthur Maurer The large Crucifix above the altar as well as the statues of Saint Mary and Saint Joseph~ were hand-carved in Italy The Shrines for the statues were hand-made of solid birch by John Sulley The holy water fonts at the entrance to the church are made of siena marble to Father Scullys specifications and imported from Italy Their use on entering and leaving the church symbolizes the renewal of our baptismal vows The wrought iron railings around the chancel area as well as the credance table were designed and executed by Art in Iron a local firm of artisans in Fullerton The baptismal font is made of marble and was given by the Leonard Allen family one of the early families whose daughter was the first child baptized in the newly-completed church building The font cover was made by John Sulley and contains ninety-eight pieces of walnuts The Gospel Book carried in the procession of the Gospel was handshymade in Greece The parish banner features the name of the parish and the city in which the church is built Pictured on a green shield are a Host and Chalice in contemporary motif flanked by wheat and grapes from which bread and rine are made Over these designs is the haloed hand of God blessing the elements thereby indicating that by Gods grace the bread and wine we offer at Mass become the Body and Blood of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament The banner was designed and made by Ramona Suders mother of the Rev Daniel R Suders of this diocese

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The Holy Rood Scene on the ceiling beam located above the chancel steps contains the crucifix or rood (the alternate English word) and the figures of St Mary and St John The Rood Scene is tradishytionally associated with Anglo - Catholic parishes

The Stations of the Cross are of hand- carved poly- chromed wood and imported from Italy There are fourteen scenes depicting Christ s journey to Calvary

I Jesus is condemned to death

II Jesus received His cross

III Jesus falls the first time under His cross

IV Jesus meets His afflicted Mother

V Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry His cross

VI Veronica sipes the face of Jesus

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VII IX Jesus falls Jesus falls the second the third time time

VIII Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem

XI Jesus is nailed to the cross

X Jesus is stripped of his garments

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XI I Jesus dies on the cr oss

XIII Jesus is taken dovm from the cross

XIV Jesus is laid in the sepulchre

The ten stained glass winQows lining either side of the nave area were hand-made in Italy at the request of each individual donor Father Baumann has made up the following explanation of the symbolism contained in each one (clockwise from the Epistle side)

The host and chalice symbol of the Blessed Sacrament are superimposed upon stalks of wheat and a grapevine from which comes the bread and wine offered at the Mass

The Chi Rho (Greek letters X aqd p) are a symbol for Christspelled in Greek letters XPIlTOE and are superimposed on linked circles symbolic of Holy Matrimony and laid on crossed branches

Dove symbolic of Holy Spirit with cross in halo symbolic of Christ with seven lamps streaming from him symboiic of the sevenshyfold gifts of the Holy Spirit in Christian Initiation

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The chalice resting upon a book with book~ marks is the symbol for Saint John Chrysostom Archbishop of Constantinople in the fifth century He wrote the prayer which bears his name in the Prayer Book pages 59 and 72

The anchor is a symbol of the virtue of Christian hope and the fish are symbols of Jesus The fish has been a Christian symbol since the first century as the Greek word for fish makes a rebus from which the words Jesus Christ Gods Son Savior are derived

This design is an old symbol for St Mary the Virgin The M and R superimposed stand for Maria Regina (Mary Queen) reminding the faithful that Mary is Queen of Saints and the greatest boast of the human race This window is located next to the Shrine of St Mary in the church

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A legend says that in times of food scarcity the pelican feeds her young by drawing blood from her own breast This has long been a symbol for our salvation for we are given life by the shed Blood of Christ

The eagle is a symbol of St John the Evangelist The eagles keen eyesight symbolizes the piercing gaze of St John who is supposed to have seen further into the mysteries of heaven than anyone else

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The Lamb of God upon the sealed book is symbolic of Jesus who opened for us the kingdom of heaven The appropriate Biblical reference is Revelation 5lff

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The OJlt is symbolic of Saint Luke the SL in the window makes the identification complete St Lukes Gospel presents sacrifical aspects of Jesus life the ox was frequently used in sacrifical rites of the Old Testament

The pipe organ though small is an unusual accouterment for a small parish since churches this size usually make do with electronic organs It was installed in 1971 by Nelson Ridgeway and contains 12 ranks It was extensively refurbished in 1980 much of the work being done by Sam and Phyllis Cartledge Cameron MacDonald (Phyllis father) John and Evelyn Sulley Walt Kline Hilton and Margaret Dalessi Jim Goodwin and his daughter Cindy and in 1981 a three manual Austin console replaced the original one which had been designed for an electonic organ Future plans include the eventual installation of a rank of reed pipes and additional refurbishment for the maintenance of an instrument which is grOl-ling ever more unique and precious in our increasingly electronic world

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APPENDIX C Original application for mission status and listing of vestry and wa rdens for inte rvening yea rs

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To the Right Reverend Francis Eric BloyBishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles Los Angeles California

Reverend Father in God

The undersigned male adult persons residing within the Yorba Linda Placentia and Brea area do hereby respectfully apply to you for the organization of a Mission in the above described locality and we do declare our readiness to undertake the duties and obligations lmplied in Buch organlzation

(SIGNED) Hilmer G Lodge15761 Palm Drive Placentia Calif Max Dunn 708 Cedar Brea Callf George L Jacobsen 4571 Carolina Avenue Placentia Callf Elmer B Will lame 15072 MadiBon Avenue Placentia Calif Clyde M Daniels 5282 Kraemer Avenue Placentia Calif A E De Wald 209 West Chapman Placentla Callf Richard T Ryan221 West Santa Fe Placentia Calif Johri H Newton 101 South MelroeePlacentia Calif Marvin D JohnBon e40 Alder Brea California hester A Palmer

4357 Mc Cormac Lane Placentia Calif Maurice E Ford Jr 5197 Ohio Yorba Linda~C~a~l~i~f~~______~ Xenneth Tucker 4352 Eureka Yorba Linda - Callf G J Curtis 4861 Eureka Avenue Yorba Linda Callf Walter B Summers 17891 Yorba Linda Blvd Yorba Linda Calif Norman T Cottom 4682 Garden Place Yorba Linda Calif

Dated January 30 1956

1956 Warden Hilmer G Lodge Clerk Jack lltilson Treasurer C M Daniels Bishops Conunittee Raymond Thompson Arthur Maurer~ John Newton D Jack Wilson George L Carter Hilton L Dalessi Clyde Daniels Gilbert W Merritt Leonard A Allen

1957 1ltarden Hilmer G Lodge Clerk Gilbert H blerritt Treasurer C M Daniels

1958 Senior arden Raymond Thompson Junior Warden Hilton L Dalessi Treasurer Geroge Davidovich Clerk A E De Wald Bishops Committee Raymond Thompson H L Dalessi Chet Palmer George Davidovich Mike DeHalk Hilmer Lodge John Nerton George Carter Leonard A Allen

1959 Senior 1ltarden Hilton L Dalessi JW1ior -larden Chester Palmer Treasurer Maurice Burnell Clerk Jack Preston Bishops Committee Lynn Graham Jilliam Fischer Joseph John~on Chester Palmer Gilbert W Merritt Maurice Burnell Jack Preston Arthur Maurer Clyde Daniels Hilton L Dalessi

1960 Senior 1ltarden Gilbert W Merritt Clerk Jack W Preston Treasurer Maurice R Burnell

1961 Senior Warden William Fischer Junior Warden Jack Preston Treasurer Maurice Burnell Clerk Paul Hirsch Bishops Committee Maurice Burnell Clyde Daniels William Fischer Gilbert W Merritt Jack Preston Joe Johnson Don l-1endel Lynn Kelly Arthur l-1aurer

1962 Senior Warden Arthur Maurer Junior Warden William Fischer Treasurer Hilton L Dalessi Clerk Paul Hirsch Bishops Committee Arthur Maurer William Fischer Lynn Kelly Paul Hirsch Don Wendel Christian Gebhardt Hilton Dalessi Harley Hall Hilmer Lodge

1963 Senior Warden Arthur Maurer Junior Warden Donald Wheeler Treasurer Hilton L Dalessi Clerk Paul Hirsch Bishops Committee Hilmer Lodge Harley Hall Christian Gebhardt Halter La Force Devereaux Leahy Arthur Maurer Donald iheeler Hilton Dalessi Paul Hirsch

1964 Senior Warden Hilton Dalessi Junior Warden Devereaux Leahy Treasurer Margaret J Dalessi Clerk William Towles Bishops Committee Paul Hirsch William Heaton Harley Hall Christian Gebhardt George Johnstone Thomas Trouty Arthur Maurer Donald hrtleeler Paul Hirsch Hilton Dalessi

1965 Senior Warden Hilton L Dalessi Treasurer Margaret J Dalessi Clerk William R Towles Bishops Cornmittee Harold Hard Paul Hirsch Hilliam R TQjles Hilton Dalessi

1966 No record

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1967 Senior arden Harold Hard Junior Warden Bill Brown Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Gene Peregoy Bishops Committee Chuck Bri ckell Bill Brown Harold Hard Bill Heaton Gordon Justus Joseph Kasun Hilton Dalessi Gene Peregoy Bob Rees Raymond Thompson

1968 Senior Warden Gordon J ustus Treasurer Hilton Dalesi

1969 Senior Warden Gordon Justus Junior Wa rden William Takahashi Treasurer Hilton Daless i Clerk Edward Blinn Bishops Committee Gordon Justus William TakahaShi Hilton Dalessi Edward Blinn Ros s Burns Arthur Lewis J ack Suiter Robert Thoades nal Hard

1970 Senior Warden Art Lewis Junior Warden William Takahashi Treas urer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Edward Blinn Bishops Committee Arthur Maurer Ross Burns Paul Da~son Jack Suiter Patrick Tatum Edward Blinn Gordon Anderson Arthur Lewis William Takahashi Hilton Dalessi

1971 Senior Warden Edward Blinn Junior Warden Paul Dawson Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Kenneth Keith Bishops Committee Edward Blinn Paul Dawson Hilton Dalessi Kenneth Keith William Heaton Gordon Anders on Arthur Lewi S Paul Hirsch Ross Burns Pat Tatum

1972 Senior Warden Bill Heaton Junior Warden Paul Dawson Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk James Pence Bishops Committee Bill Heaton Paul Dawson Paul Hirsch Ken Keith Hilton Dalessi Dick Nedrow Blackmon Warner James Pence Merrill Hansen Hal Hard

1973 Senior Warden William Heaton Junior Warden James Pence Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Dale Swanson Bishops Committee William Heaton Dale Swanson George Hrubecky Richard Reimers Richard Nedrow Paul Hirsch James Pence Hilton Dalessi Kenneth Keith Blackmon Warner

1974 Senior arden William Heaton Junior Warden Arthur Lewis Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Dale Swanson Bishops Committee Geor~e Hrubecky Richard Reimers Jack Suiter Arthur Lewis James Pence William Heaton Norman Bixby Dale Swanson Dick Nedrow Hilton Dalessi

1975 Senior Warden Dale Swanson Junior Warden Arthur V Lewis Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Clorene Kroeker Bishops Committee Sale Swanson Arthur Lewis Hilton Daless i Joseph H Arnold Norman L Bixby Gwen Brickell) Richard Orm sby Ri chard Reimers John W Sulley Jack Suiter Ma ry E Daless i appointed to fill Brickell vacancy

1976 Senior Warden Dale Swanson Junior arden Arthur Lewis Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Clorene Kroeker Bishops Committee Joseph H Arnold William E Backes Mary E Dalessi Richard R Ormsby James Pence Jack Suiter John W Sulley Dale Swanson Arthur Lewis Hilton Dalessi

1977 Senior arden James Pence Junior Warden Joseph H Arnold Tr easurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Clorene Kroeker Vestry Mary E Dalessi Richard Ormsby Hilton Dalessi oseph Arrold John -I Sulley James Pence Hilliam Backes Jack Abouchar J ) Mu-head Barry M Sullock William T Lynde replaced Barry M Sulbck

1978 Senior arden J Douglas Muirhead Junior Warden Mary Dalessi Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Clorene Kroeker Vestry J Douglas Muirhead Mary E Dalessi Hilton L Dalessi William E Backes Joseph C Flanders William T Lynde Samuel Nichols Josegth Ridges Evelyn M Sulley Mary D Young

1979 Senior Warden J Douglas ~u irhead

Junior Warden Samuel Nichols Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Margaret H Muirhead Vestry J Douglas Muirhead Samuel Nichols Hilton Dalessi Joseph ~ Flanders Evelyn M Sulley William R Lynde ~lery Young ohn middotlcConcell Norman Bixby Jack Suiter Barbara Davis replaced John HcConnell who resigned

1980 Senior Warden Norman Bixby Junior Warden James Goodwin Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk l-fargaret H Muirhead Vestry Norman Bixby James Goodwin Hilton Dalessi Samuel Nichols Joseph Arnold Jack Suiter Barbara Davis Joseph Flanders WilliBJll 3ackes Richard Sparrow

1981 Senior Warden Norman Bixby Junior Warden John Hartsfield Treasurer Hilton Dalessi Clerk Margaret H Muirhead Vestry Norman Bixby John Hartsfield Hilton Dalessi Sharon Suttc~ Diana Sullock Barbara Davis William Backes Richard Sparrow Harol~ Harcourt Dave Heil replaced Joseph Arnold who resigned

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I WILL GO UNTO THE ALTAR OF GOD

A history of the Church cif the Blessed Sacrament

Written by Voiza O Arnold

Cover Layout and Typing

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blessed sacrament church - the first 25 years

Documents

father scullys

father baumann

resignation of father

vicar father couper

church cif

episcopal church

parish hall

new church building