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Mary Brown retires in P.A. By Munden and Linda Coates
Lawrence and Priscilla Joseph wrap Mary Brown in an honoured star blanket from the indigenous Diocese of Missinippi during Brown's retirement celebration in Prince Albert. Photo courtesy Kathleen Stewart
Six diocesan readers commissioned for Qu’Appelle By Joanne Shurvin-Martin
This stole, custom-made in England, was presented to retired Bishop David Ashdown, the warden to readers of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle. Photo by Margaret Ball
REGINA – Six lay people were commissioned as diocesan readers in a special service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in May. During the same service, retired Bishop David Ashdown was commissioned as warden to the diocesan readers of Qu’Appelle. Ashdown received a specially made stole, and each of the new diocesan readers received a blue scarf, used by readers throughout the Anglican Communion. Each reader was presented to the bishop by a sponsor: Rodney Ashley of St. Phillip,
Regina by Heather Brownell; Gladys Foster of St. James, Regina by Margaret Nicholls; Carla Hoffman of St. Aidan, Moose Jaw by Catherine Osachoff; Jennifer Jacobs of St. James, Regina by Lorraine Hardwick; Malcolm Tait of All Saints, Regina by Rev. Susan Anholt; and Ellen Yuhas of St. Mary, Whitewood by Ewen Armstrong. The role of lay reader is an ancient one that has evolved over the centuries. Originally one of the orders of the early Church, the order was discontinued in Anglican practice at the time of the Reformation. Continued on page 5
PRINCE ALBERT – After 18 years of faithful service, Synod Office secretary Mary Brown has taken a well-earned retirement. About 90 people turned out for her retirement tea. Bishop Michael Hawkins remarked on Mary’s loyalty. She found her vocation and ministry in her job. She cared for the clergy as well as the people of the diocese. She brought the bishop tea at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. for eight years! She was a generous hostess to friend and stranger alike. Mary was presented with several gifts. A star blanket was given to her by the indigenous Diocese of Missinippi. It is the second-greatest honour that can be given. She also received a gift and card from the ACW and people of Little Red reserve. The diocese gave her a specially selected painting of Andre Martinson as well as a large travelling purse. A donation was collected and $1,200 was given towards her travel plans. Mary thanked everyone with the following: “Without all of your prayers my life would have been empty. I also have been blessed to not only have one great boss, but when he left, my next boss was just as great as the first one. “It was wonderful to have a caring and supportive staff to work with in the synod office. I am grateful and overwhelmed to receive so much love.” Mary’s previous boss was Bishop Anthony Burton. He wrote the following letter, that was read at her retirement tea: I am grateful for the opportunity to add my voice to the chorus of praise for Mary Brown on her richlydeserved, if oft-postponed, retirement. Mary makes friends wherever she goes and with
all sorts and conditions. She will be missed at the office not just by Bishop Hawkins, Bishop Halkett and (on Wednesdays) Bishop Arthurson – and not just by the other staff members whose day she brightens – but also by the volunteers with whom she enjoys such wonderful friendships, many of whom are no doubt at the retirement party. May I presume to say on behalf of those who are not able to be there this afternoon (including Stella Demery and Verna Redhead, for example, Percy Ross, James Settee, George Roberts, Myra Buck, John Fiddler, Charlie Fiddler, Edmund Bloomfield, Emily Felix, Mary-Ann Boote, Andrew Hallidie-Smith) congratulations! We are raising a glass to you from our several earthly and celestial postal codes! Mary came to the Synod Office exceptionally well qualified. She is one of the last administrators out there who is a whiz at the (now nearly extinct) art of shorthand. Siri may be getting smarter but you’ll never be able to get Siri to give you back a letter that includes all the stuff you should have said but didn’t, and leaves out all the stupid stuff you did say but shouldn’t have. Sic transit gloria mundi. When it comes to getting the job done, there is nobody as game as Mary. I remember making a diocesan video one winter. I got it into my head that we should film some of it outside when it was 35 below. At St. Mary’s Cemetery we set the video camera on a tripod in the snow. There was Mary, up to her hips in a snow bank, patiently holding up giant cue cards for me as I flubbed one line after another. From that day on, to me, “Saint” Mary’s cemetery took on a whole new meaning. Continued on page 6
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Keeping the soil of your soul watered What do I do when I feel spiritually dry or far from God? By Archdeacon Norbert Haukenfrers, D.Min
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he tomatoes were setting fruit and the lettuce had bolted. It was hot and dry with a gentle breeze keeping the bugs down, perfect weather for going to the beach, sitting on the patio or baling alfalfa. Summer had arrived with its unique rhythm, encouraging us to spend our time differently. Windows were opened, seeking that gentle breeze to cool off the house. The grass had been mowed, as otherwise it needed to be baled. When it was dry, the gardens were watered, and we sought shade and refreshment while visiting friends and family. Some even ventured away from the comforts of home to go outside and camp. In the summer, we are drawn to be outside by the heat of the sun. Although unprotected exposure to the sun can pose a serious health risk, the sun remains a significant source of
vitamin D. What would happen if gardens were left untended? What produce would there be to gather if no weeding or watering occurred? If the grass didn’t get cut, could our lawns be considered hay fields? How would our relationships flourish if we didn’t take our leisure to visit? Often our spiritual lives enter seasons where things become dry, requiring a particular kind of tending to keep the grass cut and the soil moist. Feeling dry spiritually and barren is not uncommon, as even Mother Teresa admitted to going through a 40-year spiritual dry spell, yet she remained faithful in her service to humanity. A friend who went through a particularly long spiritual dry spell told me once that during that time, reading the Scripture had become parched, his prayers died before they sprouted, and gathering for weekly worship had become a tiring chore. Yet, he persisted, knowing these three habits tended the garden of
his soul. Intellectually, he knew the problem wasn’t on God’s end, but that is not what it felt like. In fact, it felt like God had left him, God was tangibly absent and nothing appeared to be happening. The only refreshment he was able to find was in the hymns played on an organ. He could never explain what it was, but he knew that was what kept the soil of his soul moist throughout his spiritual dry spell. What keeps the soil of your soul moist? For it is in the moist soil that seeds sprout and fruit is born. When we go through dry spells where God feels distant, it is particularly good news to hear that the goodness of our spiritual life is functionally irrelevant. Our spiritual vitality comes from a heart nurtured in faith on a trellis of grace. It is as our lives are nurtured by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit through the watering cans of Scripture, prayer, and worship; the hoe of obedience, and the clippers of compassion tending for
fruit, that our growth is guided in grace. This is the nourishment that our lives require if we desire the kernel of faith to blossom, producing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. We are saved by faith through grace that isn’t dependent on us. We are invited to live in grace and truth by a loving God who is faithful, year in and year out. In our barren times, when God feels a long way off, we are reminded to remain faithful to the seed of Truth that is planted in the soil of our souls. For in the dry heat, the faintest whisper of “I love you” refreshes, offering hope. Just like many summer days, as the heat of the day is spent, there are flashes of intensity followed by a torrent of tears to moisten the soil of our soul. Often in times of spiritual dryness we don’t even know if we are a tomato setting fruit or a lettuce whose faith has bolted, preparing to bear the seed for yet another season of produce. When these times come, don’t forget to tend the soil of your soul.
Prairie Messenger newspaper to close in year's time By Abbot Peter Novecosky, OSB, editor
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olume 95 of The Prairie Messenger begins the final run of the Catholic newspaper. It will mark the last year the Prairie Messenger will be printed. The PM board of governors, the monastic community of St. Peter’s Abbey, decided recently to end publication of the Prairie Messenger in May 2018, after Vol. 95 is completed. The main issue is finances. The community decided it could not carry a debt that has ballooned to more than $200,000 a year. We at the Prairie Messenger have much for which to be grateful. We have been sustained by the generosity of countless donors over these past many years and by the encouragement of our faithful subscribers who found weekly nourishment in the Prairie Mesenger.
As well, we greatly benefited from the annual grant provided by the Aid to Publishers of the federal government’s Canadian Periodical Fund. We are especially grateful for the vision and efforts of former editor Rev. Andrew Britz, OSB, who established the PM Sustaining Fund in the 1990s. The fund has extended the life of the Prairie Messenger for several years. However, like a number of other religious and secular newspapers, we are affected by the changing times. The Internet and social media have changed the way people access news today. Our subscription base has fallen below 4,000 weekly subscribers. It has not been an easy decision to terminate the Messenger. Our history extends back to 1923 when the English Messenger was started. The apostolate of the press goes back even further, to
1904, when the German newspaper, the St. Peter’s Bote, was first published; the first year was edited in Rosthern and printed in Winnipeg. In 1968, the monastic community faced a similar critical point. A lay board set up by the community advised that the paper be turned over to the laity,
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Singing, dancing, smiling in Africa By the Right Rev. David Irving Bishop of Saskatoon
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any of you may have already read the article in the Anglican Journal about the PWRDF delegation to the Diocese of Masasi in Tanzania. As a member of that delegation I would like to share the joy and hope I saw in the people we visited throughout the Masasi region. The Diocese of Masasi has been a long-time partner with PWRDF on many projects and the delegation was to visit a number of communities where we have worked together on food security projects and maternal, newborn and child health initiatives. As you can imagine, getting to Masasi is quite a journey: Saskatoon to Toronto, then an overnight flight from Toronto to Amsterdam, followed by another 10-hour flight to Dar es Salem and a brief stop at Kilimanjaro. The next day we flew from Dar es Salem to Mtwara, where we were met by members of the diocese and then driven three hours to Masasi. When we arrived at the diocesan centre, which is situated next to the cathedral, Bishop James Almasi, many of his clergy and about 200 lay members were there to greet us with song, dance and big smiles; it was overwhelming. The next day, Sunday, we were asked to participate in the worship at the cathedral. I had the great privilege of being invited by Bishop James to preach and assist him in a confirmation service, where we confirmed 85 young people from around the diocese. We had a wonderful procession into the cathedral, with five city parish choirs leading us; throughout the service there was much singing and dancing. Although the service was four hours long, it went by very quickly and everyone in our delegation expressed the fact they would not have missed it for anything. It was a great celebration and one I will remember for a long time to come. On Monday, we visited three locations where joint
projects are underway. The first was the Mtandi clinic that began as a PWRDF Partners for Life project for HIV/AIDS and has since been expanded to include a maternal, newborn and child health building, a dispensary and an eye clinic. This was a very busy and impressive clinic one all of the partners should be proud off. We then travelled to Nanganga to visit what is called a dispensary; this is more like a small village clinic. At this location, they average about six deliveries a month. There is pre- and post-natal education as well as medication dispensed by the nurse. In the afternoon, we visited two of the sites involved with the food security program. At one we learned how the
When we arrived at the diocesan centre, which is situated next to the cathedral, Bishop James Almasi, many of his clergy and about 200 lay members were there to greet us with song, dance and big smiles; it was overwhelming.
beneficiaries in this village are chosen and trained to receive a pair of goats. We then met the owner of one pair; he was very proud of his goats. He shared that his family had benefited greatly with improved nutrition from the milk and cheese, that they used the dung in the vegetable garden and that goats are easy to feed, as they will eat just about anything they are given, including the weeds around the ho use. At the next community, we were greeted again with song and dance by a large group of people from three villages. The chief welcomed us and introduced us to a number of farmers, farm educators and health workers, and took us to visit a lady who had, just this January, received a
Bishop James Almasi (left) and Bishop David Irving confirm young parishioners at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew in Masai, Tanzani. Photo courtesy Andre Forget cow; the smile on her face was a mile wide. Over the next few days we visited a number of villages and met with a variety of individuals whose lives have been greatly enhanced by the Food Security program; families who in the past had food day to day or week by week, now had a more secure future. One family shared the effect on them after receiving a cow three years ago: they have gifted their first calf to another family, which is part of the program requirement. Today they have a cow and two calves and the income from the milk they sell has allowed them to purchase some dairy goats, make improvements to their home and allows them to send their daughter to school. What a change. Another farmer, Joyce, has gone from being an early recipient of a cow to a very successful farmer. Joyce has expanded her food production to the point where she can contribute to the food security of her community. She is also a trainer helping educate other farmers on food security. Not only has she benefitted, but her extended family whom she now employs on her farm has benefitted along with others in the community. Joyce has prospered and she is willing to share her knowledge and prosperity with all, which is a gift to the community. Joyce is now seen as a community leader and a person who offers advice and helps in
establishing farms. One recipient of a pair of goats was HIV positive; by getting the goats he now has access to nutritious milk that has improved his health. His goats have had five kids, and through the sale of the kids, he has generated some additional income for his family. To us, especially prairie farmers, a pair of goats, a cow or some chickens may not seem much, but
The chief welcomed us and introduced us to a number of farmers, farm educators and health workers, and took us to visit a lady who had, just this January, received a cow; the smile on her face was a mile wide.
to these families it really does enhance their lives and enable them to have some nutritious food and food security. In the week we visited a number of farmers and whole communities involved with the food security program, we visited health clinics/ dispensaries, water wells, met many community leaders, and trainers. Wherever we went, no matter how small, the villages, out of their generosity, made sure we were fed and greeted with much song and dance, and always a big smile.
No matter how little they had, they wanted to share it with us and show us how much their lives had been changed for the better by programs like food security and the health clinics. They kept thanking us for the work of the PWRDF and hoped it would continue. Over the years my wife and I have supported PWRDF’s program through our parish or diocese. I want to encourage you to join me in praying for the ministry of the PWRDF, for the staff of PWRDF and to be more generous to PWRDF, as your gift really does change lives not only in Tanzania but in Canada and around the world. The third Mark of Mission requires us “to respond to human need by loving service."
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ishop Michael Hawkins' June column was edited incorrectly and may have caused some confusion. What a paragraph in his column should have said was, “Many congregations will shrink for three months, but I am not writing to guilt our campers and fishers.” We regret the error.
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Church in God’s country A beautiful Saskatchewan sky welcomes 50 worshippers who attended the annual ecumenical service at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, New Osgoode this summer. Photo courtesy Linda Coates
Saskatchewan Anglican wins three awards at gala By Jason Antonio
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he Saskatchewan Anglican won three awards and received an honourable mention during the Canadian Church Press’ annual awards banquet in June. Bishop Michael Hawkins received an honourable mention for his theological reflection column. Nigel Salway took second place
for his news photo of the new banners at St. Luke’s Anglican Church. Salway also took first place for his feature photo of Bishop Rob Hardwick cycling across Saskatchewan during the latter’s first pilgrimage of prayer cycle ride. The Saskatchewan Anglican took first place for its March 2016 front page. About Hawkins’ column,
entitled Inflame us with new hope!, the judge wrote, “This is a passionate and clear message and in the end a joyful statement of faith. “It is marvellously simple and fresh and works at various levels to instill confidence and hope in the church and its mission to preach the good news.” About Salway’s news photo, the judge wrote, “This is a simple image, but it illustrates the story
well. The new fabric banners are depicted (almost) in their entirety.” About Salway’s feature photo, the judge wrote, “Good colour. Clean background. The photographer’s choice of a relatively slow shutter speed conveys speed and motion.” About the newspaper’s front cover for March, the judge wrote, “This page has a great main image and good hierarchy between the elements.”
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Announcements for September 2017 g Saskatchewan Anglican
online! You can read current and past issues of the Saskatchewan Anglican online on the Diocese of Saskatoon website or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ saskatchewananglican. g No news is not Good News! Is your parish planning an event, fundraiser or has it already held one and has something to report? Well, don’t keep it to yourself! Your news and upcoming events are “Good News” to us all and the news of your planned activities and their successes can help put your parish and its activities in “the news” and perhaps give additional people the chance to consider supporting them! g Native Ministry in Saskatoon: St. George’s Anglican Church (624 Ave. I South) provides a monthly Anglican Native Ministry Service. The service is held in the church hall at 1 p.m. with soup and bannock then at 2 p.m. a Eucharist and sharing circle that is led by Denise McCafferty and others. “We look forward to feasting and saying prayers with you to our Lord and Creator; please notify your friends and family and plan to
attend this gathering.” g Community Coffee House The Parish of St. George’s, Saskatoon, every Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Join them for a warm social time with coffee, tea, toast and some type of baked goods at no charge. The coffee time is followed by a weekly Bible study from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Both events are in the Parish Hall, 624 Ave. I South. g Seniors’ Lunch in Battleford: The Friendship Committee of St. George’s, Battleford invites all seniors to join them for lunch the first Monday of each month until June. Each Seniors’ Lunch begins at noon. g Cathedral 100th anniversary service: Plans are underway to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first service of worship in our cathedral. This will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7 (the actual date) in the form of Evensong with Morning Worship to follow the next day. Stay tuned for further details. g Mentoring volunteers needed: Imagine how it would feel to arrive in a new country where you don't speak the language, don't understand the culture and don't
know anyone. Saskatoon Open Door Society is recruiting volunteers for its Mentoring Program. Mentoring volunteers meet once a week with a newcomer to Canada to provide an introduction to the community and culture, friendship and sometimes language assistance. If you are interested in helping someone feel comfortable in their new home, and at the same time broaden your horizons by learning about another culture, contact Iryna at 306-653-4464 or izamchevska@sods.sk.ca. Orientation and training is provided. Appointments and Vacancies Treasurer needed for the Cathedral: Vestry at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist is searching for a volunteer treasurer for St. John’s. If you are interested in applying for this position, or have any questions, please contact Lauri Miller, Dean’s Warden, or Neil Doell, People’s Warden, or Dean Scott. g
The Rev. Shawn Sanford Beck, the Rev. Alex Parsons, and Klaus Gruber and Margie Gruber were installed as canons of the diocese. The Rev. Gyllian Davies, previously a deacon at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Saskatoon was ordained to the priesthood; and G. Sheldon Carr, Peter R. Coolen, Denise A. McCafferty and Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers were ordained to the diaconate at the Pentecost Sunday Service at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Saskatoon on June 4. Congratulations to everyone! g
Deadline To be included in a timely manner, brief notices should be sent to the Associate Editor by e-mail or “snail mail” by the last week of the month, two months before the month in which insertion is desired (for example, December submissions will be in the February issue). Detailed and longer texts of upcoming events will not be included here, but should space allow, could be the subject of article and notices elsewhere in the paper.
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Six diocesan readers commissioned for Qu’Appelle Continued from page 1 It was revived in the Church of England in 1866 and the number of licensed readers has steadily increased throughout the Anglican Communion. Bishop Hardwick prepared a three-page explanation of the role of diocesan readers. He wrote that within days of his arrival in 1884, the first Bishop of Qu’Appelle “licensed three lay readers to work with the small band of clergy available to him.” Hardwick continued, “Over the years (lay readers) proved invaluable to the Church in enabling clergy to extend sacramental and pastoral ministry beyond the parish setting to new areas of settlement. “Without a doubt, during times of war and economic depression, when the number of available clergy declined, lay readers were essential in keeping parishes and missions open by bringing Anglicans together for
regular worship and fellowship.” From the late 1960s, lay people began to play a much larger role in parishes and in worship and the role of lay readers began to decline in the diocese. Hardwick wrote, “I believe it is time once again to reach beyond congregational walls and reach out to other communities, especially those without a church, to enable people ‘to know Christ and to make Him known.’ (the motto of diocesan readers). “As such, the diocesan reader, as lay evangelist, catechist, preacher, teacher and worship leader will play an important and vital role in this shared missional task of all the Church. “ ... I have no doubt that effective equipped, educated and dedicated readers across the diocese will enhance the mission of the church ... .” Hardwick explained that readers are licensed
With Bishop Rob Hardwick in behind, the newly commissioned diocesan readers are presented to the congregation. (l-r) Ellen Yuhas, Malcolm Tait, Jennifer Jacobs, Carla Hoffman, Gladys Foster and Rod Ashley. Photo by Margaret Ball by the bishop because of the level of responsibility, commitment and training that the ministry requires. It provides for consistency across the diocese in what diocesan readers will do and how they are trained. The licence is for three years and is renewable.
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Diocesan readers will perform many of the same roles as ordinary lay people – such as reading the Scriptures during services and performing some of the activities of clergy – such as preaching or officiating at nonsacramental services, including funerals.
The focus of the diocesan readers’ ministry will vary, depending upon the gifts of the individual and the needs of the area in which they serve. Bishop Ashdown said later, “It is a diocesan ministry which finds its primary mission in the parish.”
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How to organize a travelling supper By Munden Coates ARBORFIELD (Skwn) – One of the delights of being a member of the Church of the Ascension in Arborfield is you get to participate in a travelling supper a couple of times a year. At a travelling supper you progress from one home to another as you change courses. It’s plenty of fun, especially if there are trips back and forth between the farms and town. If you would like to try a travelling supper in your parish, then simply follow this template: 1: Strike an organizing committee. They will set the appropriate date and the number of courses. We always choose a Friday night and we usually have three or four courses (appetizers, salads, main course, desserts). 2: Ask for volunteers to be the hosts for each course. When participants sign up, they indicate which of the hosts they would like to help. Two or three people help with appetizers, someone will share the salad host’s duties, etc. That way meals are more predictable than potluck. Children, infants and teenagers can attend. We had one baby who attended two suppers before she was a year old. Sometimes close friends or extended family attend as guests. 3: The main course is the heart and soul of the
Travelling suppers are a great form of Christian fellowship. We get to visit each other’s homes; we get to meet the pets. travelling supper. Whoever hosts needs plenty of help with food preparation, serving and clean-up. Sometimes we have a formal seating, sometimes we eat off the points of our knees. Note that if you are serving the next course, it is best to get a head start so you and your helpers may need to leave a little early. 3: Coffee and tea are essential. Wine is optional, depending on the local mores. 4: After dessert, we sometimes have a singalong. Our musicians prepared a booklet of our favourite tunes. We do sea shanties, Newfoundland jigs, folk songs, rounds and a little gospel. Travelling suppers are a great form of Christian fellowship. We get to visit each other’s homes; we get to meet the pets. We try to avoid the menin-the-kitchen, women-inthe-living-room cliché. We tell and re-tell stories. It is a fine way to welcome new members or clergy to the congregation. 5: Take plenty of pictures!
Time to travel from the appetizers to the main course. From left are Munden Coates, Winona LeGrand, Richard Walton, Colleen Walton, Denise Bitzer, Ron Bitzer, Shirley Reavie, Betty Edwards, Ken Edwards, Danny Edwards and Jo-Ann Edwards. Photo by Linda Coates
Ed Dunfield ordained to priesthood By Linda Kapasky REGINA – Rev. Edward Wilson Dunfield was ordained to the priesthood at St. Paul’s Cathedral on May 31, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. Bishop Rob Hardwick officiated at the evening service. Dunfield was presented by Dean Mike Sinclair; Rev. Michael Bruce, incumbent at St. Luke, Regina; and Bob Cade,
a cathedral parishioner. Also participating in the service were Canon Michael Jackson, MC; Deacon Winna Martin; sub-deacon Emilie JewettCurley; and Rev. Pilar Gateman, ACPO secretary for the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land. In her homily, Gateman stressed the importance of being humble before God and to make prayer central
in one’s life. Following the service, a celebration reception was held in the Edna Mae Forbes Cloister of the cathedral. Dunfield began his theological training at Nashotah House Seminary while a parishioner at St. Luke. He served as deacon at St. Paul’s Cathedral and will continue as an assistant priest.
Bishop Rob Hardwick presents a chalice and patten to newly ordained priest, Ed Dunfield. Photo by Margaret Ball
Mary Brown Continued from page 1 Mary is a devoted, utterly unpretentious, and phenomenally resilient disciple of Christ and servant of the Church. She leaves behind
at the office a legacy of compassion, faith, hard work, loyalty, efficiency, good humour and kindness that will be treasured forever in the hearts of her legions of friends and admirers.
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Ten women priests concelebrate with the bishop By Joanne Shurvin-Martin REGINA – A special Eucharist service was held on June 24, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada. Bishop Rob Hardwick was the celebrant and 10 women priests from the diocese were concelebrants in the service held at All Saints. Diocesan elder, Rev. Dale Gillman, offered an opening prayer and smudging ceremony before the first hymn, She Comes Sailing on the Wind. The readings were those for the feast of the Birth of John the Baptist. The date had been chosen because it is the anniversary of the ordination of the diocese’s first woman priest, the late Rev. Betty Garrett. Deacon Maylanne Maybee, principal of the Centre for Christian Studies, Winnipeg, preached. She said, “It is a joy to celebrate with you, this 40th anniversary, but also the service of all women’s ministry.” Maybee spoke of the Magnificat (Mary’s Song of Praise) from the Gospel (Luke 1: 46-55) She said there is some question as to whether this is what Mary said, or if it was Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, or perhaps a duet between the two women. She mentioned portions
Bette-Lou Paragg (at lectern) of All Saints, Regina reads part of the Prayers of the People, during the special service celebrating the 40th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood, held at All Saints, Regina. Photo by Nigel Salway of the song are clearly based on Hannah’s song (1 Samuel 1) and pointed out that Hannah is the feminine version of the name John. Maybee recounted that 40 years ago there was both joy and consternation in the Church concerning women priests. “Many of the dire predictions have not come true, but some
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have,” she said. “Forty years on, the Church has found new life, a willingness to risk, inclusiveness and a welcoming nature.” She also said, “The Christian church needs the talents of all its people.” Lay women and women clergy took almost all the roles in the special service. During the Prayers of the
People, a series of photos was projected, showing women past and present in the diocese. This slideshow can be viewed on the diocesan website at quappelle. anglican.ca under Qu’Appelle News, click on the 40th Anniversary item. The prayers gave thanks “for all the women who have offered their
gifts and ministries from the beginning, those who do so now, and those who will come in the future.”
Honouring women in Scripture and ministry By Joanne Shurvin-Martin REGINA – An event on June 24 celebrated the 40th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada, and honoured the ministry of all women. More than 30 people, mostly women, attended the morning workshop, with about a dozen more at the Eucharist with Bishop Rob Hardwick presiding. Hardwick explained the date for the event was chosen since it is the anniversary of the
ordination of the late Betty Garrett, the first woman priest in the diocese of Qu’Appelle. All Saints, Regina hosted the diocesan event. The workshop was led by Deacon Maylanne Maybee, principal of the Centre for Christian Studies in Winnipeg. She has been a deacon for 39 years and is the second-longest serving deacon in the Anglican Church in Canada. (Canon Michael Jackson is the longest-serving deacon in the ACoC). Maybee has worked for the church in areas of peace, justice and
ecology; co-ordinated diaconal ministry in the Diocese of Toronto; and worked ecumenically with inner city parishes and organizations across the country. Trinity College, Toronto, recently awarded her an honorary Doctor of Divinity. Small groups discussed the question, “When did you first receive your sense of call?” Then Maybee discussed her own call. “When I was 12 years old I was going to be a missionary or a nun. ... At 21, I met with the head of the order I was interested in, who Continued on page 8
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Event honours women in Scripture and ministry Continued from page 7 said that I had many gifts, but not as a nun.” She discovered there are many other ways to serve God and the Church. A large timeline was constructed, which illustrated the ministry of women, beginning with the Hebrew midwives who disobeyed the pharaohs and saved Hebrew newborn boys. Maybee pointed out that in the New Testament, Christ is never recorded treating women as inferior, or patronizing them. She explained that in the early days of the Church, women had roles parallel to men, but as the church structure became more highly organized, women were often relegated to lesser roles, but always played an important part. In the 1800s, churches in Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands revived the role of female deacons, called deaconesses. In 1862, Elizabeth Catherine Ferard was ordained as the first deaconess in the Church of England. While the early timeline focused mostly on the church in Europe, the later parts concentrated on Canada and specifically the Diocese of Qu’Appelle. The Sisters of St. John the Divine is a religious order founded in Canada in 1884. For 52 years, the SSJD operated the Qu’Appelle Diocesan School for girls in Regina, and many of the nuns were fondly remembered by people at the workshop. The Sunday School by Post provided a sort of “correspondence course” Sunday School for children in rural areas of the diocese. Similar to most parish Sunday Schools, it was operated by women. The Sunday School Caravan Mission, which operated from after the First World War until 1970, sent young women in pairs to visit isolated rural areas, operate Vacation Bible Schools, and even conduct services. At least one former “vanner,” Sandra Hill, was at the workshop. Also attending was a former Bishop’s Messenger, Phyllis Ilsley. These were women who had theological training and were sent to serve in
areas where there were no clergy, “usually places where men wouldn’t go,” said Ilsley. Bishop’s Messengers took services, provided Christian education, and baptised and buried people. Ministry of lay and ordained women recognized The workshop, and later the Eucharist service, also honoured ordinary lay women for the important work they did and continue to do. The Women’s Auxiliary was formed in 1885 and one of its early goals was to provide pensions for female missionaries, which the church did not provide. The W.A. became the Anglican Church Women in 1966 and continues to be a major force in the church. Parishes have relied on “the ladies” to serve in many roles that are mostly taken for granted, such as Sunday School teachers; the
Deacon Maylanne Maybee leads a workshop on women in ministry. backbone of many church choirs; administrative and secretarial work; and of course doing most of the work for all parish
functions, especially in the kitchen. As well, many women now serve on vestry and as wardens, roles that were exclusively male for many years. As were priests. In the secular world, women had begun to work in jobs previously only held by men, often very slowly and with much opposition, but occasionally suddenly, as when women did “war work” during both world wars. Eventually it was not uncommon for a lawyer, doctor or engineer to be female, and women in the 1960s had more career options than nurse, school teacher or secretary. But in religious fields, options were still very limited. At the General Synod of 1973, the Anglican Church of Canada accepted the principle of the ordination of women to the priesthood. It then had to be accepted by the House of Bishops and ratified in the
General Synod of 1975. The first women were ordained in 1976. In the Diocese of Qu’Appelle, Betty Garrett, a former Bishop’s Messenger, was the first female priest, ordained in 1979. Ruth Taylor was ordained the same year. Rev. Dale Gilman, the first Aboriginal woman priest in Qu’Appelle, was present to put her own photo on the timeline. The workshop concluded with reading and discussing three hand-outs: a selection from the Book of Acts, and articles by Reg Stackhouse and Marjorie Powles. The biblical passage and provocative articles engaged the participants in considering how women can continue to serve in ways that innovate, challenge and extend the ministry of the church. It was a fitting way to end the workshop and an engaging morning. Photo by Joanne Shurvin-Martin
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Mysterium tremendum, or, a terrible mystery By the Rev. MarieLouise Ternier Editor’s note: The Rev. Marie-Louise Ternier is a deacon serving as the pastoral minister for the Anglican and Lutheran Parishes in Watrous. In her spare time she serves on the programming team at Queen’s House in Saskatoon. MarieLouise is also a published author and spiritual director, retreat leader and conference speaker. This column is copublished with the Prairie Messenger. Marie-Louise blogs at http://graceatsixty. wordpress.com.
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t’s that time again: musing about Eucharist, ordination and church. A friend recently cited two reasons for not taking communion in an Anglican church. First, he highly doubted whether Anglicans really believe in transubstantiation, that they truly believe to receive the actual body and blood of Christ. Second, he feels he cannot receive in a church that is not “in communion” with Rome.
I replied by referring to the substantial agreement on the Eucharist that exists between Roman Catholics and Anglicans (ARCIC 1971), including on the Real (and permanent) Presence of Christ in the Eucharistic Body and Blood: “We believe that it is of utmost importance for our two Churches to acknowledge their substantial identity in the area of Eucharistic doctrine, and to build upon it as they go forward in dialogue.” (For a complete listing of AnglicanCatholic Documents and Agreements, visit https:// iarccum.org/agreedstatements). But my friend remained unconvinced: “I’m not interested in ecumenical documents. I’m interested in the actual beliefs of the people. A lot of Anglicans don’t even think it is a Mass. You either believe in transubstantiation or you don’t. “And the Anglican Church, as a whole, does not. Individuals within it do. That’s not a position that makes logical sense as a basis for inter-
Learning about Jesus at VBS
“Getting S’More of Jesus” was this year’s theme for the Church of the Ascension’s Vacation Bible School. Betty Edwards, Alice Carpentier and Colleen Walton, with assistance from Father Travis and Rev. Jeremy Boehr, held three days of activities for more than two dozen children. Photo courtesy Betty Edwards
communion.” I felt sad. Learning about ecumenical agreements, especially on the Eucharist, would go a long way to help my friend appreciate our current shared understanding. I know that Rome consistently holds that unity at the Eucharistic table can only arise as a result of ecclesial unity. But that does raise the question: how do we know that we have achieved enough unity to share the table of the Lord? Who gets to determine this? Ecumenical agreements on the Eucharist between Roman Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans and Lutherans now raise the question of whether the remaining differences need to be church dividing. Moreover, the Gospels portray Jesus as sharing Himself indiscriminately with all types of people, regardless of criteria for full communion. It is Pope Francis who insists that we trust the unifying and healing power of the Eucharist as a “powerful medicine for the weak.” Continuing to limit access to this unifying and powerful medicine in one another’s churches seems to set up a logical contradiction. The Eucharist is Jesus’ banquet of complete selfgiving; Christ Himself is the host, the Church its servant. The Anglican reverence for the individual’s capacity of faith allows for the person to appropriate the Eucharistic mystery of Real Presence in whatever way he can. This comes through at the distribution of Holy Communion: “The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith, with thanksgiving. “The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in remembrance that Christ’s Blood was
Lorna and Ray McLean stand beside the headstone of Bishop John McLean and his wife Kathleen, east of St. Mary's Church in Prince Albert. Photo by Fred Payton
Seeking the family roots in Prince Albert By Fred Payton PRINCE ALBERT – Ray McLean, greatgrandson of the first bishop of the Diocese of Saskatchewan, travelled from Chetwynd, British Columbia to research information of his forebear. At the diocesan archives in Prince Albert, John, his wife, Lorna, and their twin grandsons found shed for thee, and be thankful” (Order for Holy Communion, Book of Common Prayer). Do any of us really fully grasp Jesus Christ’s self-giving to the point of death? I do not expect to ever exhaust the meaning of this profound mystery. Anglican Eucharistic spirituality fosters a deeper humility, making me more hesitant to pass judgment on how others understand and live their Christian faith: “Let us look at our own shortcomings and leave other people’s alone; for those who live carefully ordered lives are apt to be shocked at everything and we might well learn very important lessons from the persons who shock us. “Our outward
accurate information about John’s greatgrandfather. Bishop John McLean was consecrated on May 3, 1874 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, at the Lambeth Parish Church of St. Mary. He served as bishop of the diocese until his tragic death on Nov. 6, 1886. comportment and behaviour may be better than theirs, but this, though good, is not the most important thing: there is no reason why we should expect everyone else to travel by our own road, and we should not attempt to point them to the spiritual path when perhaps we do not know what it is.” (The Interior Castle St. Teresa of Avila). When all is said and done, I can only stand humbly before a mysterium tremendum; a terrible mystery.
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Studying the Old Testament at summer school By Elizabeth Turnbull MOOSE JAW (Qu’A) – From July 10 until July 14, 10 diligent students met in Wood Acres Conference Centre and studied the Old Testament under the tutelage of Mavis Mulder. She has a master’s of Christian studies and bachelor of education. Mulder taught Old Testament studies at Eston College and is currently on the faculty of the Kindersley Campus of Great Plains College. The Summer School was a continuation of the Qu’Appelle School for Mission and Ministry Old Testament course held from June 9 to 11. Students were required to have recently read the Old Testament prior to taking the course. At the end of the week, the students gained an understanding of the chronology and historical context of events and persons, the overarching themes of the Old Testament, God’s selfrevelation through history, and an understanding of the poetic and prophetic portions placed in their historic context. God’s character was seen in His relationship with the people and actions in history. To enhance the experience of studying the psalms, Rev. Michael Bruce taught us how to sing in plainchant as pointed by Healey Willan. When Bruce sang, the psalms were spinetinglingly beautiful. When I tried, I yawned with recollections of hearing it done poorly in our little church when I was a child. By Thursday afternoon, our minds had suffered from over-saturation of biblical knowledge. Fortunately, Canon Catherine Harper had arranged for us to indulge in fish and chips at Bobbie’s, a local English pub. Some stayed to play trivia games. Each day started at 8 a.m. with a form of Morning Prayer. During the day we would have about four services, with the before-lunch service being the Eucharist. The BAS and BCP were used equally over the week. In assigned groups, the students led and prepared the services.
Mist in the Wakamow Valley spoke to the author of the history of the place and the presence of the Holy Spirit. Photos by Nigel Salway Some of us found this a bit nerve wrecking. The formal part of the day would end between 8:30 and 9:00 pm, after Compline or a form of Night Prayer. The expansive windows in Wood Acres face the Wakamow Valley and the river. The prairie grass rippled under the hot July sun. The breezes seemed to whisper of something more, of someone or something in the past. The story is much more compelling than that of Al Capone’s visits to Moose Jaw. The name Moose Jaw is probably Cree in origin. Many Cree words contain the syllables “moos” and “aw.” Moose Jaw might be Anglicized from “moosihaw” meaning “he senses someone is around;” or “moosehtaw” meaning “he feels something;” or “moose pitaw” meaning “he is uncovered.” In 1876, after the Battle of Little Bighorn (General George Custer’s last stand), Chief Sitting Bull and his Sioux band, facing reprisals from the American government, crossed into Canada. They set up a semi-permanent camp in the Wakamow Valley. While at Summer School, I looked out the window in awe. In this valley, in the 1800s, the Métis hunters of the Red River came by way of the great western trail, the plains hunters’ trail, which led to the Cypress Hills. Here they crossed the Moose Jaw Creek at a big bend known throughout the buffalo
The Qu’Appelle School of Ministry and Mission held its annual Summer School at Wood Acres in Moose Jaw in July. The subject for this class was the Old Testament. In the back, from left, are instructor Mavis Mulder, Barb Wright, Morina Rennie, Rod Ashley, Canon Catherine Harper, Sue Boxall, Liz Turnbull and Nigel Salway. In front are Donna Klein, Deb Hubick, Barb Cox, Gladys Foster and Carol Marz.
At the QSMM summer school, three postulants for Ordination to the Diaconate assisted in the preparation of the Eucharist during the daily Communion service. From left are postulant Barb Wright, Archdeacon Catherine Harper, Postulants Sue Boxall and Deb Hubick. plains as “The Turn.” Here they traded furs. In 1881, Ross and Sutherland of the great transcontinental
railway, followed the old fur trade trail to The Turn and decided to have the railway cross the
valley here. Through the windows I viewed the railway bridge’s trestles. Continued on page 11
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Bishop David Irving visits Tanzania with PWRDF By the Right Rev. David Irving Bishop of Saskatoon Editor’s note: In May, Bishop David and Joan Irving travelled to Masasi Diocese, Tanzania as a part of a PWRDF delegation. While there, Bishop David attended and helped celebrate at a service of confirmation, on Mother’s Day, May 14 in the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew. Masasi, Tanzania. More than 700 attended the service and 85 were confirmed. This article describes the events of Day 3 (May 14) of the trip.
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hen we got to bed Saturday night it was hard to sleep. The joyous welcome we received when we arrived at the cathedral just kept going around in my head. That more than 200 people had waited to greet us with song and dance and very big smiles was overwhelming. Eventually sleep came and so did the rooster at 4 a.m. If you dozed it came again at 5 a.m. just to make sure we were all awake. After breakfast, we travelled to the cathedral for a confirmation service with 85 young people and a Mother’s Day celebration. The cathedral was full
with 700 people from the city and surrounding area attending. Bishop James Almasi had very kindly invited me to preach and also assist with the confirmation, which I was delighted to accept. We had a wonderful procession with five city parish choirs, our delegation and a number of the diocesan clergy. The choirs sang and danced as we entered and throughout the service. It was wonderful. Although the service was four hours long, it went by very quickly and everyone in our delegation expressed the fact they would not have wanted to miss it for anything. It was a great celebration and one I will remember for a long time to come. The Mothers’ Union provided a late lunch, and then we were taken to the first Anglican parish in Masasi, the parish of Utatu Matukufu Mkomaimdo. There we visited three microcredit projects run by the Mothers’ Union of the parish. There is a pig raising project, a home gardening project and a nursery to kindergarten project. The income from these projects goes to assist those in need around the parish and beyond. The parish has
A view of the crowded Masasi Cathedral in Tanzania for the confirmation service, held on Mother’s Day, May 14. Bishop Irving was pleased to help celebrate at the service of confirmation in the cathedral. Photo by Andre Forget an active Mothers’ Union membership of 96 and they meet every Tuesday for fellowship. Their motto is, “We work together and we have fun together.” We left the parish and were taken to see the Diocesan Mothers’ Union guest house that is under construction. When complete it will have six bedrooms and bathrooms and will be able to cater both to visiting
delegations and to anyone else who would like to stay. It is totally funded by Mothers’ Union members, and when finished, the income will be used on outreach projects around the diocese. The final visit of the day was with a group of 40 diocesan youth from their 33 parishes. We watched a powerpoint presentation that outlined a variety of
activities carried out by the youth. They shared information about their brick making, decorating and agricultural projects. They are also involved in environmental concerns and planting trees in areas needing reforestation. The main project is developing a diocesan youth centre in Masasi. A Q&A followed and they shared their youth
St. Matthew’s gala helps with church restoration By Mae Boa REGINA – St. Matthew Anglican Church sponsored a gala reception and dinner on May 13, with entertainment provided by vocal artist Sharon Gudereit. Close to 100 people came out to support the fundraiser for the ongoing restoration of the church. The hall was beautifully decorated to compliment this special evening. Restoration of St. Matthew’s historic building has been in
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progress for two years and the gala provided an opportunity to show the results to many guests. The eight-year plan is continuing with additional work on stabilization of the building and rebuilding the south interior brick archways. Special guests included Charlie Pirie, the nationally recognized heritage stone mason who serves as a consultant to the project. Frank Korvemaker, area heritage and construction historian, also attended. He has published two
books on a variety of Anglican churches in Saskatchewan. Representatives of the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation and the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation were also in attendance. The parish gave special thanks to J.C.
Kenyon Engineering for its ongoing support of the restoration and of the gala fundraising event. A roast beef dinner was prepared by Chef Ed MacNeil. Organizers thanked the many people of St. Matthew’s who made this
evening of celebration so meaningful. The following day was Mother’s Day and the parish was blessed to have Bishop Rob Hardwick with it to celebrate the many blessings that St. Matthew Church continues to receive.
Summer school Continued from page 10 Originally the Besant people had lived in the valley. They were masters of the pound-hunting technique. The very ridge Wood Acres sits on had probably been near a bison jump. The wind echoed the Native people’s presence in the past. In class, we studied wars between a giant and a boy (David and Goliath),
Israel and Judah, Israel and Assyria, Judah and Babylon, and Babylon and Persia. Joshua and the 12 tribes fought the people of the Middle East for the land of Israel. Egypt made agreements and fought everyone. The Israelites were an idolatrous nation most of the time. Then God opposed them. The history of the Old Testament is so noisy with clashes.
Yet the setting for Summer School seemed so peaceful and restful. I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. A big thank you goes out to Mavis Mulder, Canon Catherine Harper, Rev. Michael Bruce, Bishop Rob Hardwick, Rev. Tracey Taylor and Rev. Ed Dunfield. For more history on the Moose Jaw river valley, visit www.wakamow.ca.
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A group of youth and clergy from the Diocese of Saskatoon attended the Canadian Roots Exchange (CRE) in Winnipeg this past spring. The CRE was organized as an opportunity for indigenous and non-indigenous youth from across the country to meet and build relationships. Photo courtesy Christopher Sanford Beck
Saskatoon youths build relationships in Winnipeg By Christopher Sanford Beck SASKATOON – This past spring, the Diocese of Saskatoon sponsored a youth trip to the Canadian Roots Exchange (CRE) in Winnipeg. The Reverends Emily Carr and Matteo Carboni, myself, and three other youth from the Diocese of Saskatoon piled into a mini van and drove eight hours across Saskatchewan and into Manitoba. Far from onerous, it was a good chance to get to know each other and prime ourselves for the coming experience. I really wasn’t sure what to expect going in, a sentiment echoed by my fellows, but the conference blew me away. The CRE was organized as an opportunity for indigenous and non-indigenous youth from across the country to meet and build relationships. Along with incredible speakers, panels, and workshops, the conference included a hip-hop performance over lunch, a talent show, and hanging out in the hotel hot tub. Meeting new people was a big part of the experience, and early on in the conference we connected with youth from the Diocese of Niagara in Ontario, with whom we became an inseparable team. To say that the CRE was a good experience would be a tragic understatement. We had an amazing time with plenty of laughter and fun, but our experience was much more than a fun road trip. It was a beautiful, challenging, uplifting, educational, saddening, and spiritual experience. We laughed, cried, listened and spoke. We felt. For three days more than 200 young people from all across Canada participated in a wide range of workshops, listened to keynote speakers and panels, and toured various parts of the city, including the Canadian Museum
for Human Rights. good things have been done in the or cultural circles, and to use our Over the course of the past few decades and that we are privilege to support others. conference, there was an immense slowly moving towards walking But perhaps paramount to amount of wisdom and knowledge the right path, we need to be decolonization and reconciliation, shared. careful not to pat ourselves on the we need to listen. Sometimes, we We were taught about the seven back and break for coffee hour. need to close our well-intentioned Sacred Teachings, learned about The journey towards mouths and listen from the heart. inter-generational knowledge and reconciliation will be long and We need to let the Spirit move us resilience, and heard about (and hard, while true and perfect through our listening and let our saw) real, community-led changes reconciliation will probably not actions be guided by what we hear. that were making a difference, just happen until we meet with our The Canadian Roots Exchange to name a few things! brothers and sisters in heaven. was powerful for me. There is no As an event aiming to However, I believe we have question in my mind that God’s encourage relationships between a responsibility, not just as presence was with us over those indigenous and non-indigenous Canadians and Christians, but as beautiful, painful, hopeful days. youth, reconciliation and human beings, to work for peace, I could see it when I watched decolonization were key issues love and understanding in our young women dancing to throughout the conference. time, no matter how impossible or electronic pow wow music. I could Due to the inescapable flimsy that sounds. feel it when I looked into another’s role played by the church in After being at the CRE and eyes and conversed. colonization, being there as a trying to absorb many different I could hear it when I listened to Christian and as a diocesan perspectives, stories, and emotions people of all different ages singing group was hard, but important. I think there are things we can do. round dance songs in the hot tub. Though it was (and is) challenging I believe that non-indigenous God was with us. God is always for me to wrestle with the past people need to educate ourselves, with us. and present, the CRE was a good we need to have difficult Through the laughter and the experience for me to hear about conversations, we need to build tears, the poetry and the screams, and begin to work through deep, personal relationships with people God is with us. painful realities. outside of our own socioeconomic We are not alone. An interesting (and challenging) revelation for me was many people / feel we are jumping 8 alendar 201 C h the gun by focusing on c r u h C Canadian reconciliation. Why? Not because reconciliation isn’t important, but because we haven't reached that stage yet. One cannot reconcile what is still happening. The residential school system may have ended 20 years ago, but the On sale system of oppression now! Only towards our indigenous brothers and sisters $ continues today through (plus tax) institutional disadvantage, discrimination, and blatant The 2018 Canadian Church Calendar presents Each image invites us to return to it again and again. images and texts that tell us of the abiding presence And each text invites us to consider the witness of racism. of the Holy in the life of the world. our ancestors. The colonial system is still very much alive and Phone: 1-800-263-2664 • Fax: 1-800-461-8575 well and we all live within PO Box 9855 Woodslee Ave., Paris, ON N3L 3E5 E-mail: custserv@parasource.com it. Website: www.parasource.com As much as I believe that angli
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Anglicans and Roman Catholics display the covenant in action By Bryan Sigurdson REGINA – In celebration and recognition of the covenant between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina and the Diocese of Qu’Appelle, a joint evening prayer service was held on Pentecost Sunday, June 4, at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church. Bishop Robert Hardwick and Archbishop Donald Bolen were among the 80 in attendance. The covenant was signed by (RC) Archbishop Daniel Bohan and Bishop Gregory Kerr-Wilson at St. Paul’s Cathedral in 2011. On Pentecost Sunday this year, the homily was delivered by Dean Michael Sinclair. Sinclair reminded the congregation that the work of the Holy Spirit is continuous. While the progress of joint ecumenical activity is encouraging, he challenged those present to look for ways to expand our relationship and express the covenant in a more prophetic and visionary way. “We must work together in our shared rich traditions and use our resources to bring wholeness and healing to the broken world around us.” Bishop Hardwick then thanked the Anglican Roman Catholic Covenant Implementation Committee (ARCCIC) for all its work. Hardwick sees signs that the Holy Spirit is moving “in ways we haven’t organized it!” Multi-faith submissions to the provincial government on the issues of medical assistance in dying and spiritual care resourcing are examples of small steps forward, inspired and enabled by Ruah, the breath of God. Archbishop Bolen followed by stressing that our covenant is not just a text, but something a group of people can bring to life. We should do all things together, except where deep differences require us to act differently. He asked that we “open our hearts and minds to the Holy Spirit to be artisans of something new God is trying to do in our midst, in this place,
and at this time.” The annual Pentecost service though, is just one instance of the covenant in action. The service also featured the presentation of the annual covenant report from the ARCCIC. There is much going on locally, at the parish and diocesan levels, and internationally. The following are a few examples: — St. Mary’s Roman Catholic and St. Alban’s, Moosomin have held a joint prayer service annually since 2011. — In Qu’Appelle, Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic parish was in need of accommodations for worship. St. Peter’s offered to share its church building and a schedule has been drawn up to meet the needs of both congregations. — During Lent 2017, St. Mary’s Regina hosted its partner parish, Holy Family Roman Catholic, for a study evening on the place of Mary in our two faith traditions. — The ARCCIC has been encouraging the appointment of lay ecumenical representatives in corresponding Anglican and Roman Catholic parishes, to foster a relationship between their communities. Thirteen such pairings are now in place, with the hope of more such appointments in the months ahead. — ARCCIC is organizing an international AnglicanRoman Catholic conference on the diaconate to be held May 2018, with participants expected from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. — The ARCCIC is thankful to be participating in their work. The Anglican members of the committee are Canon Michael Jackson (Anglican co-chair), Archdeacon Catherine Harper and Susan Rollins. They ask that the Holy Spirit continue to guide and bless us in our covenantal relationship as brothers and sisters in Christ.
Dean Mike Sinclair was the homilist at the joint Pentecost service. Photo by Nigel Salway
Sask. AIDS Network a busy organization By Christine Daniels Operations co-ordinator SASKATOON – The Persons Living with AIDS Network of Saskatchewan Incorporated (PLWA) is a community-based, non-profit organization providing care, support and education while promoting wellness to people affected by HIV/ AIDS. We are a front-line organization serving client members in the Saskatoon area, as well as regionally throughout the province of Saskatchewan. Persons accessing our services are considered to be members of the PLWA. Our mandate is to create a positive attitude and engender a feeling of hope for persons living with HIV/AIDS, including their friends, families and partners. We offer a variety of services including a daily vitamins program, lunch program, social activities, one-on-one support counselling, peer support, advocacy and referrals, drop-in centre, emergency care fund, work program and a group for mothers with family members affected with HIV. Our mission is to
support, empower and many operational hours at embrace persons living the PLWA. with HIV/AIDS. We hold a yearly Since our incorporation candlelight vigil where in 1987, we have members, family, friends experienced an alarming and community can come increase in the number of together to deal with death HIV/AIDS positive persons of loved ones and the in Saskatchewan. Member grief they experience, and access to PLWA programs honour those living with and services more than the virus. doubled during the five Our organization has year period of 2011 to 2016. tax-deductible donation Some services are receipts available for any accessed multiple times donation more than $10. by the same individuals Your financial help is throughout the month, as very much needed at this we offer a culturally safe time. PLWA is located at place for positive persons, 127C Avenue D. North, their family, friends and Saskatoon, S7L 1M5. those at risk, to come together. All persons Where in the World is Hope Bear? accessing our premises or while THE ANGLICAN FOUNDATION OF CANADA invites your photos of Hope Bear wherever you travel. accessing outreach, Take your Hope Bear with you to a parish event are treated with or on vacation and take a picture! respect and dignity. Be imaginative • Be creative • Be adventurous! The PLWA board of birectors is an eight-member board. All board positions are voluntary, with the president of the board also holding the position of chief executive officer (CEO). Currently, the CEO position is an unpaid position To enter, go to and requires the www.anglicanfoundation.org president to spend
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Training students with practical pastoral skills By Rev. Dr. Iain Luke Principal, College of Emmanuel and St. Chad
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ne of the biggest challenges for a theological college is our existence lies on a kind of fault line, between academic study and practical training. Some of the subject areas we teach can be pursued simply for their own sake; knowledge for the sake of knowledge. There are many people, lay or ordained, Christian or secular, who want to know more about the Bible, the identity and teachings of Jesus, or the emergence of the movement that bears His name. There are good reasons why the Anglican church has wanted its professional clergy to know about these subjects, as part of their preparation for ministry. But there are also specific skills that go into the training of clergy, which are part of our mandate as well. More recently, those same skills have become of greater interest to lay members of the church, who are taking on an increasing share of responsibility for things like the leadership of worship and pastoral care. It’s the area of pastoral care that has seen the biggest explosion in the roughly 150-year history of theological colleges as we know them. In the 19th century, clergy were supposed to be pastors, but there
were very narrow expectations about what that looked like. They would care for the poor, the sick, the bereaved and the dying, but the care they offered amounted to little more than affirming the goodness of God, and the need to have faith, in the face of the harsh realities of life. Novels and histories tell us the clergy who could do this work with kindness and gentleness were preferred, but even a stern pastor would get the job done! Since then, there has been a vast expansion in our understanding of human health, whether physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual. Pastors, whether lay or ordained, are now able to accompany people through an enormous range of life challenges and need to be prepared to do so. Today’s pastoral care courses will give students a glimpse of subjects as diverse as contemporary understandings of sexuality, cross-cultural dynamics, or the way our identity is bound up in our jobs. Along with this expansion comes a temptation for people in pastoral roles. Since our society has such a
high view of the medical approach to human health, one of our first reactions in a crisis is to ask how our problems can be fixed. If a doctor makes you better physically, shouldn’t a pastor make you better emotionally? This can’t really be the pastor’s job, though, for two reasons. First, there isn’t time enough in anyone’s life to learn all the ways in which our non-physical health can go wrong and what to do about it. There are professionals who focus on specific aspects of this, such as therapists, psychiatrists, and other mental health workers. The most we can ask of our students is to become competent pastoral first responders, who can be present for someone with urgent needs, and know how to find them the care they require. Sometimes pastoral caregivers develop their own specialized skills, especially in areas not well served by secular systems, such as grief support or spiritual direction. More importantly, though, the pastor still has to be there when there are problems that can’t be cured. In my own ministry, I’ve met
people carrying burdens from the past that can’t be undone, survivors of broken relationships that will not be restored, and those who see their own death coming in a way no medical miracle will stop. If you asked those people why they needed a pastor, they would say simply, “To listen.” If there was anything more than that, it would also be to act as a sign of God’s care, enacted through the support of friends, family and church. Those fundamental pastoral roles draw on skills that people can practise and strengthen. They also draw on a pastoral character that is shaped by a person’s experience and by their community. That is why it is so important for people entering pastoral ministry to have profound support from the church they want to serve. When that works out in the best possible way, trained pastors are also in a position to enable the church as whole to be pastoral. This means not just being a good listener, but enabling others to give attention and to hear what their neighbours are saying. It also means not just being a sign of God’s presence, but understanding how to nurture the dynamics of congregations, so that our faith community as a whole cares for, and supports, the people who need us to stand with them.
Anglican Foundation of Canada celebrates 60 years Submitted
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t has been a year to rejoice in six decades of “wonderful deeds.” These are words embedded in I Will Give Thanks to the Lord, the choral anthem composed in honour of the Anglican Foundation of Canada’s 60th anniversary. The anthem is one of many commemorative projects developed in honour of this milestone in the foundation’s history. Established in 1957 to ensure a generous flow of funding for infrastructure and ministry projects, the foundation’s growing legacy of grants and bursaries have proved transformational in the lives of thousands of individuals, parishes and faith communities. Some of these stories have been brought together in a book Imagine That: Dreams, Hopes, and Realities — Celebrating 60 Years of the Anglican Foundation of Canada.
“If you want to know how Canadian Anglicans have overcome challenges in pursuit of their dreams,” says Canon Judy Rois, executive director since 2011, “this book is filled with true stories of hope, imagination and innovation.” Indeed innovation, particularly the need for artistic exploration and the sharing of new perspectives, was the driving force behind (in)finite: spiritual conversations in cloth, the free exhibition at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, featuring a number of aboriginal and other textile artists and their explorations into the realm of the sacred. The special exhibition coincided with the foundation’s official 60th anniversary launch on May 25 and drew more than 3,000 visitors. It also reinforced the present-day reality that the foundation is about much more than
steeples and roofs and is “branching out in support of really interesting things.” Also part of this 60th anniversary year has been the publication of Children’s Prayers with Hope Bear, an illustrated book featuring prayers for seminal moments in a child’s life, everything from starting school to dealing with grief and loss. Canon Rois says “helping children find words for their prayers” is an important next step in the Hope Bear ministry. There’s more! Click on Anniversary on the website and you’ll find a short video that highlights the variety of ministries the foundation supports across the country. Canon Rois wants parishes and individuals to see the foundation as a “powerful resource pool” that grows and deepens alongside a sense of collective responsibility for ministry. What’s next for the
foundation? To continue inspiring generosity and creativity within healthy, vibrant faith communities from coast to coast to coast and generation after generation with the
active engagement of all Canadian Anglicans. To order copies of any of the foundation 60th anniversary resources, visit anglicanfoundation. org/60th.
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Stories of the Bible Lauren Wallace reads a Bible story to the younger campers at Vacation Bible School led by Crosstalk Ministries at St. Luke, Regina. Photo by Nigel Salway
Pense and Regina hold joint Crosstalk day camp By Laura French REGINA – Day camps, also called Vacation Bible School, happened in many corners of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle this summer. Many parishes collaborated to share the gospel and have fun with local children. All Saints, Pense and St. Luke’s,
Regina hosted a Crosstalk day camp from July 10 to 14 and July 17 to 21. More than 70 children joined in the fun, representing five of the eight regional parishes. A team of helpers from four different parishes supported the camps. Laura French, regional co-ordinator for day camps, Tanya Lyons-Belt of Pense,
and Michael Bruce, St. Luke’s incumbent, supervised the local arrangements. French thanks all the volunteers and donations that came from other Regina parishes. Their efforts gave the St. Luke’s Kids Club team a well-deserved summer break and brought a great week to Pense. The Crosstalk curriculum is
called On Fire and focused on the Book of Acts. The children learned how the good news of Christ is for everyone and how it spreads from one to another. The teaching is accomplished using drama, music, games, songs and readings. The program also provided some activities outside the church, such as park time.
Anglican, Lutheran women hold first joint conference Anglican women vote to shut down the Saskatoon diocese ACW organization By Merce Montgomery SASKATOON – On April 28 and 29, women of the Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon, joined for the first time by the women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), met at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Saskatoon for a very well-attended, upbeat, enjoyable Anglican Women’s Annual Spring Conference. St. Stephen’s women hosted the event, offering excellent hospitality and food service. The theme I Am The Vine, You Are The Branches was reflected in the décor including an artistic wall vine, (the branches labelled with names of all the diocesan Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches in the ELCIC area), and in
The three speakers at the Anglican-Lutheran women's conference were Verle Masten, Elliot PausJenssen and Donna Goodridge. Photos courtesy Marion G. Pope the music and worship. Donated afghans created a colourful display on the church pews, while donated bags of toiletries, were destined for local charities. On Friday evening, Anglican president, Elta Fae Marlor, and ELCIC gathering co-ordinator, Lorraine Harilstad, welcomed all assembled. Together they lit the
Christ candle symbolizing the unity of women as sisters-in-Christ sharing in God’s love. The social aspect of the evening was led by the Hanley ELC with a Let’s Get Acquainted activity. The conference theme song We Are One in the Spirit called all into the sanctuary for Compline led by Marion Pope. Musicians Kendra Kuse
and Anne Brennan created an inspiring Taize atmosphere. Saturday morning began with Morning Worship led by Marion Pope. A reflection on the theme shared by Edie Sparks began and ended with John Michael Talbots’ version of I Am The Vine. Musical selections by Anne and Kendra further enriched the theme. At mid-morning and mid-afternoon the women assembled in separate groups; Anglicans to conduct the Anglican Women’s Annual General Meeting and Lutherans for Bible study. Later in the morning all assembled in the sanctuary for excellent educational presentations from Donna Goodridge of St. John’s Cathedral, who spoke about settling
Zoey Roy the refugee family that group is sponsoring; Verle Mastan, assistant director, Interval House, on violence against women; and Elliot PausJenssen, Saskatoon Council on Aging, about elder abuse. The speakers responded to questions after the presentations. Then all were treated to an amazing illusion dance performance by the (Emmanuel Anglican Continued on page 16
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Bishop’s cycle ride Heat, wind, gravel, pavement, hills, flat, group, solo; 2017 ride had it all By Joanne Shurvin-Martin REGINA – At press time, Bishop Rob Hardwick had completed his 1,235-kilometre bicycle tour through the northern portion of the diocese. Beginning July 20 at St. Andrew/Trinity Rosetown, he planned to reach Holy Trinity Kamsack on Aug. 4. Along the way he visited 34 churches in 21 parishes. He coped with intense heat, strong winds, torrential rain, poor road conditions, mechanical
failures and hills! Despite all these, the bishop was enthusiastic about his opportunity to visit and worship with people all along the way in his second Pilgrimage of Prayer. Watch for a full report on the bishop’s cycle ride adventures in the October issue.
On the first leg of his 1,235-kilometre journey, Bishop Rob Hardwick had one companion, Nigel Salway of St. Luke Regina. On the final leg he travelled alone and camped along the way. Photo by Nigel Salway
Wycliffe College to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation Submitted TORONTO (CANADIAN CHRISTIAN NEWS SERVICE) — While scholars concur that there have been several
reformations throughout church history, there is only one that people tend to think of when they refer to “the Reformation,” and that is the Protestant Reformation.
ACW conference Continued from page 15 Church) Swinging Shepherds, providing a wonderful change in pace and plenty of laughs! Theme speaker Zoey Roy, a Cree-Dene Metis from the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation who now lives in Saskatoon, is an awardwinning spoken word poet, performing artist, orator, filmmaker, arts-based educator and a recent graduate of the SUNTEP Program at the University of Saskatchewan. She spoke on Healing as a verb. Zoey delighted all with a dynamic, varied, upbeat, thoughtful, informative presentation. As an interpreter of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, she shared a better way, a realistic way, to achieve reconciliation by developing face-to-face relationships. Through her poetry and song, she encouraged all to use our inner strength to trust and believe that we can be strong enough to make a difference for ourselves, others, and the world. At the annual meeting, the Anglican Women voted to discontinue the (ACW) organization
at the diocesan level, choosing to maintain their involvement at their home churches. Bishop David Irving was the celebrant at the closing Eucharist, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Jan Bigland-Pritchard. Six women – Kathy Tickner, Etta Marie Green, Ruby Heidel, Eleanor Wells, Yvonne Butterfield and Betty Ann Horbay – shared their personal thanks for the ACW over the years through memories that resonated with all. Bishop Irving reminded all that although the diocesan women’s organization has been discontinued, Anglican Women are very much alive and working in the parishes as always. We will look for a new emergence. Lorraine Harlistad invited everyone to the April 2018 Spring Evangelical Lutheran and Anglican Women’s Gathering at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Post-conference evaluation comments were very positive including several “… best conference ever …!” Thanks to all who made it so!
It began in 1517 when a German monk and theologian named Martin Luther circulated Ninety-Five Theses, which objected to certain practices by the Roman Catholic Church. This fall Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto will mark the 500th anniversary of that historic occurrence by hosting a series of special events designed to communicate the background, context, key personalities, and ideas of the Protestant Reformation, while exploring its legacy for the church today. “Wycliffe College was founded in and stands by the tradition of the Reformers,” says Thomas Power, adjunct professor
of Church history, and theological librarian. “Its reformed ethos is reflected in its six principles that uphold the authority of Scripture, the uniqueness of Christ’s sacrifice, the priesthood of all believers, the presence of Christ in the hearts of believers, all of which were central to the reformers. Given these commitments, it’s appropriate for Wycliffe College to mark the anniversary of the Reformation.” Offerings in this onetime series of special events include Of Passion, Politics, Power and Protest: Rediscovering the Reformation, a free 12-week, online, noncredit course available to all, which will provide participants with a solid
academic overview of the Reformation. The Bible and Mission in the Wake of the Reformation is a one-day conference (to be held Oct. 13 beginning at 9:00 a.m.) featuring internationally renowned scholars Alec Ryrie (University of Durham), Carl Trueman (Westminster Theological Seminary), Eckhard Schnabel (Gordon-Conwell), and Cheryl Peterson (Trinity Lutheran Seminary). Besides his participation at the conference, Ryrie, a professor of the history of Christianity at Durham University (UK), will also speak in October. For information visit www.wycliffecollege.ca/ Reformation500.
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STU celebrates 16th joint ecumenical convocation By Lisa McInnis Registrar, College of Emmanuel & St. Chad
Present at the 16th joint ecumenical convocation of the Saskatoon Theological Union, held in Saskatoon on May 5, were, in back, Right Rev. David Irving (chancellor), Right Rev. Michael Hawkins (council president), Rev. Dr. Iain Luke (principal), Alison Jantz (STU librarian) and Lisa McInnis (registrar). In front are Jackie Saretsky (MTS graduate), Very Rev. Jonas Allooloo (Doctor of Divinity), Right Rev. Jane Alexander (Doctor of Divinity) and Samuel Ezeogwum (MTS graduate). Photo by Tim Yaworski
SASKATOON — At Knox United Church in Saskatoon, the University of Emmanuel College – College of Emmanuel & St. Chad, the Lutheran Theological Seminary and St. Andrew’s College of the United Church, celebrated the 16th joint ecumenical convocation of the Saskatoon Theological Union. The event was May 5. The day started with the graduation Eucharist at the seminary chapel; presider was Bishop Michael Hawkins, president of the college and the preacher was Rev. Dr. Iain Luke, principal of the college. During the Eucharist, prizes were awarded to the students. Master of Theological Studies degrees were awarded
to Samuel Ezeogwum and Jacqueline Saretsky; Honorary Doctors of Divinity degrees were granted to Bishop Jane Alexander and Very Rev. Jonas Allooloo. We also gave thanks to our pastoral associates for the past school year, Rev. Emily Carr and Rev. Alex Parsons. This was followed by a lunch, with the grads and their guests along with staff, faculty and council members. It was a memorable time of shared food and festivity. Thank you to all who made this event a glowing success.
St. Mary, Whitewood celebrates by raising money for mission By Joanne Shurvin-Martin WHITEWOOD (Qu’A) — While the country was celebrating 150 years, and the town celebrated 125 years, St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church celebrated 115 years and raised money for mission, at home and overseas. The parish history goes back to 1883, with the historic stone church completed and consecrated in 1902. The event raised $2,940.20, all of which will go to mission work, not parish expenses. Half was donated to the diocese for a medical clinic in Africa and half for local mission work. The parish won the prize for the best float in Whitewood’s Canada Day parade, for the category Community Volunteer Organization. The large model of the church building is an example of how Anglican and Lutheran members of the parish pitch in to work wonders. It was designed and built by Ewen Armstrong and Art Hintz. Liz Giroux did most of the painting, Donna Beutler took photos of the stained
glass windows, while Elaine Ashfield sized them to scale and laminated them so they would be weatherproof. The model has been donated to the Whitewood Historical Museum.
On July 2, Bishop Rob Hardwick gave a presentation about the diocese’s mission work in the companion Diocese of Muyinga, Burundi. Hardwick explained that Burundi is the second-
poorest country in the world, with many people living on 44 cents per day. Genocide has stripped the land of resources and hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes. Recent drought
has resulted in famine and extreme poverty. Chronic malnutrition affects 58 per cent of children under five. The Diocese of Muyinga is looking after 5,000 orphans. Continued on page 18
Allison Kydd admires the craftsmanship and artistry on the model of St. Mary the Virgin Church, constructed for the church’s 115th anniversary. Kydd and other former parishioners returned for the event, which featured a presentation by Bishop Rob Hardwick, barbecued beef dinner and an evening Eucharist service using the form of the prayerbook from around the time the building was consecrated. Photo by Joanne Shurvin-Martin
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ordained Barb Wright will be ordained as a transitional deacon at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29 at St. Giles, Estevan. Please note the change of date. g Synod and pre-synod
The 115th anniversary banquet in the Whitewood Legion Hall was well attended. Photo by Walter Martin
St. Mary, Whitewood parties Continued from page 17 The Diocese of Qu’Appelle has been raising money for several years, with the plan to help Muyinga build and operate a medical clinic. However, at a Diocesan Council meeting this spring, it was decided to spend some of that money immediately on food and seeds for crops. As the bishop said, “What point is there in holding onto this money for the hospital, when people are dying now from starvation?” The diocese also held a rushed campaign during Lent and $17,472.45 was donated. Hardwick said he wondered about the 45 cents. “Was that from someone who literally emptied their pockets of all the cash they had? Was it from a child’s weekly spending money?” The money was sent; food and seeds were
distributed; “and the rains came, thanks be to God,” said the bishop. After facing no crops to harvest, this growing season is expected to be normal again. The campaign to build a medical clinic continues in Muyinga, with prayers, a feasibility study, and bricks: handmade with mud and straw. Qu’Appelle is providing financial support for a local deacon, Alexis, who is continuing medical studies so he can work at the clinic. The project will be eligible for grants from the United Nations and other organizations, but must raise $50,000 U.S. to show that it is a viable project. Following the bishop’s presentation, about 140 people enjoyed a barbecued beef dinner, cooked by Hal Garrett of Moosomin. Members of the Moosomin Baptist Church
had volunteered to serve the meal and do the cleanup, which Bishop Hardwick said was a wonderful example of ecumenism. Copies of a new church history, Thanks and Praise, were distributed at the meal. The full-colour booklet includes an extensive parish history, photos of the beautiful stained glass windows, 21 banners, carved furnishings and other architectural features. At 7 p.m. people gathered in the 115-yearold stone church for Eucharist, celebrated using the Book of Common Prayer from 1918. Bishop Hardwick was assisted by four former clergy, as well as Rev. Dr. Trish McCarthy of Moosomin, and Canon Catherine Harper from Regina. Rev. Inez Hannett, now in Olds, Alta., was the last resident Anglican rector of the parish, serving from 1991-96. Rev. Cheryl Johnson (2007 to 2011) and Revs. Brian and Wilma Woods (2012 to 2015) served the joint Anglican and Lutheran congregation. All the clergy took part, reading Scripture and leading prayers. The organist was Hertha Briggs. Before the procession, a moment of silence was observed in honour of all the clergy who have served the parish.
meetings Diocesan Synod will be held at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Regina, on Oct. 20 through 22. Pre-synod gatherings are tentatively planned for Sept. 16 and 30. Full details will be sent to all parishes.
Anglican Journal Appeal in 2016 raised nearly half a million dollars By André Forget
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he Anglican Journal Appeal, the Journal’s annual donation campaign, grossed $496,414 in 2016. The figures represent a drop of four per cent from the 2015 Anglican Journal Appeal, which marked the 140th anniversary of the Journal and raised $558,299, according to Beverley Murphy, senior manager of communications and information resources, and Journal business manager. But it still represents a greater yield than the appeal brought in during the early years of the decade, when the appeal raised less than $495,000 from 2010-2012, said Murphy. The appeal provides a substantial portion — roughly 25 per cent — of the Journal’s annual budget, as well as supporting the work of diocesan papers, with whom the proceeds are shared. Additional sources of income include funding from General Synod (30.4 per cent), a grant from Heritage Canada (20.9 per cent), advertising revenue (11.2 per cent), distribution income (11.4 per cent) and others (0.59 per cent). The money raised by the appeal is an important source of income, allowing the Journal to continue providing editorially independent coverage of the affairs of the Anglican Church of Canada through news, features, diocesan
The appeal began in 1994, and since its inception, has raised a total of $9.8 million. profiles and columns, said Journal editor Marites N. Sison. “We are grateful to our donors and readers because their generosity helps us to continue this vital ministry,” she said. “The Journal exists, in part, because donors and readers vote with their wallets.” A total of 9,408 Anglicans donated to the 2016 appeal, giving an average of $53 to support the work of the paper. While many of these donors have supported the Journal in the past, more than 500 were giving for the first time. This is slightly fewer than the 9,640 who participated in the 2015 appeal. It does, however, fall in line with the small but steady annual decrease in the number of donors since 2005, the appeal’s most successful year, when 18,442 donors gave a total of $638,119. Of the money raised through the 2016 appeal, $168,191 was shared with 19 diocesan papers across the Canadian church. The appeal began in 1994, and since its inception has raised a total of $9.8 million, of which over $3.6 million has been shared with diocesan papers.
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Celebrating ordinations at Pentecost in Saskatoon By Peter R. Coolen SASKATOON – The afternoon of Pentecost Sunday, June 5, a joyous service for the installation of four new canons and the ordination of four new deacons and a priest was held in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Saskatoon. The service of installation and ordination was celebrated by the Right Rev. David M. Irving, Bishop of
Four new deacons, the Reverends G. Sheldon Carr, Peter R. Coolen, Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers and Denise A. MacCafferty were ordained at the Pentecost Service in Saskatoon. Photos credited to Sarah Donnelly, Morgan Warriner, Emily Carr and Shelley Fourney Saskatoon; the preacher for the service was the Right Rev. Michael Hawkins, Bishop of Saskatchewan. Installed as canons were Klaus and Marge Gruber, in recognition of their many years of service as refugee co-ordinators for the diocese; and the Reverends Shawn Sanford Beck and Alex Parsons in recognition of their many years of service as priests in the diocese. Also, during the service, the Rev. Gyllian M. Davies was ordained to the priesthood and G. Sheldon Carr, Peter R. Coolen, Denise A. McCafferty and Marie-Louise TernierGommers were ordained to the diaconate. The service was notable for the abundance of red balloons decorating the cathedral, the music and singing, the nearly standing room-only crowd and the temperature, that being one of the hottest days so far this year. The service was followed by refreshments in the cathedral.
The newly ordained priest, the Reverend Gyllian M. Davies, is presented by the Right Rev. David M. Irving, Bishop of Saskatoon, at the Pentecost Ordination Service in the cathedral in Saskatoon.
Saskatoon’s Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist was festively decked out with red balloons for the Pentecost Ordination Service.
Klaus and Marge Gruber were installed as canons of the diocese at the Pentecost Ordination Service in recognition of their many years of service, as refugee co-ordinators, for the diocese.
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Sydney Black consecrated
The consecration of Archdeacon Sidney Glen Black as indigenous bishop for Treaty 7 territory occurred at the Gordon Yellowfry Memorial Arbour, Siksika, (east of Calgary) Blackfoot Confederacy, Alberta on June 3. All three bishops from the province of Saskatchewan attended. Photo by Joan Irving
Car wash still works as fundraiser; for PWRDF By Ivan Millard REGINA – A while ago a car wash was a common fundraiser, but when was the last time you were involved in one? Vestry at St. Philip, Regina, was pondering two concerns: what would bring older kids back to church, and what could replacement a lost fundraiser for the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)? The car wash idea didn’t generate much enthusiasm
at first. There were concerns about getting enough volunteers and/or customers. But a planning committee of optimistic souls was formed and they reached out to current and past, active and inactive congregational members for support, as well as the community for donations. In the end, about 50 people gave up part of a pleasant June Saturday to help: older members, their kids and grand-kids were all busy washing two steady lines of cars, as well
as selling hot dogs, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Two local grocery stores – Co-op and Safeway – came on board as sponsors. So it still works. Several of St. Philip’s parishioners got re-acquainted, the community gave its support, and after washing nearly 60 cars and selling about 150 hotdogs, they made $862.95 for PWRDF! The only complaints were from the workers, who found it too busy to get their own vehicles washed!
Anglican-run shelter for trafficked children soon to open in Ghana By the Anglican Journal
A The parking lot at Living Spirit Centre was busy when St. Philip, Regina held a car wash and raised more than $860 for PWRDF. Photo by Heather Brownell
new Anglican-run community shelter to provide a home for trafficked children is on course to open next year in Accra, Ghana. The bishop of Accra, Daniel Mensah Torto,
told journalists this week that Hope Community would resettle and educate trafficked children who had been rescued. The refuge, funded by the diocese of Accra in partnership with the U.S. embassy in Ghana, is part of a five-year anti-trafficking program.
This week, some 35 priests took part in a training workshop to equip them to identify and speak out against child trafficking in their local areas. The workshop addressed a range of issues, including human rights laws, Christian justice and the realities of child trafficking.