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THE CLASS OF 2020: REAL GRADUATES By Dr. Garwood Anderson UNTIL NEXT TIME: A REFLECTION ON BEING A GRADUATE IN 2020 By The Rev. Mason Waldhauser, ‘20 PROVIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: THE BIBLE & THEOLOGY IN COLOR By Dr. Jim Watkins THEN THE WORLD WILL KNOW By Marie WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT By Rebecca Terhune, ‘15 FOLLOWING A CALL TO MINISTERING FOR THE CHRISTIAN ETHIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. ELISABETH RAIN KINCAID By Rebecca Terhune, ‘15 + AT NASHOTAH HOUSE By Jack CAMPUSALUMNIFranicevichUPDATES&COMMUNITY
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Commencement ceremonies are a highlight in the life of every academic institution but, if it is possible, even more so at Nashotah House. I doubt there is any seminary that has more graduates return for these festivities than ours. And our graduates go out in style, with a sung High Solemn Mass, three Sacred Ministers, two thurifers – all the trappings. But that celebration is preceded by the Commencement itself, graduates individually kneeling while Latin words are pronounced (or mispronounced, as the case may be – few of our “deans” are Latinists) over them eliciting a proud “Placet” (“it is right”) from the assembled faculty, discipuli returning to their seats as alumni. May 2020 was different.
As their Greek teacher for most of the past fourteen years, it especially pleases me to hold that Greek New Testament over their heads. I am tempted to switch out the New Testament for each student: “A” students get the Greek New Testament; “B” students get a Greek-English interlinear; the rest get a large-print Living Bible! I resist.
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With most institutions of higher education improvising around the pandemic, we postponed our Commencement exercises to a later date, hoping at first for September 2020, holding out now for a double celebration in May of 2021. I don’t think anyone can really appreciate what these kinds of festivities mean to us, individually and corporately, until we’re forced to go without. On the evening of what would have been Commencement, Dawn and I wandered through the student housing with gift bags for our graduates – a sincere gesture that could hardly make up for the absent pomp and Butcircumstance.ourstudents did graduate. They did earn their degrees. They are serving in parishes and chaplaincies and in the diverse ministries for which they prepared. The ceremony is delayed, but the service is already begun. Therein lies the greater joy and the bigger accomplishment. When we gather in May of 2021, the class of 2020 (we hope all of them) along with the class of 2021 will share a grander celebration. And like the disciples of Jesus that they are, the class of 2020 will return to tell their stories of “preaching the kingdom of God and healing.” And bread will be broken, and loaves will be multiplied, and we ourselves will be broken and multiplied and sent once again. Even as this broken bread was scattered over the hills, and was gathered together and became one, so let Thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Thy kingdom; for Thine is the glory and the power through Jesus Christ forever (Didache 9:4).
DR. GARWOOD ANDERSON President & Provost, Professor of New Testament & Greek GRADUATES
VOL. 34 NO. 1 7THE MISSIONER6 ERIN M. DIERICX Certificate of Anglican Studies MAUREEN LOUISE MasterMARTINofDivinity COREY BLAINE FRENCH Master of Pastoral Ministry CLIFFORD M. SYNER III Master of Divinity ELIZABETH DoctorPAPAZOGLAKISBRUMFIELDofMinistry EDWARD FRANCIS PATRICK GIBBONS Certificate of Anglican Studies MATTHEW THOMAS MasterROGERSofDivinity SARA M c CRACKEN OXLEYMasterof Pastoral Ministry MASON MasterWALDHAUSERMURROWofDivinity EDWARD MasterFITZHUGHALEXANDERofDivinity GENE WILTON (TRIPP) PRINCE III Doctor of Ministry SONYA ANNA BOYCE Master of Ministry PETER MasterSCHELLHASECHRISTOPHERofDivinity JOHN MasterTUCKERFREDERICKJR.ofPastoralMinistry SHAWN PATRICK M c DoctorCAINofMinistry DAVID BRENT MANLEY Master of Divinity JENNIFER H. DORSEY Master of Ministry LEE RICHARD STAFKI Master of Divinity MasterMAXWELLCHRISTOPHERWRIGHTofPastoralMinistry 2020THE CLASS OFCongratulati ons!
I was wondering when I visited what it would feel like to be back, since it is not my home turf anymore. The “middlers” aren’t middlers anymore, and a third of the people are new faces. They’re worshiping outside now. Already I get what the alumni I knew were feeling when they would say, “When I was a student here . . . ” and I think fondly about my own three years. I wouldn’t trade them. Even closing out my time with the pandemic, it feels like I have so much to be thankful for.
I suppose that graduating during Coronatide added to the uncertainty of “life after seminary.” It was already difficult to picture what life would be like as a priest, a non-student, and “an adult.” Going out into a confused world, it really felt like I was commencing into the unknown. So yes, it was a strange time to graduate. What I lost in being able to say sentimental goodbyes was gained in being able to say unhurried, perhaps more reflective, goodbyes. And I’ve got to be honest, I actually really enjoy knowing that I haven’t walked and had my commencement ceremony yet. I like having that reason to return to Nashotah House. I like the feeling that there’s still some unfinished business there and it’s not yet time to move on. My experience of being a Nashotah House seminarian is not one of closure yet, and I am kind of enjoying that. I am officially a Son of the House. And I have been back already twice to visit as an alumnus. Each time, when others are talking about their work crews and rota duties, I am reminded that I am not a student anymore, and I think of St. Paul’s words to the Galatians, “And now you are no longer slaves, but sons.”
So this goodbye feels more like “until next time.” I certainly feel a sense of open-endedness with my Nashotah House story, and I wonder if that will ever change. Part of me hopes not. But the best closure, I think, will be wearing some goofy preaching tabs and a pink hood and hearing the word “Placet!”
Until then. The Rev. Mason Waldhauser, ’20, is a newly ordained priest in the Anglican Province of America, serving as curate of St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Denver, Colorado. He grew up a Baptist before discovering Anglicanism when he was seventeen. He became an Anglo-Catholic at Pusey House, Oxford, while studying abroad during college, working on his B.A. in philosophy from Eastern University. After graduating, he went straight to Nashotah House, where, during his residential M.Div, he found his passion for the spiritual life. Now as a curate, he seeks to form his parishioners in the life of prayer and by the Word and Sacraments to bring souls into conscious union with God and to realize this more and more in his own life. But the rest of the time, he’s journaling somewhere in a hammock, dabbling in random reading interests, and playing golf.
2020 GRADUATION “I think just being on campus together, even if we weren’t hanging out, made it feel like ‘we’re all in this together.’”
This year, 2020, has been a strange year for everyone, and I don’t imagine it was harder for me as a student than it was for most other people. I didn’t have anything big derailed in my life. Things felt different but not debilitating or scary. In many ways, I feel like Nashotah was the most wonderful place one could be for the onset of a pandemic. The switch to online classes made for a very relaxing way to end my term, believe it or not. It gave me more of an appreciation of Nashotah’s way of life. I didn’t realize how much of my time at seminary had formerly been spent on things that weren’t class. Finals week felt very relaxed because of how much wide-open space there was in my schedule. I went from having to be showered and dressed, and in chapel by 7:45 a.m. to logging into my class in my apartment at 9:40 a.m. My Nashotah day was over at 12:30 p.m. rather than 4:30 p.m. I never felt pressed for time. The process of saying goodbye to the House, however, didn’t feel straightforward at all. If I had known that my last mass as a student in St. Mary’s Chapel would be my last mass as a student in St. Mary’s Chapel, I probably would have cried. So maybe it was a good thing I didn’t realize it. I’m not sure whether to consider my goodbye abrupt or extended, to be honest. I have noticed in the two classes before mine that their commencement week was very busy, so they ended up saying rather hurried goodbyes to Nashotah House. But for me, I didn’t know I was saying goodbye to the “old normal” life there until we had already been online for a few weeks. When the quarantine began, we thought we’d be back in chapel by Palm Sunday. Then again, I could really take my time in leaving. I stayed on campus much later than I needed to. More so than saying goodbye to the place, I think I was dragging my feet on saying goodbye to the relationships, even though they were spotty and distanced. I think just being on campus together, even if we weren’t hanging out, made it feel like “we’re all in this together.”
It all makes me wonder how Christ felt as he ascended up into heaven. It was probably like: “These last few years with you have changed me. In some ways, this feels too abrupt. But I’ll be back.”
“What I lost in being able to say sentimental goodbyes was gained in being able to say unurried, perhaps more reflective, goodbyes.” MASON WALDHAUSER, ‘20
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“We are willing to take on hard things. We know the incredible privilege that we have as a parish in an affluent neighborhood in San Diego, and it is not lost on us that so many of the people who are part of these protests do not share those privileges. And there was a deep conviction that the church must be in the debate.”
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House recorded Dr. McCaulley’s course The Bible & Theology in Color as its first free online course. We wanted to offer parishes a high quality and trusted resource on a topic that had become so divisive. We hoped that The Bible & Theology in Color would meet a real and tangible need.
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DR. JIM WATKINS The difference between mere serendipity and divine grace is not always easy to discern. However, God’s provision at Nashotah House this summer was abundantly clear. When we experience grace given in the right way and at the right time, we are called to witness to God’s goodness. I am excited to share this story. For more than a year, Nashotah House had been planning to host a course called The Bible & Theology in Color taught by Dr. Esau McCaulley (‘13). Dr. McCaulley is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, and he received his Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews under the supervision of N.T. Wright. Although the relationship between race and Christianity has long been an important academic topic, no one knew that the cultural conversation about race in the United States would reach such a fever pitch in the summer of 2020.
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The Bible & Theology in Color assumes that the kingdom of God will consist of people of every tribe, tongue, and nation offering their gifts to the one true God and king (Rev 7:9). One aspect of these gifts will be the unique testimony each culture and ethnic group gives to the work of God in their midst. Telling that story need not wait for the new heavens and new earth! This course is an introduction to the unique contributions of African American, Asian American, and Latino/a American Christians to the body of Christ. While The Bible & Theology in Color was under development, Nashotah House launched a new online course platform for The Chapter. This exciting initiative promised to open new ways for Nashotah House to fulfill its mission to train men and women for lay and ordained ministries, empowering the church to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. By offering online course material for free, Nashotah House could place powerful, gospel-centered resources into the hands of Nashotahparishes.
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VOL. 34 NO. 2THE MISSIONER12 13 As we prepared to launch this course, St. Michael’s by the Sea, an historic Episcopal church in Carlsbad, California, offered to partner with us. St. Michael’s is an affluent, predominately white parish of about 300 members that has served Carlsbad for over 120 years. Although its proximity to several military bases brings people to St. Michael’s from all over the country, it is a largely monocultural church. Fr. Doran Stambaugh, rector of St. Michael’s by the Sea, was looking for a way to respond to a culture wrestling with race. He says, “In the midst of the 2020 social upheaval around racial injustice, I felt strongly compelled to do something as a parish community. But what to do?! Fr. McCaulley’s Nashotah House summer course was truly a providential development.” What they could do was become the official sponsor for The Bible & Theology in Color. When Fr. Stambaugh took the idea of sponsoring Dr. McCaulley’s course to the vestry, they were in agreement. Erica Martin, Senior Warden of St. Michael’s, said that the vestry, “had a robust discussion, but there was a general feeling that we need to do something to directly respond to the movement going on around us. We are willing to take on hard things. We know the incredible privilege that we have as a parish in an affluent neighborhood in San Diego, and it is not lost on us that so many of the people who are part of these protests do not share those privileges. And there was a deep conviction that the church must be in the debate.” St. Michael’s did not merely want a resource for themselves. They wanted to serve a greater purpose. Fr. Stambaugh says, “Our support of Nashotah House in general, and this course in
If your parish is struggling to talk about race, this is a great place to start. There are many ways to customize The Bible & Theology in Color to fit the needs of your community. The Bible & Theology in Color will open your heart and mind to voices of diverse traditions all proclaiming the gospel that Jesus Christ is Lord. What do you have to lose? Soak it in, and see where God leads you. Z
On Sept. 13, St. Michael’s hosted its first Zoom meeting to discuss The Bible & Theology in Color. The group met for about one hour. To prepare for the Zoom meeting, attendees were directed to access the course materials on The Chapter. In the Zoom meeting, Fr. Stambaugh opened with a prayer and explanation of key terms. He then showed about 25 minutes of the first lecture, and a panel of nine people representative of the entire parish responded. During the panel discussion, Zoom’s chat feature is disabled and individual mics are muted. This helps the group stay focused on the topic, but attendees are encouraged to submit questions through St. Michael’s website and the panel addresses those questions at the next Zoom meeting. They plan to continue meeting in this way at least until January, perhaps until Lent.
On average, 30 people attend these meetings, and already the course is bearing fruit for St. Michael’s.
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St. Michael’s by the Sea “Bible & Theology in Color” planning committee on a Zoom meeting
According to Fr. Stambaugh, “Every Sunday different light bulbs are going off in people’s minds, in the same way that they went off for me my first time through the course. The panelist discussion is very rich, often personal, and even vulnerable. There’s an overall air of gratitude for the openness and candor.” Learning that a Nashotah House education can challenge and stretch a parish in California is exciting. Who’s to say it can’t happen anywhere else in the world! Silverio Gonzalez, a St. Michael’s parishioner, says that going through The Bible & Theology in Color with his church community has been a powerful and hopeful experience. He arrived at St. Michael’s after leaving predominately white Evangelical spaces that minimized racial injustices. As a black Christian, he says that “This course, while intellectually stimulating and theologically insightful, can help you to provide pastoral care to people like me, people who feel like outcasts in society, people who feel invisible when we are inconvenient and tokenized when it’s time to show the diversity of the parish to attract younger families.” Gonzalez is encouraged that his church is honestly wrestling with issues of race, and he hopes other pastors will consider using the course in their parishes. Some parishes may feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of material provided in The Bible & Theology in Color and by its high academic level. Churches may be looking for an “easy” way to engage our cultural moment, but, as Erica Martin points out, “I do not think there is an easy way to address the complex and controversial issues that are being raised in our country. For those, like myself, who don’t really know how to do that and who are struggling to understand, this is a tool. It feels like the way to begin to understand each other. Whatever path you choose, it will take time.”
I’m in awe that the most oppressed people trusted Jesus even though those in authority over them distorted the teaching of the Gospel. Jesus is to my black and brown brothers and sisters something he isn’t to me. Something more vital. As I learn from them, I know Jesus better and I have a clearer view of God and the Kingdom. This class opened my eyes to ways in which I need to be more intentional in how I practice my faith. What we believe matters, and how we live it out matters. People are looking for someone to help them make sense of what is happening in the world. We have a responsibility to pay attention, to listen, and learn from our brothers and sisters. We can’t harden our hearts toward the brokenness of the world or the broken ones in it. We must work with them toward justice in a Christian way. At the least, this means calling injustice by its name.
In addition to my own study, I’ve learned about God and the Bible mostly through white male pastors and scholars. This gave me a limited view of God and His Kingdom. I did not do this on purpose, but I didn’t do the work of looking for and learning from a diverse group of theologians, authors, and pastors. I thought I cared and loved my black and brown brothers and sisters well enough. But how can I love them well when I don’t know them? How can I know them when I’m not listening to them or learning from them?
When I learned the free course offered “the opportunity to study the history and theological insights of the Black Church, Latino/a Protestantism, and Asian American Christians and learn what these insights have to teach us about the present moment,” I signed up. The present moment was heavy and confusing for me, a white woman who has been around or in the church my entire life. Only in the last several years have I realized how narrow-minded my white evangelical world is, and The Color of Compromise opened my eyes to my ignorance and my failure to love all my siblings well. I knew my black and brown brothers and sisters were feeling a weight and a pain I could never know, and I wanted to learn from them. The course promised to help me appreciate their insights, their history, and hear what they had to say to the church. As we began the course, Dr. McCaulley asked that we engage with humility and invited us into a lifetime of study. His claim is this: the Bible contains the story of God bringing glory to himself by creating a diverse group of people and bringing them into a community centered around him and rooted in the good creation he has made.
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Over and over again, God tells his people to remember. We can’t remember what we haven’t learned. So, we pay attention. We listen with curiosity and humility. We learn their stories. Dr. Diane Langberg says it this way, “Teach me what it is like to be you.” The more I learn, the more I hear their pain and their cries for justice. I believe them, and I believe their pain. When we’ve learned from them, we can remember together. Though remembering can be painful, remembering well and honestly builds our faith, grows our patience, gives us courage and hope, and enlarges our hearts so that we look on others with compassion. “We need all cultures throughout time to help us discern the mind of Christ,” said Dr. McCaulley. Reading black and brown theologians taught me a truer and fuller gospel. In one of the first lessons, Dr. McCaulley reminded us of the blessing of Ephraim and Mannasah. I’ve read this plenty of times, but it was necessary and important that I learn what it meant to a black man. This happened throughout the course. We gained different perspectives on a Bible story or a Psalm or the words of Jesus because we read the interpretation of them from a non-white scholar. One of our assignments included a lecture by James Cone (1938-2018), the founder of black liberation theology, and professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Cone spoke boldly and truthfully. I heard the pain of oppression and a passionate call to resistance. We read J. Doetis Roberts, Jonathan Y. Tan, Robert Chao Romero, and participated in roundtable discussions on Womanist perspective. All are enlightening. I wonder now what other treasures I’ve missed in the Bible due to my failure to learn from people different from me.
I believe that. I’ve always believed that. The question then is this: Do I live like I believe it? The class has changed me deeply in a variety of ways, and I believe there are more changes to come.
Dr. McCaulley said this, “The idea of the church as a family, that we’re all brothers and sisters, does not rule out making demands. So I can say I found out about The Bible & Theology in Color course in the middle of reading The Color of Compromise (2019) by Jemar Tisby and participating in the Facebook study group with Tisby and the Witness, a Black Christian collective that engages issues of religion, race, justice, and culture from a biblical perspective.
MARIE GRIFFITH
Describe what it’s like to enter your senior year at Nashotah House, in the middle of a global pandemic, living on campus with your respective families. Did you have any expectations of what the coming year might be?
I can see how your position has been exhausting for sure! I think I feel a deeper sense of anxiety, if I had to name a feeling. Oh, we are ALL SO GRATEFUL to be attending Chapel again! [During the spring and into the summer, chapel attendance, like everything else during the “shutdown,” had to be done online.] I remember holding back tears that first morning at Chapel on the Garth – what a gift we have to be able to worship during this pandemic! It has been a wild ride through 2020, to be sure! I think having to minister and worship (and live in community) during this time is really adding to our “tool boxes” and shaping us for the new landscape we will find ourselves in after graduation. I have a calmer sense of preparedness than I did last year and have an idea of who I may be as a minister in the midst of a pandemic. Would you say you feel prepared for what we may JULIAface?:The transition to being SacristanSeniorduring last school year was fine – that is until COVID hit.
My junior year was hard – for both personal reasons and adjustment-to-seminary reasons. You and I were two of four women on campus when the campus had not had women in several years. I think it was an adjustment, too, for some of the other students.
All of this is to say – Nashotah PREPARES you! Because we’re required to attend chapel twice a day, because of our Benedictine focus (work crew), because of the intensity of our studies, because of the incredible support the Nashotah community has provided for me and my family, I really think that I am prepared to go out into the world. And I think that’s what everyone who goes to seminary wants, right? TERHUNE, ‘15
Middler year was just crazy for me – working in the sacristy, my SPM (Supervised Practice of Ministry), I became a grandmother. But I think, as with a lot of seminarians, I felt like I was home – I had gotten over the “drinking from the fire hose” stage of my junior year. And my senior year, thus far, being Senior Sacristan, looking forward to my transitional diaconate, GOEs, etc. I’m still going full boar.
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COVID, as I am sure for everyone doing any kind of ministry made everything that much more difficult. These days at Nashotah we have what I refer to as pop-up church – we pop up all the chairs and the altar area out on the Garth for each service and then we take it all down again. It can be very physically tiring and, on top of all the other things sacristans are supposed to take care of, it gets to be much more intensive than in previous years. But we are grateful to have any services at all!
An Interview with Julia Hendrix & Audrey Sutton, Seniors at Nashotah House Both Nashotah House seniors, Julia Hendrix is a candidate for holy orders in the diocese of Fond du Lac, and Audrey Sutton is a postulant for holy orders in the diocese of Dallas. Both are pursuing their M.Div. degree and sat (socially distanced) with The Chapter coordinator Rebecca Terhune (MTS, ‘15) to talk about their spiritual and intellectual formation at Nashotah House, the community life at the seminary, and the challenges of becoming confident leaders in Christ’s church. continued on page 18 is a beautiful place of higher education that gives every person the opportunity to live in community.”
AUDREY: The transition, in a way, crept up on me. I was prepared, but not cognizant of really becoming a senior, much less the person leading Student Commons. It does feel organic, but I am sure that is part of my personality; I have always found myself in places of leadership before I notice that I am leading. This experience has pieces of experience that will be valuable in parish ministry, and I really do love this community. Having the opportunity to serve and be involved has been really enjoyable.
True friendship. Love when an opportunity to “teach someone a lesson” could have been tempting. Understanding the feelings of those that have experienced bias, watching professors treat students with dignity, even when it was undeserving, the list goes on. I have seen, and have chosen, how to live with integrity, grit, and love. Like Mary, I will try to always choose the better portion; Nashotah has helped show me how.
JULIA: At the beginning of this school year, one of my closest friends came up to me and said, “Stop.”
JULIA: I had also heard about the Nashotah rumors, but I think because I am also a sprout of the House (my dad is a son of the House), I was not as concerned. I think that for me, the idea that Nashotah only took in conservative students was something that I found not to be true. Yes, we are Anglo-Catholic, but you will find all sorts who live here on campus – conservative theologically, but very liberal politically, and vice-versa. Diversity is truly the word I’m looking for. Nashotah is much more diverse than people think it is. When you return home, and people ask you about Nashotah House, are there any misconceptions that you sometimes find yourself correcting?
JULIA: I agree with Audrey – my best friends are an ACNA student and two TEC students. We all really don’t see eye-to-eye on theological issues. You would think that the ACNA student and I are more at odds, when really it is with my TEC brother – he and I have a wonderful friendship, but sometimes we really don’t agree on theological issues! And as Audrey says, this is what our community is about. We at Nashotah have to learn to love each other despite our differences – we really don’t get the option of choosing not to – because there is no way we can avoid one another for long. And now, more than ever, we need to be sending out priests who will be able to navigate the divides in our country. I think Nashotah equips us for that. What is a unique success that you have personally experienced at Nashotah House, something that challenged you in your leadership skills, that you can now see in looking back how God was stretching you and teaching you through the
AUDREY: See the above comment! I am TEC, and my best friend at Nashotah House is with ACNA. Those of us who don’t agree theologically still have deep meaningful relationships with each other. We care for one another and express the true meaning of Christian love and community. It makes me sad when people don’t (or won’t) see this.
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AUDREY: Real Preparation, for sure! I feel like Junior year was especially difficult and formative for me. I had the heartache of experiencing raw misogyny and the gift of healing through a series of situations. The support I found through professors and administration merged with the efforts of my diocese and my own drive for reconciliation. These are real-life situations we, as women, will face the rest of our lives in our call and vocation. Combine this with the season of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) and WHAM! Nashotah has provided the tools, and the Lord has shaped and refined, and I am humbled and in awe at the creation I am being formed into these past three years. I feel exceptionally close to each and every person in our class as a result of everything we have gone through, the good and the (not really so) bad! I agree with you: the education I have received is remarkable! I give thanks to God and those that helped me get here – this is a gift I will treasure the rest of my life. Each of the steps (forward and back!) that I have taken in my formation here, has been God-led and absolutely prepared me to step into the role of Senior Student. I love this place and the people so dearly, and have great joy in serving them while having a venue to exercise my gifts. If you had only one word that describes what you have taken away from Nashotah House, what would it AUDREYbe?:
AUDREY: The rumors! I have heard so many people tell me what Nashotah is like, some that have never been here. Most rumors surround how Nashotah views/treats women. I know that much of the history at the root of these rumors may hold true (and there are alumni who hold to theological perspectives respectfully and others that exploit their misogyny and gender bias like a new sports car), but this is simply not the current reality of Nashotah. This is a beautiful place of higher education that gives every person the opportunity to live in community. Pax Nashotah is alive and well here . . . so many of us hold different theological perspectives, yet we share a genuine love and affection for one another. Trying to explain this can be challenging sometimes. Changing history can be hard.
“Stop, what?” I asked. He said, “Stop worrying.”
I said, “What are you talking about?” “You, Julie, are fine – you are doing a great job; stop worrying about yourself – you are good at what you’re doing – stop worrying!” I needed that – I needed someone, like my friend, to pull me aside and talk to me honestly. I don’t know, and maybe it’s just me, but I think the Holy Spirit often talks to us through other people – especially when we’re not listening – and just having my friend pull me to my senses was a gift. It was a gift of friendship that he was able to talk to me honestly; it was a gift that I needed to hear. And it’s not the only time that continued on page 23 “Now, more than ever, we need to be sending out priests who will be able to navigate the divides in our country. I think Nashotah equips us for that.”
PREPARATION! I feel confident and ready to face so many different situations, and the education to inform (and support) how I navigate said JULIAsituations.:Preparation too – it’s not just that we have so much chapel experience (which we do!) – it’s not just that we live in community together (which we do!) – we have all of this and our “real” lives, all of this and our studies. We have truly lived a life in which we are not just tested in our classrooms, but also having to face situations in our community and in our families that challenge us. We are truly Describeprepared!achallenge in your experience here that is unique to Nashotah House.
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REBECCA: How would you describe your Christian faith and God’s call in your life?
Dr. Kincaid with her husband, Thomas, and children, Sam and Mary Clare
REBECCA: What were some challenges you faced in campus ELISABETH:ministry?WhileI loved the pastoral aspect of this work and found that my experience in law and business gave special insight into the challenges and opportunities that the students would face, I realized that I lacked the proper training to provide a solid theological foundation. In order to achieve this, I began to take courses toward a Master’s in Theology, while continuing with my campus ministry work. TERHUNE, ‘15
ELISABETH: Although I grew up in a Christian family and have always considered my Christian faith important in my life, it wasn’t until a service trip to India with a group of Christian lawyers that I began to consider how my faith might inform my professional vocation as well as my personal life. At that time, I was a young associate at a large Dallas law firm, working as a white-collar criminal defense and securities litigation attorney. On this trip, I was given the chance to help train young Indian lawyers in basic trial techniques. These lawyers were using their legal training to advocate for children who had been trafficked into brothels. Because of a provision in India’s laws, these lawyers were able to bring private actions to enforce the laws on behalf of victims against brothel owners and sex traffickers. While I provided legal training for the lawyers, they expanded my understanding of my faith. All of them were pursuing a potentially dangerous and definitely self-sacrificial career path because they believed that God called His people to advocate for justice and to work for the common good. Upon returning to Dallas, I began to prayerfully consider what God was calling me to do with my career and began a long vocational journey which eventually landed me here, at Nashotah House.
ELISABETH: After working for several more years in the law and business world, I left to enter campus ministry – specifically, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s campus ministry for law and graduate business students. I wanted to share what I had learned about God’s love for justice with these students, hoping that understanding this would transform their sense of their vocations as lawyers and business people, just as it had transformed mine. As a graduate campus minister, I led small groups, brought in speakers, and organized service projects and community events.
REBECCA: Describe a bit about how you are able to look back on God’s guidance and provision, and what were some of the next steps on the path?
All of these events were designed to help these students begin to engage with the question of how their faith could shape their careers as lawyers or business people and, specifically, give them unique opportunities to work for justice and the common good. During this period, I learned to depend on God in new ways, as I was responsible for raising all of my own salary and ministry expenses, as well as working to establish a completely new ministry on SMU’s campus. Looking back, I feel incredibly blessed that so many wonderful friends and supporters stepped up around me to support this new ministry in miraculous ways.
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An Interview with Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid continued on page 22 to Dr. Kincaid is assistant professor of Christian ethics & moral theology at Nashotah House. She serves as the vice president for the Board of Trustees of the Anglican Theological Review and as a board member of the Fellowship for Protestant Ethicists. She holds a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Notre Dame and a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. She is currently at work on a monograph retrieving the theological jurisprudence of Francisco Suárez, SJ for contemporary application. Dr. Kincaid is married to The Rev. Thomas Kincaid, and they are parents to two children. Rebecca Terhune sat down with Dr. Kincaid to discuss her journey and experiences ministering in today’s Christian world. for the a Call
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Julia Hendrix grew up in North Central Wisconsin in the Diocese of Fond du Lac. She is a life-long Episcopalian. Her father is a priest and a son of the House. Julia graduated from Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and then graduated with a law degree from the D.C. School of Law, in Washington, D.C., an historically black university. She served as a lawyer for women, children, and prisoners dying of HIV/AIDS, and also worked on immigration issues on Capitol Hill. Julia then obtained a Masters in Education. She and her husband, who works for the U.S. Agency for International Development, have lived in seven different countries, all in Latin America and Africa, where they raised their three children who are now all adults. While overseas, she taught high school English, history, and psychology. She is a proud grandmother of the most adorable 19-month-old. the white Christian is my brother, and precisely because he is my brother or she is my sister, there are some things they need to do for other members of their family.” In John 17, Jesus prays, “I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”
REBECCA: Was this a season of determining a call to further ministry and teaching?
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ELISABETH: Combining pastoral work with graduate students and intellectual work in theology helped me determine the next stage in my vocational journey. I realized that pursuing an academic career in teaching theology would enable me even more directly to continue to train students in how God’s call to pursue justice and the common good should inform their vocations. I also realized that pursuing an academic career could provide me an opportunity to train leaders within the church, who could work with their congregations to advance these same goals. This refined sense of my vocation led me to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Notre Dame.
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I write and research on a number of topics, including virtue ethics, natural law, work and vocation, and the intersection of law, business, and theology. My teaching is especially informed by Christian virtue ethics, which is based on the belief that each person is capable of developing certain habits or dispositions which direct him or her to the proper actions for each particular challenging situation. We develop some of these habits through our own natural capacities and others by God’s grace. By livingforhopeTheologyHouse’sethicsdiscussionincludingofvirtueinNashotahMoralclasses,Itoemphasizestudentsthatalifeofdiscipleship to Christ is not simply about having the right moral answers, but rather about becoming people formed in the image and likeness of Christ. Looking back, I can see that many of my questions in my professional work and in campus ministry centered around these ideas of personal growth and development in Christ. I’m excited to continue building on the legacy of Fr. Daniel Westberg, my predecessor at Nashotah, in bringing these types of ethical discussions into the classroom. One of the most important texts which students read in Foundations of Moral Theology is his wonderful final work, Renewing Moral Theology: Christian Ethics as Action, Character, and Grace . I heard a lot about Nashotah House from Fr. Westberg, and it is an honor to be following in his footsteps. I’ve also enjoyed having the opportunity to draw on my professional background and other research interests in developing new summer ethics electives for Nashotah House. Last summer, I had a wonderful experience teaching on the Christian tradition of justice and the common good. This coming summer, I’m excited to draw on both my professional and ministerial experience, as well as my research in professional ethics, and teach another elective on the connection between the professions, the parish, and moral theology. Z FOLLOWING A CALL . . . continued from page 25
“I hope to emphasize to students that living a life of discipleship to Christ is not simply about having the right moral answers, but rather about becoming people formed in the image and likeness of Christ.”
Audrey Sutton is a native Texan who dreams of the warm air on the coldest Wisconsin days; she will return to the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas after graduation. Before seminary, Audrey worked in youth ministry for many years while multitasking as a full-time mom. She lives with Randall, her husband of 11 years, their two outgoing daughters, and two cuddly cats. She and her family love to draw and paint when indoors and explore, swim, and hike when outdoors. Z
Marie Griffith is a mother, an author, and outdoor lover. She works as the accounting manager for a commercial general contractor. She serves the church through her writing, teaching, mentoring, and occasional speaking. She writes on her blog Live Like It Matters. Currently, she is involved in deeper biblical study on women and the church. Not to be confused with a study of women in the church, but a study of women and a study on the church. In her spare time, you can find her outdoors. She has enjoyed hiking and backpacking in places such as the Bankhead National Forest, the Appalachian Trail, the Emigrant Wilderness and Roosevelt National Forest. She and her youngest daughter reside in Hartselle, Alabama. THE WORLD... continued from page 19
REBECCA: What are your current research interests? How do these and your past professional experience inform the courses you teach at Nashotah
Dr. Kincaid teaches a class during summer session has happened – Audrey just today said something similar to me – she said, “Your voice matters.” It’s nice to be surrounded by loving friends who are willing to speak the truth when you need to hear it.
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In the world of Christian higher education, it seems everyone and their mother produces devotional material of some kind for Advent. Meanwhile, from his tenth-century BC rocking chair, our brother, Qoheleth, cackles, “Of making many books, there is no end” (Eccl. 12:12). But the great teacher raises his right hand to bless the enterprise anyway: “Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might” (Eccl. 9:10).
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Other calendars stop keeping time, as much of the world does, after Christmas Day. Nashotah’s Advent + Christmastide project presses through the twelve days of Christmas to the OnEpiphany.thesecond day of Christmas, for example, The Rev. Dr. Greg Peters reflects on the strangeness of the church’s commemoration of the martyrs in the first few days of Christmastide: “We celebrate God’s gift of his Son and, thereby, our salvation on Christmas Day but then we are thrown the next day into the martyrdom of St. Stephen and, perhaps even more tragically, into the deaths of the Holy Innocents on December 28. Why such a macabre turn after such joyous celebration?” Four days later, The Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler (’76) offers a spiritual interpretation of the “six geese a-laying,” unironically, and even beautifully taking the sixth day of Christmas to reflect on the sixth day of Creation. Where else are you going to find content like this? The Advent + Christmastide devotional engages the season of waiting, with which we need help, but also engages the following festal season, with which we also need help. The church calendar continues, and so does ours. We are already in the middle of producing our Lent + Eastertide devotional. This one will span fifty-five days, beginning with Shrove Tuesday on February 16, 2021, and running through the octave of Easter on April 11. Read to the end to learn how to preorder print copies of Lent + Eastertide.
If you go to NashotahChapter.com/Advent and submit your email address, the first email you receive every morning will be a reflection on the day’s lectionary readings, beginning with Dr. Hans Boersma’s piece, “Homelessness in Advent,” written for the First Sunday of Advent and released on November 29, 2020, all the way through to the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6, 2021, for which The Rev. Dr. Oliver O’Donovan wrote a piece called “The Baptism of Christ.”
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This year, Nashotah House’s hand has found to make a book, and we’ve doneth it with our might.
“When all the pieces were in place and the book was complete, my colleagues and I just looked at the table of contents and shook our heads in awe.”
THE MISSIONER26 Cover of Advent + Christmastide book was split down the middle: two TEC and two ACNA. This wasn’t by design – just a natural consequence of forming any kind of team at Nashotah House. Within our office walls, and over group email, we asked questions like, “Do you think we could get ___ to write for us?” and “Who on campus is in contact with ___?” And then, far more often than not, the celebratory, “Guys, we got ___! What day should we put them on?” The very few authors who declined our invitations only did so because they were too busy, and they pledged to write for the forthcoming Lent + Eastertide collection. When all the pieces were in place and the book was complete, my colleagues and I just looked at the table of contents and shook our heads in awe. Within one week of each other you’ll find bishops from three Anglican denominations (TEC, ACNA, APA). Back-to-back are two associate priests at Anglo-Catholic churches belonging to two different denominations (APA, ACC). Over the span of three days, we’ve got contributions from an Episcopal priest, an Episcopal canon, and an Episcopal bishop. You’ll hear from two scholars in the Church of England and a classical elementary school teacher serving in Hawaii, thirteen professors, five canons, four postulants, three reformed Anglican church planters, two popular podcasters, and a partridge. . . Lent + Eastertide has already received contributions from friends of the House serving as clergy in Mexico, Pakistan, Honduras, South Africa, and the Anglican Church in Kenya.
WHAT HOLDS THE VOLUME TOGETHER? Other Advent devotional literature is united around a seasonal theme, like “O Come, Let Us Adore Him” or “Advent During a Pandemic,” but we didn’t go that route this time.
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Several contributors examined the Greek grammar and vocabulary behind their assigned Scripture texts. Others commented on the lectionary texts alongside St. Athanasius and Christina Rosetti; popular music and seasonal hymns; stories from ministry and stories from their childhoods; reflections on doctrine and reflections on the calendar. Some of the posts are rhapsodically devotional, others are tersely critical. Some linger in the world of Scripture, others bring the texts to bear on our manifold social issues. What holds the volume together is neither a denominational affiliation nor a devotional theme, but an attention to the Scriptures and a commitment to the calendar. We only intended to produce Advent + Christmastide digitally, but we were so excited about what it had become over the course of production that we made a late decision to do a limited print run. Our office made phone calls to over one hundred of our partnering churches to offer boxes of twenty-five books free of charge. For the churches who wanted more, we were able to provide extra copies for less than they cost. Meanwhile, the digital version remains free online. This February, Nashotah House would love to get a copy of Lent + Eastertide into your hands before Shrove Tuesday at “less-than-cost.” If you’d like to order one, a couple, or a couple hundred, contact us at chapter@nashotah.edu or at 262-646-6530 so we can get them to you in time.
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THE REV. FABIEN PERING, ’18, was appointed Rector of Christ the King Anglican Church, in Ridgecrest, CA.
THE REV. JACOB W. DELL, ’08, was appointed Vicar at St. Peter’s, Lithgow, NY. [photo 1]
THE VENERABLE REV. DR. SCOTT SEELY, ’18, was elected Suffragan Bishop of Cana West Diocese (U.S.) Church of Nigeria. [photo 13]
THE REV. MASON WALDHAUSER, ’20, serves as curate of St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Denver, CO. [photo 16]
THE REV. MAUREEN MARTIN, ’20, accepted a call to serve as Priest-in-Charge of St. James Episcopal Church, West Bend, WI. [photo 8]
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THE REV. CLIFF SYNER, ’20, was ordained to the priesthood on September 13 by Archbishop Foley Beach at Anglican Church of the Redeemer in Chattanooga, TN. [photo 15]
THE REV. CLINT WILSON, ’13, was appointed Rector of St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Louisville, KY. [photo 18]
THE REV. RANDOLPH LUCAS, ’18, was ordained priest on March 22, 2020, by The Rt. Rev. William H. Love, at the Cathedral of All Saints, Albany, NY. He is also presently serving as Priest-in-Charge at The Church of St. Mark the Evangelist, Philmont, NY. [photo 7]
THE REV. MARCUS KAISER, ’09, was appointed Dean of St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral in Tallahassee, FL. [photo 6]
THE REV. CHRISTIAN SENYONI, ’13, accepted a call to serve as Associate Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Collierville, TN. [photo 14]
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THE REV. JULIA ROANE HENDRIX, ’21, was ordained as transitional Deacon, The Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, WI.
THE REV. SAM WILGUS, ’17, was appointed Rector of St. Francis Anglican Church, Willow Park, TX. [photo 17]
THE REV. AARON PROSSER, ’13, was appointed Rector of St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Pittsburgh, PA. [photo 10]
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THE REV. JEROME PETER MOLITOR, ’21, was ordained as transitional Deacon, The Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, WI.
THE REV. COOPER WISE MORELOCK, ’17, was appointed Rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Cleburne, TX. [photo 9]
THE REV. ALEXANDER R. PRYOR, ’14, was appointed Rector of St. John’s Anglican Church, Fort Smith, in the Diocese of the Arctic of the Anglican Church of Canada.
THE REV. EDWARD FITZHUGH, ’20, accepted a call to serve as Curate of St. Vincent’s Cathedral, Bedford, TX. [photo 3]
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THE REV. BENJAMIN HANKINSON, ’13, was appointed Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Edwardsville, IL. [photo 5]
THE REV. CHARLESTON WILSON, ’12, was appointed Rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Sarasota, FL, on September 8, 2020. [photo 19]
THE REV. MEGHAN DOW FARR, ’13, accepted a call to serve as Priest-in-Charge of The Northern Highlands Benefice, a group of four Episcopal churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire, WI. [photo 2]
THE REV. DAVID BRENT MANLEY, ’21, was ordained as transitional Deacon, The Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, WI.
THE REV. JOSEPH FRANCIS, SSC, ’18, was elected as the Eighth Rector of the Church of St. Alban the Martyr, in Arlington, TX, a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (ACNA). He was instituted on October 15 by the Rt. Rev. Ryan. [photo 4]
BRAMWELL RICHARDS, ’18, was ordained to the Diaconate in the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, WI, on June 21, 2020. [photo 11]
THE REV. MATTHEW ROGERS, ’20, was ordained August 15 at St. Laurence Church in Southlake, TX. [photo 12]
Steve was a native of Indianapolis, IN, and did his undergraduate work in Church History at Greenville College and his studies in philosophy at St. Meinrad Seminary College. He entered the novitiate of St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, PA, and, after professing vows as a Benedictine monk, did his studies for the priesthood there, earning the M.A. in Systematic Theology and M.Div. from Saint Vincent Seminary. Steve was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He did additional studies in Classical Rhetoric/Communication at the University of Pittsburgh (M.A.) and earned his Ph.D. at St. Louis University in Historical Theology. He returned to the monastery where he served as Assistant and then Master of Ceremonies for seven years. He joined the faculty of Saint Vincent Seminary as assistant professor of Homiletics and Historical Theology; serving as the school’s Academic Dean for five years. He eventually left monastic life, and the Roman Church, serving Congregational Churches in Wisconsin from 1995 until 2010.
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THE REV. JOHN GAGE SHAVER, 75, retired Episcopal priest, died May 31, 2020, in Wilmette, IL. Born in Wayzata, MN, John graduated with a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota in journalism. While in school, he wrote for the student newspaper. Upon graduation, he wrote for the Minneapolis Star and the Milwaukee Journal. John was called to the priesthood and graduated from Nashotah House. He presided at various churches in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, in addition to providing ministry in the Milwaukee County Jail System.
THE VERY REV. EDWIN A. NORRIS, JR., a former trustee of Nashotah House, died June 25, 2020, in Mesquite, TX. Edwin was born September 4,1929, in Akron, OH. While serving in the army during the Korean War, he rediscovered his religious roots and became intimately involved in the Episcopal Church. After graduating from the University of Denver, he entered St. Gregory’s Benedictine Monastery in Three Rivers, MI. He was sent to finish his priestly studies at Nashotah House, after which he was ordained at Three Rivers. A violist by avocation, he played for many years in both the Irving New Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra. He was deeply compassionate and socially conscious, as reflected in his marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, AL. He is survived by several brothers and his best friend of many years, The Rev. Canon George W. Monroe. [photo 22]
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Bishop Shahan entered seminary at Nashotah House in 1970, and received his M.Div. degree in 1973. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1973 and served several parishes, a seminary, and a day school as vicar of St. Alban’s Church, Muskegon, MI (1973-1975); assistant dean for student services and administration, and assistant professor of church administration and preaching at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (19751981); priest-in-charge at St. Francis Church, Chicago (1976-1981); rector of St. Thaddeus Church and president of Mead Hall Episcopal School in Aiken, SC (1981-1984); and dean of Grace Cathedral, Topeka, KS (1984-1992).
He is survived by his wife, Mary Carol, two daughters, Sarah and Susannah, and several grandchildren. [photo 24]
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Fr. Peay published articles and book chapters on the history and practice of preaching, congregationalism, and Nashotah House and its relationship with the Oneida Indians (published in The Wisconsin Oneidas and the Episcopal Church : A Chain Linking Two Traditions, Indiana University Press, 2019), and Benedictine spirituality. [photo 23]
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THE VERY REV. DR. STEVEN PEAY, DeanPresident of Nashotah House (2014-2017), died August 31, 2020. Fr. Peay began his career at Nashotah House as adjunct professor of Church History in 2008. He joined the regular faculty in 2010. His orders were received by the Episcopal Diocese of Albany. He served as Director of Field Education in 2011, became the Academic Dean in 2012, and was elected Dean-President in 2014, taking office in February 2015. He stepped down, for reasons of health, in August 2017, taking appointment as Research Professor of Homiletics and Church History. He was named DeanPresident Emeritus by the Board that same year. He is preceded in death by his parents Willard and Doris (nee Furnish) Peay. He is survived by his wife Julie (nee Frankwick), stepsons Jeremy Strandt and Matthew Strandt, family, friends, and colleagues.
Please send alumni ordinations, appointments, obituaries, and other newsworthy announcements to: Laura Groetsch at lgroetsch@nashotah.edu
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THE RT. REV. ROBERT REED SHAHAN, PH.D., D.D., ’ 73, died on August 14, 2020, in KS. Bishop Shahan served as the fourth bishop of The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona. He was born on October 18, 1939, in Elkhart, KS, and graduated from Nashotah House with an M.Div. degree. Bishop Shahan was a graduate of the University of Kansas and held a master’s degree in Business Administration from Michigan State University. In 1979, he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in organizational development from Northwestern University. In 1994, SeaburyWestern Theological Seminary awarded Bishop Shahan the Doctor of Divinity degree.
Steve had a long-standing interest in the study of academic dress, which led him to join the Burgon Society. He was elected a fellow of the society in 2018 for his work on the development of academic dress at Nashotah House. It was published
He was ordained and consecrated a bishop of the Episcopal Church in AZ on October 3, 1992, and became Bishop of Arizona on December 9, 1992. After his time as the Bishop of Arizona, he and his wife, Mary Carol, retired to Lenexa, KS. Bishop Shahan served on two national boards for the Episcopal Church: the Audit Committee and the General Convention’s Standing Committee for Program, Budget, and Finance. He also was chosen to serve as one of five Episcopal bishops on a November 1994 pilgrimage for unity to Canterbury and Rome, which included special meetings with Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey and Pope John Paul II.
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M. JOHN DYRUD, of Wilmette, IL, passed away peacefully on Sept. 13, 2020, at age 84. John was born on Sept. 17, 1935, to Martinus and Blanche Dyrud and was the oldest of their three sons. He grew up in Prairie du Chien, WI, graduated from Campion Jesuit High School and Lawrence University in Appleton, WI, and for over 30 years lived and worked in the Winnetka/Wilmette area of IL. Together with his late wife Suzy Mead Dyrud, who passed away in 2011, John pursued his interests in history as an active member of the Sons of the American Revolution (President of the Illinois Chapter and Governor of the Society of Colonial Wars). John was an important benefactor and friend of the House for many years. He funded many recent projects, including the renovation of Lambeth West and the vesting room, and others involving masonry, landscaping, bathroom updates, etc. He also frequented used book sales and donated hundreds of books to the on-campus library. [photo 21]
The Rev. Shaver was preceded in death (by two months) by his beloved wife of 56 years, Virginia “Ginger” Shaver (nee Fry). Devoted father of Meredith Wodrich, Elizabeth (Abel Nazara) Shaver, Jonathan (Christina) Shaver, and Nicholas (Kristin) Shaver; loving grandfather (“Poppie”) of Gage and Neeve Wodrich, and Evan, Tyler, Isaac, Daniel, and Camille Shaver; dear brother of Carol (Al) Crossman and Nancy (“Woody”) Clookie, and son of the late John Howard Shaver and Caroline Gage Shaver. [photo 25]
THE REV. NEAL HULCE DOW, ’ 64, honorary priest at St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Denver, CO, died on May 18, 2020. Fr. Dow graduated from Nashotah House in 1964 with a Master of Divinity degree. He was made a Deacon by Bishop John P. Craine, sometime Bishop of Indianapolis, on June 17, 1964, and ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Donald H.V. Hallock, sometime Bishop of Milwaukee, on December 21, 1964. Fr. Dow served in the Dioceses of Milwaukee and Colorado, retiring from the Church of Saint Stephen, Protomartyr, Aurora, CO, in 1985. He and Margery, his wife of almost 68 years, settled at St. Michael’s following retirement. Fr. Dow was active as an honorary throughout the latter half of Fr. Ralph Walker’s incumbency (1975-2012) into the beginning of Fr. R. Trent Fraser’s incumbency (2013) at St Michael’s. Fr. Dow is remembered as a man of good humor and kindness, and he will be missed. [photo 20]
The TheologicalAnglican Review is the “unofficial” journal of the Episcopal and Anglican seminaries in the United States and Canada. It recently began its second century of publishing theological reflection in the Anglican tradition. Congratulations, Dr. Kincaid!
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Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver attended “Divine Visitation: The Prayer Book’s Theology of Sickness and Plague” at “In Time of Plague and Sickness,” the 2020 Conference of the Prayer Book Society, UK on September 5. This conference was presented via YouTube. Fr. Olver also convened a webinar jointly sponsored by the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes (CEEP), the Anglican Theological Review, and Nashotah House titled, “The Role of Liturgy and Music in Formation,” and gave a presentation titled, “The Loss of Ritual in COVID-tide,” on August 20. A print version is available in Covenant (September 1, 2020) and is also available on YouTube. continued on page 34
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Congratulations to Canon George Stamm, `70, who celebrated his Golden Jubilee (50 years a priest) on November 28. Canon Stamm was ordained at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Clear Lake, WI, Diocese of Eau Claire, on November 28, 1970. He was ordained by Bishop Stanley Atkins (Bishop Atkins’ first ordination).
The Episcopal Church Foundation has named the 2020 Fellows class and includes The Rev. Hannah Armidon. Currently in the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, Mother Hannah and her husband, Robert, were residents at Nashotah House, where Robert is completing his M.Div. in 2021.
Jonathan Jameson, `19, and his band, Delta Spirit released the new album What is There in September. Jameson was also featured on the October 7, 2020, episode of The Sacristy podcast. Both the hosts of The Sacristy are Sons of the House.
Congratulations to the Williams Family!
The Rev. Susan (Waldron) Troiano, M.Div. `08, is happy to share the joyous news of her marriage to James Vincent Troiano on December 29, 2019, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, with The Rev. Paul Hartt, Rector, officiating and The Rt. Rev. William Love, Bishop of Albany, offering the Nuptial Blessing. Mother Sue serves as Associate Rector at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Albany, NY.
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On April 10, Emilie and Geoffrey Williams welcomed a baby boy, Peter Grafton Williams. He was baptized outside the chapel at Nashotah House on Wednesday, August 5. Peter joins big brother Ellis.
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As a contributor to the fourth revised edition of The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Fr. Olver has completed work on a range of articles on various liturgical matters. The publication is due Summer 2020, Andrew Louth, ed. Further publications include “A Classification of a Liturgy’s Use of Scripture: A Proposal,” Studia Liturgica, (2019), vol. 49, no. 2, In220-45.thenear future, Fr. Olver also anticipates the publication of his paper, “Jewish Roots of Christian Worship: Its Most Missed and Misunderstood Legacy,” in The Jewish Roots of Christianity ed. Gerald R. McDermott (Lexham Books, 2020).
The proposed course has been approved by the Provost to be taught during the summer residential session of 2021. Fr. Holtzen plans to develop this course during his Fall 2020 sabbatical from Nashotah House, where he has taught Historical and Systematic Theology for the last 17 years. Student feedback will be included in his report to the Conant Fund. The grant request covers the costs for a three-day trek that will be part of the curriculum: ultralight backpacking equipment for students’ use, trail fees (Ice Age Trail), and a stipend for a colleague who will assist in leading the trek.
The paper was delivered at the second Annual Anglican Theology Conference Jewish Roots of Christianity hosted by Beeson Divinity School.
The Rev. Matthew S.C. Olver, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Liturgics & Pastoral Theology; Director of St. Mary’s Chapel Book review: From Easter to Holy Week: The Paschal Mystery and Liturgical Renewal in the Twentieth Century by Laura E. Moore, Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History, Volume: 5. (Leiden: Brill, 2020), Ecclesiology, 16, no.3 (2020), 409-411. Fr. Olver has several publications forthcoming, including, from the Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision (TFLPBR), “Containing the Uncontainable: An Analysis of Expansive Liturgical Language in the Episcopal Church, 19872018,” Anglican Theological Review Fr. Olver delivered a paper titled “When Praying Does Not Shape Believing: Ambrose and Chrysostom as Test Cases for the Tension between Liturgy and Theology,” at the XVIII International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford. The paper has been accepted in Studia Patristica, forthcoming.
The Rev. Thomas L. Holtzen, Ph.D. Professor of Historical & Systematic Theology Received the Conant Grant of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society for creating a course on the spirituality of minimalism. The proposed course is titled The Spirituality of Minimalism: Exploring the Intersection of Spirituality and Minimalism through Apophatic Theology and Ultralight Backpacking This is a grant request for the development of an innovative seminary course on the spirituality of minimalism.
Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, J.D., Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Ethics & Moral Theology Received a three year Christ and Being Human Pedagogy Fellowship through the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. The Pedagogy of Christ and Being Human project is aimed at evaluating and developing the existing version of the course as taught by Miroslav Volf and Drew Collins at Yale Divinity School, but it is also intended to produce key insights and constructive feedback about its structure and potential for dissemination and proliferation in a broader network of Christian higher educational institutions. Her article titled “Professional Ethics and the Recovery of Virtue” in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics Vol. 40, issue 1 (Spring/ Summer 2020) will be published this summer. Dr. Kincaid was also jointly awarded a Conant Grant of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society with the Rev. Ross Kane of Virginia Theological Seminary. The grant will provide funding for Dr. Kincaid and Fr. Kane to develop a course on Anglican Social Justice in a world-wide perspective for masters and doctoral level students. The course will be a joint offering of Nashotah House Theological Seminary and Virginia Theological Seminary.
Faculty Publishing News
The Rev. Travis Bott, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Old Testament & Hebrew His forthcoming book Praise and Metonymy in the Psalms will be published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht at the end of 2020. Fr. Bott’s recent sabbatical project and second book, Reflections of Genesis in the Book of Ruth, will be published by Baker Academic in 2021. Fr. Bott received a Conant Trust Grant for his sabbatical leave during the 2019–2020 academic year. He and his family lived in Virginia and carried out research at The University of Virginia and The Center for Christian Study.
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