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PENTECOST 2013 Vol. 29, No.4

June

End of Spring Hybrid Distance Education Program Modules 28 29 – July 6 Summer Break for Hybrid Distance Education Program

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7 Beginning of Summer Hybrid Distance Education Program Modules 8 – 19 Petertide Session I Classes; see page 24-25 for course descriptions 22 – Aug 2 Petertide Session II Classes; see page 25 for course descriptions

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New Students Arrive New Student Orientation Sexual Misconduct Prevention Training Anti-Racism Training

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All-Student Orientation First Day of Classes for Michaelmas Term Annual Silent Retreat; No classes Tuesday – Thursday Matriculation of New Residential Students Fall Distance Education Residential Week

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Board of Trustees Meetings Board of Trustees Meetings; No classes Academic Convocation; No classes

november 7–8 13 25 – 26 27 – 29

Experience Nashotah Perspective Student Program Wild Game Dinner and Beer Tasting Event Fall Reading Days Thanksgiving Recess; No classes

december 17 18 19 – 20 20

Last Day of Michaelmas Term Reading Day Michaelmas Term Examinations Fall Distance Education Module Ends

Save the date and join us in Lima, Peru January 4 -13, 2014

Missio Dei: The Mission of God in the World Join students of Nashotah House Seminary and Sts. Augustine Anglican Seminary, Lima, Peru for this 10-day course and cross-cultural mission experience as part of our Epiphany 2014 term.

Starting with Abraham, continuing through the Prophets, the Apostles and the Church, the mission of God is to reconcile to Himself all things in Heaven and on Earth through Christ. The congregation is intended to serve as the local mission outpost of the Kingdom of God where this reconciliation is cultivated and advanced. Rather than seeing mission solely as a foreign endeavor, in this global age, missiological understanding has come to emphasize mission from everywhere to everywhere. In this course we will look at issues related to world mission, in equipping, preparing and sending short and long-term missionaries. We will also consider how the same principles are to be applied in local mission at home. It is not uncommon for small and medium-size parishes to overlook the potential for what God might do in their midst and in the world because they see the task of global mission as too great for them.

The teaching will lay a theological and practical foundation to help Church leaders grasp their role in developing, sending and supporting missionaries at home and abroad. •

Monday through Friday will feature five evening lectures offered in English and Spanish exploring a variety of missiological perspectives in biblical, historical, systematic, cultural and practical theologies.

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Mornings and afternoons will be spent in ministry shared with Anglican missionaries, local Peruvian clergy and seminarians.

For more information please visit www.nashotah.edu.

Psalter

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here is one thing still remaining, that you must be required to observe…

And that is, to begin all your prayers with a psalm. This is so right, is so beneficial to devotion, has so much effect upon our hearts, that it may be insisted upon as a common rule for all persons. I do not mean that you should read over a psalm, but that you should chant or sing one of those psalms, which we commonly call the reading psalms. For singing is as much the proper use of a psalm, as devout supplication is the proper use of a form of prayer. And a psalm only read, is very much like a prayer that is looked over.

— William Law (Law 2006, 146)

Chanting the psalms each day is one the most beloved traditions here at the House. However, not all incoming seminarians are well acquainted with the traditions or music associated with this holy task.

And without a guide, they would be forced to only listen to the angelic melodies rather than participate.

Enter, Canon Joseph Kucharski. While there are a good handful of plainsong Psalters in existence, most of them are unsuitable to the newly-initiated, due to either complex musical progressions or complicated chant notations. To remedy this problem, the good Canon set himself to creating a plainsong Psalter that is easy to use and to learn, but sacrifices none of the beauty of the plainsong tradition. Since 1993, the pointed Psalter he created has been the book used in the Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin.

The only unfortunate thing about said Psalter is that, for twenty years now, it has been printed on regular printer paper and coil-bound. Moreover, for the last several years, it has been sized to a format too large to fit comfortably in the chapel-stalls. Having an amateur background in book design, I thought I might be able to upgrade the presentation of our

fine Psalter. So I started brainstorming with the Canon. Several months and dozens of emails later, I found a book printer, Paraclete Press, that could make something beautiful at a very reasonable price.

A special note of thanks to Ms. Chardy Booth of the Mission Bookstore for her investment.

The new volume is hard-bound with a leather-like cover in Nashotah Blue with silver-foil embossing.

The pages are cream-colored with ribbons to mark the appointed psalm. Now offered by the Mission Bookstore for $30, we think you will be pleased with the new design for the Nashotah House Plainsong Psalter. The new Psalter will be the icing on the cake of what was already a beautiful psalter experience, and will further enshrine Canon Kucharski’s monumental gift to the House for many generations.

Law, William. The Works Of The Reverend William Law: A Serious Call To A Devout And Holy Life Adapted To The State And Condition Of All Orders Of Christians V4. Whitefish: Kessinger Publishing, LLC. 2006.

NOVEMBER 7 - 8, 2013 Whether you’re discerning a call to ministry or considering the possibility of attending seminary, there’s no better place to retreat from the cares of the world and begin to contemplate your call than Nashotah House. Experience Nashotah is a two-day feast of worship, classroom experience, private reflection and candid discussion with our students, faculty, and staff expressly designed for prospective students like you.

• Worship in the historic Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin • Visit classes • Meet the Dean, faculty, and staff • Spend time with current students If you are unable to attend in November, arrangements may be made for visits throughout the year.

For more information, contact Dr. Carol Klukas, Director of Admissions, at admissions@nashotah.edu.

Register for Experience Nashotah at www.nashotah.edu.

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168th Commencement Exercises Distance Student Features:

The Rev. David Jackson, ’13 Ms. Nancy Streufert, ’14 Keith Willard, MD, ’16 Mr. James F. Sweeney, ’15 Mr. Ken Mills, ’13

In Memoriam: Margaret “Peg” Warner Winslow

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The Rev. Clinton Wilson, ’13 Mr. David Bumsted, ’13

Staff Feature: “Ever Heard of a Burr Oak Tree?”

The Rev. Tony Bleything

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Mrs. Kitty Clark, Spiritual Director and “Spouse of the House”

The Rev. Canon Arnold W. Klukas, PhD

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Publisher The Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr. Associate Editors The Rev. Andrew J. Hanyzewski, ’09 Mrs. Jeneen Floyd Mrs. Rebecca Terhune, ’14 COPY EDITORS Mr. Ryan Boettcher Mrs. Nicole Mattke

Address & Telephone 2777 Mission Road Nashotah, Wisconsin 53058-9793 262.646.6500 Websites nashotah.edu give.nashotah.edu The Missioner email missioner.editor@nashotah.edu

Design Manager Mrs. Bliss Lemmon Photographers Mr. Nat Davauer Mrs. Bliss Lemmon Mr. Gabriel Morrow, ’14

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In keeping with our theme of this edition of Psalm 104:31, our cover invokes an image of Nashotah House’s desire to nurture and bring healing to God’s people in the saving graces of Jesus Christ.

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ashotah House invites you to come to our campus and experience the wonderful atmosphere we can provide for the next retreat, conference, wedding, or other event you hope to hold! We are especially pleased to be able to offer the use of the recently built Adams Hall which contains a large auditorium that can seat up to 300 people,

five conference rooms that each seat 20 to 60 people, and an additional attached dining/reception hall. The Adams Hall auditorium can serve as a worship space, a lecture hall, or can be transformed into a breath-taking reception hall. The auditorium and conference rooms are equipped for all audio/ visual needs. Nashotah House offers excellent catering options available upon request.

For more information on holding an event at Nashotah House contact the Events Department at events@nashotah.edu or 262.646.6500

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s we plan for the future at Nashotah House, it is well to remember our history; that is the foundation for our mission today and tomorrow.

One name stands out among many faithful missionaries—Bishop Jackson Kemper. He was consecrated the First Missionary Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia on September 25, 1835. His mission field was the vast territory of what was called in his day, the Northwest. Immediately and only by the Grace of God, he organized eight dioceses: Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana and California. He also founded Nashotah House, Kemper and Racine Colleges, and promoted mission work among the Potawatomi, Seneca, Oneida, and Huron Indians.

On October 7, 1841, one year before the founding of the House, he preached before the Bishops, clergy and laity of the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church at St. Paul’s Chapel, New York City. In his sermon, he addressed theological students, saying, “If there is even one looking to ministry, who has not in all sincerity and from his heart said to his Savior, ‘Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth,’ and is not ready to say to the Church, ‘Here I am, send me’, he is mistaken in his calling. The spirit to be cultivated at the schools of the prophets is the spirit of unreserved and entire devotion to the cause of Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The heart, the whole heart, is required.

Self-control should be rigorously exercised from the first day we look to the plough.”

That same rigor is required of Nashotah House as we prepare priests and lay leaders in the classical Anglican tradition for leadership in the Church.

Our Benedictine formation of daily Eucharist, prayer, study and work is the bedrock of all that we do.

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All theological institutions in the United States face challenges and Nashotah House is no exception. In November, 2013, we will host the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), the organization that provides our accreditation. We are working diligently not only to meet their requirements but to far exceed them.

Our dedicated faculty is second to none. In the coming days, however, we will address issues around teaching hours required of our faculty and the number of hours required for an MDiv degree, which, at the House, far exceed those presently required

by ATS. In dealing with these issues, no compromise will be made in our education in the classical Anglican tradition. Instead, we want to saturate our students in the wisdom of the past while giving them new tools to deal with the future. This may include offering classes that inspire entrepreneurial skills and strategies for parish ministry.

The greatest work in preparing for the future is related to technology and administration. Dozens of initiatives are taking place behind the scenes to prepare us for the future. Currently, we are working to integrate the internal technology of the various departments allowing us to communicate and work as a team. A new fiber optic system has been installed speeding up learning delivery systems and support.

There are already amazing fruits that are occurring in Development. The number of those supporting the House has multiplied and giving has more than tripled. We began implementing a recruitment strategy in March that is already providing a bigger pool of potential seminarians from which we may choose the brightest and best.

Our new technology also enables us to be on the cutting edge of recruitment at every level. We have the opportunity, in a time of declining student bodies, to

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grow the House not only in residential MDiv students but also in the cuttingedge of distance learning where we already have a strong program.

We are also engaging two students with significant business experience to help with administration overhaul on a scholarship basis. This gives us the opportunity to teach the whole student body about administrative leadership and to prepare them to lead. One of the great needs in the Church is congregational rebuilding in a time of declining congregations. Nashotah is changing the future of the Church.

The Spirit at Nashotah House is the same spirit described by Bishop Jackson Kemper in 1841—“the spirit of unreserved and entire devotion to the cause of Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” Your support has made this mission possible. As the inaugural year of the Jackson Kemper Annual Fund draws to a close next month, keep your hand on the plough described by Bishop Kemper and be a partner with the House in its mission.

Yours Faithfully in Christ,

The Right Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr. Dean of Nashotah House Theological Seminary

The Right Rev. Daniel H. Martins, ’89 11th Bishop of Springfield, Illinois Chairman of the Board of Trustees

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ommencement at Nashotah House is one of those events that is larger than itself. Of course, for those who receive degrees it is a memorable personal milestone and a significant life transition. For students who are yet to complete their studies, it is a foretaste of that to which they aspire. For alumni, it is an opportunity to look back to a time in their lives they may remember with varying degrees of fondness, which turned out to be an important influence on who they have become since their own graduation. Members of the permanent on-campus community— faculty and staff—have their own unique perspective on this annual ritual: students come, and students go, and life goes on, though they themselves are changed by the cycle of coming and going. For associate alumni, benefactors, and other friends of the House, commencement shines a brighter light on everything that Nashotah symbolizes for the wider church—the true, the untrue, and the partially true. For those involved in the oversight and governance of the House, it is a time to attend with love to the present and future health and vitality of the organism.

The energy that is engendered by commencement is greater than the mere sum of these parts. Everyone going through the buffet line under the tent on the refectory lawn approaches the table from a unique angle, but there is a shared, if not always articulated, sense that we are implicating ourselves in something good and noble; something that is put at the disposal of God’s Holy Spirit for PENTECOST 2013

advancing the interests of the Kingdom of Heaven in a world where Hell continues to hold sway in too many places. Implicit in everything we do during commencement week is the assumption that “it is not ourselves that we proclaim, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Cor 4:5). What we are doing, we are doing for God, and we hope God is pleased.

When I was a student at Nashotah House, during one of the annual retreats, the conductor posed a rather arresting question: “What might God wish to thank you for?” This is counterintuitive to what many of us have been taught prior to studying at Nashotah House. We are accustomed to voicing our thanksgivings to God, or to feel guilty for not doing so. We are taught to aspire to “true humility and self-abasement.” But most of us probably find it strange to imagine what it might be that God would wish to thank us for, to commend us for.

For the most part, I suspect that this feeling of strangeness is salutary; most of us have no need to feed our egos.

But as an occasional spiritual exercise, it may be a worthwhile endeavor, not for ego strokes, but to see the various individual ministries in which we are engaged in a larger perspective.

God may or may not make it a practice to send us thank-you notes until we hear the final, “Servant, well done!”

But the witness of Scripture is such that God does take a measure of delight in His own handiwork. “May the glory of the Lord endure forever; May the Lord rejoice in his works” (Ps 104:31). And NASHOTAH.EDU

we are certainly part of that handiwork, among those “works,” in which God rejoices. Nashotah House is among those works—God’s own works—in which God takes delight.

Week in and week out, across the Episcopal Church and various other jurisdictions, Anglican and otherwise, on every inhabited continent, Nashotah-trained priests celebrate the Holy Eucharist with gathered communities of Christians, large and small. They break open the Word of God in their homilies and in their teaching. They make new Christians at the font and make new disciples in their pastoral care and leadership.

Many have laid aside careers to devote themselves to this work. They live out their vocations faithfully, quietly, even heroically. In so doing, they advance the Kingdom of Heaven and cause Hell to tremble. God rejoices in that, because it is His own handiwork.

When we allow ourselves to see that, we also see the banquet on the refectory lawn after commencement as a sign of the Heavenly Banquet.

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Conference Highlights: Ministry Among Emerging Adults in College & Beyond Mr. John Kirby Church of the Apostles Anglican, Fairfax, Virginia

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ransitions: Ministry Among Emerging Adults in College and Beyond was hosted by Nashotah House in February, 2013. The conference consisted of a Symposium and small group discussions to consider issues related to the current culture and spirituality among adults ages 1830. Those attending investigated the defining factors of this age group, looked at how universities relate to students, and how the church can be integrated into emerging adult communities. Most importantly, all of this was brought to us with a great amount of research, thought, prayer, and experience put into the topic by the conference leaders.

The conference consisted of three classes after which we spent time in smaller breakout groups to discuss.

The conference finished with a panel discussion. Throughout the weekend, there was a welcoming environment for discussions, and learning.

Traveling from the Washington D.C. area I anticipated learning more about ministry with emerging adults because the people I work with had just started doing intentional ministry with this group in our own church at our university. As part of this demographic, God has given me a great heart for this age group.

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A range of topics discussed during the Transitions Conference, focusing on college students, young adults and community life.

ideas off of each other. The reason I found this so valuable was because of the incredible diversity in my group. We had seminarians, pastors, and lay people who were already doing emerging adult ministry and there were equally diverse points of view that still respected each other’s opinions.

with the ability to express the value that emerging adults have. I can now go back to my church and provide opportunities for anyone to be able to invest in emerging adults because I can now communicate just what my generation wants and needs from the church and how the church can fill those roles.

As someone in the 18-30 year-old age range I grew up and have experienced most of the things that the conference covered. What was new for me was being able to describe things in a concise manner and in a way that would make sense to others. Even before the conference we were on campus at the university giving out free coffee to students on a weekly basis and coming in contact with over a hundred students a week. We have started a community group that has grown four times its original size in as many months. Now, I have come away from the conference

Nashotah House is an amazing place filled with great teaching, a love for God and others, and a beautiful location. I was truly blessed to be able to attend the Transitions: Emerging Adults conference there. The community that they foster makes it an ideal place to learn and hear from God.

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Mr. John Kirby is the Youth and Young Adult Director at Church of the Apostles Anglican in Fairfax, Virginia. He is married to Ali and he is excited to see how God is teaching and encouraging this generation.

Wild Game BEER

Dinner November 13, 2013

SINCE

1842

Experience the robust flavors of Wisconsin at historic Nashotah House!

Enjoy a five-course dinner paired with locally-crafted beers.

6:00PM Reception 6:30PM Dinner Limited seating - reserve your space now!

For more information and to register, please visit nashotah.edu or contact the Events Department at 262.646.6500 or events@nashotah.edu.

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Mr.Travis J. Bott Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew

nglican liturgy uses the language of “glory” in different ways. We might call them subjective and objective ways.

On the one hand, the Gloria Patri expresses the subjective dimension: “Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.” When we make this acclamation, we give the triune God our glory. That is, we honor God because we perceive Him to be worthy of our praise. This is a subjective perspective on glory. On the other hand, the Sanctus expresses the objective dimension: “Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.” When we pray these words, we acknowledge the reality of God’s glory. Indeed, He is holy, powerful, and mighty. His glory is something substantive that is capable of filling heaven and earth. The words of the Sanctus come from the angelic hymn in Isaiah 6:3. Isaiah sees the Lord sitting on an exalted throne in the holy of holies in the Jerusalem temple. He is engulfed in smoke as seraphs fly around Him singing. Since the Hebrew verb sāraf means, “to burn,” these seraphs appear to be creatures of flame. One of them even purifies the prophet’s mouth with a hot coal from the burning altar.

In this passage, Isaiah has a vision of God’s objective glory.

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concept. In the Old Testament, God also desires to be present with His people. For instance, the Hebrew phrase “the glory of the Lord” (kevōd ’adōnāy) is a technical term for God’s manifest presence. God appears as fire or bright light, but He also cloaks Himself in a cloud or smoke. God both reveals and conceals Himself. At Sinai, God descends onto the mountain, setting it on fire and shrouding it in a thick cloud (Exod 24:15–18). The same thing happens when the divine glory fills the tabernacle in the wilderness (Exod 40:34–38) and the temple in Jerusalem (1 Kgs 8:11; 2 Chr 7:1–3).

God’s presence can be dangerous and frightening. When Moses asks to see the glory, God shelters him in a cave on Sinai, and he is only able to see God’s back as he passes (Exod 33–34).

In addition, Elijah hides in a cave on Horeb—another name for Sinai—while God’s blazing presence stands outside (1 Kgs 19). God speaks to both prophets on the mountain, but they must have protection so His powerful presence does not destroy them.

We could say that God’s pattern of self-revelation in the Old Testament is conflagration, while in the New Testament it is incarnation. But it is important to see that these two manifestations are closely related. In fact, several New Testament passages equate Jesus with the divine glory. For example, St. Paul says that believers

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receive a revelation of “the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Cor 4:6), and the writer to the Hebrews calls the Son “the radiance of God’s glory” (Heb 1:3). Other texts clearly draw on the Old Testament narratives about God’s presence. In the prologue of his Gospel, St. John describes the Son as the light of God that shines in the darkness. Like the glory that filled the tabernacle, the Son “pitched his tent” (eskēnōsen in Greek) so that we could see the Father’s glory (Jn 1:14). In the book of Revelation, the risen Christ appears among seven golden lampstands, which recall the temple’s menorah. Flames shoot from His eyes, and His face shines like the sun with full force (Rev 1:12–16). Finally, in the transfiguration story of the synoptic Gospels (Mt 17; Mk 9; Lk 9), Jesus stands atop a mountain with a brilliant countenance and dazzling clothes. A cloud covers the mountain, and the Father’s voice identifies Him as the Son. Moses and Elijah appear alongside Him. As they spoke with God on Sinai, so the prophets speak with Jesus on this mountain, but here they are able to look directly at the glory of the Lord.

Jesus did not transform into someone or something else on the mountain that day. Rather, His true identity as Israel’s God was revealed to the disciples. Like them, we behold in the face of Jesus Christ, the fire that burned on Sinai and filled the temple’s holiest place. May we give Him all our glory.

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HIGHLIGHTS Father Peay Named to Wabash Center 2013-14 Theological School Dean’s Colloquy

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ichaelmas Term welcomed new occupants to Ivins House: the Bott Family, Professor Travis, wife Jill, sons Stephen and Peter, and Leah, their cat. Professor Bott joined the faculty as Resident Adjunct to teach Old Testament and Hebrew. As the family settled into Ivins House – and life on campus, as well – so did Professor Bott “fit” with the faculty. After due diligence and deliberation, taking into account that he had been among the finalists for the position originally, the faculty unanimously elected Professor Bott to the faculty. The faculty will seek the Trustees’ concurrence at their meeting in May, 2013, to extend the contract from a two to a three-year agreement. Professor Bott’s appointment is as Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew. We look forward to seeing the lively activity around Ivins continue for some years to come.

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hile a theological school exists in service to the church, it is planted in the field of higher education and requires educational leadership. This is the role of the Academic Dean.

At Nashotah House that role is filled by the Reverend Steven A. Peay, PhD. He learned of the colloquies and workshops hosted by The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The description for the colloquy to take place in June of this year and January of next sparked an interest: “In this colloquy, deans of theological schools will explore their role as educational leaders in the fast-changing contours of theological education.

In the prior era, a dean was often seen as the mechanic who tended the curricular or institutional machinery. The realities of theological education in the 21st century require re-visioning the role of the dean. This colloquy seeks to strengthen participants’ vision of their work as educational leaders and to contribute to the larger conversation about the changing realities of deanship in theological schools.” Fr. Peay wrote the necessary essays, got the support of the DeanPresident, Bishop Salmon, and was notified that he was one of ten deans selected for the conversation.

“As the printing press changed the situation of theological education in the Reformation era, digital technology and the internet are changing it for ours,” said Fr. Peay. “If we are to be here for the next 170 years we have to learn how to take the faithful, classical theological education we offer into this rapidly changing world. I look forward to learning from my peers. Floreat Nashotah!”

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In Lived Experience

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recently had the chance to chat with some of our Nashotah members that were able to participate in a program called, “Norwich, Past Present and Future: The Anglican Cathedral in Lived Experience.” As part of their studies, Nashotah students joined faculty members Fr. Steven Peay and Fr. Arnold Klukas who facilitated the trip to Norwich, England. Nashotah’s relationship with the Cathedral Church in Norwich started when the Canon Precenter at the Cathedral, Jeremy Haselock, was an adjunct professor at the House. Our faculty designed the trip as a full immersion into English Christianity, with special attention to the liturgical, spiritual, and historical treasures offered at Norwich Cathedral.

The students were guided through eleven days of English worship, church life, and experience in the Medieval village around Norwich Cathedral. Many of the sessions were geared towards presenting historical implications of some of the major theological and liturgical movements in English Church history. Examples include a session devoted to Medieval politics, piety and spirituality at the dawn of the Reformation, a session outlining the implications of the

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As a highlight of their studies, Nashotah House Reformation and The Book of Common Prayer (1549) students and faculty enjoy a literary display. Since the foundation of the priory and church in 1096, around Norwich, and a there has been a library at Norwich Cathedral. session investigating the various modes of English churchmanship after the Reformation. at which he was an intern recently To the delight of the Nashotah group, and accepted an invitation to preach. they were able to join in the worship Deacon Nesta was also inspired by life at the cathedral, beginning the day Common Worship, the Church of with Matins and Mass and finishing England’s main liturgical resource for each day with Evensong. As many its regular worship. Upon his return, of our readers, alumni, students, and Deacon Nesta was able to share with guests can attest, Nashotah House has students some of his research into kept a very similar worship schedule the development and use of Common for most of its 170 year history.

Worship and its recent use in liturgy within the life of the English Church.

Our students were unanimous in their praise for Canon Haselock’s hospitality, For Fr. Klukas, the trip was also a and had much to talk about when they reunion. Having spent much of his returned. Mr. John Armstrong, Class early ministry as an ordained priest of ’15, was particularly interested in the UK, there he studied medieval in how the Cathedral represented church architecture for his doctorate the life of an established Church, a degree.

Returning to a place so concept that is not well understood formative was very moving for Fr. by many Americans. He also reflected Klukas, and he expressed his excitement on the continuous spiritual history at the possibility of returning. Fr. Peay of many an English Cathedral, summed up the trip very well in his especially considering the fact that comment to me: “Norwich’s location many cathedrals, including Norwich’s, in the region of East Anglia gave us were repurposed monasteries. For an opportunity to see Anglicanism’s Deacon Paul Nesta, Class of ’13, the breadth. There you find a plethora of trip was a reunion of sorts. He was medieval churches and also some of the able to reconnect with a parish called hot spots of Puritanism in Britain sideSt. Andrew’s in Oxschott, England, by-side. It was a grand experience!”

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January 3-13, 2014 “Liturgy and Piety of the Medieval Church in England” Co-taught and hosted by Fr. Arnold Klukas and Dr. David Sherwood of Nashotah House and Canon Precentor Jeremy Haselock of Norwich Cathedral

This three-credit elective course is part of the Epiphany Term 2014 with possible credit as Liturgy, Ascetical Theology, or Church History. ** Our Norwich Seminar of 2013 was such a success, and our relationship with the Norwich Cathedral Chapter, especially the exceptional support and hospitality of Canon Jeremy Haselock, was so mutually agreeable, that we have decided to return to Norwich in 2014. The focus of the 2014 Seminar will be on the Liturgy and Piety of the English Church

in the High Middle Ages. Norwich, England, is the ideal location in which to find in one-square-mile more than 40 surviving medieval parish churches, plus the remains of numerous monastic orders, devotional guilds, and even the cell of the mystical writer and anchoress Julian. The countryside surrounding Norwich also has the greatest surviving concentration of medieval parish churches in the British Isles—more than six hundred! Also nearby is Walsingham and the restored pilgrimage center of Our Lady of Walsingham, which in

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Benedictine liturgy and the Opus Dei (Divine Office), especially at the Cathedral

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Cistercian spiritual practices and its contrasts in art and prayer to the Benedictine tradition, of which it is a part

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Mendicant spirituality in preaching and spiritual direction of the laity, especially looking at the importance of the Black Friars (Dominicans) in Norwich public life

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Mystical writers of the 14th-15th centuries in England, especially Julian of Norwich, in her anchor hold at St. Julian’s Church and Margery Kempe of King’s Lynn

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Parish life and piety in the late Middle Ages, especially the roles played by the laity in the patronage, maintenance and liturgical life of their parishes

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Importance of relics, devotion to the saints and pilgrimage— with our own pilgrimage to Walsingham

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Theology and significance of prayers and masses for the Dead, including confraternities, chantry chapels, etc. and a visit to the Great Hospital

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“Seeing as believing” in public worship and private devotion— images, stained glass, illuminated books of devotion, and rood screens.

the Middle Ages was second only to St. Thomas à Becket’s shrine at Canterbury in its power and popularity.

Norwich Cathedral will continue to be the center for the course, with our full participation in the daily round of services in a building that has been prayed in for more than 800 years. In addition, the city’s churches will be our “textbooks” in which to understand the liturgical and pious practices that created them as both works of art and centers of devotion. .

All participants will read a common set of materials to provide background and allow for common discussion of the people, events, and sites that we encounter. Each participant will also be responsible for one aspect of our common learning, as well as pursuing an individual project with the guidance of the instructors. ** Members of the Ramsey Society, friends of Nashotah, and students who wish to audit the course are welcome to apply.

If accepted, they will also be asked to complete the required readings and participate in all the communal activities.

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Darkness is nothing more than the absence of light...

The Rev. Canon Arnold Klukas, PhD

Professor of Liturgics and Ascetical Theology

...and when Jesus spoke about the kingdom of God He was talking to followers and crowds who longed for the Messiah.

He was referring to His eternal presence, always found within this temporal world. He said the kingdom was not far off but right here to an audience that believed light would not come into the world until the Messiah arrived. He meant Zion was right where He was, at all times. Somewhere in the midst of the darkness we find the new disciple, the parish priest. He renders his heart to the Lord with all he has, through fasting, weeping and mourning over a parish that doesn’t get it in a world that has lost it. He often hears, “The budget will not be met, young people are not to be found in the pews, and too many people are dying off.” That sounds like an apocalyptic view of the end of the Church as we know it.

Whenever I hear the words of the prophets, such as Joel, I think of the end times that did not, in fact, end all time. Darkness enveloped his world and threatened to end it all. The present day priest can relate, but light will be found once more. It may have been the end times for a Jerusalem, for a Rome, or for a Canterbury, or perhaps it will be for a Washington, for that matter, but new cities on a hill have always emerged. This gives hope to godly men and women today who wish to carry on the remnant of God’s kingdom but we must be patient, brave and true to go where God calls us. The Christian must forge new paths to create ways for God’s light, His holy Zion, to stand out and be the remnant once again.

In my humble opinion, the new city will be held together by walls and portals of a different kind. It will be protected by a “firewall” and the portals will be open to the internet. The parish priest today must not be afraid to enter this new cyber city and certainly not avoid it by thinking it will go away anytime soon. We say things today like, “I’ll Facebook you” or “Google it.” To get connected, to communicate and to energize the faithful of the next generation the parish priest must be bold to open the door and enter. Simply ask all those who visit the parish what brought them to your church. Eight out of ten will probably say they looked you up on your website first. Rarely are people drawn out by the church bells anymore.

The bells are being replaced by the traditional, static, contentonly websites which yield our face to the public. The culture continues to stumble around in the dark looking for a glimpse of a religion they can believe, a truth they can hold and a light they can see beyond the walls of hypocrisy and into our portals of praise. Still, they don’t know who we are until they meet us face to face. The question the parish priest should ask is not, “How do we get people in church?” Instead it should be, “How can we help people today meet Christ in a personal view?”

Church in the world is changing. It is still Zion. Its purpose is to bring the light of Christ into the new city of the day. Let us not lose hope thinking that the end times are coming nor forget the kingdom of God is brought near in our personal encounters.

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Congratulations

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Commencement exercises with Solemn Eucharist Thursday, May 16, 2013, St. Jerome Catholic Church, Oconomowoc, WI

Master of Arts in Ministry Brian David Allen Matthew Scott Baker Shanon W. Cotta Wilbur Foster Eich III Elizabeth Petra Gray Nathan John Haydon David Jackson Verlon Stanley Matthews Kenneth Dwight Mills G. Nanette Salcedo Mueller Ana Rivera-Georgescu David W. Somers James Martin Stanley

Master of Divinity

David Stuart Bumsted Jane Autumn Burkett Meghan Jean Farr Lisa Jan Hinkle Matthew Benjamin Kemp David John Matlak Jason Andrew Murbarger Paul Anthony Nesta Duane Joseph Nettles Cecil Patrick Perkins Diane Elizabeth Reece Lamar Da’Shaun Reece Christian Senyoni Forrest Glenn Tucker Charleston David Wilson

Master of Theological Studies Robin Carroll Allen

Master of Sacred Theology Esau Daniel McCaulley

Doctor of Ministry

Tellison A. Glover Marie Therese Gray John M. Himes Jon C. Jenkins Margaret Will Lee Robert Norman Neske, Jr.

Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa The Very Reverend Canon Dr. Patrick P. Augustine The Right Reverend Cornell Jerome Moss

Dr. Colin Podmore

2013 Commencement Speaker Dr. Colin Podmore delivered the Commencement address at the 168th Commencement Exercises.

He became the current director of Forward in Faith this year and previously served as Clerk of the General Synod of the Church of England. He has been on the staff of the General Synod since 1988 and has served as Deputy Secretary of the Council for Christian Unity, Secretary of the House of Clergy, Secretary of the Liturgical Commission, and Secretary of the Dioceses Commission. He has also served as the Director of the Central Secretariat of the Archbishops’ Council and Director of Ecumenical Relations. He was also secretary of groups that reviewed the processes for choosing diocesan bishops and making senior church appointments and oversaw the publication of the Common Worship liturgy.

Dr. Podmore hails from Cornwall, England. He studied history at Keble College, Oxford, and trained as a teacher at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He taught German at St. Michael’s Church of England High School in Chorley, Lancashire, before returning to Keble to research for his Oxford DPhil. in Church History. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His publications include Aspects of Anglican Identity (2005) and articles on Anglican ecclesiology.

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Rejoicing at a Distance

Keith Willard, MD, ’16

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s I sat praying in my first Marian devotion with a small group of students led by Fr. Steven Peay, there was a moment after finally hitting the rhythm of the prayer when I heard what I suspected was Divine laughter.

There I was, a lapsed hyper-rationalist from a non-liturgical and anti-Catholic evangelical background, now a new Anglican seminary student, reciting “Hail Mary, Full of Grace,” and rejoicing in the graces that were received in this place and with these people. Who could not laugh with joy at that moment?

To date, my path through the House’s distance program has wandered through delights beyond all initial expectations.

Still burnished in memory are the first encounters through Fr. Thomas Buchan of the “Early Church Fathers,” the epiphany that was Athanasius’ On the Incarnation, and then the fall into Augustine from which I have never been able to return—nor wanted to. The wonderful journey through Anglican Heritage conducted by Fr.

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to thesis-level questions thrown around Peay provided the opportunity to meet so promiscuously by instructors. the minds of those who defined the center of Anglican While most of thought.

Reading Reading the classwork deeply of those such for a course is as Lancelot Andrewes, Lancelot accomplished at Richard Hooker, Andrewes, a distance, the Bishop Butler and John Henry Newman made Richard Hooker, heart and soul of each block is the it possible to internalize and John time spent during what it means to be Week at an Anglican and a Henry Newman Residential the House. During Catholic yet today. internalizes what that time, one Interactions with experiences the my fellow distance it means to be framing of each students, such as one who aided me in my both an Anglican intense academic with a monastic first “Rule of Life,” and a Catholic day rhythm of morning and another whose and evening services boundless enthusiasm today. and partakes in served as a source the joy of daily Eucharist. Each day’s of fortitude during periods when progress is marked by Michael the Bell, combining work, family and seminary prayer, and the communal life that is classes seemed overwhelming, were full reinforced by a shared breakfast and of surprising grace. And then there is lunch. the inspirational core curriculum, and the Incarnational orientation of the The distance program leverages faculty that is a constant reminder of technology for learning those things that our foundational can be learned at a distance. But some relationship with the learning requires hands touching, eyes Eastern Church. seeing, ears hearing, mouths eating, and souls merging. For we take ourselves, In contrast to these mind, body and soul, to Nashotah unexpected joys is House for a little while. And when back the reality of the very in the ordinary world, we rejoice that real work of fitting the Way to walk is now a little clearer. the course readings and analysis into a busy life of work and Keith Willard, MD, MSEE, ’16, is currently family. Furthermore, enrolled in the MTS distance program at the this experience has House. He is a new Anglican and member of stretched my ability the Anglo-Catholic parish of St. Dunstan (ACA). to write cogently, He resides in St. Paul, Minnesota, with wife coherently and Jenny and son Thomas, where he works as a most difficult of all computer scientist in health care. concisely in response

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Priestly Formation

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Behind the Redwood Curtain

xactly ten years have passed since my husband and I fled the traffic, smog, and noise of Los Angeles to live in northern California among the rural beauty of towering redwood trees along a rugged coastline. Residents here like to say that we live “behind the Redwood curtain,” indicating our relative isolation from the world that delights local environmentalists and presents real challenges to economic developers and business travelers. Of course, the advantages to living in a metropolitan area are many, especially when it comes to the accessibility of specialized academic resources. This would play into why I chose Nashotah House’s Master of Arts in Ministry Hybrid Distance Degree Program for my seminary education.

It was after settling into my new home that I sensed God’s call to be an Episcopal priest. As my discernment process unfolded, and as I began to research Episcopal seminaries, what drew me to Nashotah House was the prospect of getting an excellent and comprehensive seminary education in the classical tradition of Anglicanism.

At the same time, my education would allow me to remain with my family and community, and continue in my professional work as an attorney.

What is unique about this program is the residence component, in which distance seminarians spend a total of eight weeks in residence over two years at the seminary for intensive class work and spiritual formation in community.

The program also offers the coherence and rigor of a master’s degree curriculum designed specifically to prepare would-be priests academically for ordination as prescribed by the canons of the Episcopal Church. And in the “icing on the cake” department, that Nashotah House so highly values community worship in the highchurch style of liturgy along with a

Ms. Nancy Streufert, ’14

great reverence for the English choral tradition made it simply too enticing for this Anglo-Catholic-leaning lover of great sacred music to pass up.

Being in community with other seminarians is a crucial part of priestly formation, so I was delighted to find that through the residence weeks and online discussions with my classmates from all over North America, I have become part of a virtual community that becomes incarnational for one week during every twelve-week module.

While resident at the seminary, distance students worship together with the faculty and residence students for more than two hours daily, learn and study together, and share meals together as we grow in our faith in community.

The trust we develop for one another in residence carries over throughout our time apart as we wrestle with the great questions of our faith tradition through online discourse, pray for each other, and otherwise indicate our concern for each other.

Through the special collaboration inherent in this unique program, I have come to know and admire the faithfulness of my colleagues at Nashotah House – students, professors, and administrators – and their witness to the gospel in their ministries at home and in the world.

On January 10 this year, the feast day of William Laud, I became a “daughter of the House” in a special matriculation ceremony set within a beautiful sung Eucharist. Those presiding over the service apologized for marring so happy an occasion with reference to the martyrdom of Laud at the instigation of the Puritans for such things as – gasp!

– the use of the surplice in worship.

But as I sat in the beautifully ornate Chapel of St. Mary that evening in my

cassock and surplice (from Wippell’s in England, of course), as we chanted the psalms and the liturgy of the Eucharist, as the priests and deacons and preacher presided over the service in their beautiful vestments, I thought, “How very appropriate!”

In my diocese, one of our core values is this: “Everything we do flows from and returns to our worship of God, which we do as beautifully and meaningfully as we can, in keeping with the best of our Anglican tradition.” It is at Nashotah House that I feel privileged to be able to experience and learn more about what this means.

Ms. Nancy Streufert, ’14, is a Candidate for Holy Orders in the Diocese of Northern California and attends Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka.

Nancy is in her seventh module (of eight) in the Master of Arts in Ministry Hybrid Distance Program. She lives among the redwoods of Humboldt County, California, with husband Richard and their beloved cats, Mortie and Meeso.

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s a lifelong Anglican and student, getting very close to retiring as a physician of forty years, but still feeling a strong calling to the priesthood, there were not many options open to me. Having been married since 1968, I believed a conversation with my wife along the lines of, “Honey, I’m off to seminary for three years,” may have been ill-received.

Therefore, in exploring options with my bishop, the Nashotah House Master of Arts in Ministry Hybrid Distance Program seemed to offer a pathway forward.

I had no previous experience with distance learning and had not been a student since about 1978. However, the eight modules offered by Nashotah which comprise the program are welldesigned and quite similar in workload; manageable in about 20 hours per week.

At the end of my two years, I felt I had been well-prepared both for the General Ordination Exam (GOE).

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expertise and direction.

All were engaged with the process of learning and formation with the progress and integration of the subjects well considered.

Further, the weeks spent living at Nashotah House were a major part of the priestly formation.

Many people were from a wide variety of backgrounds, with the same focus: to serve God through the church. Truly my time on campus offered some of the most significant lessons. My fellow distance students brought a wealth of experience and knowledge to the table, and together we learned and grew in knowledge and love of God, realizing we were indeed created by the Spirit for the mission of renewing the God’s people (Ps 104:30).

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The Reverend David Jackson, ’13, was born in England and arrived in the USA in 1981. Rev. Jackson worked for the last 30 years as a research director for the pharmaceutical industry, and in the last few years as an independent consultant.

A lifelong Anglican, ordained to the diaconate in 2009, and to the priesthood in 2013, he is currently employed as vicar of two mission congregations in Southwest Florida. He has been married to Yvette for forty-five years. They have three sons and two grandchildren.

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Mr. James F. Sweeney, ’15

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he words of Psalm 104:31 seem particularly apt in reference to my experiences over the past two years as a Hybrid Distance Learning Program student at Nashotah House. Indeed, the House evidences, in a very unique and manifest way, God’s enduring glory in its courageous commitment to teach “the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” in a culture and world so desperately in need of the ancient truths of the Christian Gospel authentically proclaimed (Jude 1:3). I do believe that God rejoices in the work being done at this very special and holy place. As a student completing my Master of Theological Studies degree, I find myself thanking God daily for my association with the House, its faculty, and its students.

My own situation is distinct, to a large extent, from my classmates in that I am neither a seminarian nor a postulant for Holy Orders. I often tell people that I am “in formation” to be a better person and a more committed disciple of the Risen Lord. I came to the House simply desiring personal enrichment and I have been richly rewarded as a result in ways too numerous to recount in this short reflection. I have engaged sacred Scripture in ways new and unfamiliar to me, as someone educated and formed in the Roman Catholic tradition and deeply steeped in the Thomistic philosophical and theological tradition.

My theological understanding has been broadened by the study of Patristics, Church History, and the remarkable Anglican tradition.

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Reflections I have also benefitted immeasurably by my time spent in residence at Nashotah House. I have made enduring friendships with a remarkable group of classmates, who I have had the great privilege of walking with as they are formed into outstanding deacons and priests. Being able to worship and share fellowship with these bright, talented, and holy men and women has been a magnificent and uplifting experience.

At the same time, I benefitted from studying under the direction of extraordinary professors who urged me to reach intellectually deeper as I grappled with Scripture and theology. I shall not forget the congenial erudition of Dr. Garwood Anderson, the profound insight of Fr. Andrew Grosso, the infectious intellectual passion of Fr. Cal Lane, the thoughtful rigor of Fr. Thomas Buchan, the amazing breadth of Fr. Stephen Peay’s historical perspective, or the liturgical and architectural vision of Fr. Arnold Klukas. These remarkable teachers have made a lasting impression upon me.

As I reflect on my experience as a Hybrid Distance Learning student at the House, I am reminded of the petitions included in the Nashotah House Prayer asking God to “enlighten our minds and to purify our hearts and fill them with His love, that we may go forth animated with earnest zeal for His glory.” Through the Hybrid Distance Learning Program, God, to His enduring glory, has clearly answered these petitions and rejoices in His work, as men and women from across the country and the world are enlightened and draw closer to Him through study and prayer at this holy place on a little lake in the Wisconsin woods.

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Mr. James F. Sweeney, ’15, is a third-year student in the Hybrid Distance Learning Master of Theological Studies program.

A California native, Mr. Sweeney is a religious institutions and constitutional law attorney who represents some of the largest churches and religious institutions in the United States.

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Joy– Four Times & More

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Mr. Ken Mills, ’13

ust a few days after Christmas, one of my classmates in the Distance Program was ordained to the diaconate. What a privilege it was to participate in that service. On that cold winter night, the church’s building was full of people and warm in Spirit.

The local communicants were rejoicing as one of their own was declaring the prescribed oaths of The Ordinal before their bishop. Smiles and robust singing made their joy obvious. My wife and I, plus two other Nashotah distance seminarians also rejoiced.

seminarians: A “faithful worshiper of God will obediently surrender to God whatever He asks, trusting in God’s promises of provision and blessing” (Ross 1993, 402). I know the reality of this statement as a distance student.

Having surrendered to study and making its accompanying sacrifices, there is great joy. Let me express it this way: distance students experience at least four degrees of joy and probably many more.

Joy 1.

I have attended other ordinations but the one in December, 2012, at Nashotah House was the first after having studied a variety of ordinals. Like so many distance students who make the vow to follow God whereever He may lead, I knew that the student being ordained had surrendered to God long ago (Acts 6:17). This joyous event was one more milestone on this Christian leader’s journey of gladsome fruit-bearing.

May the glory of the LORD endure forever, may the LORD rejoice in his works (Ps 104:31).

Psalm 104 makes it clear that God took great delight in His creation.

He also takes delight when His children are doing His will, His way, and in His time (Pr 8:31). Likewise, the children of God, supernaturally born of the Holy Spirit, experience a similar joy when they become living sacrifices (Rom 12:1).

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Joy2.

When distance students receive God’s call to study at Nashotah House, many make sacrifices.

Virtually everyone with whom I’ve studied -- doctors, other medical professionals, a military officer, attorneys, a secret agent, a police officer and a construction supervisor -- surrendered money and time for the sake of the call. Many of the married men left their wives at home to care for their young children.

Some students even emptied their wallets to make voluntary contributions to the Jerusalem Scholarship Fund. Returning home to hugs and embraces was a joyful event but there was added joy in being able to share the knowledge gained on campus.

Joy3.

As evidenced by late-night computer timestamps, many of my classmates forfeited sleep in order to complete long reading lists and make meaningful posts to class forums. The writer of Hebrews reminds us that there is discipline in hardship (Heb 12:7). But a personal assessment of those expended hours reveals joy in the realization that we were not just being taught, we were being nurtured and formed spiritually by some of the finest Anglican men on earth who were making sacrifices themselves demonstrated by our learned instructors. I particularly recall this love in some very passionate prayers made by professors in class, in the tears shed by one professor as he taught, and in the times when a professor listened confidentially to personal confession.

And the result was joy, a fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23).

Joy4.

Because of the trusting relationship Abraham had with the Lord, at least part of his joy came in seeing beyond the sacrifice. And for the sons and daughters of the House, beyond the achievement

of the degree and the ordination rites, I believe we may confidently expect more joy to come. Life in the eternal state and seeing our Lord who laid down His life for sinful men will be triumphal (Heb 12:1-3). But on this side of glory, seeing the incarnational work of Christ in the lives of the people we serve will bring personal jubilation, too.

At just the right time for many of us in mid-life, the Nashotah House Distance Program was the way God provided for us to prepare to serve Him and His

Church. God still calls Christians to obey Him and for some that means to study to prepare for a lifetime of service in the Church. As a consequence of our sacrifices for the Kingdom’s sake, we can expect to experience great joy. It is my prayer that God’s joy will also be fulfilled in His work among us.

Mr. Ken Mills, ’13, is a Director in the Financial Risk Advisory Practice of the accounting firm KPMG LLP. Since 1995, he has served as the Teaching Leader for the Men’s Training Center for Bible Study Fellowship International in Richmond, VA. He is a communicant at St. Jude’s Anglican Mission (REC) in Goochland County, VA.

Ross, Allen P. Creation and Blessing. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1993.

In Memoriam The Rev. Robert R. Evans, ’64

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ormer trustee and son of the House, the Rev. Robert Raphael Evans, passed away March 12, 2013, in Tulsa, OK, at the age of 89.

Father Evans was born February 12, 1924, in Berkeley, California and graduated high school there in 1943. He served in the US Army in Sicily, France and Italy.

After his military service, Fr. Evans attended the University Of California at Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology. He worked for Shell Oil Company in Oklahoma City, OK and Amarillo, TX, until 1960.

He attended Nashotah House and was ordained into the priesthood in 1964.

Fr. Evans became Rector of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Lindsay, Oklahoma serving there until 1965. He moved to Bartlesville, OK, in 1965 and served as Assistant Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. He later served as Rector until 1977, when he and his family moved to Whitefish Bay, WI, where he served as Rector of Christ Church until 1991 when he retired. Fr. Evans was named an Honorary Trustee of the House in May 1990. He remained in Whitefish PENTECOST 2013

Bay, until moving back to Bartlesville in 1997, and lived here until 2009 when he moved to St. Simeon’s Episcopal Home. Fr. Evans provided ministerial assistance to area churches including Sand Springs, and Pawhuska, OK.

Episcopal Church, Bartlesville, with the Rev. Dr. T. Lee Stephens officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Simeon’s Episcopal Home, 3701 N. Martin Luther King. Blvd., Tulsa, OK 74106.

He was married to Anne and the Evanses have three sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Memorial services were held March 15, 2013, at St. Luke’s

Portions of this text are adapted from the obituary published by Stumpff Funeral Home and Crematory, Bartlesville, OK.

The graduating class of 1964. Fr. Robert Evans is second row from the front, third from the left.

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Petertide Courses 2013 Session I: July 8 – 19

Thomas Aquinas, Spiritual Master

The Old Testament as Christian Scripture

This seminar will subsist in the close reading of primary texts of St. Thomas Aquinas, especially but not exclusively from his great Summa Theologica. Rhetorical, pedagogical, and literary strategies, historical and doctrinal considerations, and constructive ends will focus our attention as we study and consider Thomas’ total accomplishment as a landmark in the history of Christian thought.

In this course, we will explore the canonical role the Old Testament has played in the church since its inception.

Special attention will be given to its material form as Law, Prophets and Writings and the hermeneutical significance of its canonical shape.

Mark Gignilliat, PhD, Associate Professor of Divinity, Old Testament at Beeson Divinity School

Christopher Wells, PhD, Executive Director of The Living Church Foundation and editor of ‘The Living Church’ magazine

Anglican Spiritual Direction Spirituality and Spiritual Direction are popular topics in 21st-century American religious life—many people seek to explore them, but few people understand what these words mean or the traditions behind them. The course will be divided into two parts: the history and theology of Anglican spiritual guidance, and the methods and tools necessary to begin the practice of spiritual direction.

The Rev. Canon Arnold Klukas, PhD, Professor of Liturgics and Ascetical Theology The Rev. Nancy J. Eggert, DPA Attorney, ELCA Lutheran Pastor, and retired manager in the National Labor Relations Board

Ethnography, Methodology & Theological Reflection This course will equip students for research by giving an overview of the process and skills necessary for the Doctorate of Ministry. It will cover each aspect of research presented in the program. Students will be trained in ethnography to help them investigate a specific ministry context. Secondly, they will be instructed in methodology to help them clarify their perspective on research and select methods appropriate for their context. Thirdly, the course will equip them with tools for in-depth theological reflection on ministry in their context in order to cultivate more faithful ministry practices in the Church.

The Rev. Jack Gabig, PhD, Associate Professor of Practical Theology The Rev. David Jones, ThD, Former Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, Austin Seminary

Healing Ministry & the Parish Church This course will examine the ministry of Christian healing in a parish setting. We will cover Biblical and historical church documents, review the various kinds of Healing Services that exist, and discuss the various issues that arise in introducing or enhancing an existing healing ministry within the general life of the parish.

The Rev. Canon Mark Pearson, Rector of Trinity Charismatic Episcopal Church, Kingston, New Hampshire and Canon Missioner for the Diocese of the Northeast

Session II: July 22 – August 2 Preaching & the Eucharist: A Liturgical Hermeneutic Written on stone, papyrus, or parchment, The Word of the Lord was given to us that it might be brought to life though the human voice in the midst of the gathered Eucharistic assembly. This course will present the grammar and structure of the major homiletic theories of the 20th and early 21st centuries, evaluate how each one works to enhance the reception of the fullness of Christ’s life in the Holy Eucharist, and help students to develop a liturgical hermeneutic as a basis for their preaching.

The Rev. Dr. Amy C. Schifrin, STS, Mission in Christ and Faith Lutheran Churches (NALC), Strawberry Point and Monona, IA

Preaching in the Anglican Tradition: Its History & Spirituality This course is an exploration of the role of preaching and preachers in Anglicanism. It will examine the formation

and content of sermons by exemplary Anglican preachers, e.g. Donne, Andrewes, Pusey. It will also explore the spirituality of preaching, namely its formative impact on both the preacher and the hearer.

The Rt. Rev. Michael Marshall, Retired Bishop of Woolwich and Director of Evangelism at Chichester Theological College, United Kingdom

The Spirituality of the Reformation Between roughly 1400 and 1750, Christianity in Europe experienced a reorientation of its liturgical, theological, ecclesiastical, and ascetical life in addition to the dissolution of Latin Christendom. This course will offer a sustained discussion of the development of distinct and rich patterns of prayer and devotion in the Early Modern world.

The Rev. Calvin Lane, PhD, Affiliate Professor of Church History

Anglican Monasticism: History, Spirituality, & Implications The course will investigate the history of Anglican attitudes towards monasticism as well as its re-institution, flourishing and decline from the 19th through 21st centuries within the Anglican Communion. The course will examine the monastic ethos of Anglican spirituality and practice, especially the influence of monasticism on Anglican liturgical life.

The Rev. Greg Peters, PhD, Associate Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

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Refectory Revival Mr. Steven A. Lang, ’14

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s early as the first chapter of Genesis, the subject arises of what’s for dinner: Abraham and Sarah hosted the Lord with two other visitors.

Jacob used two meals to obtain Esau’s birthright and blessing.

Joseph invited his estranged brothers for a feast, before tossing them in jail.

Of course, there was the Passover meal.

Later, Elijah ate bread from the ravens and from the widow’s empty cupboard.

Elisha performed miracles of salvaging a poisoned stew for the school of the prophets. And, of course, the famous meals of our Lord come to mind: Cana’s marriage supper, Levi’s retirement party, Mary and Martha’s house, the Last Supper and the post-resurrection shore lunch. So I think it appropriate to consider our own Nashotah House family table.

Twice daily, inside the James Lloyd Breck Refectory gather faculty, staff and visitors. The breakfasts and lunches fuel the bodies and minds of the community while serving as a gathering place for learning and strengthening bonds of fellowship. Many people begin with

a prayer of humble access, words expressing genuine admiration and appreciation for the quality of the food offered in the refectory are heard daily.

There has been a revival of sorts in the kitchen. In the busy pace of life at the House, it would be easy to neglect sensible eating. Mrs. Margaret Mosley as the Kitchen Manager has transformed each meal to offer a fresh and appetizing variety. The community is daily offered healthy options, beautifully prepared entrees, tasty soups and a host of desserts.

No one seems to take the fare for granted and our visitors confirm this.

A common question heard from our guests is, “Do you always eat this well or has this been prepared for the company?” And we proudly respond, “This is the way it is every day. We are spoiled and we know it.”

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included several special occasions at the House: the Welcome Picnic, the Board of Visitors’ Banquet, a Community Dinner honoring special guest Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion, and the annual Thanksgiving and Christmas Feasts. In the past, the preparation and service for these events were handled by caterers. Now, our Nashotah House staff arrange and deliver these events flawlessly, providing exquisitely prepared food and ambiance. We rejoice in how God is at work at Nashotah House. This unique capacity to welcome guests, nourish residents, create an environment for robust camaraderie, all the while providing an example of excellence, is a work we pray shall endure and for which we heartily give thanks.

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financial background are exactly what the House needs to move forward in this season of transition and change,” said Margaret. The people making it happen alongside Jorge are Mrs. Shelley Tinsley, Mrs. Brittany Braddock, and Mrs. Mosley who continues in a supporting role. Student dish scholars assist after each meal, a tradition that continues at Nashotah House. Finally, the kitchen staff adds perhaps the most important ingredient: Love. If someone has special dietary requirements, accommodations are made to the menu to satisfy the special request. Mr. Rangel and his staff have set high standards for both the product that comes from the kitchen and for the process that brings it to pass.

Steven A. Lang, ’14, is a student pursuing his Masters of Theological Studies in Church History. He is the Religious Education Coordinator at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Delafield, WI, and is interested in Christian education and missions following graduation.

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Strangers No More Mrs. Malacy Touchstone Wilson President, Women of Nashotah House 2012 - 2013

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ow therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God. (Ephesians 2:19) Have you ever felt like a stranger?

We all have felt that loneliness at one time or the other. Many of us arrive at seminary only knowing a few names and faces. Along with leaving most of our worldly possessions behind, we have often left great friends, communities, parishes and families. The Women of Nashotah House (WoNH) make it their mission to insure that instead of feeling like strangers and foreigners, each member of the community becomes fellow citizens. WoNH is simply an acronym used to refer to all women on campus, whether they are students, spouses, faculty or staff. We prayerfully come together to assess the needs of our community and utilize what talents and gifts we possess to minister to each other.

During the first few weeks of the new school year, ladies deliver housewarming baskets to new students, organize a “winter closet” full of hand-me-down winter essentials, and host a community-wide ice cream social. We celebrate new babies on campus with beautiful parties and host various events for the students and families of Nashotah House.

Historic Bishopstead is the setting for WoNH’s festive Advent gathering, and Lent is marked with an overnight spiritual retreat.

The calendar is filled with activities hosted by WoNH, whether it be the Fall Festival, with the much anticipated “Black Monk Hayride,” spiritual education dinners led by our

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Nearly 250 people were served at the WoNH annual Pancake Breakfast this year raising approximately $2,500 for WoNH activities such as the Children’s Events and the Annual Lenten Retreat.

esteemed faculty, or our Annual Pancake Breakfast, which brings hundreds of folks from around the community to see what an incredible place Nashotah House is! By the end of the year, when all ladies gather for the Senior Farewell, tears are shed, hearts are warmed and spirits are encouraged, remembering the time spent at this special place with these special people. No longer strangers or foreigners, but family in the body of Christ.

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Women of Nashotah House Prayer O God, by your grace you have called us, the Women of Nashotah House, to friendship in faith and peace. As we are made ready by you for ministry in your church, grant that in all our doing we may begin them, continue them, and end them in your love for the glory of your name. Bring us through our struggles, confusions, and joys to accomplish your purpose in this place, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In Memoriam

Margaret “Peg” Warner Winslow, Master Gardener 1942 – 2013

Student Feature

Digging for the

Kingdom The Rev. Clinton Wilson, ’14

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o state that cities are a “strategic” opportunity for mission would be quite an understatement. Due to exponential and historically unprecedented growth, cities are increasingly becoming some of the most un-churched mission fields of our time. In 1950 there were only two world cities with metro-area populations of over ten million...there are now more than twenty such cities, with urban centers such as New York adding approximately 125,000 people every year (Keller, 154). Unfortunately, whereas the church was quick to withdraw from cities for the safer suburbs in past decades, they have been slow to return. With such growth one contemporary church planter quips, “[c]ities have more of the image of God per square inch than any other place on earth” (Keller, 141). Have we dug ourselves into a hole...or an opportunity?

The need is great indeed and it is possible in the light of such statistics to become overwhelmed.

An all too common response to such need postures itself in Pelagian terms, such as a siren-call beckoning laypeople, priests and deacons everywhere to pull up their ecclesiastical boot straps so they can get to work building the Kingdom. Having church-planted in downtown Denver, CO, I know this temptation all too well.

By God’s grace, however, I also learned that we are not Kingdom builders, but Kingdom “diggers.” What does this mean?

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The Anglican theologian F.D. Maurice (1802-1872) wrote, “[T]heology, is not to build, but to dig, to show that economy and politics [and by extension, everything]...must have a ground beneath themselves, that society is not to be made anew by arrangements of ours, but is to be regenerated by finding the law and ground of its order and harmony, the only secret of its existence, in God” (Morris, 51). According to Maurice, Christians are to be about “proclaiming society and humanity to be divine realities, as they stand, not as they may become, and by calling upon priests, kings, and prophets of the world to answer for their sin in having made them unreal by separating them from the living and eternal God who has established them in Christ for His glory” (Morris, 51).

This is what the Psalmist is touching on in writing, “May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works” (Ps 104:31). The entire context surrounding this passage is about these works being fundamentally grounded in their creator. God “set[s] the earth on its foundations” (v. 5), “make[s] springs gush forth in the valleys” (v. 10), causes “the grass to grow for the cattle” (v. 14); these are the “works” described by our thematic passage for this issue (v. 31), in which the Lord may “rejoice.” Again, the image here is of the created order sustained and upheld in God, who is their source of being and flourishing.

Maurice’s call to dig is therefore appropriate for understanding the call to plant churches--our task is always one of uncovering how God’s Kingdom is already breaking through before we ever come along, which is another way of saying God’s Gospel is never

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contingent upon His creation. We do not construct, therefore, we dig by the power of the Holy Spirit, chipping off the dirt and decay and grime of sin, thereby unearthing (or re-earthing, rather) the Kingdom “on earth as it is in heaven,” trusting that this shows how God really is, as Christ said in Luke 17, “among you.”

My wife and I moved to Nashotah House because we realized we needed more “digging formation.” Nashotah was the right choice for us because it is neither a place that loves digging for its own sake, nor a place passing off current cultural fads as some kind of recently discovered lost treasure, which has just been unearthed for the first time. Couple this with its sacramental formation and you begin to see how God might use it to grant “eyes to see” Him and the glory of His Kingdom present in even the “unimportant stuff ” of life. Finally, the House has a rich history of digging for the Kingdom in unreached areas. It was, after all, planted in the wilderness of Wisconsin to meet the demanding needs of an unreached mission frontier.

And now, by God’s grace, it is helping us become more fully formed for digging in the new urban frontier. How is God calling you to “dig?”

Keller, Timothy. Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012.

Morris, Jeremy. To Build Christ’s Kingdom.

Norwich, England: Canterbury Press 2007.

Fr. Clint Wilson, is pursuing his MDiv and will be graduating in 2014. He is an urban church planter with PEARUSA. Fr. Clint is married to Theresa, and they have a beautiful Labrador named Denver.

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Mr. David Bumsted, ’13

had landed my first “real” job. Or at least, that is how I thought of it back then, having spent my early twenties playing in indie-rock bands and booking concerts. Playing and booking shows did not pay the bills and though I loved my other job in a textiles workshop (free burritos), neither were particularly helpful in starting a family or paying tuition. Stability would be a nice change of pace. I was newly married and a seminary student, which is not bad progress for only having been baptized for a few years. As I was jobhunting, I reflected on my classwork at the seminary. I had been learning more about a God who loves justice; a Lord who, more than sacrifices and fasting, desires His people to be merciful and humble. I had read about this very character in the person of Jesus and I figured that as a Christian minister-intraining, I ought to get to the work of those things rather than be a barista or something. The Lord called out my acute self-righteousness and presented me with a job as a case manager working with homeless and crisis teens at a place called Covenant House in Orlando, FL. For the next three years, I would be doing my best to demonstrate some theology in public; trying to put legs on the big ideas I had been learning at seminary.

In my first few weeks at the shelter I learned something about big ideas.

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manager, I was learning to deal with some pretty horrendous stuff: poverty, abuse, racism, and domestic violence made up my Tuesday. I had also seen small miracles: reconciliation, moral growth, education and conversion.

Going into work, I had the conviction that the salvation of God presented in the Scriptures was not simply a matter of dispensing Bibles and good old religion; that the freeing of the captives and the jubilee of Christ were not reserved for the end of all things.

God’s call for the kind, humble working of justice required the faithfulness and elbow grease of His people. This sense of practical salvation was enough to sustain me while we cared for some of the most wounded victims, some of the roughest characters.

At some point I realized that I had seen the categories of “victim” and “hard case” as a false binary. That realization fundamentally changed how I viewed the ministry. After a particularly morally fraught episode where we had to consider the state’s removal of a small child from an inexperienced mother, I was beginning to consider that the roughest parts of all of us were the wounds we carry from sin.

I was coming to terms with the idea that my desire to participate in the earthly working out of God’s justice in this particular way was only a part of something much bigger. I had found the place of good, old religion: not as a contrast to zealous working of justice but as a mutually indwelling partner with it. Put another way, the harangue of the grumpy Southerner to the miscreant kids on the lawn, “Y’all need Jesus,” turned out to be profoundly, heartbreakingly true.

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To be perfectly honest, it is a little strange to write about my experiences at the shelter. Perhaps I am ashamed at the aforementioned self-righteousness or fearful of a return engagement of my old pal, Pride. I do not believe that it is coincidence that only a few weeks after leaving that post I found myself starting the process of transferring to Nashotah House. While I still feel deeply committed to the working of God’s justice, I cannot escape the feeling that my own work here on out will be less founded on my idealism and more on the Incarnational work of God in Christ. The injustice of sin continues to churn out hungry stomachs and souls. It is my hope that my ordained ministry will be a channel for the nourishment of both. To that end, I hope to be reminded over and over that proclamation of the Kingdom, celebration of the Sacrament, and the working of social just ice are all activities enlivened by the initiative of God Almighty.

Mr. David Bumsted, ’13, holds an MDiv degree from the House. He is with the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, and is married to Rebekah. They usually live in Orlando. He has really great taste in music.

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Ever Heard of a Burr Oak Tree?

The Rev. Tony Bleything Nashotah House Assistant Director of Non-Residential Degree Programs

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s my wife and I were leaving Cafe Centro, a restaurant in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee, we started to talk about our future. In the midst of that conversation some questions began to emerge. What if we planted a church here? What if Riverwest were our parish and everyone, whether they came to our church on Sunday or not, was our responsibility to care for? What if this church plant was only the first of many parish churches located throughout the neighborhoods of Milwaukee? What if these churches worked together to develop a training center for other city pastors, hospitality houses (places that welcome the stranger, the widow, the orphan), and Anglican Houses near college campuses that would be used to form students in a way that helped them integrate faith and vocation so that they could have a redemptive impact in

States have moved out of them. As a church, Christ Redeemer is not just committed to proclaiming the Gospel, we are committee to seeking the welfare of Milwaukee because we believe that God loves the city as much as He loves the people in it.

Christ Redeemer finds its guidance for our urban work in a letter from Jeremiah to the exiles in Babylon.

The exiles wanted to return home to Jerusalem and they thought they would be returning home soon until Jeremiah wrote to tell them that, in fact, they were going to be there for a while and that they should get comfortable. In that letter Jeremiah writes:

Rt. Rev. Frank Lyons is introducing the newly ordained Rev. Tony Bleything and his wife Sarah on his ordination to the Sacred Order of Priests January 26, 2013.

whatever occupation they were called to? These questions along with much prayer and conversation became the seedbed for our new work. A year and half after that walk, and 10 years into a longer conversation about church planting, Christ Redeemer Anglican Church began and employs this as part of its identity: Ever heard of a burr oak tree? It’s native to the Midwest, and it does really well in a city because it sends down deep roots. When it is full grown, it provides shade, sustenance and beauty to an environment. As a church we believe that we should do the same.

Christ Redeemer is being planted by a group of Christians who long to be a native, rooted, faithful, and beautiful presence in the Riverwest Neighborhood of Milwaukee.

As a family with four kids under six many immediately ask us, “Why?” Why would I move my family into the city to plant a church like this? Two reasons: our love for God and our call to mission.

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my call to plant churches. Nashotah House has played a profound role in the development of this church plant.

It was Nashotah House’s rhythm of life, it’s emphasis on Benedictine spirituality, its rich liturgical life and the history of the parish that helped bring shape to the vision and mission of Christ Redeemer.

But it wasn’t just Nashotah House’s communal and liturgical life that shaped the vision for Christ Redeemer; it’s also the House’s history. Today if one drives around the surrounding area, they find a number of small parishes that were established by some of Nashotah House’s first students. Nashotah House has a history of planting churches and a history of planting churches on the margins. At that time, the margins were the frontier; today I believe the margins are in the cities.

It is predicted that by 2020, 85% of the United States population will be located in the cities of the United States. That percentage is up from 65% in the 1950s.

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Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare (Jer 29:4-7).

A prominent pastor once pointed something out that stays with me to this day. In a sermon he made this offhanded comment, “The prodigal son runs to the city.” Christ Redeemer wants to be a church that embraces the prodigal, we want to be a church that enfolds these prodigals into the life of the Kingdom of God. Did you know that if you see a burr oak tree growing in the city it’s not an accident? The only way a burr oak tree would be found growing in a city is if someone intentionally chose to plant it there.

The Rev. Tony Bleything is the Assistant Director of Non-Residential Degree Programs and has worked at the House since 2009. The seeds for Christ Redeemer Anglican Church were planted on a winter evening in 2011 and the church celebrated their first public worship January 6, 2013.

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Student Highlight

A Holy Renaissance

The Rev. Thomas L. Holtzen, PhD, ’03 Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology

“A holy renaissance— that is my prayer.

Together becoming students of Jesus. Going back to the sources.

Being fed by passages of Scripture.

Entering the long and curious story of God-on-earth, the tradition. Chewing on the wisdom of those who have gone before us, the saints. Being nourished by the sacraments. Daily practicing and nurturing God’s salvation with that involuntary shaking and reverent fear Paul talks about (Phil 2:12). And most of all, getting out of the way—or becoming a way—for God to heal and love broken people, to join the Holy Trinity in making even more salvation stories” (Blanski, 191).

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tudents come to Nashotah House with many skills and abilities. Tyler Blanski, ’14, is no exception.

While I have had the privilege of training insurance salesmen, pilots, park wardens, service men and women, doctors, lawyers, carpenters, construction workers, teachers, and even an editor, I cannot recall training a student who was an author. In that, Tyler Blanski is an exception.

His second book, When Donkeys Talk: A Quest to Rediscover the Mystery and Wonder of Christianity, is an exception as well. It does not fall in line easily with his evangelical background. Rather he has set about challenging some major presuppositions, both of the modern Church and of his upbringing, with a fuller understanding of the Incarnation.

Blanski uses Balaam’s talking donkey (Num 22) as a metaphor to speak “the deep magic” of the Incarnation to his generation.

As he says, “My generation of young adults tends to think that truth comes and goes willy-nilly, and so we believe in ourselves.

We don’t know what’s true or even know how to find out what’s true. We don’t really know what is truly valuable. We just have our own personal experience of what we think is valuable. We don’t feel like anything is truly trustworthy beyond ourselves, which means we are left with nothing but ourselves” (Blanski, 65). Yet in the Incarnation, God ties together the material and the divine, heaven and earth, into a unified reality.

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Blanski challenges his generation and each of us to get beyond “Atomland” where we live in the here and now of the material world to a “Holy Renaissance” where God is at work in the matter of creation itself. It is a sacramental view of the universe that he is after. A view which speaks to his generation by pointing a way beyond the material world— not by rejecting matter—but by understanding how God uses the material to bring salvation to His world. “God can speak through anything,” Blanski writes, “from donkeys to the planets,” precisely because, “all truth is God’s truth, even if it comes from an unexpected place” (Blanski, 128).

The Eucharist and the Church are both examples of how the Incarnation transforms our view of reality. “The Lord’s Supper is the spell that breaks the spell. Atomland turns people into observers in an environment, but the Eucharist tells us of what better, truer story we are a part, a covenant story in which donkeys talk and the world is held together by that “love that moves the sun and the other stars.” Origen says that the church is “the cosmos of the cosmos,” and Saint Cyprian says the Church is “welded together after the celestial pattern.”

Christianity invites us into participation with the planets and the stars, the earth, one another, and God. We are creatures in creation, and the Eucharist summons us into living membership in the family of God. The bread and wine are a tiny sacrament that involves us in Christ’s unfolding story, the story of deep magic and covenant, the story of the heavenly spheres” (Blanski, 155-6).

In the end, it is, as Blanski calls it, a “crazy ass theory” (Blanski, 9). But then we as Christians believe in such a theory—one in which a Savior came riding into Jerusalem on “a colt the foal of an ass” to give His flesh for the life of the world (Mt 21:5 KJV).

Mr. Tyler Blanski, ’14, is in the MDiv program and he and his wife are following God’s lead to plant a church in the Anglican tradition in Minneapolis, MN following graduation. He blogs at www. holyrenaissance.com and his second book, When Donkeys Talk, is available for purchase through The Mission Bookstore by calling 262.646.6529.

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Mrs. Kitty Clark

spiritual director & Spouse of the house The Rev. Canon Arnold W. Klukas, PhD Professor of Liturgics and Ascetical Theology

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itty Clark arrived on the Nashotah campus in 1948, at a time when seminarians were not allowed to marry while in seminary. So she and her husband got married in Denton, TX, spent their wedding night in Dallas, and then took the train the next morning to Milwaukee and a bus to Nashotah.

What a short honeymoon that proved to be! Dean Nutter considered wives a distraction, and the married seminarians had to keep a schedule as if they were still single—eating all their meals in the Refectory, and even bedding down in the Cloister during retreats. Wives were permitted to sit in the Court of the Gentiles, but had to enter through the West door. And as there were no comfort facilities for women on campus, they were not encouraged to linger.

In spite of the very “monastic” setting, she found Nashotah House welcoming, a place to call home. She and her husband lived in Shelton Hall (at that time, the Refectory) and she remembers wonderful evenings talking theology with friends. She had the kind support of the faculty and their spouses, especially the Norths and the Whitmores. When she became pregnant and had to return to Texas, then acting Dean White and his wife hosted a surprise shower in her honor. When she returned, she had many people—faculty and students— fuss over her and her baby, since there were very few couples, and even fewer with children, living on the campus.

Her husband, the Rev. Forrest B. Clark, ’49, died in 1985 after a long illness.

They were then residing in the Diocese of Northern Indiana, and she remained there to raise her five children and to continue to be active in the life of her parish and the wider Church. Bishop Little recognized her devoted service, especially as a spiritual director and PENTECOST 2013

mentor for candidates aspiring to Holy Orders, by naming her an honorary canon at the Cathedral of Saint James in South Bend.

Kitty has remained dedicated to Nashotah House as well. After her husband’s death, she continued to make a pilgrimage to the House where he is buried, on their wedding anniversary. In 1995, she began her ministry of spiritual direction at the House, particularly to provide support and counsel to the wives of seminarians.

She was invited to live at the DeKoven Center in Racine eight years ago, and from her “anchorhold” there, she was able to come up to Nashotah with more frequency—usually three or four times during the year. Her years of experience as a clergy spouse and as a spiritual director has been a wonderful asset to our community life at the House, and Kitty remembers well how important it is for a clergy spouse to be as prepared for parish life as the clergyperson who takes the official job as rector. Kitty once remarked: “I don’t know of any other seminary that takes the nurture of future clergy spouses as seriously as Nashotah does.

I feel so blessed to be able to share my own experiences and help prepare other spouses for the important ministry which they will have—not only supporting their clergyperson, but also in entering into the life of the parish.

It is such an important role to play, yet so many seminaries focus only on the ‘job description’ of the clergy as an isolated individual rather than as part of a family unit. Whether we expect it or not, the clergy family is a model of Christian living that is so important to the growth of a healthy parish.”

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from being here, and finds such a sense of God’s presence in our worship life at St. Mary’s Chapel. She sums up her ministry at the House with this beautiful statement: “I’ve been doing spiritual direction for nearly 30 years, and I never get bored with it. I find every session is so precious, because every person’s spiritual journey is so unique and precious. It is a beautiful thing to hear how God is active in people’s lives.”

Kitty is perhaps the longest-serving member of our team of spiritual directors, which now includes about a dozen people. On April 11, Kitty made her last visit to the House before moving to Ohio to be closer to family. While she will be sorely missed, since the beginning of last year we have been blessed by the presence of the Rev. Dr. Nancy Eggert, ’12, who has continued Kitty’s legacy by providing a monthly mentoring session for our volunteer spiritual directors. We thank God for Mrs. Kitty Clark and her many years of faithful support to the House, especially in her vital ministry of spiritual direction. the MISSIONER

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Lighting a Candle in the Dark and Keeping it Burning:

The Jackson Kemper Annual Fund Illuminating the Way Forward

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am completely convinced that it is infinitely easier to light a candle than to react blindly to darkness and uncertainty. And that, in a sentence, is why we created the Jackson Kemper Annual Fund last July at the beginning of our fiscal year, and that is why its success and growth is more important than ever. Instead of letting the chaos of the Western Christian world around us dictate our circumstances, we will keep moving forward, burning brightly the candle that our founders lit 170 years ago. It was our founder, Bishop Jackson Kemper, who had a God-given vision for raising up priests and lay leaders for service on the frontier. That light still shines on the shores of Upper Nashotah Lake, giving us the same sense of calling Bishop Kemper experienced. All he wanted to do was raise up priests and lay leaders for service on the then frontier. We’ve only added one word to Bishop Kemper’s jingle: “modern.” We exist solely to form priests and lay leaders for service on the modern frontier. Your devotion to the Annual Fund that bears our founder’s name is making much of this frontier work possible.

More specifically, however, and as the Dean and President’s article on finance in this issue of The Missioner makes clear, seminaries that cannot reach what he calls “equilibrium”, will not make it into the future. Nashotah House, therefore, is committed to reaching equilibrium sooner rather than later.

Time is of the essence; the time to plan for tomorrow is today.

We cannot wait for the fog of the future to cast its darkness upon our faithful path. I pray, therefore, that you will join me in affirming that the mission of the House is not simply about sticking around for another 170 years, preserving what we have and managing the status quo, but is dedicated to expanding, with power and conviction, our singular mission of raising up priests and lay leaders who will transform the world. There is no greater investment we can make in the Church’s future than raising up her leaders at such a critical time.

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Reverend Charleston David Wilson, ’13 The Office of Development & Church Relations

...giving thanks for your hearts of generosity and casting our eyes to the future by planning strategically for the coming years.

It is important to note that the successes of the next 170 years, particularly how we move through the next decade, depends on the how well we light the candle and keep it burning for generations yet unborn. We need abundant light, brothers and sisters, to navigate through our present darkness and to shed light on the future, giving us the clarity we need to avoid the perils of looming night.

What is the current darkness, you might ask? Well, did you know secularization — that gradual, steady decline of classical

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Christianity in the Western world — has created a most urgent need for dynamic Christian lay leaders and priests? Did you know many people, even in our own country, have never heard the precious name of Jesus? How about this fact: did you know that less than 38% of people in developed Western nations consider religion to be relevant to their lives. Skepticism and secularism abound. More importantly, can you affirm that the Church’s future depends on what we do today?

A word of caution and a word of hope is in order at this point. Some, of course, see this present darkness as perilous and without hope of transformation. Some have even suggested the total demise of Christianity in the West over the next two centuries. God forbid. Others, however, consider growing secularization to be purely cyclical, citing a host of anthropological formulae and historical data. Nashotah House, on the other hand, sees abundant opportunity and infinite promise, knowing that the leaders of the future are being formed for service on the modern frontier right here, right now. Let it be known, therefore, that we will not accept the present darkness nor let it dim our future. We trust in the power of the Resurrected Christ working through the leaders of His holy Church to transform the hearts and minds of His

people. The Jackson Kemper Annual Fund is part of our overall response to the darkness, giving light in the present so that the Church and the world may be blessed and transformed.

The fiscal year ends June 30. Afterwards we will take stock of what we’ve done; in other words, how much light we have illuminating our way forward for the next fiscal year. We are walking in the light that YOU have provided so far this year, giving thanks for your hearts of generosity and casting our eyes to the future by planning strategically for the coming years. We are very near our goal of raising $1,500,000 by June 30, 2013.

This unprecedented growth has been YOUR undertaking. God bless you and thank you.

Will you keep walking with us this year, lighting this historic House ablaze with a fire so bright and so radiant that the whole world can watch us burn with a passion for raising up leaders whose only passion is to share the news of Christ and Him crucified?

As the celebration of our 170th year draws to a close over the summer months, let the last word be our Lord’s: “Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you” (Jn 12:35).

“For I fully believe, that, with divine blessing we are laying a deep and permanent foundation upon which the Church of the living God will be gloriously established.”

Indeed, for 170 years Nashotah House has remained anchored to “that deep and permanent foundation” by providing a faithful priesthood for the Church – one that has spread mightily the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people.

Joining Bishop Kemper and giving expression to his desire for solid and faithful financial management, we have established The Jackson Kemper Annual Fund, the cornerstone of our annual fundraising and the springboard for expanding the legacy entrusted to us.

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To partner with the Jackson Kemper Annual Fund

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Donor feature Commander Frank E. Braden:

Feeding God’s Sheep Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” John 6:35

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his is the very nourishment that has fed the spiritual journey of Naval Commander Frank E. Braden of Sarasota, FL, and that has led to an ongoing relationship with Nashotah House. It was after participating in two retreats with his parish, Church of the Redeemer, as well as after attending a two-week summer course at Nashotah House that the man and the House became interlinked; and now a lifelong commitment exists between them.

When reflecting upon his experiences at Nashotah House, the Commander says all his experiences have been absolutely positive. “I know several priests who graduated from the House,” he says. “I also know several laymen and women who are good representatives of Nashotah.”

For these reasons, Commander Braden is convinced that the House has a lot to offer and that it especially appears to have “an

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enduring quality more solid than that of many Episcopal churches today.”

His support of Nashotah House is a calling: “The Lord has specifically told me to do two things,” Commander Braden says. “The first is to feed His sheep, which I interpret to mean by teaching Bible classes and by working in food ministries. The second is to increase my charitable giving, even when I was already tithing on my gross income.”

He jokes that he is sure God has told him to do or not do several other things which he maybe hasn’t quite heard or remembered correctly.

He says contributing to the House is the very best investment he can make. He feels blessed to be able to make regular contributions to something that he believes in.

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the House and encourages others to learn more by taking the opportunity to visit the campus if at all possible.

The Commander says, “If you can get people to come to Nashotah, it will sell itself… and others simply need to be informed of how Nashotah House can benefit from the donations of our time, talent and treasure.

Nashotah House is a light in a dark world.

Its emphasis on Scripture and tradition are sorely needed in a church and a world that has lost its way. If the church doesn’t preach and teach Christianity, who will?”

Born in White Plains, NY, Commander Frank E. Braden graduated from Culver Military Academy and The University of Virginia. He is retired from the US Navy and Marathon Oil Company. He is a member of Church of the Redeemer, Sarasota, FL, where he has served as Stewardship Chair, an adult Bible study leader, and Director of Caritas Food Ministry. He is married to Ruth and the Bradens have one daughter, one son, and one grandson.

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The Sustainable Seminary of the Future: Reaching Equilibrium The Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr. Nineteenth Dean and President of Nashotah House Theological Seminary

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t a recent gathering of seminary deans of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), what I already instinctively knew was given added emphasis. The reality of the environment in which we carry out our mission is clear: seminaries and colleges that do not reach what I would call “financial equilibrium” will go out of business in the coming years. Some notable ones already have; and more surely will.

By “equilibrium” I mean that seminaries, like any other organization, must work to eliminate their annual deficits, continue to grow their annual funds, recruit more students, grow their endowments, focus on planned giving and reach a healthy balance that creates sustainability. The sustainable seminaries of the future are those who plan for the future, adopting measures and advancing strategic plans which address finances, governance and overall growth.

Nashotah House is not exempt from this process, and we have been moving boldly into the future, putting in place systems and strategies to get us there. We are on our way to equilibrium, but we have many miles to go.

A major component of reaching equilibrium involves the financial health of the House. Financially speaking, we have made incredible progress over the course of this fiscal year, moving closer to equilibrium than the House has ever been.

This has been the result of the Jackson Kemper Annual Fund, which has been providing immediate-use dollars to bridge the gap between our revenues and the actual operating expenses of the seminary.

Ending the fiscal year June 30, 2013, we have raised $1,200,000, representing a 145% increase over fiscal year 2012. We continue to raise money for restricted purposes as well, surpassing our historical benchmarks substantially. We are blessed by all those who have heard the call to PENTECOST 2013

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partner with us and have responded. The renewed interest in the House’s mission we’ve experienced has made this progress possible.

But the Annual Fund is only one small part of the picture. It is a crucial piece of moving towards equilibrium, but it is not what will sustain the House for years to come. In order for the House to reach long-term sustainability, we must increase the size of our modest endowment at least fivefold. You will begin to see opportunities for planned giving over the summer, articulating the best ways to move forward.

We also must reevaluate each and every expense, making sure we are investing wisely and with an eye towards the future of the seminary and the future needs of the Church.

Another part of reaching equilibrium comes from focusing our attention on recruiting the best and brightest seminarians. It was Bishop Kemper who spoke often of needing only two things to accomplish the House’s mission: “means and men.” The need for means, together with the need for the brightest men and women for lay and priestly leadership, is as urgent as it has ever been. That’s why we have put in place positions to actively recruit students from the whole Church, so that the whole Church can be blessed by faithful priests and lay leaders working within it. If you know someone who is discerning a call to active ministry, lay or ordained, tell them about the House and our residential and distance programs.

Equilibrium, when we reach it, will make the next 170 years even more successful than the last. You can count on us to keep moving the House in the right direction.

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Rejoicing The Rev. Marie T. Gray, ’07

MAY THE GLORY OF THE LORD ENDURE FOREVER; MAY THE LORD REJOICE IN HIS WORKS. Psalm 104:31

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hen I was six years old, I remember asking my father, “Daddy, why does our family go every Sunday afternoon to visit our great aunts and great uncles in these strange homes?” My father replied, “Because, Marie, we love our elderly, for they have given us all that is good in our physical, spiritual and cultural life.

They are old now, and at times become very lonely and sad. So we need to be with them, giving them our love, and letting them know that they are never forgotten, just as Jesus has taught us to do. Someday, we too will grow old, and it will all come back around.”

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For those of us who have studied and graduated from Nashotah House, we are aware that the Benedictine tradition had a profound influence on the development of Anglican spirituality.

In The Rule of St. Benedict, he wrote, “Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ, for He said: I was sick and you visited me (Mt 25:36), and, What you did for one of these least brothers you did for me” (Mt 25:40; Rule of St. Benedict 36:1-3). Care for the sick in the Benedictine manner is now being offered at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Plymouth, WI. I invite seven parishioners (representing a symbol of fullness and completeness) to join with me in going out into our community to provide healing ministry services. We visit various assisted or independent living facilities offering them the sacraments of Holy Communion, Anointing of the Sick and prayer. In the Eucharist we find the continuation of Christ’s healing ministry. When we all gather together, Christ is among us. He is present in us because we, the Church, are the body of Christ. In this way we are all fed, restored, and healed.

Esther de Waal’s book, Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict, makes us aware throughout The Rule of the attention that St. Benedict pays to time, to sickness, and to age. Since my husband, daughter and I live in a different diocese, yet are canonically resident in the Diocese of Fond du Lac, we are not in need of the vicarage at St. Paul’s Church. So in keeping true with one aspect of our mission statement, “... and serving others with Compassion by the grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” the vicarage is being utilized for an outreach program. It is called The Sharing Closet. In this charity we accept PENTECOST 2013

and lend medical equipment -- such as wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, shower chairs, portable toilets, lift chairs, hospital beds, etc -- to those within our community and/ or diocese. The idea is that St. Paul’s lends the equipment to those in need, and when they are finished needing it we ask for it to be returned. We clean and repair what is necessary and make it available for the next person in need. There is no cost or fee involved to either party.

To share one story, Flare Fredricksen, 87, appreciates his lift chair. Parkinson’s Disease has made it increasingly difficult for him to get out of his recliner.

So when a parishioner from St. Paul’s told him about a lift chair that we had in The Sharing Closet, Flare and Doris, his wife, came the next day to see it and try it out. Flare says, “It is a Godsend; I love it.” With the lift chair, he is able to be more independent, and it saves his wife’s back, because she had to pull him up from his recliner. Doris says, “It makes Flare’s life easier.”

Graduates of Nashotah House also know that prayer lies at the very heart of the Benedictine life; it holds everything together and it sustains every other activity. We learned that praying can never be set apart from the rest of life, it is the life itself. Being a part-time Priest-in-Charge at St. Paul’s, I had decided to give up my office for yet another glorious way for the Lord to rejoice in His works; to turn my office into a Perpetual Adoration/Meditation Chapel. This chapel is open to all people within our community, day and night.

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shall not hear God, and until we hear Him we shall not come to know Him. Silence asks us to watch, wait and listen, to be like our Blessed Mother Mary in readiness to receive the Word.

Having been raised in religious education and being formed and educated in the Benedictine tradition at Nashotah, I have learned that reception of the Holy Eucharist is the deepest and fullest expression of one’s membership in the Church. It is also the greatest sign of reconciliation both with God and with one another. Within our closelyknit community at Nashotah, all are expected to care for one another, to love one another. This is the very basis of the teachings of Christ. For one day we all shall be judged on whether we feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick and the prisoners (Mt 25:3146). Care of the sick and elderly for St. Benedict was that — nothing was too much. Nothing was to be spared.

Nothing that could do good was to be called “forbidden.” We pray and give thanks to God for His grace that “The Lord May Rejoice in His Works.”

Since graduating from Nashotah House, Mother Marie, ’07, completed four units of CPE at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee, WI, and then served as staff chaplain at St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, WI, for two years. Currently Mother Marie serves at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Plymouth, WI as Priest-in-Charge. She graduated May, 2013, with a Doctor of Ministry degree in the area of Benedictine Spirituality.

She also serves on the Executive Council Board in the Diocese of Fond du Lac and offers Spiritual Direction at the House. Mother Marie and her husband Mike have been married for 32 years and they have three lovely children, Jim, Michelle and Madelyn.

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Lasting Memories

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The Rev. Robert Browning, Jr., ’63

n New Year’s Day, 1956, I landed in San Francisco, CA, home from the Korean War, and I immediately kissed the ground. As I traveled home to Philadelphia, I began thinking about my future at age twenty-five. I returned to my home church, and to a beautiful woman whom I had known since she was seven years old. She soon told me if we were to have a future together, I had better not return to the wasted times in college, to the days before I grew up in the military. Thankfully, we married during the second year of my return to college.

I had always wanted to be a priest, though I did not think I could become one because of intensity of the degree requirements.

The night before my last final exam of college, Bishop Oliver Hart, the president of the Church Pension Fund called. He remembered that I had assisted at our home parish priest’s funeral, and also that I was a carpenter. He told me, “Be at Nashotah tomorrow and convince Dean Klein that you can finish the construction on twenty-four married apartments (“the Flats”) before the first summer school starts in August, and your schooling should be paid.” Driving over night from Gettysburg, together with our thirteen-month-old daughter, we arrived at Nashotah. And I got the job.

I have many memories of my time at the House. I completed construction on the Flats. Our son, Paul, was born December, 1960, the first baby born at the House. I became Deputy Sheriff of Waukesha County, overseeing the seminary’s 300 acres with classmate Newell Graham. I was the House carpenter and barber, and Alva, my wife, was their registered

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nurse, administering shots and caring for them in an infirmary located in the basement. I remember planting a garden and freezing my abundance and sharing with others. We lived on fifteen dollars weekly, as I was able to find extra work as a guard at St. John’s Military Academy on the weekends.

Within the Benedictine tradtion, all students participated in a self-sustaining community, everyone had kitchen and table duty and weekly cleanup of the buildings and grounds. We always worked in our cassocks, with our hems pulled up under our belts; and whether in chapel, class or at meals, we sat alphabetically. Barry Brown sat on my left and Bob Dunlop on my right. We learned to live with who was placed near to us and learned how to talk about our differences. All courses were required, with only one elective per semester after lunch.

Dean Klein said the mission of the House was to teach priestcraft. He modeled this well for us, as was evident one time when all of the lights went out at Evensong during the Psalter.

Without a pause Dean Klein continued on, knowing the verses by heart! He told us if we missed Matins and Mass, he would be at our bedside praying for our illness recovery.

Once, as I was patrolling the grounds, a visitor asked if this seminary was “high church.” Dean Klein happened to be walking past on the sidewalk and heard her request. His response: “High church, low church, it makes no difference if your center is Christ.” And he continued on his way.

Another time, a classmate told me he was leaving for the Russian Church because there wasn’t enough discipline in the

ECUSA. Not sure what to do, I took him to Dean Klein who listened briefly, before responding to the classmate: “Discipline is where you find it.”

Newell also drove the House wagon, going to the airport for VIP visitors. Once, our Coadjutor Bishop Armstrong from Pennsylvania visited. On leaving he said, “I didn’t know what to expect on my first visit. I have come to appreciate the deeply spiritual community here. It is the uninformed person who casts the wrong aspersions against the House.”

Returning to my diocese, I better understood what he meant. The diocese had, in many ways, grown stagnant.

Bishop Armstrong placed me at a poor Philadelphia parish that needed extensive building repairs, and in which no one wanted to serve. Eventually, I worked with the parishioners to renovate the building. I would help them renovate during the day, and then visited homes at night. I always remembered Dean Klein’s words taught in pastoral theology, “A homevisiting priest is a church-going people.”

We moved to Ft. Myers, FL in 1965 to build a church. Looking back at the numbers, God was definitely working in our midst.

We grew at a rate of a new parishioner every five days during my thirty-year rectorship. Over these almost fifty years since being at Nashotah, I am indebted to the spiritual development and closeness most of the class of 1963 experienced. We truly became “brothers by choice,” inculcating the very words that our House leaders instilled in us and strengthening our parish families as the Body of Christ.

The Rev. Robert Browning, Jr., ’63, was Rector at St. Hilary’s Episcopal Church in Ft. Myers, Florida from 1965-1996. He continues to be active in his church and community. He has been married to his elementary school sweetheart, Alva, since 1957. They have four children.

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Ordinations

The Rev. Dr. David Jackson, ’13,

was ordained Priest March 17, 2013, by the Rt. Rev. Dabney T. Smith, Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida. He is Vicar of All Souls Episcopal Church, 14640 N. Cleveland Avenue, North Fort Myers, FL 33903-3806 and Vicar of Church of Good Shepherd, 1098 Collingswood Parkway, LaBelle, FL 33935-2306.

The Rev. Eric Raskopf, ’14,

was ordained Priest on February 9, 2013, by the Rt. Rev. Alberto Morales, Anglican Diocese of Quincy. He is Vicar of Holy Cross Church, 500 Park Avenue Unit 102, Lake Villa, IL 60046.

The Rev. Lamar Reece, ’13,

was ordained Deacon on March 16, 2013, by the Rt. Rev. Derek L. S. Jones, ACNA, Bishop of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy. He is a CPE Resident at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street (125), Durham, NC 27705-3875.

The Rev. Gregory Whitaker, ’12,

was ordained Priest on April 30, 2013, by the Rt. Rev. Frank Lyons, Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. He is a missionary with Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS) and preparing to depart Cambodia, Summer 2013. He will be the Missionary Priest at Peace of Christ Church, #57 Street 294, Sangkat BKK 1, Khan Chamcarmon, Cambodia.

Appointments

The Rev. Dr. Scott P. Albergate, ’00,

Rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, 23 E. Airy Street, Norristown, PA 19401.

The Rev. James Brzezinski, ’12,

Assistant for Pastoral Care and Liturgy of Church of the Holy Faith Episcopal, 311 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

The Rev. Nathaniel O. Kidd, ’12,

Adjunct Professor of Liturgical, Ascetical, and Pastoral Theology at Lahore College of Theology, Lahore, Pakistan.

The Rev. Lance S. Wallace, ’10,

Priest-in-Charge of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2301 Deltona Boulevard, Spring Hill, FL 34606.

The Rev. Deborah J. Woolsey, ’07,

Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 33 West Dixon Avenue, Dayton, OH 45419.

NOTIFICATION OF DEATH

The Rev. Canon James H. Davis, ’54, died January 25, 2013, age 84.

The Rev. Robert R. Evans, ’64, died March 12, 2013, age 89.

The Rev. James R. LeVeque, ’55, died December 29, 2012, age 81.

The Rev. Canon Albert H. Palmer, ’55, died November 26, 2012, age 85.

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Editors’ Notes Nashotah House is pleased to publish updates in the Biddings and Bindings for our matriculated students, alumni and honorary degree recipients. We publish the information as it is submitted after the date the event occurred. If you would like to submit a transition announcement, please visit www.nashotah.edu/eventsandmedia and select The Missioner Magazine – Contact Us to complete an online form. Your update will appear in an upcoming issue of The Missioner and appropriate updates will also be noted in the Development Office.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS “A group of aspirants were sitting in the Court of the Gentiles and Fr. Klein was seated between the choir stall: ‘You have been told what fine qualities you have for the priesthood. The fact of the matter is that God doesn’t need you at all. He can get along completely without you. The only thing you have to offer Him is your will.”

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e received the below note from Mr. Don Dixon, ’62, sharing his memories of the twelfth dean of the House, Fr. Walter Conrad Klein:

Thank you, Mr. Dixon, for sharing your memories with us. If you have a comment, reflection or article idea to share, please visit www.nashotah.edu/eventsandmedia and select The Missioner Magazine – Contact Us to complete an online form. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Rev. Andrew Hanyzewski, ’09 Mrs. Jeneen Floyd Associate Editors

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