FORMATIONTheFruitsofOur From One Generation to Another ? REFLECTIONS OF A RESIDENTIAL SPOUSE Lisa Syner THE VERY REV. NEAL MICHELL, P h D Will ChildrenOur Have Faith “Street Priest” & FR. NELSON PINDER 2019 Man of the Year
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HOW A NASHOTAH ALUM BECAME A “STREET PRIEST” & ONYX MAGAZINE’S 2019 MAN OF THE YEAR By Rebecca Terhune, ‘15 MY TIME AT NASHOTAH CHANGED MY EVERYDAY LIVING By Tobey Coley, PhD GOD CONTINUES TO LEAD AS I SERVE HIM By Tammy L. Prather, ‘15 AN INSIDE LOOK AT LABIN DUKE Fr. Jason Terhune, MDiv ‘15
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The Missioner is a free publication for Alumni and friends of the House, but there is a hard cost to bringing our magazine to you. Please consider a donation today in the enclosed envelope. Thank you! This is a publication of the Nashotah House Advancement Team. Contact Labin Duke, VP of Institutional Advancement, at SHARElduke@nashotah.edu.INOURSPECIAL MOMENTS nashotah.edu Garwood SHARINGSynerTHE Fr. Matthew Perreault, MDiv ‘19
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ON THE COVER: Meet the newest addition to the Nashotah House community, Dr. Garwood and Dawn Anderson’s first grandchild, Basil Paul Stotis, son of Dr. George and Lindsay Stotis, born on December 13, 2019. Dr. Anderson shares a special message on page 5.
For 178 years Nashotah House seminarians have gone out from her e to bear good fruit in the ministries to which God has called them. This is the essence of our mission – preparing priests and lay leaders to be sent into the world – starting wi th our own children and grandchildren – to live out the ministry of the gospel and the message of God’s deep and redeeming love for us. In the coming pages, you will read of Nashotah House students, spouses, and alumni whose ministries and faithfulness bear the marks of such formation and whose lives reflect the desire of the psalmist . . . that the next generation might know [the glorious deeds of the Lord], . . . and arise and tell them to their children so that they should set their hope on God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments (Psalm 78:6-7 ESV).
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So, what does it take for our baptismal vows to be kept from generation to generation? If there is no magic, nor are there guarantees, neither is the transmission of our godly heritage an accident. It takes godly parents. Nothing imprints more deeply on the tender hearts of children and settles the flailing emotions of adolescents than to see God’s love and faithfulness through the love and faithfulness of their parents. Godly parents are God’s stumbling block to unbelief.
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It takes godly clergy. As parents, we long for the holy character of our clergy. When our children hear the words and watch the lives of real believers and not just “paid representatives,” collars, stoles, and chasubles are powerful symbols adorning lives making an indelible impression. It takes a church to raise a Christian. Our children belong to an extended family, surrounded by “uncles” and “aunts” in the form of Sunday school teachers, youth leaders, and older siblings who for certain seasons might be the most important voices in our children’s lives. Where does Nashotah House fit in all of this? Formed in community to lead communities, formed to bear the character of Christ, formed to convey in word and deed the faith once delivered to the saints, the future of the church – the future of our children and grandchildren –rests in the formation of those who will lead us into the future.
My parents enjoyed a happy marriage for 50 years before my mother’s untimely succumbing to ALS in 2001. And over those 50 years they brought six children into the world, with the understanding that being brought into the world was also for the sake of the world. And, indeed, to the present day, all of us live as dedicated Christians, albeit imperfectly. Most of us were called to seasons – long seasons – of full-time Christian ministry. Mom and Dad’s plan worked. I share this personal history not as a point of pride (though I am proud to be a child of my parents; Dawn and I have tried to follow suit, though I suspect we have done it half as well with half as many children!) but because of the urgency of transmitting a living faith from one generation to the next. Where the church is in decline, it is above all else because the children of the still-worshiping parents are no longer devout followers of Christ. While we must redouble our passion for the unchurched, the baptized but no-longer-churched implore us that not again should there “arise another generation after them, who do not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel,” some of the saddest words in all of Holy Scripture (Judges 2:10).
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I was raised in a family propelled by one crazy idea: we – our family – was charged to fulfill the Great Commission. Not alone, mind you. But it was part and parcel of what our family was for – to join in the missionary endeavor of the Church and take up our part by going, giving, and bearing witness in every sphere.
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The final semester at Nashotah House is underway, and anticipation of what the future holds collides with the reality of what we will soon leave behind. This community has shaped and formed our family far more than we can currently comprehend, still living in the midst of it. Just two years ago, Cliff was navigating a full patient load at a vibrant medical practice, deeply committed to those under his care. Already walking through the discernment process toward priesthood, we knew a shift was coming. He was steadily accomplishing initial seminary courses through a distance program, diligently striving to fit his education within the margins of life.
Cliff called just moments after I hung up, and my mouth opened before the fear could wash it away: “Maybe you should consider seminary in residence, a singleminded focus for a calling you know full well.” We soon Uprooting one’s family to become a residential student takes a lot of faith – faith like that displayed by the Syner family two years ago. Lisa Syner is a re sidential spouse and a faithful servant to the Nashotah House community, working daily in the Refectory and as the talented caregiver to our vibrant garden, providing fresh vegetables enj oyed by all on campus. She and her family are a gift to the Nashotah community and will undoub tedly change lives for Christ in their ministry. Lisa’s husband, Cliff Syner, is currently earning his MDiv degree and is set to graduate this May. We look forward to sharing more about their journey in the years to come. OF OUR
Cliff would never ask us to move again, this I knew. We had relocated more than a dozen times as an active duty military family. Our painstakingly restored, quaint farmhouse now provided stability and comfort –something we had never known with all the transitions of military life. Yet I called Nashotah House with a question one afternoon, while watching our flock of sheep busily graze the front pasture. “Do you have housing for families? Are we crazy to consider this?”
“We’ve known community in many other capacities, but none quite like Nashotah House.”
VOL. 34 NO. 1 7 headed north for a discernment trip, praying for clarity and wisdom along the way. Our lives shifted at an unbelievable pace. The farm sold instantly upon our arrival home from that Nashotah House visit, our own realtor offering full price for the home and land we’d ardently tended, our suitcases still in the foyer. The entire flock of sheep, whose personalities and care offered immense purpose and joy, would remain together at a nearby Kentucky farm. Harder still, Cliff set aside his stethoscope and years of hardearned experience for the equally heavy task of learning Hebrew and Greek, for the uncomfortable lessons learning to chant, for discovering the beauty of ascetical theology, and for being immersed within the brilliant peace of the chapel we love, where so many have journeyed before us.
Our children know the rhythms of this place, in a uniquely different way. They have traversed this landscape with remarkable diligence. Summer days are spent on bikes, winding through campus or deep in forest forts. Winter wonder provides ambitious avenues for snow cave creations and community sledding adventures. Snowy boots and gloves collect in the entryway, declaring the time well spent. Although their transition to new schools was initially challenging – as being the new kid so often is – even then, we didn’t journey alone. Seasoned faculty spouses offered the gift of presence and willing advice, prayer, and encouragement. Before we know it, boxes and moving trucks will arrive. Oh, the memories we hold. Our favorite local apple orchard – the delight of scurrying up the hardy trees to taste, juice dripping down our chins. Those crackling campfires and the vibrancy of community dinners. The days spent lakeside, moving paddles through pristine and placid water, kayak alongside kayak. Walking out of the boldness and beauty of the Easter Vigil, beaming as Michael the Bell proclaims valiantly in the dead of night, heading to the Refectory to feast together once again. What a journey, indeed. We’ll soon go our separate ways, dispersing to parishes throughout the country. Nevertheless, these are the friends who will also endure the glory and hardships of the ministries that lie ahead and who will undoubtedly offer a listening ear along the way. We’ve prayed alongside one another each day, these years spent shoulder-to-shoulder. For all we’ve learned in the journey here, for the friendships cultivated, and for the humble privilege to worship our Holy God in beauty, reverence, and awe . . . thanks be to God.
Hundreds of meals have transpired alongside one another here. An equal number of dishes have been scrubbed and work duty assignments completed. The long nights in the library among comrades, soaking in books and progressing in papers – we’ll always remember, for these everyday occurrences have extraordinarily bound us together.
We’ve known community in many other capacities, but none quite like Nashotah House. The ages and experiences among the student body are vast and varied. However, these individuals understand in unique ways the refining and the blessings that occur while living within the intensity of shared community.
from l to r: Lisa, Bishop Frank Lyons, Cliff, Christian, Caelynn, Michael
The very first time I entered an Anglican Church I knew God was drawing me towards a beautiful and reverent way of following him. Years later, when I began my call to Holy Orders, I had managed to develop a strong Prayer Book piety but had limited experience in the depths of Anglican spirituality. My Anglican piety was not broadened during my first two years of seminary at non-Anglican schools in Canada. In 2017, my archbishop, a Nashotah alumnus, helped arrange for me to complete my degree at Nashotah House in my final year of study. I was ordained as a deacon prior to coming to Nashotah, and I distinctly remember one of the final comments from an archdeacon, just prior to my ordination, was that it was very clear from his conversations with me that I was in love with Anglicanism. I appreciated it but to some degree felt like a fraud, asking myself if I really knew what it meant to be Anglican. I had some form of intellectual framework to understand what Anglicanism was, but wasn’t truly sure that I had ever fully been able to live it out. All Saints Anglican Church SHARING HISTORYTHE ANGLICANISMOF Fr. Perreault at his ordination
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The fruits of my time at Nashotah were a deep formation in the practices of piety, appreciation for areas of continued education, and an experience of the homely feel of Anglicanism in its soul. While I had previously received a strong academic foundation in my initial seminary studies, Nashotah House formed me through both academics and practice. I was given the experience and understanding of what it meant to worship God in the beauty of holiness, with reverence and awe.
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I have since begun development of an Anglican Studies course in my parish to introduce parishioners to the history and spirituality of Anglicanism, sharing my formation with others in a diocese which does not have any Anglo-Catholic roots. Many parishioners have commented on the deep reverence of how I celebrate the mass, and the intentionality of all my actions in God’s sanctuary.
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I arrived at Nashotah House in August of 2018, both eager and somewhat intimidated. By the end of my first week, I was in love. I was living in a foreign country, in a different culture, and with no one I knew. Yet far from feeling isolated or alone, I felt as though I had come home. I was exactly where God wanted me in order to form me into the priest he wanted me to be.
I knew that there was still quite a bit to learn when I left, and it has been a blessing for me that my formation at Nashotah has not ended. I was able to return this past January to attend Dr. Boersma’s course on the theological interpretation of Scripture. Having the experience of serving in my parish for several months before returning for that course – and to Nashotah’s chapel life, community life, and classroom – proved even more potent as a tool for formation, helping me fill in gaps in my learning and recharge my spiritual Nashotahbatteries.didn’tjust train me to be a priest. It has helped me to become a better Christian and a better a man, and as a priest, to proclaim the Gospel of Christ in the fullness of the Anglican tradition. Wedding ceremony of Fr. Perrault and Linzie Perreault (née Greiwe) on January 4, 2020. Presided by Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson, a son of the House.
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In 1959, a recent graduate of Nashotah House arrived in Orlando, Florida. Fr. Nelson Pinder, a newly ordained priest at the time, would go on to serve the Orlando community for more than 60 years. During the 1960s and 1970s, Fr. Pinder worked with white officials for peaceful racial integration in the city during the Civil Rights Movement and, now Rector Emeritus at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Orlando, is the recipient of nearly 200 awards and honors.
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“Nashotah House and several other seminaries stood firm on the Christian principle that it would not affirm segregation, nor itself be a segregated institution.”
During his more than 60 years in ministry, the Rev. Canon Nelson W. Pinder has been known affectionately as the “street priest,” and the “hoodlum’s priest,” as well as a community leader in Orlando. Since being ordained at the age of 27, Fr. Pinder has followed his call, ministering to the church and the greater Orlando community, and is well known by historians, community organizers, and members of the Boys and Girls Club alike. Born in Miami in 1932, Pinder enrolled in Bethune-Cookman College as a young man and was then drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After receiving an honorable discharge, he returned to college where he became active in student government and other campus groups. Pinder graduated in 1956 with a degree in philosophy and soon enrolled on The GI Bill at Nashotah House, where he trained for the priesthood. In 1959, he was ordained and assigned to The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Orlando. He married his college sweetheart, Marian Elizabeth Grant, on August 15 of that year. “Life at Nashotah House had a strong focus on worship and community,” said Fr. Pinder. “I enjoyed visiting with all my professors, and they were always challenging me to become a good parish priest. The professor who stands out to me the most is Dean Edward S. White. We had about 25 classmates, and I remember the Dean taking me aside one day and telling me, ‘You’ll be a damn good parish priest.’” In 1956, a typical day at the House involved prayer, work, and study – all with the focus of priestly formation in seminarians. “It was a rigorous life and still is,” said Fr. Pinder. “The life of the seminary seeks to form the character of priests and Christian leaders into the image
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of Christ. That is not an easy thing. But one thing I knew was that Nashotah House would train me to be able to go anywhere.” All students – then as well as now – have work crew assignments: cleaning, mowing lawns, sweeping floors, and taking on other chores and responsibilities. Nashotah House’s daily routine has many similarities to when Fr. Pinder attended, including Morning Prayer, Mass, breakfast, classes, lunch, and Solemn Evensong. “We each had a job to do to help the seminary to maintain itself,” said Fr. Pinder. “But not only was the work to help the seminary, it was to help us as we went forth into parish life. We became the ‘how-to’ people, developing ministries and mission, raising money, teaching, and working with the laity. The life at Nashotah House was helpful because when you got to the parish you didn’t know what you might be expected to do.” Fr. Pinder said the reality of segregation hit him when he arrived at Nashotah House and was unable to get a haircut in a nearby town. The barber he had gone to refused to cut his hair and said, “Black people are not welcome.” Fr. Pinder and his fellow seminarian Sam Brown mentioned it to fellow student Jim Kaestner and his wife Judy. Soon afterward, several seminarians and their spouses walked downtown to see the barber and peacefully explain that he would not be cutting any of their hair. “That’s how we were with one another,” said Fr. Pinder. “We were a community who looked out for each other; we had veterans, lawyers, a Broadway actor, and college professors, who all came together to serve the church.” After work, prayer, and study, it was “lights out” and silence until after the chapel’s mass the next morning. Keeping a holy silence was a discipline Fr. Pinder came to enjoy. As Called Orlando’s ‘Street Priest’ in the 1960s and ’70s, Father Nelson Pinder was 27 when he arrived in Orlando in 1959. credit: continued on
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The race riot started as a result of white attempts to suppress black voting. Mose Norman, a prosperous African American farmer, tried to vote but was turned away twice on Election Day. Norman was among those working on the voter drive. A white mob surrounded the home of Julius “July” Perry, where Norman was thought to have taken refuge. After Perry drove away the white mob with gunshots, killing two men and wounding one who tried to break into his house, the mob called for reinforcements from Orlando and Orange County.
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It is estimated that nearly 70 African Americans were killed during the riot, and most African American-owned buildings and residences were burned to the ground. Other African Americans living in the area were later killed or threatened with further violence.
Norman escaped, never to be found. Hundreds of other African Americans fled the town, leaving behind their homes and possessions. When Fr. Pinder arrived in Orlando in 1959, the memory of this riot continued to resonate with all citizens. Fr. Pinder soon became active in the community, even continuing after his retirement in 1995. There, he worked with city officials for peaceful racial integration in Orlando in order to prevent incidents of civil disorder that were then occurring in other cities during the Civil Rights Movement. Fr. Pinder organized sit-in protests of segregated lunch . . . one thing I knew was that Nashotah House would train me to be able to go anywhere.”
Nearly 40 years prior, Orlando had experienced the Ocoee massacre where a white mob attacked African American residents in Ocoee, Florida, near Orlando, on the day of the U.S. Presidential election in 1920.
The mob laid to waste the African American community in northern Ocoee and eventually killed Perry. They took his body to Orlando and hanged it from a light post to intimidate other black people.
Nashotah House and several other seminaries stood firm on the Christian principle that it would not affirm segregation, nor itself be a segregated institution. Many seminarians participated in writing a proclamation in 1952 against segregated seminaries, going so far as to submit the proclamation to The New York Times for publication, a very controversial decision at the time. Upon commencement, Fr. Pinder was ordained and assigned to St. John’s by the Rt. Rev. Henry Louttit on May 30, 1959. Fr. Pinder was St. John’s second full-time priest and the first full-time African American priest, eventually leading St. John’s to attaining parish status.
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“My agenda became simply this: Jesus,” said Fr. Pinder. “The community had another agenda: status quo.” St. John’s is a historically black church, established in 1896, 20 years after the incorporation of the city. Meeting in a four-room frame house from which the partitions were removed, the church was led by the Rev. H.W. Greetham, an Episcopal deacon who supported himself by working for the “Old Waterworks.” Fr. Greetham instructed those who had expressed an interest in the church on evenings in their homes. On Sundays he conducted services and taught church school.
Following in these and others’ footsteps, Fr. Pinder said, “I kept preaching and teaching the Gospel, and the city began to change, by the grace of God and the people joining in.” Peaceful change began with blacks and whites talking and listening to one another, allowing God to change hearts. “I talked about the love of God and what he has given us in Jesus Christ, helping us continued on page 15
Fr. Greetham’s mode of transportation was the bicycle in a day when paved streets and streetlights were unknown. One night, he was pulled from his bicycle and beaten, by “city fathers” who objected to his visits on “the wrong side of the tracks.” Continually recognized for his saintly demeanor, Fr. Greetham was a devoted deacon to the people until his death years later.
It’s sort of one of the greatest things about going to Nashotah . . . to meet Michael. Everyone who attends as a student has a chance to meet Michael the Bell. Michael is the lifeline of the seminary; the seminary is, in a sense, focused on Michael from early morning to midnight every day.
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It was the first snow at Nashotah in 1956 and my first time to toll Michael. I went in about 6:00 a.m., and it was dark. I grabbed the rope to ring Michael, and (laughter) all the overnight snow came down on my head, but I couldn’t turn Michael loose because the whole school was depending on me! I came back all wet from head to toe. I dried off the best I could and hustled to Chapel for Morning Prayer and Eucharist. It was the surprise of my life! Nobody warned me, but Middlers and Seniors . . . they knew (more laughter).
Arriving in Orlando in 1959, Fr. Pinder landed at one of two churches that were available to him. At that time, Orlando was still reeling from the violence of lynchings and other injustices of ten years earlier in neighboring Lake County, with the Groveland Four lynchings. In 1951, with Jim Crow laws still in effect, when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a retrial after hearing appeals by Thurgood Marshall, the Klan marched on the streets in downtown Orlando. “The bishop called me, and I went,” said Fr. Pinder. “I had one idea of ministry, and God had another.” Upon his arrival to Orlando, Fr. Pinder was unable to order a cup of coffee at the airport, and he was turned away from taking a taxi with white seminarians into the city.
FR. PINDER SHARES ONE OF HIS MOST MEMORABLE NASHOTAH EXPERIENCES: MEETING MICHAEL
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One detail that captures each of these transcendentals is the intimate community that Nashotah develops through its attention to worship, proper instruction, and the discipleship and wellbeing of its students and their families. Nashotah seeks to train priests, deacons, and laypeople in the theological tenets, context, and history of the catholic faith once delivered to the saints, and it actively works toward that training in the sense that the Church has understood that word from its earliest days.
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During my intensive week last July, I was blessed to take part in Dr. Greg Peters’ class in ascetical theology – a course designed to introduce and explore Christian formation via the sources, methods, and ends of ascetical theology. Such a class is infinitely practical: the end of ascetical theology is growth toward union with God and toward a charity that fills and transforms our natural life into God’s supernatural life. All our acts of worship – Eucharist, Daily Office, private prayer –are directed toward this end.
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If one were to ask why Nashotah House Theological Seminary should be the foremost option for Anglican theological formation, the answer is that nowhere else provides the core practices of Anglican spirituality and intellectual tradition the way Nashotah House does. Drawing on St. Benedict’s Regula, the Book of Common Prayer was designed so that all people could read and take part in the liturgy of the Church: the Eucharist, Daily Office, and private prayer –the traditional threefold path of Christian growth commended by the Church catholic. Nashotah House provides the atmosphere and services that enable Christians to practice these three acts of worship daily. Spending a summer intensive week at Nashotah last year, I was struck by the beauty of St. Mary’s chapel, the reverence which all who participate in the worship bring to their tasks, and the dedication to God’s glory displayed in every detail of the liturgy. Wandering across the campus feels like joining an ancient and revered tradition: the historic buildings, the mesmerizing grounds, and a palpable sense of God’s presence in this place. Summer, when the weather invites one to leisurely strolls and meditative silences, is arguably the best time to visit Nashotah House. The Benedictine community life is on full display – students are warm and charitable, the faculty and staff are caring and attentive, and God’s truth, goodness, and beauty are evident at every turn.
The Greek word from which “ascetics” is derived appears in Acts 24:16, where St. Paul, defending himself before Governor Felix says, “So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man” (Acts 24:16). Paul’s “take pains” is the Greek word askeo. It is often used, as St. Paul’s does elsewhere with related words, for training an athlete. This training is not only mental (or intellectual), but intensely physical – including the whole person and directed toward a final goal. Such is the training that Nashotah House offers its community – attentively forming them in the love of God through the means provided in the Scriptures and Church tradition.
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FR. continuedPINDERfrom page 13 to work together to solve our problems,” said Fr. Pinder. “When people are blind, they do not want to give up, and it took a long time for change to occur. In the meantime, I kept saying the same message: Christians do not live alone and cannot change for the better alone. I kept asking people, ‘How can I say I love God and hate my brother and sister?’”
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I developed friendships over the summer term that I’ll treasure for a lifetime. I know where my classmates minister, how their contexts affect their practices, and how God is using them to expand His kingdom. For those who come to Nashotah House to study, change and growth are fostered by this place. If you want to come to a seminary to learn theology and to be the same person you were before, then Nashotah is not the place for you. If you seek to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength and love your neighbor as yourself, then welcome to Nashotah.
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In response to being asked how Nashotah House helped form his ministry, Fr. Pinder said, “People will sometimes say, ‘Oh my seminary didn’t teach me what I needed to know,’ or ‘I wish my seminary had taught me this and not that.’ I didn’t expect to be in the ministry God called me to, but along with good theology goes mission. Originally, I wanted to go to the Lower East Side and do street ministry, and I had it all planned out. Mission grows out of good theology – that’s something Dean White spoke to me about. We are to carry out the mission of God’s church – Hall’s lectures at Nashotah taught me that. God does not build on any natural capacity of ours. God does not ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us. He only asks us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace, and Nashotah House helped to teach me this. What ultimately did Nashotah House give me? Humility, love, and the ability to give back.”
Fr. Pinder receiving The Bishop Kemper Award from The Very Rev. Steven Peay, 20th DeanPresident Emeritus of Nashotah House
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Oh, the places you’ll go . . . has it really only been three years? Looking back, I see how much God can accomplish if we open our lives to his leading, allow him to do the planning, and try not to get in the way.
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Life before and during seminary, as a professional lay minister and the spouse of a priest, was certainly very full. Church planting, leading, teaching, and helping to grow the kingdom of God is work but, man, has it ramped up since graduation! God’s timing is everything. I had no plan to work after graduation and hoped to discern what God was really calling me to next. That’s why I was surprised when Fr. Scott Leannah, Nashotah’s Field Education Supervisor, asked me to consider taking a part-time position even before I graduated. I was hired as Director of Christian Formation at St. Mary’s Dousman and after a couple months, Fr. Scott asked if I was open to a title change and a (pretty generous) raise. Naturally, I said “Yes” and became his Pastoral Associate. Soon after, I was presented with an additional opportunity. This time in Delavan, Wisconsin, at Christ Church. Similarities exist between planting new and revitalizing centuries-old communities of faith. Existing churches, cast in the past, often need lots of work to prepare and make way for their future. The changes of the last 25 years have put smaller churches, with neither the budget nor the experience to catch up with the times, at a disadvantage. This impacts their ability to reach out and meet the needs of the changing world. Implementing this kind of change requires pastoral care for those who came before and a prayerful foundation of welcome for their future. Once again, I “I really LOVE serving God’s kingdom, and Nashotah House was a springboard to greater opportunities.”
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TAMMY L. PRATHER, ‘15 was surprised to be offered another opportunity – this time as Executive Minister – leading the transitional work necessary to overhaul and modernize the office and technology, significantly reduce operating costs, help a long-term administrative staff retire faithfully, and prepare the church to be run by and for the next Godgeneration.hasalso called me into diocesan leadership. It was an honor to be elected to the Standing Committee and General Convention for the Diocese of Milwaukee. Attending General Convention in 2018 and taking part in the governance of the Church was an amazing capstone to my theological training. I am excited to have been elected again to GC for 2021! I’ve led Summer Youth Missions to Puerto Rico and England.
I currently serve as Liaison to the Search Committee for the twelfth bishop of Milwaukee. I work with several parishes on revitalization strategies and have been invited by a number of parishes to lead Vestry retreats this spring. It feels great to see how God uses all our gifts and experiences. God leads us at just the right time, to just the right places, for his glory, and to strengthen his Church. I’m thankful for the opportunities and people who faithfully serve alongside me. God has led me this far; I’ve set no plans of my own but pray God continues to lead me as I serve him. I really LOVE serving God’s kingdom, and Nashotah House was a springboard to greater opportunities.
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“When you meet Labin, it is obvious that he is all in on answering God’s call for him and his family.”
As an invested Nashotah House alum, I was curious about who we’d brought on at this critical time – it was a bit of a loaded question. I knew, of course, that he had the credentials for his new role, but during our conversations it soon became clear that Labin actually got it – a deep appreciation for Nashotah House’s mission and the formation that takes place here. And in the months since he arrived, Labin’s heart for this seminary, its history, and its mission has only grown and become more evident. Recognizing the fruit of “Real Presence and Real Preparation,” Labin maintains that Nashotah House is the place to form the next generation of Christian leaders for the mission of the church. Like so many of us who join this community, Labin and his wife Mallory listened to God’s call and the encouragement of his priest (a son of the House) and left everything behind to bring their family of eight here to join the great adventure that is Nashotah House. Arriving from Texas at the end of February 2019 – in time for their six children to enjoy their first-ever snowstorms – they hit the ground running. In just his first year on campus, Labin’s enthusiasm for Nashotah House, leveraged alongside his vast experience gained while working at larger academic institutions, has yielded a fruitful year for the House’s advancement efforts – marking the highest annual fundraising year on record. Underpinning that financial milestone is Labin’s commitment to building and nurturing relationships with longtime supporters and inviting others to join our network of partners. For Labin, the work of fundraising begins with gratitude for those who have invested in the House, whether as first-time givers or decades-long faithful donors. As one expression of that gratitude, last November Labin instituted Thanking Tuesday, when – for the first time in memory – board members contacted loyal Nashotah House donors to offer a personal “thank you.” Also in an effort to facilitate and improve ongoing communication with the House’s network of friends and donors, Labin spearheaded the transition to a new donor database – a move that saved tens of thousands of dollars and helps streamline internal operations, allowing us to better recognize and serve our constituents moving forward. Over the past year, Labin has also led the charge to expand the Nashotah House community by offering on-campus winter and summer courses to newcomers
FR. JASON TERHUNE, MDIV ‘15
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While visiting Nashotah House for Alumni & Commencement Week last May, I sat down with the then newly appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Labin Duke, and asked, “What inspired you to come here from a school so many ti mes our size?”
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VOL. 34 NO. 1 19 for free, thereby eliminating a financial barrier that might otherwise prevent prospective students from receiving the training they need. We see this as a way to extend Nashotah House’s mission of empowering the church for the spread of the Gospel, while also inviting more people to benefit from our course offerings and experience life on campus. It’s been a busy year in our Advancement department. When you meet Labin, it is obvious that he is all in on answering God’s call for him and his family. His gifts are truly and squarely rooted in the administration and advancement of the House, and his heart is for the formation of those who will go and make disciples. As an alum, and now a member of Labin’s team, I’m delighted to be a part of this work. I’ll leave you with one poignant anecdote. When I was transitioning to my new role at Nashotah House last fall, I had to split my time between Wisconsin and Tennessee. Labin and his family invited me to stay with them while I was in town, and I was graciously welcomed by the entire Duke family despite their already full house (remember, six kids!). During one of my stays, the Duke family asked me to join them for Evening Prayer in their living room. At that moment, I knew I was surrounded by a family with a love for the things of God. I also knew that Nashotah House had been firmly placed in the hands of someone who first and foremost loves God and the church, and I saw for myself a man and his family with a heart for Nashotah House.
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A few years back, I was invited to give a theological paper in Indiana. Trapped for three hours in stop-andgo traffic heading into Chicago, by the time I finally arrived and checked into my hotel room, it was quite late. Already exhausted, I looked at the clock –10:00 p.m. I thought that was odd because I hadn’t switched time zones so I looked at my wristwatch, which told me it was 9:00 p.m. Finally, it registered that Indiana didn’t recognize Daylight Saving Time (this was pre-2006, when Indiana did adopt DST). At that moment, I realized I was stuck in an in-between time. While the good people of Indiana would point out that they had not changed their clocks, I had somehow lost an hour in the middle of summer – what an odd feeling. The Christian life can be a bit like that. The Christian lives in an odd place. It is an in-between time, a time between the first and second advent of Christ. We are promised a future redemption and even a sinless perfection in heaven, but we struggle with sin in the here-and-now. If we’re not careful, that constant struggle of the Christian life against sin can wear us down. So how are we to live in this in-between time? At Nashotah House, we believe the key is Christian formation. St. Paul aptly described Christian formation to the Galatians as “Christ . . . formed in you” (Gal 4:19). He went on to further describe this formation later in the same epistle as “life in the Spirit.” Such a formed life, he tells us, bears the fruit of the Holy Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law” (Gal 5:22–23). This is what St. Paul called living by “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus that has set me free from the law of sin and death” (Rom 8:2). Yet, like all freedoms, the freedom from sin through Christian formation is hard-won – first by Christ overcoming sin and death, and then by his overcoming sin and death in us through life in the Spirit. This formation does not happen merely by wishful thinking. Here at Nashotah House, we endeavor to live by and impart to students the means to living in the in-between time: Christ being formed in us through Word and Sacrament. Central to this formation is habitus – the recognition that what we do physically shapes our spiritual nature. Physically listening closely to God’s Holy Word in the lessons of the Daily Office and the Eucharist allows the Word to soak into our lives. Giving genuine, daily attention to our prayer life forms and shapes us into a different sort of people whose habitual desire is to seek the face of God. Daily confessing our sins and daily receiving Christ’s life-giving body and blood in the Eucharist cleanses our souls from sin and
the formed life BEARS FRUIT of the HOLY SPIRIT
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FR. THOMAS L. HOLTZEN, P h D Professor of Historical & Systematic Theology
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gives us the grace to conform our lives to Christ. These physical acts are not just rituals but the work of God deep within our souls. Learning to live by habitus is learning how to be changed spiritually by what we do physically. We see this most solemnly in the Eucharist. The physical act of the celebration of the Eucharist is a gospel act; as St. Paul stated, “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Cor 11:26).
We continue to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ, in Word and Sacrament, in the in-between time, until that day when the Sacraments cease and we see God face to face (1 Cor 13:12). Then, and only then, will Christ be fully formed in us in the visio beatifica (beatific vision), for as St. John said of this, “Beloved, we are God’s children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2).
“Learning to live by habitus is learning how to be spirituallychangedby what we do physically.”
HIGHLIGHTS
On the Holy Spirit: St. Basil the Great STEPHEN M. HILDEBRAND Popular Patristics Series, No. 42; New York, NY; St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2011 I Believe in the Holy Spirit YVES CONGAR New York, NY; Seabury Press, 1983 Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology & Liturgy in the First Five Centuries
EVERETT FERGUSON Grand Rapids, MI; William B. Eerdmans Pub, 2009 It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says About Infant Baptism SCOT MCKNIGHT Grand Rapids, MI; Brazos Press, 2018 Holy Baptism
DARWELL STONE Oxford Library of Practical Theology, London; Longmans, Green & Company, 1905
FR. GREG PETERS, P h D Why Attend the CONFERENCE?
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To paraphrase the Preacher, of many conferences there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh (cf. Eccles. 12:12). Despite the proliferation of online talks, an impressive number of in-person conferences abound, many of them aimed at the busy priest or inquisitive lay person. Here are a couple of reasons to make the Breck Conference the one you attend this year. First, it provides attendees an opportunity to experience Nashotah House at its finest and in its fullness – especially the worship in St. Mary’s Chapel. Couple that with academically rich yet spiritually challenging plenary talks and lots of time for relationship-building and discussion, and you have not only a retreat-like immersion, but a robust intellectual experience and engagement intended to equip attendees for further ministry. Whereas the essence of the Church of Jesus Christ is fixed theologically – that she is one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic, for example – the expression of the Church varies through time and across cultures – musical styles change and liturgical rubrics evolve, for example. The Breck Conference seeks to serve priests and church workers by equipping them not only in mind, but with the means by which to equip their parishioners to become singleminded followers of God. The 2020 conference topic, “Monastic Practices in the Parish,” will plumb the early Christian monastic tradition, especially the works of Evagrius of Pontus (d. 399), to retrieve those monastic practices that, when practiced in the parish, will help form faithful followers of Jesus Christ. Yet the goal is not just to impart information, but to inspire formation by allowing space for attendees to interact with one another (including the plenary speakers) to discuss and debate topics in a spirit of charity and common mission. No one at the Breck Conference is expected to be a passive attendee – all are encouraged to be active participants. In short, the Breck Conference is a conference for everyone. Come and see! “ . . . the Breck Conference is a conference for everyone. Come and see!”
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• Good people go to heaven when they die. They called this “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.” Why do our children believe in this rather anemic, nonoffensive, irrelevant God? Because, according to Christian Smith, that is what their parents believe. He says, “this is what you believe, and you’ve passed it on to your children.” We can do better. We must do better.
In the service of Holy Baptism of a child, the Celebrant asks, “Will you by your prayers and witness help this child to grow into the fu ll stature of Christ?” Parents and Godparents then reply, “I will, with God’s help.” How often have we heard those words? How often have many of us said those words? In due course, the child is confirmed, serves as an acolyte, and, if the church is large enough, attends youth meetings. Then, gradually, the child begins to drift away from the church, and by the time they graduate from high school they have pretty much graduated from church as well, attending on Christmas and Easter and, possibly, on Mothers’ Day. In his 2005 book, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, co-written with Melinda Lundquist Denton, Christian Smith described the common religious beliefs exhibited by American Christian youth gleaned from a series of telephone and in-person surveys. He said that the creed of the religion of our youth – who self-identified as Christian – that emerged from those interviews with U.S. teenagers, sounds something like this:
So, what are ways that parents can pass on the faith to their children? Here are a few. First, parents and The Very Rev. Neal Michell, PhD teaching class
• A God exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth.
• God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
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• God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when he is needed to resolve a problem.
• The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
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Third, godparents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles should re-enforce the Christian values of the parents. They are partners in Christian formation with the parents. Finally, here are some practical suggestions for parents wanting to pass on the faith to their children:
• Parents should pray before meals, even when in public.
• Read through a Bible storybook with the children every day. Let those stories of faith form them.
• Each night at bedtime, a parent can bless each child and make the sign of the cross on their forehead. The parents are priests in their own household. By blessing and making the sign of the cross on their child’s forehead, the last thing each night the child will experience is the loving touch of their parent – and God’s blessing on their life.
• Let the children see and hear their parents praying on a daily basis. Children can’t inherit what their parents don’t have.
“Let the children see and hear their parents praying on a daily basis. Children can’t inherit what their parents don’t have.”
• Parents should pray with their children before bed each night.
godparents must see baptism, not as the end of the journey of Christian formation but as the beginning. Christian formation continues throughout childhood and the teenage years. Second, Christian formation begins at home, not in Sunday School.
Abuse, in its myriad forms, is extremely prevalent and damaging yet frequently hidden. The statistics on the epidemic of sexual assault and domestic abuse are jarring. One in four women and one in six men are, or will become, victims of sexual assault in their lifetime.
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on this FREE course and to register, please visit nashotah.edu/summer . THEABUSECHURCH
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One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. As sobering as the statistics are, they don’t begin to speak to the darkness and grief experienced by these survivors. Because of the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual pain abuse causes, its victims need the kind of hope and help that only the gospel of Jesus Christ can underpreparedareandmanyTragically,provide.Christianschurcheswoefullyto help those who have suffered assault. Worse still, many Christian leaders are ignorant of this suffering because ashamed survivors are reticent to simply declare what has been done to them, and untrained leaders do not recognize the signs of abuse or know how to inquire lovingly of survivors. Survivors want and need a clear explanation of how the gospel applies to their experience of abuse and its effects in their lookingandspouses,Manylives.parents,clergy,friendsareforsolid, gospel-based thatinformationwould be helpful in serving supportersInformedvictims.areneeded for the healing process.
The upcoming Nashotah House summer term course, Abuse and the Church, explores how to recognize, respond to, and prevent sexual and domestic abuse. Specifically, it will focus on how to minister to victims of abuse – in ways that are compassionate, practical, and informed – respond to perpetrators of abuse, and build a healthy, well-informed church culture in anticipation of crises that may arise. While avoiding platitudes and shallow theology, this course will combine biblical and theological depth with up-to-date research. It is our goal to equip each participant to provide accessible help, hope, and healing to abuse survivors who know too well the depths of destruction and the overwhelming sense of disgrace.
FR. JUSTIN & LINDSEY
VOL. 34 NO. 1 27 *This offer is for non-credit visitors only. Lodging, Refectory Fee ($90.00), and Registration Fee ($25.00) are not included. To take a course(s) for credit, please complete application available at www.nashotah.edu. FOR COURSE INFORMATION & TO REGISTER, VISIT nashotah.edu/summer You are invited to take these course offerings with our world-class faculty for FREE * . FREE course OFFERINGS * RETREAT. REFRESH. RENEW. SUMMER COURSES Continuing Education at its Best, Taught by a World-Class Faculty The Rev. Canon Justin Holcomb, PhD & Lindsey Holcomb, MS Elisabeth Kincaid, JD, PhD Lewis Ayres, DPhil The Rev. Canon Victor Lee Austin, PhD The Rev. Esau McCaulley, PhD nashotah.edu/summer
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THE REV. T. KIMBALL CANNON, ’64, died November 6, 2019, in Oak Park, IL. He was born in Oak Park on May 5, 1934, and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean era. He went on to graduate from Nashotah House in 1964. Fr. Kim was an Episcopal priest for over 50 years. He presided at St. Andrew’s Church in Chicago for more than 35 years as well as other parishes in Cook and DuPage counties. [photo 11] continued on page 30
THE REV. THEODORE F. SIROTKO, ’65, was ordained a priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Church December 8, 2019. [photo 6]
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THE REV. JON C. JENKINS, ’06 & ’13, was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacon on May 16, 2019, by His Excellency Most Rev. Steven J. Lopes, Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, TX. [photo 3]
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THE RT. REV. PETER H. BECKWITH, ’74 AND ’92, died on October 4, 2019, in Ann Arbor, MI. He earned his degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Honorary Doctor of Theology from Hillsdale College; Master of Divinity and Honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of the South, Sewanee, TN; and Master of Sacred Theology and Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Nashotah House Seminary, Nashotah, WI. Bishop Beckwith served 18 years as the Episcopal Bishop of Springfield, IL, retiring in 2010. It was there he also served as a chaplain to the Illinois State Police and was the National Chaplain for the Navy League of the United States. [photo 8]
THE REV. DR. PAUL L. BORGMAN, ’88, died March 26, 2019, in Oconomowoc, WI. He was born in Oshkosh, WI, on March 21, 1946. Paul attended elementary school there until 1960, when he began his secondary education at Concordia High School in Milwaukee, WI. He remained at Concordia until he had completed Junior College and earned his A.A. in 1966. Next, he entered Concordia Senior College in Ft. Wayne, IN. He graduated in 1968 with a Major in English Literature. He entered Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1968, to begin his studies for the Pastoral Ministry. He graduated with his Master of Divinity Degree in 1972. Subsequently, he studied at Nashotah House Seminary, where he obtained a Master of Sacred Theology degree in 1985. Finally, he returned to Concordia Seminary St. Louis where he earned a Doctor of Ministry degree. He served at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Oconomowoc, WI, from 1982 until 2009, leaving the church to become Director of Development at Lutheran Counseling and Family Services. In 2010, he was named Pastor Emeritus at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and continued to serve there on a part-time basis until his death. [photo 9]
THE REV. WILLIAM BARTO, ’14, was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons by the Right Rev. Daniel Morse, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Central States, Reformed Episcopal Church, on January 12, 2020. Fr. Barto will serve at Holy Trinity Church, Fairfax, VA. [photo 1]
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THE REV. ISHANESU S. GUSHA, ’17, graduated with a PhD in Theology (New Testament) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in December 2019. Fr. Gusha has been appointed the Dean of the Cathedral of St. Mary and All Saints in the Diocese of Harare, Zimbabwe [photo 2]
THE REV. TANYA L. SCHEFF, ’14, has been appointed to the position of Canon of Multicultural Ministry, Diocese of Eau Claire, WI, as of November 9, 2019. [photo 4]
THE REV. ROBERT FORREST ANDREWS, ’63, died on July 30, 2019, in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He was born in DeKalb, IL, in 1931. Fr. Andrews was a 1953 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, with a B.S. in Civil Engineering, and served as Combat Engineer in the Korean War, based in Japan. Following ordination in 1963 from Nashotah House Seminary, he served parishes in Saint Joseph and Grosse Ile, MI; Northglenn, Wheat Ridge, Woodland Park and Cripple Creek, Co; and Fargo, ND. [photo 7]
THE REV. JUDE BELL, ’57 , died on July 11, 2019, in Three Rivers, MI. He was born as Roger Craig Bell on June 20, 1928, in Otwell, IN. He received an AB at Indiana University Bloomington in 1949. After serving in the Korean War, he attended Nashotah House Seminary and graduated with an M.Div. in 1957. He was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church on Dec. 22, 1956, by Bishop Donald H. K. Hallock and ordained a priest on June 29, 1957, by Bishop William H. Horstick. He served as curate and then vicar of St. Simeon’s Church in Chippewa Falls, WI, from 1957 to 1963, and then as rector of the Church of the Advent in Jeannette, PA, from 1963 to 1971. In 1971, he joined the community of St. Gregory’s Abbey, taking the religious name of Fr. Jude when clothed a novice, and made his life profession in 1977. He served in several jobs, but his greatest contribution was managing the mailing list and editing the Abbey Letter, starting in 1973 and continuing until just a few years ago. [photo 10]
THE REV. SHANE SPELLMEYER, ’19, was ordained a priest by Rayford Ray, the Bishop of Northern Michigan, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Houghton, MI, on Oct. 5, 2019. [photo 5]
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THE RT. REV. JAMES W. MONTGOMERY, ’63, died on October 23, 2019. He was the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago and served as bishop from 1971 to 1987. He was born in Chicago on May 29, 1921, grew up in Rogers Park, and attended Sullivan High School and Northwestern University. During World War II, Montgomery served as a lieutenant in the US Navy. In 1946, he entered the General Theological Seminary, and earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1949. He received degrees of Doctor of Sacred Theology from his alma mater and Doctor of Divinity from Nashotah House in 1963. In 1969, he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Shimer College. [photo 13]
NOTIFICATIONS OF DEATH
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THE REV. VIRGINIA CARR, ’09, has accepted the position as priestin-charge at St. Mark’s Church in Boonsboro, MD. Rev. Carr began her new assignment in October 2019. [photo 16]
THE VERY REV. ROBERT G. PRESTON, ’53, died October 2, 2019. Preston was born in Tecumseh, MI, on November 18, 1924. In 1943, Robert joined the Royal Canadian Airforce. After his military service, Robert attended Carroll College in Waukesha, WI, receiving a bachelor’s degree in English in 1950. He then attended Nashotah House Seminary and received an M.Div. in 1953, and began his career as an Episcopal priest. Fr. Preston retired in 1995, but remained active at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Hollywood, FL. He spent his remaining years living in Hallandale Beach where he enjoyed cooking and entertaining. [photo 14]
THE REV. CARTER CROFT, ’90, died December 2, 2019, in Phoenix, AZ. Fr. Croft was ordained in 1990 and served as rector at Church of the Good Shepherd in Silver City, NM, from 2008 to 2010, and also served congregations in California, Texas, and Florida. [photo 12]
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THE REV. EDWARD GIBBONS, ’18, celebrated his first service at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Dunedin, FL, on Sunday, October 27, 2019. Fr. Eddie also serves as assisting priest at St. Hilary’s in Fort Meyers, FL, and is a Spiritual Care Counselor (Chaplain) at Hope Healthcare/Hospice [photo 17]
THE REV. DR. THOMAS GUBACK, ’00, now serves as Rector Emeritus at St. Christopher’s in Northport MI. [photo 18]
THE REV. JOHN T. SPLINTER, ’66, died on October 25, 2019, at his Janesville, WI, home. Born in Watertown, WI, on October 10, 1941, Fr. Splinter lived, worked, and volunteered in his home state his entire life. After graduating from UW Madison and Nashotah House Seminary, he was ordained in the Episcopal Church and served parishes in Racine, Greendale, Tomahawk, Antigo, Marshfield, and Oneida. In later years, he provided pulpit supply and served as interim priest in churches throughout the dioceses of Fond du Lac and Milwaukee [photo 15]
ALUMNI NEWS
THE REV. BENJAMIN HANKINSON, ’14, was installed by Bishop Daniel Martins as the 34th rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edwardsville, IL, on February 15, 2020. [photo 19]
THE REV. CANON EZGI SARIBAY PERKINS, ’15, has accepted a call to serve as rector at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Ripon, WI, and St. Mary’s Episcopal Chapel in Wautoma, WI. [photo 20]
New Year Classes Met with Great Success
DR. GREG PETERS’ NEW APPOINTMENT
DR. KINCAID ATTENDS CEEP Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ethics and Moral Theology, represented Nashotah House at the 2020 CEEP Gathering in Louisville, KY, February 19-21, 2020. The CEEP Network is the largest group of resourced institutions in the Episcopal Church.
January 27 marked the launch of Monk Mondays where students take turns cooking and hosting dinner. Students and staff are joined by Fr. John Julian, OJN, a former member of the Liturgy Commission for the 1979 Prayer Book and the Order of Julian of Norwich founder. All are delighted to spend time with Fr. Julian and learn from his wealth of knowledge, both on liturgy and monastic life.
Congratulations to The Rev. Dr. Greg Peters, Nashotah House Professor of Monastic Studies and Ascetical Theology, for his appointment as Visiting Scholar of St. Edmund’s College at University of Cambridge and the Von Hügel Institute. Additionally, Dr. Peters was a keynote speaker at The Monastic Catechesis Colloquium on February 7, 2020. Nashotah House was well represented at the event by Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Labin Duke, and Nashotah House junior seminarian, Samuel Cripps.
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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?
Seminarians are good at many things, but dancing proved to be a challenge. Junior Gregory Seely and his wife Shannon started offering free dance classes in the Kemper gym every Friday evening as of February 22. Turnout was great as students learned the Waltz, Tango, and Swing.
January courses and residential week were a great success, with a marked uptick in enrollment thanks to the “take-aclass-for-free” offering of Dr. Boersma’s course. In addition to benefiting from the content of the class, new students loved the opportunity to experience life on campus for a week. Senior Erin Diericx, Diocese of Central Florida, rang the Angelus on Michael for the first time, showing the one-ton bell who was boss.
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Nashotah’s Annual Chili Cook Off was a big hit on February 21, 2020. Families came in from the cold to taste over twelve chili entries, such as “Holy Ghost Power Chili” and “Cincinnati Chili” and many more. The prize for best chili went to Carolina Smania, with honorable mention to Joe Lindsay’s “Holy Ghost Power Chili”.
This year’s highly anticipated skit night, held on Shrove Tuesday, February 24, did not disappoint. The Common Room was filled to the brim with students and families as they enjoyed performances by their classmates. Some of the highlights of the night were Amanda Payne and Maureen Martin’s rendition of police scanner reports sung as Anglican chant, a lovely acoustic performance by Fr. Matthew Olver and Sam Cripps, and Joe Lindsay’s dramatic reading from a 1928 article about the music at Nashotah House. The skit that will go down in history, however, was the performance by Senior Peter Schellehase, chanting a Summa on whether a hot dog is a sandwich. In a brilliant 15-minute exposition that would certainly have made Aquinas proud, Peter brought the house down.
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Our tradition of Shrove Tuesday pancake races lived on this year. After morning chapel on February 25, 2020, students challenged each other to pancake duels in the cloister. It may seem simple, but as you sprint down the cloister, you must flip and catch the pancake in your pan while traveling at high velocity before you cross the finish line. Despite a few pancake casualties, it was an amazing race. Senior Mark Brown fought his way to the top and was named the 2020 Champion. His prize: bragging rights. continued on page 34
Seniors Maureen Martin (Diocese of Northern Michigan) and Amanda Payne (Diocese of Albany) represented Nashotah House at The Episcopal Church’s Rooted in Jesus Conference in Atlanta, GA, January 21-24, 2020. In and around attending the conference’s plenary sessions, Maureen and Amanda spent their time there actively recruiting new students, networking, and sharing their experiences as students at Nashotah House.
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SKIT NIGHT WAS A HIT
The Right Reverend Rayford J. Ray, Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Michigan, ordained Nashotah House seminarian, Maureen Louise Martin to the sacred Order of Deacons in Christ’s One Holy and Apostolic Church on Friday, January 10, 2020, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Marquette, MI. Nashotah House seminarian, Mason Waldhauser, was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons on October 19, 2019, at St. Alban’s Church, Joppa, MD, by the Rt. Rev. Chandler Holder Jones, Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of the Eastern United States in the Anglican Province of America.
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The Right Reverend Ryan Reed, Bishop of Fort Worth, ordained Nashotah House seminarians, Edward Alexander Fitzhugh and Matthew Rogers, to the Sacred Order of Deacons in Christ’s Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on February 15, 2020, at St. Vincent’s Cathedral Church in Bedford, TX. Fitzhugh - front row left, Rogers - front row right
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The AdvancementfromStudentoftohasJasonReverendTerhunetransitionedSeniorDirectorOperationsandServicesSenior Officer. In his new role, Fr. overseesTerhunethedevelopment and maintenance of facilities, which includes our extremely capable Maintenance, Housekeeping, Information Technologies, and Refectory departments. His goal is to preserve and improve the use of our campus and the changing needs of the formation process. In addition to the operations role, Fr. Terhune will direct Student Services as we continue to better serve our students’ community life and financial needs.
The Very Rev. Neal Michell, PhD, has joined Nashotah House as a Visiting Professor for Pastoral Ministry, teaching both the residential and hybrid classes of the Practice of Ministry. Dean Michell has served The Episcopal Church in numerous capacities, including as the Dean of the Stanton Center for Ministry, where he taught Anglican Church History for six years. To learn more about Dean Michell, visit www.nashotah.edu/faculty/visiting/very-rev-dr-neal-michell.https:// Faculty & Staff
Studia Liturgica 49, no. 2 (2019): 220-45
Presenting a paper at the Catholic Theological Society of America in Baltimore, MD, in June, “Is Virtue Possible for Investment Professionals? Comparing Financial Ethics in Aquinas and Caritas in Veritate.”
Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2020 “All One in Christ: Why Christian Platonism Is Key to the Great Tradition.” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity 33/1 (January/February 2020)
June 4-5, 2020 • All Souls Church, Oklahoma City Dr. Calvin Lane Affiliate Professor of Church History & Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid Asst. Professor of Ethics & Moral Theology will be speaking at this Living Church-sponsored event. To learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/2WhV66e Hans Boersma, PhD will be speaking at the following events: Robert Crouse Seminar for Anglican Clergy on “Participation East & West: Maximus & Augustine” May 25-27, 2020 • Toronto, Canada ≡ Three Keynote Lectures on the Conference Theme of “Watch & Pray” June 17, 2020 University of Fribourg’s Study Centre for Faith & Society ≡ Two Lectures (on Bible & Tradition) for the 2020 Convocation & Training Symposium of the Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces & Chaplaincy (SJAFC) July 8, 2020 • Nashotah House ≡ RADVO Conference Sept. 17-19, 2020 • Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX ≡ Heavenly-Mindedness Conference presenting, along with other Nashotah House & Mundelein Seminary faculty Sept. 25-26, 2020 • Mundelein Seminary ≡ Touchstone Conference Oct. 15-17, 2020 • Trinity Int’l University, Bannockburn, IL Dr. Geoffrey Williams, Asst. Professor of Church Music & Director of Chapel Music will be performing several concerts in Germany this June with New York Polyphony, including performances at the Heidelberg Frühling & MDR Musiksommer Festivals, and in July at the Karuizawa International Choral Festival in Japan. The ensemble’s newest CD release Lamentationes has received great reviews, including the label “perfect ensemble singing” by Classics Today. Fanfare Magazine said, “These performances seem to glow with an inner light.” For a complete schedule, visit: http://newyorkpolyphony.com/schedule/.
“Meeting par cum pari: Unitatis Redintegratio and the Possibility of Ecumenical Progress.” In Dogma and Ecumenism: Vatican II and Karl Barth’s Ad Limina Apostolorum, edited by Matthew Levering, Bruce L. McCormack, and Thomas Joseph White, 245-67.
Hans Boersma, PhD Saint Benedict Servants of Christ Chair in Ascetical Theology
Presentation: “A Clash of Reforms: The Impact of Vatican II on Anglo-Catholicism” at Anglo-Catholicism III: 175th Anniversary of the Church of the Advent, Boston, (December 5, 2019)
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“LOVE’S REDEEMING WORK” CONFERENCE
UPCOMING FACULTY EVENTS
Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2019 The Rev. Matthew S.C. Olver, PhD Asst. Professor of Liturgics and Pastoral Theology
“A Classification of a Liturgy’s Use of Scripture: A Proposal.”
The Very Rev. Neal Michell, PhD Visiting Professor for Pastoral Ministry An essay, “A Lenten Meditation on the Jesus Prayer for the Health of your Soul,” published on Covenant, a blog of The Living Church, March 4, 2020, https://livingchurch. org/covenant/2020/03/04/a-lenten-meditation-on-the-jesusprayer-for-the-health-of-your-soul/ Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, JD, PhD Assistant Professor of Ethics and Moral Theology
“Professional Ethics and the Recovery of Virtue,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Spring/Summer Edition 2020
“Ascension of an Immaterial Body: With Contributions of Nicholas of Cusa, Jonathan Edwards, and Gregory of Nyssa.” In The Book of Acts: Catholic, Orthodox, and Evangelical Readings, edited by Charles Raith II, 23–35.
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