June 2011 A Section of Anglican Journal
The Way of the Cross Walk
Representing the Anglican Church group Integrity Saskatoon and Affirm United, the Rev. Shawn Sanford-Beck (centre, brown coat) carries the cross during the Good Friday “The Way of the Cross Walk” in Saskatoon on April 22. Nearly 500 people walked for more than two hours and attended to the 14 Stations of the Cross. For full story, see page 6. Photo – Tom Rogers
Lichfield Lenten Appeal to Benefit Daystar Community By Joanne Shurvin-Martin DAYSTAR FIRST NATION (Qu’A) – People on the Daystar First Nation near Punnichy will benefit from the generosity of people in the Diocese of Lichfield, England. The bishop of Lichfield, Jonathan Gledhill, hopes Christians in the 577 churches in Lichfield Diocese – together with schools and community organisations – will donate money raised by giving up luxuries to the Lent Appeal. Lichfield and Qu’Appelle have a longstanding relationship. In recent years Lichfield’s Lent Appeal has raised in the region of £50,000 (more than $78,000) a year. The funds are usually split between “home” projects working in the diocese and “away” projects overseas. This year the overseas projects are all initiatives being carried out by the Diocese of Lichfield’s overseas part-
ners in the worldwide Anglican Communion, including the Diocese of Matlosane in South Africa, the Diocese of Qu’Appelle in Canada, and the Dioceses of Singapore, West Malaysia and Kuching in the Province of Southeast Asia. Writing about the initiative with First Nations people in Canada, Bishop Jonathan said, “The relationship between Western Canadians and the indigenous First Nations people hasn’t always been good – and the church has played its part in this darker side of Canada’s history. “In Saskatchewan, the residential schools set up by the Anglican Church caused huge heartache as children as young as eight were taken from families in order to ‘Westernise them.’ “Those dark days are now past and the elders of the Daystar First Nation Reserve have invited Rev. Vicky Young of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle to run a full(Continued on page 3)
Christians Called to Pray just like the First Disciples By Rev. Stephen Harnish Rector of Leask and Shellbrook Diocese of Saskatchewan Acts 2:42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers Our bishop, Michael Hawkins, has in recent months stirred us in the Diocese of Saskatchewan with his rallying call found in Acts 2:42, “And they devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayers.” Found within this particular piece of scripture is the call to prayer. The first disciples devoted themselves to prayer. We are called to the same action in our life as baptized Christians.
Our bishop calls us back to this fundamental act of Christian living. One cannot enter into thought or conversation about prayer without thinking about the Lord’s Prayer, the most recognized of the Christian prayers. It is a prayer everyone is able to recite from memory, whether at a funeral, wedding, Remembrance Day service or any time Christians come together. As Anglicans we encounter the Lord’s Prayer in every aspect of our liturgy. It is found in the Office of Morning and Evening Prayer, the Holy Communion, the Burial Office and other liturgical settings. The Lord’s Prayer is so named because it is the prayer our Lord gave to His Church. It was the prayer He taught to the Apostles (Matt. 6:7-15, Luke 11:1-4). (Continued on page 4)