There are a host of offerings throughout the week. The list below is organized according to the day of the week that the group meets.
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SUNDAYS
20s & 30s Gatherings
This group gathers weekly for fellowship, friendship, and outreach opportunities throughout the year. See the schedule below:
- First & Second Sundays: Small group gatherings (following the 10:00am service) with Nohemi and Grant
- Third Sundays: Evensong and Tucson Hop Shop meetup
- Fourth Weekends: Service with the Community Food Bank at the El Rio Northwest Health Center at Prince and Oracle (different location from previous years) on Saturdays, and parish forum meetup after the 10:00am service on Sundays
Contact: Grant Batchelder, Nohemi Maciel, Gretchen Peterson, and Andrew Wickersham
Daughters of the King
This is an international lay order of women in the Episcopal, Anglican, Roman Catholic, and ELCA churches. They take a lifetime vow of prayer and service to God and the church.
Saint Philip’s chapter prays daily for the needs and spiritual growth of the parish, and provides service to the clergy and the parish. Daughters are active members of the Healing Service, Altar Guild, Fiber Guild, prayer services, Bible Study, administrative committees, and within the many other opportunities to serve Jesus Christ and His Church in the world.
Members meet on the third Sunday of each month in the Chapel of Saint Benedict after the 10:00am service. Visitors are invited.
Contact: Cari Evans
MONDAYS
The Sowing Circle
This women’s book club meets in person from 11:30am-1:00pm on the second Monday of every month in Saint Anne’s Center. Newcomers are always invited.
This group focuses on sowing new seeds of feminine faith and understanding by reading books written by progressive women authors on faith—and then engaging in conversation about them. The group chooses each month’s book from member suggestions.
Contact: Kathleen Hayes
Reading between the lines
This group is facilitated by Fr Richard Mallory; it meets at 5:30pm on Mondays in La Paz.
Reading Between the Lines was created by the late Fr William Dols, an Episcopal priest who brought insights from the Guild for Psychological Studies of San Francisco to bear on Biblical Studies. The study guides for this approach blend Biblical scholarship with depth psychology.
This is an opportunity to stretch your personal awareness while you gain intellectual insights on the scriptures. One of the Lectionary texts for the following Sunday is the focus each week.
Contact: Fr Richard Mallory
Literati Book Club
This co-ed group meets in person at 7:30pm on the 2nd Monday of every month from September through May in Saint Anne’s Center.
In 1991 Saint Philip’s parishioners Maryl Barnes and Wayne Fulton (deceased) founded Literati, a book discussion group. 32 years later, the group is still active. People come and go; new friends are made, old friendships strengthened, and one woman met her husband in the group.
The books are proposed by members and then voted on by the group every spring.
Contact: Jen Tellman
TUESDAYS
Co-Ed Bible Study
This group is facilitated by Deacon Susan Erickson, and meets at 10:00am every Tuesday for 60 minutes via Zoom.
The group chooses a book of the Bible to read through slowly and to discuss; the pace is generally one or two chapters per week.
Typically, a few secondary sources are recommended for those who want to study in more depth, but they’re not required reading. The focus alternates between the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament.
Contact: Dcn Susan Erickson
Meet God at the Movies
This group meets at 6:30pm on the third Tuesday of every month via Zoom.
Participants choose a film every month, watch it on their own, and then gather to explore and plumb it for theological content. For example, what is broken/where is sin? Is there a moment of turnaround or repentance? Where is redemption the reign of God visible? All are invited to join the conversation, but registration is required.
Contact: Mtr Paula Datsko
WEDNESDAYS
Mosaic
Mosaic is the principal formation offering at Saint Philip’s, a weekly gathering on Wednesdays for fellowship, formation, and prayer. You are invited to participate in all events or just one:
5:30pm—Evening Prayer in the Chapel of St Benedict
6:00pm—Tea, cookies and fellowship in Saint Anne’s
6:30pm-7:30pm—Discussion in Saint Anne’s
The group is currently in its first session (September 9-October 14) of the program year titled “Christianity, East & West.”
Contact: Julia Annas and Kelsi Vanada
THURSDAYS
Read, Discuss, and Share
This co-ed book group is facilitated by Fr Richard Mallory; it meets 2:00pm-3:30pm on Thursdays in La Paz.
Contact: Fr Richard Mallory
Women’s Bible Study
This group meets at 6:30pm in Saint Anne’s Center on Thursdays.
Participants discuss readings based on a theme, and the conversations are often assisted by a helpful book.
Contact: Deborah Terrill and S.J. Baron-Shannon
FRIDAYS
Men’s Group
This group meets at 8:00am on Fridays in La Parroquia. You can attend weekly or sporadically—whatever your schedule allows.
This group offers the men of Saint Philip’s an opportunity to gather for conversations and fellowship while discussing their lives and faith—and how the two inform each other. Meetings are grounded by a spiritual reading.
Contact: David Hoag and Bill Symonds
SATURDAYS
Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross
This group meets monthly (except in the summer).
These Christian women are committed to prayer, spiritual growth, and are part of a welcoming faith community from all walks of life. Members are young—and older. They are reverent—and sometimes a little irreverent. They are lively. What they all have in common is a commitment to God to support each other through prayer, service, outreach, spiritual growth, fellowship, and simplicity of life.
Contact: Rita Smalling and Diane Dittemore