Winter | Spring 2019
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
LAMBETH 2020: A CONVERSATION WITH THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
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ecently, Compass Rose Society communications team member Canon Jim Rosenthal asked the Archbishop of Canterbury how the Society can help him with the arrangements and especially the funding of the forthcoming Lambeth Conference.
The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle
A LOOK BACK
2019 is my fifth year to serve as president of the Compass Rose Society. JoAnne and I have been honored and fortunate to be invited into this beloved global community. As I reflect on these past years as your president, and the whole of the eleven years as a member, my heart is full. Gratitude frames this season in the life of the Society. I am grateful for the answer of so many of you to help support the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Archbishop Welby at Canterbury with St. Nicholas (Canon Rosenthal) and the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral (The Very Rev’d Robert Willis) at this year’s annual holiday parade.
The Anglican Consultative Council’s mission, and the Secretary General. The relationships of people (literally) from all over the world. The high points have been the trips on your behalf to places as diverse as Ghana and Hong Kong, Cuba and the cross-country visit to Canada. I have represented you to The Anglican
Canon Rosenthal: From its inception, the Compass Rose Society has seen their role as one to help fund and support the ministry of the Archbishop in his Anglican Communion role. How can we help you in making your Lambeth 2020 vision a reality?
Consultative Council’s meeting and in the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. In every place, to many a variety of people, I have shared verbally and financially the support of the Compass Rose Continued on page 19
Archbishop Welby: One of my key objectives for this Lambeth Conference is to gather as many of the bishops and their spouses from across the whole Anglican Communion as possible. I am very aware that finances to attend and the additional travelling costs are simply out of reach for approximately half of those who have been invited. Continued on page 2
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Continued from page 1 ~ Lambeth 2020: A Conversation with the Archbishop of Canterbury
My prayer is that sufficient funds may be raised to provide bursaries for all those in need, so that lack of finances does not preclude anyone being able to attend Lambeth 2020. The funds required run into millions of pounds sterling, and any and all contributions to this fund are enormously appreciated.
Canon Rosenthal: You had mentioned that I Peter was to be the Biblical focus at the Lambeth 2020. Can you share with us some of your thinking and that of the planning team on this powerful biblical challenge? And are there specific prayer intentions that can be shared with our CRS folk? Archbishop Welby: I love 1 Peter because it is about the message of hope. We are called into holiness and hope, following the example of Christ. It continues to encourage us to be resilient, proclaiming Christ in every situation showing hospitality to all and oversight in Christ. With the help of a team of New Testament scholars, we will thread the many themes of 1 Peter throughout the conference to build one another up in Christ. We will worship, pray, share and have time together – bishops and spouses. It is my fervent hope and prayer that this will be a significant moment in the history of our extraordinary global family as we witness to our shared love in Jesus Christ, attentive to the call of the Spirit and prayerfully seek God’s direction for an Anglican Communion equipped for the 21ST century.
Caroline and Justin Welby while visiting China in 2015.
Some Communion Bishops will need financial assistance to attend Lambeth 2020
Canon Rosenthal: Can you share any thoughts when you celebrate the Eucharist at the Cathedral in Canterbury and stand in front of the Compass Rose, placed in the nave at the 1988 Lambeth Conference. Archbishop Welby: The Compass Rose signifies to me that in every direction that God calls and sends us we are to spread the good news, however far, difficult or challenging. The good news of Jesus Christ must reach every corner of our planet, every place where His light needs to shine. We think and give thanks for every brother and sister in Christ who has gone before us having heard the command to go in the power of His Holy Spirit. Today, we continue His commission, to bring His hope, His life-giving Spirit wherever there is despair, to bring His joy where there is sadness, transform lives in our communities with the love of Christ.
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Canon Rosenthal: Be assured of our constant prayers for you and Mrs. Welby as you seek to share Christ with our world.
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SOME MUSSING ABOUT THE
Lambeth Conferences By the Reverend Canon John L. Peterson
In another article in this edition of the Communicator, our President, Bishop Andy Doyle, presents the need to financially support the bishops and spouses of the Anglican Communion so that all of them can attend next year’s Lambeth Conference. YOU can have an important part in Lambeth 2020 by contributing to this support. After all, there is nothing more important in our global family than being able to MEET. When that happens, barriers that divide us are broken down. Please go to this website and donate www.compassrosesociety.org/lambeth2020. In my article below, I’ve written some interesting historical tidbits about the Lambeth Conference.
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Conference managers expect that since 1867 when Archthe 2020 Conference will be larger bishop Charles Thomas Longley than 1998’s. called the first Lambeth Conference, Each Lambeth Conference has the Conference has met once each dealt with the important theological decade (except during the two world and social issues of the day which wars). Seventy-six bishops (18 English, influence the ministry of the Anglican 5 Irish, 6 Scots, 19 Americans, 24 from Communion. At the 1978 conferthe colonies of the British Empire) ence, led by Archbishop Donald attended the first meeting which the Coggin, an important resolution Archbishop hosted at Lambeth Palace recognized “the autonomy of each in London. of its member churches and the legal The first Lambeth Conference right of each church to make its own was organized in response to the decisions” about women priests. Canadian Church’s concern that if In 1988, under Archbishop Robert they were governed by different canRuncie, the big issue was the ordions than those governing the Church nation of women to the episcopate. of England, the Anglican Church of Only months later, on February 11, Canada could be considered an in1989, the Reverend Barbara Harris dependent branch of the Catholic of Massachusetts became the first Church instead of in communion women ordained as a bishop in the with the Church of England. It is also Bishops from throughout the world gather Anglican Communion. interesting that there were 114 bishops at the Lambeth Conference. During Archbishop George Carey’s in the Anglican Communion in 1867, Lambeth Conference in 1998, heated but only 76 bishops attended the first discussions centered on the complex issues of human sexuality Lambeth Conference. The most conspicuous bishop missing -- in particular, homosexuality. It was the most controversial at the first conference was the Archbishop of York and his Lambeth Conference in recent history. The conference’s ResoSuffragan bishops who felt “so doubtful as to the wisdom of lution 1.10 called for a “listening process” to hear the different such an assembly” that they refused to attend the Conference. voices in the Communion and found that “homosexual practice” Over the decades, attendance at the Lambeth Conference (not necessarily orientation) is “incompatible with Scripture.” has grown, exceeding the capacity of its venue three times. The The official photographs of each Lambeth Conference show smallest conference was the first, and the largest was in 1998 when 749 bishops -- including 11 women bishops -- attended.
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GOD’S KINGDOM FROM THE BACK OFFICE:
A Report From the 2018 Annual Meeting & Some Thoughts about The Compass Rose Society By the Reverend Della Wager Wells
The Rev. Della Wager Wells is a recent graduate of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and currently a Porter Fellow and Episcopal Church Missionary at St. George’s College in Jerusalem. She was ordained to the transitional diaconate in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. The week before she departed for the Middle East, she wrote this note in her blog Living Stones and Holy Hills. Della is the Secretary of the board of directors of the Compass Rose Society and is its legal counsel.
I spent last week in London, away from Jerusalem, attending
its connection — through unity without seeking unanimity. Ubuntu. One of the updates I look forward to most each year is the report of the Secretary General, Archbishop Josiah IdowuFearon, on the Anglican Communion. A highlight of his coverage this year was plans for Lambeth 2020, and I was inspired to hear that Archbishop Justin has chosen 1 Peter for Lambeth 2020’s bible study. 1 Peter (the Biblical focus of the upcoming Lambeth Conference) is a passage that has had special meaning for me since my time in Tanzania during the Diocese of Western Tanganyika’s Jubilee, with its themes of cornerstones and the Ebenezer stone. 1 Peter is a holy rock collection, with every stone in scripture stacked in a pile in a single chapter, including the only mention I’ve ever been able to find of living stones. Come to [Jesus], a living stone… and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house. In the kind of coincidence, I’ve come to expect in the past six weeks in Jerusalem, living stones is also the popular pilgrimage term for today’s Palestinian Christians. I look forward to the study and reflection this passage will yield. We also heard from Phil George, the new CEO of the Lambeth 2020 Conference, whose focus is the mechanics and logistics of Lambeth 2020, and whose presence permits Archbishop Josiah to be, in his own words, an evangelist rather than an administrator. And it was a privilege to meet and speak with the newly elected primate of Tanzania, Archbishop Maimbo Mndolwa, and to meet the Chief Moderator (Primate) of the Church of South India, Bishop Thomas Oomen. We also heard from the charismatic and competent Michela Southworth, the new Director of Finance and Resources. Straight from the upper reaches of the private sector, Michela brings sophisticated experience, a fresh eye, and a
the international board meeting and annual membership meeting of the Compass Rose Society. Compass Rose is an international mission organization, with concentrations of membership in Hong Kong and North America. Formed a little over 20 years ago by then-Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey and his Lambeth Palace staff, Compass Rose responds to needs in the global Anglican Communion by supporting the Archbishop of Canterbury’s ministry of relationship and connection. The Archbishop of Canterbury remains the patron of the Compass Rose, and the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion is an ex officio board member. The Compass Rose Society is not a relief organization – that’s for Episcopal Relief & Development, Primates World Relief & Development Fund, and others. Compass Rose also is not specifically about education, consultation, and coordination of Anglican relief organizations – that’s the brief of the Anglican Alliance. Instead, Compass Rose’s focus is on connection, on raising and distributing resources to promote communication and dialogue and strengthen the bonds of affection within and among the provinces of the global Anglican Communion. I’ve always liked to think of Compass Rose as the unofficial fifth instrument of communion, right behind the actual four instruments – the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primates Meeting, the Lambeth Conference, and the Anglican Consultative Council. That the Society is unofficial, based solely on relationships, seems so very Anglican to me. I think of the African concept of Ubuntu that Archbishop Desmond Tutu has often described in the context of Anglicanism: we are who we are because of others, and we belong in the great bundle of life. Compass Rose’s holy opportunity in mission is to participate in that great bundle. And to help, where it can, to bring the great bundle of life that is the Anglican Communion together and strengthen 4
servant’s heart to her work. On meeting her, I was like Dorothy It seems to me that in Jerry McGuire – she had me at hello – I’m a former investthe kingdom of God must ment banker. It’s Mialways be built from the chela, with her lovely back office and mixed dark blue hair (she and baked in the kitchcalls this her I’m never en. It’s real and alive, going back to I-bankand all about life, love, ing hair), who sees her bread, wine, and Jesus. work as building God’s In a lot of ways, it rekingdom from the back minds me of Jerusalem, office. the holy city itself. Holy I think this is a Sepulcher, where Jesus perfect description of was laid in the grave t he C o m p a s s Ro s e but walked again, is a Society’s work. Our wild place, untamed Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s focus for the past year, and a little dangerous. sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:4-5 and through 2020, will And yet Coptic priests be gathering resources walk around with galfor scholarships for the estimated over 50% of the 950 bishops lon plastic bottles of corn oil, filling the lamps that smoke and around the global Anglican Communion who cannot afford flame with holy fire. They wash down the altars in front of Golto attend the Lambeth Conference. The Lambeth Conference gotha by throwing buckets of soapy water onto the stone and is a great workhorse of Anglicanism, one of the four official scrubbing the floors with common mops from the market in the instruments of communion in addition to the unofficial fifth Old City. It’s as real and alive and everyday as it is holy. Where instrument of the Compass Rose, and it cannot do its good else but the back office or the kitchen would you start building work while missing over 50% of its great bundle of life. God’s kingdom? It’s where all the real stuff happens.
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By Alice Wu, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong chapter welcomed Society members at the celebration of the 20TH anniversary of the Hong Kong province.
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(Holy Cross Day), the Compass Rose Society Hong Kong Chapter held its first event, Hong Kong Chapter Night, attended by close to 30 CRS members, most of whom joined CRS this year. At this dinner event, CRS board member David Tse welcomed all participants on behalf of CRS and shared the vision and purpose of setting up a Hong Kong Chapter. It is through recruiting more members, and participation in more CRS events, that the Hong Kong Chapter aims to raise awareness amongst The Anglican Church in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui or HKSKH) members on the work of the Communion in different parts of the world; and in the active participation of Hong Kong CRS members, Hong Kong members can help the Communion better understand the needs and concerns of Anglicans in the Asia region. Also, David shared with members how CRS Hong Kong Chapter, in response to the Society’s call, raised US$29,849.39 for The Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre for children with disabilities. CRS President Bishop Andy Doyle had written to Archbishop Paul Kwong to express his thanks for the support of and contributions made by the Archbishop and CRS Hong Kong Chapter. David appeals to all present to join others in contributing to the al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Next, CRS Vice-President, The Rev. Canon Samson Fan, spoke on the latest CRS updates and happenings, which includes the six-member CRS delegation from the United States and TH
St. Mary’s church in Hong Kong is built in the Chinese temple style.
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CRS members visiting the Children’s Department in the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (HKSKH) Welfare Council. From left to right: Kirsten Peterson, Antonia Wong, Dean Samson Fan (President of the Hong Kong Chapter of the CRS), Canon John L. Peterson, Pauline Maxwell, Bishop Andy Doyle (President of the CRS), Neil Maxwell. Missing from the photo: Bishop Michael Ingham.
In addition to training ordained ministers, the College also provides laity and continued education for clergy programs. And on top of Sunday services, the College runs an orphanage, founded in 1996 and named Grace Home for the Needy Children — providing orphaned or abandoned children with basic education, equipping them with skills for living. It also offers vocational training for abandoned mothers. Since 2010, the College has commenced its decade long expansion plan — to provide a master’s program, enlarge the College library, construct a College complex, enhance facilities for children and teens and enhance the software of the College. The College aims to raise funds totaling US$600 thousand, of which 40% will be raised by the Myanmar Province and 60% — HK$2.8 million — by overseas contributions. Members also heard Debbie McGowan of St. John’s Cathedral share her volunteer service experience in Myanmar. She taught English for free at Taungoo, Myanmar and shared the fruits of years of collaboration the Cathedral had with the Diocese of Taungoo. Finally, one more happy news worth a mention is this: Hong Kong Chapter Organizing Committee members Alice and Ben Cheung were one of the reasons why the first Hong Kong Chapter Night was held in Kowloon Tong. We chose a venue close to the hospital where their baby was to be delivered. After the dinner, Alice and Ben went straight to the hospital, sent off with our blessings and laughter to welcome their 7.3lb baby son! We ended our first Hong Kong Chapter Night full of thanksgiving, joy, and blessings. Please continue to pay attention to and pray for CRS Hong Kong Chapter and our work.
Canada, including Society President Bishop Andy Doyle and former Secretary-General of the Anglican Consultative Conference the Revd Canon John Peterson, celebrating the 20TH Anniversary of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui. The Revd Canon Samson Fan encouraged all present to take part in the four-day tour the Chapter has already planned for the delegation and be good hosts to our guests and to enjoy the fellowship of and as members of the international CRS family. The Revd Canon Samson Fan (whose Hong Kong photos are published in this article) pointed out that one of the reasons for setting up Hong Kong Chapter is to raise the awareness of and bring focus to the work of the Church in Asia within the Communion. And thus, he shared a possible “Asian” fundraising project — the expansion of the Holy Cross Theological College in Yangon, Myanmar. Canon Samson made a merry quip on his sharing about Holy Cross Theological College on Holy Cross Day, saying “It must have been God’s will!” Holy Cross Theological College is the sole divinity school in Church of the Province of Myanmar. The College, founded in 1934, trains ordained ministers and mission workers and runs a B.Th program. It currently has only four classrooms, with a capacity of 10-15 students per class; the library holds 20 thousand books. On average, the College has 50 students attending every year. 7
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he Hong Kong Sheng mission. …We seek to be a Kung Hui (HKSKH) celebrated Church for the city and with the TH its 20 anniversary with a series city in Hong Kong and Macau.” of commemorative events and The commitment to education programmes throughout 2018. and social welfare has always While the Province is only 20 been an essential feature of the years young, the history of the mission of the Church in Hong Anglican Church in Hong Kong Kong right up to the present and Macau goes way back, to and will continue. the mid-nineteenth century The Compass Rose Sociwhen the Diocese of Victoria ety delegation was among the was established in 1849. The guests from around the world HKSKH is small, compriswho joined the special celeing only three dioceses: Hong bration of the Eucharist to mark Kong, Eastern Kowloon, and the occasion and the thanksWestern Kowloon and a misgiving dinner. CRS President sionary area of Macau. Steeped Bishop Andrew Doyle spoke of in history, it has long known the work and generosity of the what it’s like and what it takes HKSKH and described it as a Archbishop Paul Kwong Primate of Hong Kong and chair of the Anglican Consultative Council to be a part of something model of virtue for the Anglican significant. It was once the Communion. Diocese of South China (Diocese of Kong Yuet) of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui. DID YOU KNOW? The bishops of the HKSKH, reminded their flock of its The Revd Canon John L. Peterson, former secretary general “beginnings,” in their pastoral letter marking the anniversary, of the Anglican Communion and past-president and current that “Twenty years ago, we took up the mantle of our forebears board member of CRS played an instrumental role in estaband sought to continue their work. As we look back upon lishing the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, 38th Province in the the past two decades, we are thankful, not only because of Anglican Communion. the joy that ‘institutionally’ our Church has been ‘elevated’ CRS President Bishop Andrew Doyle was said to have from a diocese to a province, but more importantly, we praise been very much impressed by the “feeding of the 3000” at the God for our inheritance of the service to which our forebears October 6TH Celebration of the Eucharist at the Asia-World dedicated their lives.” Expo, noting the preparation required. The altar cloth for the The forebears of HKSKH have made mission at the heart extra-large altar table used was sourced and stitched together of the province. The strong partnerships with schools and by CRS Member Mrs. Nancy Lo. social service agencies to serve the people of Hong Kong and Macau strengthened in the past two decades, but the seeds were sown, countless challenges overcome, and the firm Alice Wu, her husband Ben, and son Christian are members of foundation of mission extend beyond 20 years. At the October the Hong Kong Chapter of the Compass Rose Society. 6 thanksgiving dinner — the concluding event — Archbishop Paul Kwong reminded all that, “We were formed in and for 8
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Archbishop Suheil Dawani with staff from the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre after confirmation that it had secured its second consecutive accreditation from the JCIA.
JERUSALEM PRINCESS BASMA CENTRE SECURES SECOND SUCCESSIVE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION
The Diocese of Jerusalem’s rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities, which the Compass Rose Society supports, has obtained its second consecutive audit from the Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA). The Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre, on the Mount of Olives, provides a structured program of holistic care for Palestinian children from the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. In December 2015 it received its first three-year JCIA accreditation, becoming the first – and to date, the only – Palestinian rehabilitation centre to receive such international accreditation. It has now completed its second audit, gaining accreditation for the next three years.
“ T his accreditation is essential and is a testimony that
safety, quality delivery of clinical care, and overall patient support.” The JCIA provides accreditation to hundreds of health care organizations in more than 100 countries worldwide. Its accreditation is the gold standard seal of approval. The Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre provides rehabilitation treatments to more 700 children a year, creating positive changes in their lives and the lives of their families. It is one of several health care ministries operated by the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem. In December, the Archbishop in Jerusalem, Suheil Dawani, has issued an emergency appeal after the outpatient’s clinic of the diocese’s al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza collapsed.
the Centre continues to provide high quality services for patients according to international standards,” the organization said on its website. The General Director of the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre, Ibrahim Faltas, thanked all staff at the Centre for their hard work and persistence in achieving the accreditation for the second time. “We are one of the lead organizations that work on developing knowledge and expertise in the field of child rehabilitation,” she said. “Receiving this accreditation is clear evidence of the high level of scientific and clinical competence and a clear commitment for quality of service provision for our patients.” Violette Mubarak, the Director of the Centre, added: “Our equipped and skilled team is committed to providing high quality rehabilitation services to our patients. By achieving this accreditation, the patients and their families will have confidence that the facility has met strict criteria in patient’s
The latest edition of Anglican World magazine – the last edition of Anglican World in its current format—featured the work of the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre.
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Anglicans TA K E S O F F I N A F R I C A By the Reverend Rachel Mash
at the Commonwealth Youth Forum in London. He shared some of the challenges of climate change in Mozambique. He met the Archbishop of Canterbury and was able to spend some time with the youth of the diocese. The Eco-bishops gathering was a wonderful conference where 17 bishops, with women and youth reps gathered to share their experiences of mitigation and adaptation – they came from fourteen dioceses across Southern, Central and East Africa.
Green Anglicans is the environmental movement of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. They are one of the projects being supported by the Compass Rose Society. Inspiring Anglicans to take up the challenge of the fifth mark of mission, they started five years ago, and with the support of the Society they have been able to grow the movement into the Province of Central Africa and the Anglican Students Federation just launched Green Anglicans in Kenya. Climate change is really hitting us in Africa and there is a growing awareness of the centrality of the gospel mandate to preach the good news to “all creation” not just the human beings. Some of the highlights have been the invitation to present at the CAPA Youth Conference in Nairobi (an All Africa Anglican conference) which got youth from many countries excited!) A workshop held in Malawi with a group from Mozambique present made it to the National Malawian TV. Bishop Ellinah our chairperson and Canon Rachel Mash were invited to the Diocese of Washington to run forums sharing the impact of climate change on Southern Africa at several churches including the National Cathedral. The visit also included a round table discussion with six members of the State Department, some lobbying on the Hill and a visit to the South African embassy to discuss the recent climate change impact report by the IPCC. National Anglican Youth conferences took up the theme of Creation Care in Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland and Botswana: young people are enthusiastically committing to plant trees, save water, embrace climate smart agricultural methods and reduce plastic pollution. Youth from the Anglican Green Church movement in Harare joined forces with the Friends of the Environment for a Walkathon – planting 120,000 trees across schools and churches. Canon Rachel was invited to address the Diocese of Oxford on the impact of climate change. David Junior, Green Anglican from Mozambique, was one of the three representatives of the Anglican Communion
Some Green Anglicans at work.
Three of our dioceses have formed a partnership with the Interfaith Centre for Sustainable Development and Gigawatt Global to place small scale solar farms on church land. Canon Rachel was invited to present at the Parliament of World Religions. The Green Anglicans movement has taken up the challenge of plastic pollution with a “bring your own bag” campaign, creating jobs and reducing plastic. The goal is to push for a national ban on single use bags. The Anglican Communion has just gained accreditation with the United National Environmental Programme and so we are planning to send a delegation to the Assembly in Nairobi in March. 10
UPDATE
E N D O W M E N T F U N D C A M PA I G N By Alfred Moore
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he Compass Rose Society is actively soliciting gifts for its $10 million endowment fund. Society President Bishop Andy Doyle first presented plans for the endowment fund at the 2015 annual meeting. He told members that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Anglican Consultative Council, and secretary general do not lack opportunities to meet the challenges of reconciliation, mission, and the need for ever-deepening spiritual growth presented by the global church. “The question remains,” said the bishop, “who will stand in the breach between the needs of the Anglican Communion and the resources to undertake its ministry? The Compass Rose Society is looking for partners to join us and meet this need squarely with the financial donations required to undergird the vision of Communion to which I firmly believe God has invited us.” Two years on, the Compass Rose Society has now launched the endowment fund, and a working group has begun fund-raising. The members of the working group are the Rev. Canon John Peterson, the Rev. William Fowler, Society treasurer Bob Biehl, Norris Battin, and chair Alfred Moore. Other Society members will be invited to join the group. The endowment fund will generate income to support the Society’s annual commitment to the Anglican Consultative Council. “As the endowment fund grows, new memberships and annual member contributions will then support mission initiatives throughout the Anglican Communion,” said Bishop Doyle. “As a former secretary general of the Anglican Communion, I know first-hand how important such an endowment is,” said the Rev. Canon John Peterson. “This endowment will allow the Anglican Communion to initiate new unbudgeted programs between ACC meetings or respond to humanitarian crises.” A trust fund established as an English charity, with the Anglican Communion Office as sole beneficiary, holds the endowment. The Compass Rose Society’s board of directors and its finance committee will oversee the endowment, and five trustees, two of who are Society members, will supervise the trust. The trust manager will be the company Churches, Charities and Local Authorities Investment Management Limited (CCLA), an ethical fund manager who oversees the funds totaling £7.842M at March 31, 2018, held by the Church of England’s Central Board of Finance
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and other charities and local government bodies, including the Anglican Consultative Council. Welcoming the move, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: “I greatly appreciate the commitment that the Compass Rose Society has made to the global ministry of my office and the Anglican Communion. The Society has supported several of my predecessor’s initiatives, including the Anglican Observer to the United Nations, the Bible in the Life of the Church, and theological textbooks for seminary libraries and, during my tenure, the Continuing Indaba project. “The Society’s Endowment Fund will both offer support to ongoing Communion programmes and will allow the Communion to respond more generously to our future global initiatives. I urge all members to remember the Compass Rose Society Endowment Fund in their estate planning endeavors as well as in their annual charitable giving.” The secretary general of the Anglican Communion, The Most Revd. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, also welcomed the creation of the fund, describing it as “a great gift for our global family that will enable the Communion to support its different ministries for decades (and hopefully centuries) to come.” 11
R E V I S I TA D O From the Anglican Communion News Service By Amelia Brown
THE COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY VISITED TWO DIOCESES IN BRAZIL IN 2011 The Diocese of Rio de Janerio and the Diocese of the Amazon in Belém (see Compass Rose Communicator Summer 2011). Ruth de Barros did much of the hard work on the ground to make our visit successful. This article from the Anglican Communion News Service lets us know more about Ruth and what she’s been doing. It’s reprinted with the permission of the ACNS which now produces weekly news bulletins in French, Spanish and Portuguese. We kept the original British spelling in the article.
Falling in Love With – and in – Brazil When Ruth de Barros went to Brazil on a short-term mission placement, she was told: “You’re going to fall in love with Brazil, and Brazil is going to fall in love with you.” Now, having served for 25 years as a missionary, a community organiser, a faith-leader, a wife and mother, she reflects on those words in an interview with Amelia Brown. During her quarter-century in Brazil, she taught English, fell in love, ministered to prostitutes, got married, created community centres, started classes, ministered in the Amazon, and raised her son. Ruth’s story starts in her early 20s, in a jazz bar in England. Raised as a nominal Roman Catholic, Ruth’s faith had faded. She couldn’t see where people of faith impacted or understood the real world. This particular night, she found herself chatting with someone who she was shocked to learn was a Christian. After assuring her that it was perfectly normal to be a Christian, have a drink and listen to jazz, he went on to invite her to his Anglican parish church. “So I agreed to go to his church,” Ruth recalled. “It was so open and so welcoming that I thought ‘this is the family I want to be a part of.’ And that’s why I decided I wanted to do something more for the Church.” Faith rekindled, Ruth looked for ways to share it. “I decided to go to Brazil because I had recently come back to the Church after being away for a long time and I wanted to do something useful in mission. I didn’t want to just go to church on Sundays; I wanted to do something meaningful.” With that in mind, she signed up with the mission agency, USPG. In October 1992, Ruth found herself serving in Porto Alegre, in the Southern Diocese of the Episcopal Church of Brazil.
Ruth de Barros at St. Jose da Pedras Church Pratinha favela, Belém, Diocese of Amazon, Brazil. Photo Credit: Leah Gordon / USPG
She started out teaching English in the seminary. Quickly, Ruth’s colleagues realized that her heart longed to be outside, working in the community. She joined a ministry to prostitutes, providing health appointments and helping them apply for ID cards. “Basically, we supported them. These women suffer a lot of violence from the police and the public. It’s a lot of abuse...It’s the kind of job that’s never going to go out. It’s been with us for years, and these women need to be treated a little better, with a little more respect.” After nine months in Brazil, USPG and the Church in Brazil invited Ruth to extend her mission. Her immediate excitement made staying an obvious choice. So for another year, Ruth ministered in Porto Alegre, putting down deeper and deeper roots in Brazil, including marrying Saulo de Barros. Saulo met Ruth when she was teaching English, during her first weeks in Brazil. A few years later they would have their son, Thomas. 12
One of the people who invited Ruth to extend her stay was the Bishop of the South Western Diocese, in Santa Maria, who hired her a year later to run her choice of community development projects. “I picked the one that was more challenging because I love a challenge,” Ruth explained. Indeed, the project was a challenge. It encompassed an organic garden and a community bakery, offering employment opportunities. The facility also was home to a school and nursery, as well as literacy classes for adults. In her spare-time, Ruth worked on a suicide prevention hotline, gave English lessons, and sang in the local church choir. “Saulo had to remind me that I still had a husband at home,” Ruth laughed.
be thousands of miles, demanding a week of travel on the river. Diocesan clergy were stretched thin. Communities struggled with development, literacy, and medical support. But Ruth and Saulo also saw change occur under their watch. Over time a few more clergy arrived. A course that Ruth began in 2013, facilitating discussions on topical issues such as racism, chauvinism, and leaderships skills, expanded into Río, and continues on to this day. Ruth just as honest about the challenges she personally faced, particularly as her mother grew ill with Parkinson’s over time and she herself was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005. “It strengthened my faith, I think. I mean, yes. At times it was wavering. When things were really difficult, I often
Ruth de Barros in Pratinha favela, Belém, Diocese of Amazon, Brazil. Photo: Leah Gordon / USPG
In 2000, the family relocated to Olinda in the Diocese of Recife. Two years later Ruth, Saulo, and their young son Thomas relocated again to the Amazon, to a community called Belém. They stayed there for the next 15 years. It was during this time that Ruth learned some of her most important lessons: to slow down and to let go. “I’ve always been that person who thinks ‘Oh! I’ve got to do this; I’m the missionary, I’m being paid, I’ve got to do everything!’ But I’ve learned that isn’t so good. I think one of the major lessons I learned was to hold back and listen more, and to just be with people rather than doing everything.” She was candid about the struggles they faced in their ministry: how Saulo was one priest responsible for five-to-six parishes, about the poverty facing the communities in the Amazon, and about the sheer distance between communities. In 2005, Saulo became the first Bishop of the newly organized Diocese of the Amazon, and these problems became more poignant. The distance between parishes could
wondered and used to say to God ‘Do you want me to stay and carry on here?’” In the face of these challenges, she found strength in family, both family in the UK and in Brazil. “We know that you love your mother and that you want to be with her, but we would be so sad if you left!” the people would cry. Her family’s support of her work in Brazil and the kinship created with the congregations there gave Ruth the resolve to continue.
CRS Past President Bishop Philip Poole preaching at the church of Christ the King in the Diocese of Rio de Janeiro in 2011
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Financial REPORT The Society Continues to Enable Communion Ministry
The year 2018 will be remembered as a milestone year for the Society as preliminary figures indicate that our collective donations pushed our total to more than $1 Million (USD), a 35% growth in giving over 2017. With strong support from the new Hong Kong Chapter and an upturn in Canadian giving, the Society will for the first time in some years meet our giving target for 2018. Hong Kong led the Society in new memberships in 2018 although the US and Canada also had strong growth. The generosity of our members has provided more than $550,000 for the ACC in support of its mission and ministry. We were also able to meet critical needs throughout the Communion with more than $210,000 to support the Diocese of Jerusalem in their aid to those in need in the Middle East. Also, the Society supported the Church of South India, the Diocese of Tanzania, Canterbury Cathedral and the Diocese of the Cape Coast as well as other Anglican dioceses and entities. Our members have so far allowed the Society to exceed $11.5 million in donations since our founding. Operating expenses for the Society grew in 2018 primarily as a result of increased expenses for the Annual General Meeting in London which was not as well attended as past meetings. Expenses were less than had been budgeted due to reduced requirements for the Endowment’s start-up and overall expenses were less than 15% of the Society’s revenues. I am pleased to report that the Society has raised over $150,000 in contributions and pledges for the Endowment Campaign. The Endowment Committee continues to work towards our goal of providing a trust fund to endow the Society’s annual commitment to the ACC budget. The flexibility offered by this fund would then allow the Society to widen its giving to the pressing needs of the provinces within the Anglican Communion. As you can see, the Society continues to be an important part of the Anglican Communion’s support. We will be finalizing these financials over the coming months and will post final statements for 2018 on the website www. compassrosesociety.org after the spring Board Meeting in April. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at treasurer@compassrosesociety.org. Respectfully submitted,
2018
Robert J. Biehl, Treasurer
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S U P P O RT T H E B I S H O P AC KO N
BISHO P AC KON M E M ORIA L CHRISTIAN EYE CENTRE By the Reverend Kofi deGraft Johnson
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generous Society member has offered to match gifts to the Bishop Ackon Memorial Eye Centre in Ghana up to $7,000 to pay off the debt remaining on the passenger van they recently purchased using a donation from the Society and a loan for the funds required to complete the purchase. The van is used to transport patients to and from the Centre and for other outreach activities. The Rev Canon Kofi deGraft Johnson who administers the Bishop Ackon Centre wrote this in thanks for our gift. “…To the glory of God, we have procured a brand-new Toyota HiAce 15-seater bus from Toyota Ghana. The bus was delivered to the Centre last Friday, and on Sunday, the Bishop dedicated the bus for our use.” To contribute, sent a check with a note “Bishop Ackon van match” to The Compass Rose Society, Attn: Tami Hawkins, donate online from the Society website, or scan the QR code and complete the donation form.
The Rt. Rev. Victor Atta-Baffoe Bishop of Cape Coast in the province of Ghana consecrates the passenger van at the Bishop Ackon Eye Clinic in Ghana.
BOOKS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY Bishop Doyle comments: For us to understand the future shape of vocations in the church we must first wrestle with the vocation of the church itself. I have attempted to do both in Vocãtiõ. I believe that God has a mission. God’s mission has a church -- a community -- and we are that community of beloved apostles. As such, how do we stop fumbling over institutional trappings and get to the business of our mission? What are the theological and spiritual imperatives that mark the work before us? And what are the economies that force us to rely on outdated models of being and doing church? I have explored these questions in previous books, sharing the conversations I have been having as a priest and then bishop of the Episcopal Church with my diocese and beyond. I have come to believe that some aspects of our formation for the future lie in how the Church functioned in the past. I firmly believe that there is a great tide that washes through the Church both from the past and the future. If we look carefully at our past, we can see the seeds of our becoming. I believe that the Holy Spirit draws us forward. Discernment and conversation cost what they will and lead where they may, are essential for leadership and strategy. All of creation flows out of the community of the Divine Trinity and is a reciprocation, a return to God, of this divine gift. We are part of that eternal return. As an institution filled with people, we also wander adrift, blown by winds that lead us elsewhere. (Ephesians 4:14) In every age, therefore, we examine the faith we have received to make necessary course corrections to ensure that we are traveling with the tide of God’s Spirit and not futilely rowing against it.
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Compass Rose Society Communion Diocese of Kaduna, Northern Nigeria
19 99
Jerusalem
20 00
Cuba Spain & Portugal
Diocese of Mpwapwa, Tanzania Hong Kong & Mainland China
Scotland & Wales
20 01 20 02 20 03
Diocese of the Highveld, Province of Southern Africa
(Study Trip)
20 04
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Ireland
20 05
(Study trip)
20 06
Rome (Study Trip)
Mexico
20 07
Salisbury, UK (Study Trip)
20 08
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Cyprus
VISITS & STUDY TRIPS AROUND THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
Diocese of Southern Malawi
20 09 20 10
Liverpool (Study Trip) Anglican Church in Brazil (The City of God in Rio & Belem in the Amazon)
Diocese of Cape Coast, Ghana
20 11 20 12
No Trips
Province of Southern Africa and the Diocese of False Bay
20 15 20 16
No Trips
(Study Trip, the Convocation of Episcopal Churches)
20 13 20 14
No Trips
Paris
20 17 20 18
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Communion Visit to Hong Kong, Shanghai & Nanjing China Visit to Anglican Center in Rome Jubilee Celebration
Visit to Hong Kong to Celebrate the 20TH Anniversary of the Diocese
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS All Saints Parish
Mr. and Mrs. Ian McCulloch
Conception Bay South, NL
Diocese of Ontario Chapter, Kingston, ON
Mr. Wing Nang Chan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGaughey
Hong Kong
Diocese of Ontario Chapter, Kingston, ON
The Very Reverend and Mrs. Kurt H. Dunkle
The Reverend Katherine Sharp McLean
Orange Park, FL
New Orleans, LA
The Rt Revd Rayford B. High, Jr.
Mr. Kai Chung Poon, Ms. Lillian Ng Lok Yee, Carl Poon Shing Hau, and Cian Poon Shing Hun
Razim-Normand Texas Chapter
Hong Kong
Holy Trinity Cathedral Hong Kong
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Stewart All Saints Atlanta Chapter, Atlanta, GA
Mr. Michael R. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Tin Tak Von Huene-Chan
Kanuga Conferences Chapter, Hendersonville, NC
Hong Kong
Ms. Leslie Lenny
Mr. Sing Wah Wong, Ms. Lam Yeun Chau, Mr. Wong Hong Chun, and Ms. Wong Hong Yau
Arlington, VA
Hong Kong
Mr. Howard Lo, Ms. Isabelle Lo, Natasha, Chase and Marcus Lo Hong Kong
WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED TO REPORT THE PASSING OF Mr. William Christopher Burgess
The Rev. Daphne Grimes
Atlanta, GA
Cody, WY
The Right Rev. George Edward Councell
Canon Miriam Hoover
Pennington, NJ
Glencoe, IL
Ms. Janet McCully Seattle, WA
Mr. Ed Treadway Scarborough, ON
Jack W. (Sandy) Smock Duarte, CA
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Continued from page 1 ~ Message From the President
Society for the greater Anglican mission. Compass Rose Society members over the years have enabled our brothers and sisters in economically and politically challenged environments, remote in both distance and common experience from our lives, to know that they are part of a larger community. Bob Biehl provides a full review of our 2018 gifts and funding priorities in this Communicator. Let me hit the high points. The year 2018 will be remembered as the year the Society first received 1 million (USD) in member’s contributions -- a 35% growth in giving over 2017. Our new Hong Kong Chapter led the way in new memberships for 2018. This generous level of support from our members provided more than one-half million dollars for the ACC in support of its mission and ministry. Also, the Society also met needs in the Diocese of Jerusalem which was hard hit by the US government’s cut-off of aid to the Palestinian Authority. The Society also continued to support various dioceses within the Communion in Asia and Africa. Since its founding, the Society’s members have enabled it to make gifts exceeding $11.5 million. A major Society project is to support the Lambeth conference. The Lambeth Conference is a significant event in the life of the Anglican Church. It brings together all active bishops and their spouses from across the worldwide Anglican Communion – that’s more than 165 countries. The aim is to seek God’s direction for the future of the Anglican/ Episcopalian Church for the decades ahead. You can read more about the conference here: www.lambethconference. org/en/. Every $10,000 US dollars raised will help bishops travel to the UK for this once in a lifetime experience. For many bishops, this will be the first time they travel outside
their jurisdiction. For mission areas where provincial bishops are the most economically stretched this would be impossible. With our help, we can insure that bishops make connections for the greater health and vitality of mission globally. This gathering puts bishops together not only in prayer and in reflection about our common future as a communion, but it is also a way of empowering the greater network of mission. As one of the instruments of communion, the Lambeth Conference will help us to strengthen our ties and mutual mission leadership. Please join me and my diocese in funding scholarships. You can donate by check or through our website at www. compassrosesociety.org/lambeth2020. Again, thank you for your annual support of the mission of the Anglican Communion. JoAnne and I are grateful, and we look forward to welcoming many of you to London for our 2019 annual meeting and dinner hosted by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Caroline Welby. I remain your faithful servant,
C. Andrew Doyle IX Bishop of Texas ~ President of the Compass Rose Society
Charles Andrew Doyle (Andy) is the ninth Bishop of Texas. He served five years as canon to the ordinary prior to his election. Bishop Doyle holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas and served at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, Austin before receiving his M. Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon in 1995 and priest the following year. He served at Christ Church, Temple and St. Francis, College Station.
Continued from page 3 ~ Some Mussing About the Lambeth Conferences
a noticeable increase in ethnic and racial diversity of the bishops between the 1988 and 1998. During that decade, not only did the Communion expand its membership with more dioceses, but also most of the bishops attending the 1998 conference were indigenous. No longer were bishops appointed from the global north to serve in the global south. This will certainly be true at the 2020 Conference hosted by Archbishop Justin Welby. While all aspects of the Lambeth Conferences are important, I believe that the most important thing that happens
at a Lambeth Conference is that the archbishops and bishops MEET. They pray together; they worship together, they eat together, they meet in small groups together, they participate in plenary sessions together, they have fellowship together. Many bishops serve in isolated dioceses in the Anglican Communion, and suddenly at the Lambeth Conference, they are no longer alone, but they are a part of something far greater -- they join the great diversity that distinguishes the Anglican Communion.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS & OFFICERS
THE COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY Supporting the mission of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican Communion.
The Right Rev. Jane Alexander Diocese of Edmonton AB
The Right Rev. Andrew Asbil Diocese of Toronto, ON
Robert J. Biehl Treasurer of the Society, Houston, TX
Michael J. Brown Montevideo, Uruguay
The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope Provost, Washington National Cathedral First Vice President of the Society, Washington, DC
The Right Rev. C. Andrew Doyle Bishop of Texas, President of the Society, Houston, TX
The Very Rev. Chun Ho Samson Jeremiah Fan Vice President of the Society, Dean of All Saints’ Cathedral, Hong Kong
The Rev. Canon Michele V. Hagans
BECOME A COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY MEMBER Join as an individual or form a chapter of several members. There are parish, diocesan, and cathedral chapters within the Society. Share in the annual meeting: visit Lambeth Palace or Canterbury Cathedral; join in a question and answer session and dinner with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Meet fellow Anglicans while traveling on Communion Visits throughout the world or study our Anglican heritage on location. Individual membership includes an invitation for the member (or couple) and up to two guests to attend the Society’s annual events and Communion Visits. With a parish membership, the rector and guest and two parish members may attend. Four members of a chapter may attend. With a diocesan membership, the bishop, a guest, and two members may attend. Attendees pay their travel expenses. For more information or to update your email address and other contact information, please email Tami Hawkins at thawkins@epicenter.org.
Washington, D.C.
Mark Hemingway Toronto, ON
The Most Rev. Dr. Josiah Idowu-Fearon Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, London, UK
The Rev. Andrew T.P. Merrow St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA
Ann M. Moore Minneapolis, MN
Carlos R. Muñoz White Plains, NY
The Rev. Canon Benjamin Musoke-Lubega Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY
The Rev. Canon John L. Peterson former Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Vice President of the Society, Hendersonville, NC
The Right Rev. M. Philip Poole Vice President of the Society, Barrie, ON
The Right Rev. Gregory Rickel Bishop of Olympia, Seattle, WA
Charles M. Royce Greenwich, CT
The Rev. Pamela Cottrell Shier Mount Morris, PA
James W. Stevens Houston, TX
David Sik Hung Tse Hong Kong
The Rev. Della Wager Wells Secretary of the Society, New Haven, CT
COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY SOCIAL MEDIA & INTERNET ACCESS: Website: www.compassrosesociety.org Facebook Group: w ww.facebook.com/groups/CompassRoseSociety (click “Like” to join the community) Twitter feed: @ CompRoseSoc (click “Follow” to join the community) Instagram: instagram.com/comprosesoc/ OTHER WEB LINKS: The Anglican Communion: www.archbishopofcanterbury.org The Anglican News Service: www.anglicannews.org Episcopal News Service: www.episcopalnewsservice.org Forward Movement Publications: www.forwardmovement.org MISSION PARTNERS: The Anglican Church in Southern Africa: www.anglicanchurchsa.org Diocese of Cape Coast, Ghana: www.capecoast.anglican.org Diocese of Southern Malawi: www.angdiosoma.org Diocese of Jerusalem: www.j-diocese.org Diocese of the Highveld: www.diocesehighveld.org.za Green Anglicans: www.greenanglicans.org Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil: www.ieab.org.br La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico: www.mexico-anglican.orgw NOTE TO MEMBERS: To receive the Communicator by email only, contact thawkins@epicenter.org THE COMPASS ROSE COMMUNICATOR: Published periodically by the Compass Rose Society, Norris Battin, Communications Committee Chair, editor. Photos by the Rev. Canon James Rosenthal, Kofi deGraft Johnson, and the Very Rev. Samson Fan and several CRS pilgrims. Comments welcome to nbattin+CRS@gmail.com. An electronic edition of the Communicator is available on the Society’s website www.compassrosesociety.org.