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JournalMONTHLY EDITION | $3.75 PER COPY Vol 6 No 3 | March 2016 Bringing church to the people: Ashes,

Curry explains3 ashes everywhere primates’ actions toward church By Pat McCaughan

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ncreasingly, there are “Ashes to Go,” ‘Smudge and Run,” “Drive-through Ashes,” “Ashes on the Fly” and, now, “Lent in a Bag” as all sorts of churches — Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist — are moving the centuries-old Ash Wednesday observance beyond church walls. IThe Rev. Donna S. Mote, Episcopal chaplain at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, offered “Ashes on the Fly” to travelers on Ash Wednesday. “I’m out and about, which is my usual style,” said Mote, 51, who describes her parish as “4,700 acres, in a geographic sense,” through which pass an average of about 274,000 passengers on any given day. Mote takes the ashes into public spaces because reminders of mortality, humility Pilgrims to7 and healing belong where the people are, and they make for powerful connections Ferguson, Mo., even beyond the context of a formal liturgy, she said. confront racism Like the young woman “last year who asked, ‘Can you tell me how to explain

n ews Lent to people who don’t observe it?’” Mote said. Or an airport employee who told Mote she wanted ashes but had never had them before and wasn’t sure what they meant. “What do you think it means?” Mote asked. Her reply: “‘I think it means I want to get my act together, but I’m going to need some help.’ I said, “I think that’s what it means, too,’” Mote said. But most who approach the cassock-clad Mote “don’t say anything at all,” she said. “They just come up and bow their heads, including those whose first language Photo/Wikimedia Commons Risen triumphant is not English. It’s very powerful. You don’t have to speak the same language for an In Andrea Mantegna’s “La Résurrection,” completed in 1459, important sacred event to transpire.” a radiant Christ steps out of his tomb, astonishing the soldiers The Rev. Harry Jenkins, rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Slidell, La., offers keeping guard. It was originally one panel of an altarpiece ashes, prayers and “Lent in a Bag” to drive-through worshipers. Included in the Movie10 characters made for the Basilica of San Zeno in Verona, Italy. brown paper bag are: a copy of Episcopal Relief & Development’s 2016 Lenten search for Meditations, sand, a rock, a human figure, a candle and a cross. continued on page 9 signs of faith arts Safety fears force Easter closure of Dublin churches By ACNS staff services to parishes outside the security cordon, while allowing for PAID individual clergy members to say the Daily Office in their churches on PRSRT STD PRSRT US POSTAGE Bellmawr NJ

PERMIT #1239 ecurity officials in Dublin have told the Anglican Christ Church Easter “in order to avoid a break in the witness of each church.” Cathedral and six city-center churches they must close on Easter “This decision was made without consultation with the dioceses, and due to safety concerns surrounding events scheduled to mark there is a considerable sense of disappointment and sadness at this, but the centennial of the Easter Rising, which eventually paved the the church’s priority now is to find a way of offering worship on the most wayS for the creation of an independent significant day in the Christian calen- Irish nation. dar,” a diocesan spokesman said. Up to half a million visitors are “The archbishop and clergy most expected to descend on the city on affected by this in the parishes of the March 27, and security officials have diocese in the city center recognize the imposed a ban on all vehicles entering logistical difficulties in catering for be- the city center from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. tween 350,000 and 500,000 visitors to The Irish police, the Garda Síochána, the city on the day. They are also acute- have asked that the front gates of the ly aware of the health and safety issues cathedral remain locked for the day. involved in accessing the churches and The clergy have been told that “there the diocesan cathedral where Easter will be no ready access to their church- Day worship normally occurs when es on that morning.” such large crowds are expected to be on Church of Ireland Archbishop the streets of the city to view the parade. Michael Jackson has met with clergy “The archbishop and clergy of the from the affected parishes. Together, Photo/William Murphy inner-city communities have sought they are planning to move public Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, is set to close for Easter Sunday. to find an continued on page 9 2 Episcopal Journal March 2016 Anglican Digest

Anglican Digest is a column of news and features from churches in the Anglican Communion. Catholic vespers celebrated in Henry VIII’s chapel Church raises awareness of ardinal Archbishop of West- As they spoke, they jour- minster Vincent Nichols on neyed through 450 years of Zika virus Feb. 9 led a service of Solemn history until they commented The Episcopal Anglican Church of Vespers in the Chapel Royal on present-day ecumenical re- Brazil has joined with other churches atC England’s Hampton Court Palace lations in England. in the country to raise awareness of the in what was the first Roman Catholic Nichols told the Bishop of Zika virus and promote preventative act of worship for 450 years in Henry London that there had been a measures through an ecumenical Lenten VIII’s chapel, the backdrop to much of number of “key points in the campaign for a healthy environment. the English Reformation. development” of the relation- The campaign “Care for our Com- The service, sung mainly in Latin, ship between Roman Catho- mon Home” lifts up the right to clean marked the 500th anniversary of lics and Anglicans. One had water and sanitation in Brazil, a signifi- Hampton Court and was in recognition been the recognition at Vatican of the growing relationship between the II “of the gracefulness of the cant economy but Photo/Richard Lea Hair with great inequality Church of England and the Roman orders you exercise.” And the Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the archbishop of and severe gaps in ba- Catholic Church. biggest step had come 50 years Westminster, wearing a red skullcap, and Bishop of sic services and envi- Before the service, Nichols and Bishop ago with the publication of a London Richard Chartres flank the altar, decorated ronmental standards. of London Richard Chartres, who is Dean document on religious liberty. with Tudor plate, at the Chapel Royal of Hampton The mosquito that of the Chapels Royal, held a discussion “That recognized the pri- Court Palace, England. transmits the Zika in the Palace’s Great Hall in which they macy of a person’s conscience virus is able to breed talked about the pain and tribulations of to seek for God in the way in which pation in the 1800s and said that Britain Irala where there pools of the Reformation and the growing unity they were called,” he said. “So it shifted had “ceased to be a confessional state” water left standing in the environment. between the two churches. the Catholic Church from its classical in 1828 when it repealed laws banning “CONIC’s [National Council of The two leaders spoke about John position of ‘error has no rights’... But Roman Catholics from holding a num- Christian Churches in Brazil] mission is Fisher, who, as bishop of Rochester, was here now was a sense that said, ‘No — ber of senior positions, effectively creat- to strengthen the ‘ecumenism of service executed on the orders of Henry VIII our first commitment was to the work ing “a free market in religious ideas.” and justice’. This international ecumeni- for refusing to accept the king’s new of God. And the work of God unfolds The two leaders agreed that the cal Lenten Campaign can help to achieve position as supreme head of the Church in different ways in different periods churches now must work together to that, so the struggle to prevent diseases of England, deferring instead to the and with different people.” address growing problems. n and the spread of the mosquito in this primacy of the pope. Chartres spoke of Catholic emanci- — Anglican Communion News Service period is essential,” Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil Bishop Flavio Irala, (Amos 5:24) CONIC coordinates the Melanesia names new land, and was undertaking a doctoral degree president of CONIC, has said. campaign, which links churches with archbishop in theology at Charles Stuart University in Care for Our Common Home is faith-based organisations and social Australia. — Anglican Communion News Service rooted in the biblical text calling for jus- movements. The Provincial Electoral Board of the tice to “roll down like waters” and righ- The Zika virus is spreading rapidly Anglican Church of Melanesia has ap- New Zealand bishops oppose teousness “like an ever flowing stream”. and has now been detected in at least 23 pointed Bishop of Temotu George Takeli countries across the Americas, leading as the church’s next archbishop and pri- euthanasia the World Health Organisation to de- mate. Takeli will be enthroned on April 17 Nine New Zealand bishops recently Episcopal clare a global public-health emergency. at the Saint Barnabas wrote to the country’s Parliament urging The virus is transmitted to humans Provincial Cathedral no change to the law where the “right to Journal through the bite of an infected Aedes and also will become die” is concerned. Episcopal Journal is an independent publication, aegypti mosquito. Pregnant women are bishop of the Diocese “Legalizing medically-assisted dying produced by and for members of the Episcopal at particular risk due to a suspected of Central Melanesia. will open the gateway to many foreseen Church in the United States and abroad. Episcopal link between the Zika virus and micro- He succeeds Archbish- and unforeseen consequences which will Journal is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable cephaly in babies, a birth defect where op David Vunagi, who be damaging to individuals and the so- corporation, registered in the Commonwealth of a baby’s head is smaller than expected retired in September. cial fabric,” they said. Pennsylvania. Episcopal Journal is published Takeli monthly by the Episcopal Journal, Inc., when compared to babies of the same Born in Suholo vil- The bishops, who include seven serv- 111 Hickory Lane, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. sex and age. According to WHO, if mi- lage on Ulawa Island in the province of ing and two retired members, said they Editor: Solange De Santis crocephaly is combined with poor brain Makira Ulawa, Takeli, 56, was ordained to recognized “the great distress of patients, Business Manager: Michael Brooks growth, developmental disabilities may the priesthood in 1995 and has served as a families and friends in the case of some Advertising: Shanley + Associates, LLC result. Around 4,000 babies have been priest for 16 years before being made the intractable and prolonged terminal ill- Graphic Designer: Linda Brooks born with microcephaly in Brazil since fourth bishop of Temotu in August 2009. nesses.” They urged increased resources Senior Correspondent: Jerrold Hames He holds a Master’s Degree in Theology Board of Directors: Mary W. 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By Adelle M. Banks munion, and there was clarity on in the worldwide Anglican Commu- Religion News Service their part that they disagreed with nion, which claims upwards of 85 mil- us,” he said. “But they didn’t vote lion members. piscopal Church Presiding Bish- us off the island.” “We believe in it [same-sex marriage] op Michael Curry is describing The presiding bishop said he because the outstretched arms of Jesus the recent censure of his church could understand why the major- on the cross really are about embracing over allowing clergy to perform ity of Anglican leaders voted for and welcoming us all,” Curry said, add- same-sexE marriages as a “fair” move by the the censure. ing that the Episcopal position would wider Anglican Communion. “Because we differ on the core not be reviewed to avoid a renewal of Anglican primates voted in January doctrine, it would not be seen as the recommended three-year censure. in Canterbury, England, to recommend appropriate for us to represent the “We’re not changing.” removing the Episcopal Church from Anglican Communion in ecu- Curry also was asked about St. votes on doctrine and banning it from menical, interfaith leadership,” he George’s School, an elite Episcopal prep representing the communion in ambas- said. “That’s fair.” school in Rhode Island that is under in- sadorial relationships for three years. He called the action a voicing vestigation for the alleged sexual abuse of In an appearance at the National Press of displeasure on the part of many dozens of former students. Club in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8, Anglicans, but one “that didn’t go “It’s being adjudicated actually on the Curry called the decision a “very specific, too far.” Photo/RNS/Jerome Socolovsky local levels following the national canon Presiding Bishop Michael Curry speaks to reporters almost surgical approach” that allowed Curry was elected presiding at the National Press Club. and with our support,” he said. both sides to express their differences bishop of the Episcopal Church The denomination has worked since and yet find a way to remain together. in July, at the same General Convention in the majority of Anglican Communion the 1990s so that any allegations of sex- “There was clarity on our part, both in which his church voted to permit cler- provinces. ual abuse are investigated, “not just kind about who we are as a church and about gy to perform same-sex marriages — a The Episcopal Church, with about 1.8 of taken care of and swept under the our love and commitment to the com- move that differs from what is allowed million members, is one of 38 provinces rug,” he said. n

Analysis Looking at possible results from the Primates’ Meeting

By Rebecca Wilson word ‘consequences’ instead of ‘sanctions,’ and transgender people by the church. Response from Episcopal leaders, in- I knew something must be happening.” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, cluding deputies, was swift. hen the cloud of confu- It quickly became clear that parts of filmed speaking outside the closed gates “It is my belief that the full inclusion of sion created by the most the primates’ communique had been of Canterbury Cathedral, said, “And the LGBT people in the church is God’s will,” recent meeting of the leaked to a conservative Anglican website. truth is, it may be part of our vocation to Brian Baker, deputy chair of the marriage primates of the Anglican Several hours later, the Primates’ help the communion and to help many task force at General Convention, told WCommunion had dissipated, not a great Meeting issued an excerpt of its com- others to grow in a direction where we The Guardian. “If there is a price to pay deal had changed. The Anglican Commu- munique that sought to prevent Episco- can realize and live the love that God for this, then we have to pay it.” nion is still intact, the Episcopal Church palians from representing the Anglican has for all of us, and we can one day be Alternate Deputy Susan Russell, writ- is still a full member, and a church and a communion where all ing for the Huffington Post about what the Rev. Gay Clark Jen- of God’s children are fully welcomed, the primates’ vote meant, said, “It means nings, Deputy Rosalie where this is truly a house of prayer for we’re willing to pay ‘the cost of disciple- Simmonds Ballentine of all people. And maybe it’s a part of our ship’ as we follow the Jesus who welcomed, the Virgin islands and vocation to help that to happen.” continued on page 15 Bishop Ian Douglas are still planning to partici- pate fully in the Anglican Consultative Council’s (ACC) next meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, in April. 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They include: three-year grant as part of the personal financial iocese of At- Lilly Endowment’s National planning for clergy; lanta Bishop InitiativeT to Address Economic Chal- workshops and we- Robert C. lenges Facing Pastoral Leaders. The $28 binars on parish finance and administra- Wright spent million initiative supports religious or- tion; boot camps for newer clergy and lay DAsh Wednesday greeting ganizations across the nation as they ad- leaders; and a pilot program to help priests immigrants and encour- dress the financial and economic strug- address their specific economic challenges aging people experienc- gles that can impair the ability of pastors in partnership with select dioceses. The ing homelessness. to lead congregations effectively. program also will address the unique Wright began the day The grant will support ECF’s initia- needs of part-time clergy and Spanish- welcoming new immi- tive “From Economic Challenges to speaking/bilingual congregations. grants before a natural- Transformational Opportunities.” It will ECF will be collaborating with vari- ization ceremony at the allow ECF to take a holistic approach in ous individuals and groups to success- Georgia State Capitol. addressing the financial pressures clergy fully implement this initiative. Partners The celebration also in- face and help congregations meet the ur- include the Church Pension Group, Vir- cluded many naturalized gent need for capable fiscal leadership by ginia Theological Seminary and several citizens assisted by New pastors and lay leaders. pilot dioceses. n American Pathways, an ECF will explore several avenues — Episcopal Church Public Affairs Office Atlanta-based affiliate of Episcopal Migration Honest talk Ministries. Photo/Don Plummer “My wife, Beth, who Michele Norris, formerly of Atlanta Bishop Robert C. Wright began Ash Wednesday National Public Radio, delivers is from Jamaica, just re- welcoming new immigrants prior to a naturalization the keynote address at Trinity cently became a citizen, ceremony at the Georgia State Capitol. Church, New York’s, annual so I get how important Trinity Institute series of today’s naturalization ceremony is for a tour of the 110,000 square-foot cen- conversations on important issues. all of you. Despite what you may read ter, which used to serve as the Atlanta This year, speakers, panelists and hear in the news, please know that City Jail. and artists spoke about racial you are welcome, that I welcome you,” Smith showed Wright through sev- inequality. The Jan. 21-23 said Wright. eral of Gateway’s eight residential pro- conference was titled “Listen for a The immigrants and New American grams that serve 330 and hosts 12 on- Change: Sacred Conversations for Pathways volunteers then took to the site partners such as the Department Racial Justice.” Speakers included hallways of the State Capitol to lobby of Labor, Veterans Administration, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, the first African-American for welcoming policies. Mercy Care and Traveler’s Aid. presiding bishop of the Episcopal Next, Wright visited Gateway Cen- Gateway also operates 24/7 public Church, and New York Times ter, a 10-year-old program serving services including showers, lockers, columnist Nicholas Kristof. those in Atlanta experiencing home- phones, a clothing closet, restrooms More information is available at lessness. Gateway Center founding and an interfaith chapel. n www.trinitywallstreet.org. — Diocese of Atlanta director Vince Smith took Wright on Photo/Leo Sorel/Trinity Wall Street

Obituaries from 1973 to 1987 and afterward provid- and saw her ministry in her later years mittees of the dioceses in the Episcopal ed episcopal oversight for several congre- as one of healer. Her final passion was Church, Sparks will be ordained and gations. He was the author of “The Holy the environment and healing the earth, consecrated as bishop on June 25. He Former Quincy bishop dies Eucharist Rite Two: a Devotional Com- especially climate change action. She will succeed Bishop Edward S. Little II, Retired Diocese of Quincy Bishop mentary” and “A Lifetime Road to God.” was proud of being arrested at the White who has served as bishop since 2000. Donald James Parsons, 13th dean and — Episcopal News Service House for protesting the Keystone XL — Episcopal News Service president and pro- pipeline, and she co-founded Iowa City fessor of New Testa- RIP Barbara Schlachter Climate Advocates and 100 Grannies Oregon cathedral names ment at Nashotah for a Livable Future to educate, advocate Nathan LeRud dean House Theological One of the first women to be or- and agitate about climate change. Seminary, died on dained to the Episcopal priesthood, the — Diocese of SW Florida The chapter and vestry of Trinity Jan. 4. He was 93. Rev. Barbara Hartley Schlachter, 70, Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Ore., Born in Philadel- died Feb. 17 from ovarian cancer. have unanimously voted to call the ca- phia, he attended A native of Ohio, Transitions thedral’s acting dean, the Rev. Canon Temple University Parsons Schlachter was or- Nathan LeRud, as before earning a ThB, ThM and a ThD dained in 1977 and Northern Indiana elects its next dean. in New Testament. He was ordained as a served churches in A member of the deacon in 1946 in the Diocese of Penn- White Plains and Douglas Sparks bishop cathedral’s staff since sylvania, and ordained as a priest later that Staatsburgh, N.Y., The Rev. Douglas E. Sparks was elect- 2009, LeRud was same year in the Diocese of Delaware. Troy, Ohio, and Ce- ed Feb. 6 to serve as the eighth bishop of hired by previous Parsons served as tutor of Greek and dar Rapids, Iowa. the Diocese of Northern Indiana. He was dean, the Very Rev. New Testament at Philadelphia Divinity Schlachter She was co-founder one of five nomi- William Lupfer, School while serving as curate at Church of the Episcopal Clergy Couples Organi- nees and was elected LeRud to serve as canon of the Holy Trinity at Rittenhouse Square zation and co-founder and first president on the fourth ballot. residentiary, overseeing administrative in Philadelphia. He subsequently served of the Episcopal Women’s Caucus. She Sparks, 60, is staff and ministry organization. In 2012, as assistant rector of Immanuel Episco- also served on the Church Deployment rector of St. Luke’s LeRud was appointed canon for spiritual pal Church in Wilmington, Del., and as Board, was the first ordained woman to Episcopal Church formation. When Lupfer became rector rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in serve on Executive Council and chaired in Rochester, of Trinity Church, Wall Street, in 2014, Smyrna, Delaware. In 1950, he moved to the Committee on the Status of Women. Minn., and has LeRud became the cathedral’s acting dean. Wisconsin to begin serving at Nashotah According to her obituary, after she served as a deputy Sparks A fifth-generation Oregonian and na- House, where he was professor New Tes- retired from parish ministry, she contin- to General Convention for the Diocese tive Portlander, LeRud is the son of a tament and ascetical theology. He served ued her work as a pastoral counselor and of Minnesota since 2009. pastor and was raised and baptized in the as dean and president from 1963 to 1973. spiritual director. She also went through If he receives the majority of consents Evangelical Church of North America. Parsons served as Quincy’s bishops training as a Healing Touch practitioner from the bishops and standing com- He was ordained continued on page 15 March 2016 Episcopal Journal 5 News Football challenge benefits Community-development relief agency workshops available eflecting a partnership n “Episcopal Show- between the Episcopal down” pitting the Church and Episcopal Diocese of North Relief & Development, Carolina against the fourR workshops have been sched- AEpiscopal Church of Colo- uled to train leaders in the asset- rado raised $30,968 for Epis- based community-development copal Relief & Development process. as their football teams (the The workshops are scheduled for: missioner. “Training people to use Panthers and Broncos, respec- • April 18-21, Solomon Episcopal asset-based community development tively) met in the Super Bowl Conference Center, New Orleans to approach ministry switches the on Feb. 7. • June 13-16, Dumas Bay Center, discernment to an asset view — what The Broncos bested the Seattle we have — from one focused on what Panthers, 24-10. In the friend- • Aug. 8-11, Nashotah House, we don’t have.» ly Episcopal version, “Team Milwaukee Through the trainings, partici- Broncos” raised $22,114 • Sept. 19-22, Bosque Center, pants will learn about the theory and and “Team Panthers” raised Albuquerque, N.M. the practice of ABCD work and then $7,392, according to the relief agency. Based in New York, Episcopal Re- Asset-based community-develop- begin creating a plan to implement a “This incredible support helps Episco- lief & Development works with church ment (ABCD) engages communities project in their own ministry com- pal Relief & Development fight poverty, partners and other local organizations to at a grassroots level to recognize lo- munity. disaster and disease. The real winners are save lives and transform communities cal assets — such as people, build- Registration for the April 18- the three million people we partner with worldwide. It provides disaster relief and ings, relationships and faith — and 21 workshop is available at www. in communities around the world,” said empowers people to create lasting solu- creatively envision how to use that episcopalchurch.org (search Malaika Kamunanwire, senior director of tions that fight poverty, hunger and dis- abundance to achieve goals and imag- “ABCD” from the home page). marketing and communications. ease. It is active in about 40 countries. n ine new forms of ministry. Registration costs $175 per person “ABCD brings people together to which includes room, all meals and transform their communities,” said handouts, but does not include AmeriCorps workers to aid EMM Sean McConnell, Episcopal Relief transportation. Deadline for & Development’s senior director of registration is April 1. hrough a part- to support refugee-reset- engagement. “It focuses on the gifts The Called to Transformation nership grant tlement programming. and strengths of individuals, congre- Asset-Based Community Develop- from the Cor- “The grant is a unique gations and organizations. By rec- ment online toolkit and facilitator- poration for Na- partnership and will sup- ognizing their own gifts, people are formation process were developed by tionalT and Community Ser- port AmeriCorps mem- empowered to more deeply invest the Episcopal Church and Episcopal vice and funding from the bers in eight states to in achieving the shared goals of the Relief & Development with assis- Department of Health and further the mission of community.” tance from the Beecken Center of the Human Services’ Office of Episcopal Migration The workshops and an online tool- School of Theology at the University Refugee Resettlement, the Ministries to resettle refu- kit were created to train facilitators of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Episcopal Church will en- gees,” said Deborah Stein, in leading a faith community in un- For more information, contact list 10 AmeriCorps positions to support director of Episcopal Migration Minis- derstanding the ABCD process, said Stevenson at mstevenson@ Episcopal Migration Ministries in 10 tries. “This innovative new program will the Rev. Canon E. Mark Stevenson, episcopalchurch.org or McConnell at refugee resettlement affiliate organiza- enlist AmeriCorps members to engage Episcopal Church domestic poverty [email protected]. n tion offices. 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By Lynette Wilson to save $5 million, Flint’s water community-based organizations Episcopal News Service supply was switched from Lake and churches stepped up. Huron via Detroit’s municipal St. Paul’s served as a water-dis- hurches and other commu- water system to the Flint River, a tribution point. With grant assis- nity-based organizations re- more corrosive source that caused tance from the dioceses of Eastern sponded first, providing Flint, lead leaching from aging pipe and Western Michigan and dona- Mich., residents with bottled infrastructure to contaminate tions from parishes across lower waterC and filters for their taps long be- residents’ water. The water also Michigan, it partnered with the fore state officials acknowledged people didn’t meet U.S. Environmental Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, were drinking lead-contaminated water. Protection Agency standards for the soup kitchen at St. Andrew’s Since last fall, Flint’s water crisis and the carcinogens associated with in- Episcopal Church on the city’s east state’s failure to respond have made head- dustrial pollution, said Eastern side, Christ Enrichment Center on lines, with President Barack Obama de- Michigan Bishop Todd Ousley, the north side and other organiza- claring a “state of emergency,” and Gover- whose diocese includes Flint. tions to make sure the city’s resi- nor Rick Snyder using his State of the State “Furthermore,” he said, dents had access to clean water. address to apologize to Flint residents. “there is evidence of falsification With a $5,000 grant from The persistence of communityof water tests, withholding of Episcopal Relief & Development, groups, like Water You Fighting For test information and coercion of St. Paul’s, channeling the money and Concerned Pastors for Social state and local officials to ignore through the United Way, replaced Action, who organized protests, press disturbing water-test results.” water filters in schools, reaching 25 conferences and publicity for more than The regional EPA official re- percent of the student population. a year and a half, brought the crisis to the signed over the crisis. Almost im- Moving forward, one of the attention of local and state officials, said mediately after the water-source Photo/Diocese of Eastern Michigan ways churches and other commu- the Rev. Dan Scheid, rector of St. Paul’s switch, Flint residents began to Episcopalians were challenged last October to bring water to nity-based organizations are look- Episcopal Church in downtown Flint. complain about the water’s color, Eastern Michigan’s diocesan convention. The donations were ing to respond to residents’ needs “This is a social-justice issue. The its taste and smell and skin irrita- blessed at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Flint. is by making sure they have access poor and marginalized simply were not tion caused by bathing in it, but to healthy, fresh foods. Evidence listened to by those in power. They were government officials maintained it was generation of babies, toddlers and pre- has shown that foods rich in iron and repeatedly told the water is fine, the wa- safe. The efforts of community leaders schoolers, we don’t know what that will vitamin C can ameliorate the effects of ter is fine, and at some point they re- and pastors, who spoke up for the city’s look like, how will that be measured and lead poisoning, said Scheid. alized that the water wasn’t good, and residents, caught the attention of physi- attended to,” said Scheid. “The issue is that much of the food it’s going to take additional reporting cians and academics, who conducted Scheid became the rector of St. Paul’s that comes through the food bank, fresh and digging to find out who knew what studies that countered the government’s in May 2015 after serving as rector of stuff, is on the verge of spoiling, and when,” he said. “October 1 [2015] is claims. Of the city’s 100,000 residents, St. Augustine of Canterbury in Benton getting appropriate food from the food when the governor said he knew, and 9,000 are children younger than 6, the Harbor, another Michigan city that has bank is a challenge,” said Scheid, adding that’s when things started to change.” population most vulnerable to the cogni- been under emergency management. that Flint is a “food desert.” The crisis began in April 2014. Under tive and developmental delays associated Before state officials acknowledged “This is something we are looking at,” the leadership of an emergency manager with lead poisoning. the public-health crisis and deployed the he said. “Could we do something to ad- of the city (appointed by and reporting “As for the long-term health, educa- National Guard door-to-door to distrib- dress nutrition in a meaningful way? directly to the governor) and in an effort tional and psychological effects on the ute bottled water, filters and testing kits, continued on page 8 AME Church founder honored with postage stamp

By Adelle M. Banks after watching officials of St. George’s owned him. Allen and his second wife, Sarah Allen, Religion News Service Methodist Episcopal Church pull up “Allen convinced Sturgis to allow vis- took care of Lee’s son.” his friend, clergyman Absalom Jones iting Methodist preachers to hold ser- ichard Allen, the first bish- (later to become the first African-Amer- vices at his house,” wrote former AME 4. He was a successful businessman. op of the African Method- ican Episcopal priest), from praying on Church historiographer Dennis C. Allen worked throughout his minis- ist Episcopal Church, was his knees. Dickerson in “A Liberated Past: Explo- try, so he did not need to depend on his honored with a U.S. postage “The unwillingness of the Method- rations in AME Church History.” congregation for support. stampR commemorating his leadership ists to accept the independent leader- After Sturgis was converted, and Al- “Though born in bondage, Allen of the historically black denomination ship of black preachers like Allen and len had paid for his freedom, the former prospered enough (as owner of black- he founded 200 years ago. the institution of segregated seating led slave gave his former slavemaster “a gift smithing, shoemaking and chimney- The U.S. Postal Service called the Allen and Jones to found independent of 18 bushels of salt … in consideration sweeping businesses) to buy several preacher and activist “an inspiring fig- black churches,” said American reli- ‘of the uncommon kind Treatment of income properties,” wrote Raboteau ure whose life and work resonate pro- gious historian Albert J. Raboteau. his Master during his servitude.’” in “A Fire in the Bones: Reflections on foundly in American history.” In 1792, Jones African-American Religious History.” The new stamp was featured in a founded the African 3. He licensed a woman ceremony Feb. 2 at Mother Bethel Af- Episcopal Church to preach. 5. He pioneered African-American- rican Methodist Episcopal Church in of St. Thomas in Jarena Lee, a member of owned institutions. Philadelphia. It became the 39th stamp Philadelphia, which Bethel AME Church, was Before he started the AME Church, in the Black Heritage series after more still exists. Jones was allowed to preach eight Allen was instrumental in founding than 40,000 people petitioned the post- ordained in 1802 years after she first request- the Free African Society, which helped al service for its creation. by Bishop William ed it. Allen helped make newly freed blacks develop leadership The art for the stamp is a detail of White. her work as a traveling skills. He also founded an organization Allen’s portrait from an 1876 print, preacher possible. Dick- that promoted the education of black “Bishops of the A.M.E. Church,” from 2. He aided in the erson wrote: “When Lee schoolchildren. the collection of the Library Company conversion of his traveled as an evangelist, “The birth of strong black institu- of Philadelphia. slavemaster. tions is a part of his legacy,” said the Here are five facts about Allen: Once converted, The 39th stamp in the Rev. Robert M. Franklin, a leadership Allen played a role Black Heritage series and black church expert at Emory Uni- 1. He founded the AME Church after in the conversion of commemorates preacher, versity in Atlanta. “This is long before activist and civic leader worship of blacks was restricted. Stokeley Sturgis, a Richard Allen stamp/Courtesy of the Library any of the black-college movement Allen started Bethel AME Church Delaware man who Company of Philadelphia Richard Allen (1760–1831). emerges.” n March 2016 Episcopal Journal 7 News Church focusing on anti-racism, reconciliation

By Lynette Wilson ism trainings for leaders are not enough, profit and community leaders; small- lessons and stories back into their own Episcopal News Service she said. table discussions; and worship. communities, churches and work. “There are also spaces where decisions Darren Wilson, the white Ferguson “These young people are not the fu- n the months following General are being made, and it would be helpful police officer who fatally shot Brown, ture of our church, they are the here and Convention 2015, the Episcopal to us to know exactly where those spaces 18, later testified that he stopped Brown now of our church,” said Heidi Kim, the Church has been working to ful- are, what committees, what organiza- and his friend because they matched the Episcopal Church’s missioner for racial fill its mandate to confront racism tions, exactly where in the church do we description of two teenagers involved reconciliation. “They are the growing Iand the institutional structures that need to be so we are at the table, because in the robbery of a convenience store edge of our church, and they are our best support it. ambassadors and best evangelists. They In March, the presiding officers of the are our best missionaries to other youth Episcopal Church are scheduled to meet and young adults in the church — they in Austin, Texas, to begin to discern how can spread the word of who we are.” “I to move forward with Resolution C019, think that they have a different and pow- through which General Convention erfully compelling notion of what makes made racial reconciliation a priority for our church relevant, and I would love to the next triennium. see that message work its way through- Yet significant learning and leader- out the rest of the church,” said Kim. “I ship development around issues of racial think they understand very clearly what justice and reconciliation began earlier, it means to be Christ’s hands and feet in in October 2015, when the Episcopal the world. So for them ministry is about Church sponsored a Young Adult Pil- worship and liturgy and studying and re- grimage to Ferguson, Mo., in partner- flection, but it’s also about being present ship with the Union of Black Episcopa- in a world that is suffering, and moving lians and the Diocese of Missouri. and engaging in a way that will bring Fourteen months after the Aug. 9, grace and healing. 2014, death of black teenager Michael “My belief is not that the Episcopal Brown, 25 Episcopal Church pilgrims Church is here to save Ferguson but that visited the site where he died after being the lessons from Ferguson can redeem shot in a struggle with a Ferguson police Photos/Lynette Wilson/ENS the Episcopal Church. I think that the officer. The Rev. F. Willis Johnson, Wellspring’s pastor, addresses the congregation of Wellspring prophetic witness of these young people Church in Ferguson, Mo. Erendira Jimenez-Pike of the Diocese of Kentucky is to his left. In the aftermath of Brown’s death, A photograph of the memorial at the site where Michael Brown was fatally shot is in the can help to redeem us all.” much attention has focused on policing foreground. Many of the pilgrims anticipated in- and racial profiling. The pilgrims trav- corporating their experiences into pro- eled to Ferguson in search of a better if you are not at the table, you are on the moments earlier. Video surveillance grams and curricula to facilitate conversa- understanding of what happened that table,” she said. “A critical piece is not indicated Brown had robbed the store. tions and healing in their communities. day and of the protests and community just saying it’s important to have people A struggle ensued between Wilson For instance, Donnecia Brown is par- response that followed, seeking meaning engaged, but really working towards that and Brown, and Wilson fired multiple ticipating in Servant Year, a 15-year-old both in the context of Ferguson and in and taking those conversations to heart shots at close range into the head and program in the Diocese of Pennsylva- their own lives. and putting the resources behind it.” chest of Brown, who was unarmed. nia that places Episcopal Service Corps The intention was that pilgrims The Episcopal Church sponsored the Protesters quickly took to the streets, members in intentional communities would bring that understanding back to Oct. 8-12 pilgrimage, which brought and images of police officers in riot gear and pairs them with social-service agen- their work, churches and communities, together a cross section of young adults clashing with them filled television and cies, schools and social-justice commu- and begin to tell their own stories. aged 19 to 34, representing white, black, computer screens. The protests contin- nity organizations. She is working on “We need to create spaces where Hispanic, Native-American, Pacific Is- ued into November 2014, when it was building up a support group for teens by people are telling their stories and actu- lander and mixed-race people from announced that a grand jury decided teens to address the culture of violence ally being heard. And I think part of it across the church to study racial justice not to charge Wilson in Brown’s death. and the community trauma that young is young people doing the work in their and reconciliation in the context of Fer- An independent federal investigation people face in Philadelphia. own context and doing the work in the guson. The pilgrimage was funded via a initiated by the Justice Department lat- Aaron Rogers of the Diocese of New- spaces they inhabit,” said Leandra Lam- grant of the Constable Fund approved er cleared Wilson of violating Brown’s ark works with the Newark Mentoring bert, a young adult member of the Union by Executive Council in early 2015. civil rights but raised multiple concerns Movement and is seeking to connect of Black Episcopalians who helped plan The pilgrimage included two visits to about racial disparities in the Ferguson leaders in his community to leaders in the pilgrimage. the site where Brown died; presentations police department’s conduct of its duty. Ferguson. Anti-racism committees and anti-rac- and conversations with local clergy, non- On the anniversary of Brown’s death, an- Timothy J.S. Seamans, chaplain at other protest broke out, and a state of Holy Innocents Episcopal School in At- emergency was declared. lanta, is developing a justice curriculum centered on healing, particularly racial A national focal point healing, for schools. Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, is 67 percent black, and one-quarter of its Short- and long-term responses 21,086 residents live below the poverty In the immediate aftermath of Brown’s line. Brown’s death put Ferguson on the death, the Episcopal Church and Epis- map; the community has become a na- copal Relief & Development awarded tionwide symbol of racial disparity and the Diocese of Missouri a $40,000 grant injustice and of the relationship between to address domestic poverty, pastoral and law enforcement and communities of community work in northern St. Louis color. County, where Ferguson is located. Ferguson also has become a symbol Before Brown was killed, the Rev. of hope and a site for pilgrimage in a Steve Lawler, rector of St. Stephens & quest for understanding what happened the Vine, and Pastor F. Willis Johnson of the day Brown was shot and the protests Wellspring Church took inventory of so- and grassroots and community responses cial services in the community, a process that followed. called asset mapping. They were poised For the pilgrims, many of whom work to respond to the immediate needs of From left, Shawntelle Fisher of SoulFisher Ministries and Cornita Robinson, director of for or serve the church, the pilgrimage residents confined to their homes when development for St. Stephen’s & The Vine, lead pilgrims on a walk from Koch Elementary was an opportunity to learn about what the protests and the militarized police School to the Michael Brown memorial site in Ferguson, Mo. happened in Ferguson and to take the continued on page 8 8 Episcopal Journal March 2016 News

Ferguson continued from page 7 Smith and learned about some of the from the Rev. Chester Hines, a deacon at Court ruling to end segregation of ways the diocese responded in the short- Christ Church Cathedral in downtown schools. Only when a black parent sued presence shut down buses and busi- and long-term to Brown’s death and the St. Louis and one of two black clergy in one of the districts in 1972 was “volun- nesses. St. Stephen’s food pantry, for ex- events that followed it. the diocese. He shared his story of living tary desegregation” implemented under ample, delivered food and toilet paper. In their first meeting, Smith outlined three-quarters of a century in St. Louis. threat that schools would face the loss of The asset mapping also made Lawler the St. Louis metropolitan area’s political “I’ve seen a lot,” said Hines, who as federal funds. Still, he said, desegrega- and Johnson recognize that they needed and geographical boundar- tion wasn’t fully achieved, to focus on economic growth and social ies and explained how the to the extent that it has engagement, said Lawler. region became one of the been, until the 1990s. To that end, St. Stephen’s started In- most racially segregated in cubate Ferguson as a way to encourage the country. The rise of community small-business development. Wellspring As far back as 1876, the leaders founded The Center for Social Engage- city of St. Louis removed it- Leaders are emerging, ment and Justice to foster and offer space self from St. Louis County however, in people like to nonprofit, grassroots organizations. because “the city thought Shawntelle Fisher, who “Most economic growth that is go- it had all the space it need- started a nonprofit orga- ing to reasonably occur here is going to ed,” Smith said. The city nization to address the be small-business growth,” said Lawler. of St. Louis has 22 wards, school-to-prison pipeline “Even if you are given job-preparedness each represented by an al- and the problem of mass training, the real question is, where are derman, and the county incarceration, and like Fe- the jobs? Where are jobs that you can ac- long ago was carved into licia Pulliam, who serves tually live on? That’s why we are focusing 90 separate municipalities, on the Ferguson Com- on business creation.” which Smith described as Photo/Lynette Wilson/ENS mission, created to study Besides losing manufacturing jobs “political fiefdoms that set In St. Louis, from left, the Rev. Starsky Wilson, pastor of St. John’s Church; the underlying social and over the last 40 years, Ferguson was hit the grid work for segrega- Pastor Phiwa Langeni of Zion United Church of Christ; and the Very Rev. economic conditions un- particularly hard during the mortgage tion.” Michael D. Kinman, dean of Christ Church Cathedral, speak at a panel derscored by the unrest in discussion on “The Role of the Prophet.” crisis, with 50 percent of the communi- Smith described Fergu- the wake of Brown’s death. ty’s 6,000-plus homeowners owing more son as an inner-ring suburb once home an infant was brought to St. Louis by his Before the commission could produce than their homes were worth. to white working-class residents who la- parents, who had been sharecroppers in the Ferguson Report, its members had to bored in big three auto factories and the Mississippi. hold meetings and listen to the margin- Historical prejudice former aerospace manufacturer and de- Hines talked about geopolitical fac- alized voices in the community. At first, Throughout the pilgrimage, a picture fense contractor McDonnell Douglass, tors and the long history of institutional- Pulliam said, “hundreds and hundreds of of Ferguson began to emerge that went then headquartered in St. Louis County. ized racism that has existed in public ed- angry people would show up, we spent beyond the death of Michael Brown and “Twenty years ago, Ferguson was 80 ucation, public safety and policing, the hours listening.” the subsequent protests. percent white and 20 percent African- judicial system, housing and economic Pulliam has lived most of her life in On the first full day and again on American. That has now flipped,” Smith development. With so many county north St. Louis County. She remembers the eve of departure, the pilgrims lis- said. municipalities, there’s “fighting over the when her family left the city for the tened to and questioned Bishop Wayne Later that same day, the pilgrims heard limited resources available to support suburbs, and watching as the Baskin- and sustain communities,” he said. Robbins closed and liquor and payday- The Department of Justice’s investi- loans stores opened. gation into the Ferguson Police Depart- “I watched the community change; ment uncovered that city officials put black people try to move here to make making money, through traffic tickets a better life, and this happens,” she said. and other citations, above providing Throughout the pilgrimage, partici- public safety to the community. It also pants said it became increasingly obvi- found that Ferguson’s black residents ous that racial reconciliation couldn’t were disproportionately targeted. be achieved until structural and institu- Hines also outlined how the pub- tional racism was addressed and that all lic schools ignored the 1954 Supreme people faced one another as equals. n

Flint continued from page 6 graphic that remains voiceless and on the margins,” said Ousley. Could we purchase top quality food for Aside from making financial contribu- distribution to families?” tions, one way Episcopalians can stand in Another long-term issue is address- solidarity with Flint’s residents is to ad- ing residents’ spiritual and psychological dress issues of injustice and inequality in needs, Scheid said: “The trauma, the fear their own communities, said Scheid. and the anger of “The church has the moral and civil au- the adults, parents thority to lift those voices up; the church and grandparents, should take care of those issues in its own knowing that you context,” he said. “That is one way to be may have given responsive to what’s happening in Flint.” your children con- Flint is one of five Michigan cities taminated water (Detroit, Flint, Inkster, Benton Harbor for months and and Highland Park), all with majority months and the as- African-American populations, that have Scheid sociated guilt.” been under emergency management at With a population less than 100,000, one time or another. With emergency Flint, once one of the largest, most in- management appointed by and report- dustrial cities in Michigan, now ranks ing directly to the governor, the system seventh in population in the state. Sixty bypasses the authority of locally elected percent of the population is African- officials. American; more than 40 percent lives “A further racial justice dimension below the poverty line. Like Detroit, 60 to address is that at one time state- miles south down Interstate 75, Flint has appointed managers have replaced experienced a massive population de- democratically elected leaders in cities cline and an eroded tax base. which together are populated by more “Flint is seen as poor and disposable than half of all African-Americans in the and is largely populated by a demo- state,” said Ousley. n March 2016 Episcopal Journal 9 News

Ashes continued from page 1 Lauren Flowers Byrd said that, although their ashes, were in tears as the church participated last year, they they drove away.” “With each of the items there’s a ques- decided to take this year off. Although some of her tion or a slight description for them to “I’m one of those people that thinks congregation understands think about what it means,” Jenkins said. you have to stop for your mortality, not the effort, “others think it’s “Basically, the sand is to reflect on Jesus do a drive-through sort of thing,” Byrd a bit gimmicky,” she said. going into the wilderness. The rock could said. “That’s sort of the thing to me: to In Michigan, dozens be a couple of things — when Jesus was pause, take time to stop and dwell in it of Protestant and Episco- invited to transform stone into bread and for a while.” pal churches offered both about the hunger in the world and that In Tulsa, Okla., the Rev. Kristina “Ashes to Go” and “Drive we might pray for those who are hungry. Maulden, 49, imposed ashes underneath Through Ashes” for a fourth “There’s a human figure to remind Trinity Episcopal Church’s carport. year, said the Rev. June us that we say Jesus is fully human. The Last year, Maulden, the associate rec- Marshall Smith of Novi candle is for meditation purposes and as tor, stood outside and prayed with about United Methodist Church. a dual reminder that Jesus is the light of 60 people “who were either disabled or She said she felt com- the world, and not to hide your light un- were bringing their spouse who couldn’t pelled to offer ashes out- der a bushel. And then the cross is, how get in the church,” she said. “There were doors after trying to find do we follow Christ ourselves? What people who hadn’t been to church in a a service herself a few crosses do we bear?” he said. long time, and this was an easy avenue years ago. “Nobody had The bag also includes a Lenten service to get back to church. a morning worship ser- schedule. For a church that averages “And we had people who couldn’t vice. I thought, ‘What’s about 70 for regular Sunday services, make it to the service, who couldn’t find the purpose of me going the drive-through drew 300 last year, a parking spot,” she said. “These little to worship at 7 p.m. if I’m

“most of whom are not members of moments of reaching into somebody’s just going to go to bed at Photo/Courtesy of Donna S. Mote our church,” Jenkins added. It “meets car and giving them the ashes … was 9 p.m.? I want to wear the The Rev. Donna S. Mote, Episcopal chaplain at the Atlanta the needs of people with apprehensions like this little thin space, a holy moment ashes all day.’” Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, offers “Ashes on about going to church. Maybe they have where we were pausing in our day and The service is “a labor of the Fly” to domestic and international travelers. had bad experiences and don’t want to reminding ourselves of our mortality. It love” and she has fun with go into the building.” is so rare that we actually touch some- it, she said.“One year, it was subzero to being initially “on the fence about, are But at St. Francis of the Islands Epis- body like that on a daily basis. There temperatures, and I was asking myself we catering to a fast-paced society who in- copal Church in Savannah, Ga., the Rev. were people who, after they received why I’m doing this. Then somebody’d go creasingly doesn’t have time for God? Are through the line and they’d be crying be- we making it too easy, you know, to say, cause it meant so much to them.” ‘yeah, I’ve done my religious whatever to- Dublin continued from page 1 take up the invitation of the government Another year, she created a sign: “Get day and I can walk around with a smudge to attend the Ceremony of Commemora- your ashes in here,” she said, chuckling. on my forehead’ and it means nothing.” accommodation which facilitates the tion at the General Post Office [the center Smith stands under a portico near the But after the cars showed up, including primary provision of public worship and of the uprising] on what is a very signifi- church building and also offers a bro- one with a Catholic father whose son had does not cause offence or undue difficulty cant day in the history of the state.” chure with prayers and a reminder to stage IV cancer and couldn’t risk infection to the organizers of the historic parade.” Most people who worship in Dublin’s mobile penitents that a way to share their by being in public, Layne was convinced. Jackson, who normally would wor- city-center churches do not live within the faith is to tell others about the smudges Another woman said she came because ship in Christ Church Cathedral on Eas- traditional parish boundaries. Churches on their foreheads. her local church’s service was at 7 p.m., ter, said: “People will, understandably, be outside the cordon, which will remain ac- There is repeat traffic, she said, cit- “and [she said] ‘that’s my child’s bedtime. upset not to be able to worship in their cessible on Easter morning, are inviting ing wheelchair vans, senior-group vans The church doesn’t have anything for me parish churches … We are making this the clergy and congregations from those and also a woman who drove 90 miles to go to.’ I thought that was really neat, decision with regret but in recognition churches made inaccessible by the restric- for ashes because she wouldn’t have been meeting people where they are, and that’s of the fact that people for whom we have tions to join them for worship. able to receive them at any other time why we’re going to continue to do it.” a duty of care will find it very difficult to The restrictions do not apply to other during the day. “For me, it’s the adage: The church gain access to city-center churches. arrangements for worship during Holy When Advent Evangelical Lutheran has left the building. If we truly affirm “I look forward to celebrating Easter Week across the city-center churches, in- Church in Columbus, Ohio, began of- the fact that we are the church and the with the congregations of Christ Church cluding the Easter Vigil and First Eucha- fering drive-through ashes last year, church is the people, then I guess it Cathedral and Sandford Parish Church rist of Easter at Christ Church Cathedral about 76 cars showed up. shouldn’t really matter where we con- on Easter morning. After that, I intend to on Easter Eve. n The Rev. Aaron Layne, 36, admitted duct our services.” n Anglican women to be heard at U.N. commission meeting Anglican Communion News Service Since 1960, evidence began to accu- program and administrative officer of mulate that women were disproportion- the Anglican Communion Office at the hen the United Nations ately affected by poverty, so UNCSW United Nations. Commission on the Sta- geared its work toward women’s needs “The delegates will also have the tus of Women convenes in community and rural development, opportunity to network, share and build in New York March 14- agricultural work, family planning and their own capacity by attending side 24W to explore women’s empowerment scientific and technological advances. events planned by nongovernmental and and the link to sustainable develop- It returns to that theme for its main faith-based organizations advocating ment, it will benefit from the experi- discussion this year as it explores for gender justice within a wide range ence and knowledge of some 22 Angli- women’s empowerment and the link to of developmental and human rights Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon can women from 18 provinces. sustainable development. The commis- issues,” she said. “We hope they will nominated the 22 Anglican delegates The 60th meeting of the UNCSW sion also will review progress since its leave the session having formed a for the U.N. meeting. They are from takes place at U.N. headquarters and 57th session in 2013 on the elimination close and empowering network with a Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, such nearby locations as the U.N. Church and prevention of all forms of violence global reach. Furthermore, we hope the Australia, Brazil, Burundi, Central Africa, Center. Since its inception in 1947, the against women and girls. delegates will communicate with others England, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, commission has been at the forefront of “The session will provide Anglican about their experience and continue to Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New developing international conventions on delegates with a platform on which engage with the issues addressed at [UN] Guinea, Scotland, Southern Africa, Sri a range of issues, including the political to spread awareness of the challenges CSW60 within their sending church Lanka, the United States and West Africa. rights of women, women’s rights in mar- faced by women and girls in their home and in their local communities.” They will be supported by the staff riage — such as consent, minimum age countries and to advocate on their be- The primates of the Anglican and volunteers of the Anglican Com- and registration — and equal pay. half,” said Rachel Chardon, the general Communion and secretary general munion Office. n 10 Episcopal Journal March 2016 Commentary Practicing Easter

By Marjorie George the critter “comes back to But death to self, the death life.” Scared nearly to death, Giving up feels like of Easter, takes our failures was convinced the little possum we would say.  and disappointments was dead, although Maggie, our Later, when Maggie was ‘dying; surrender and dead dreams and 8-month-old, 40-pound golden re- safely settled into her kennel resurrects them into triever puppy, continued to poke and for the night, I went back to feels like something new — Ipaw and bark at it. Maggie had found it in the fountain; sure enough, something far bet- the backyard dur- the little possum was gone. ter than we could ing her last “out” At Easter, we look again resurrection. have imagined be- time for the night: into the great yawning cause they are of a new visitor, a emptiness of the tomb, ’ Christ-nature. new toy, and look, where once Christ’s body lay inert in Die to self we are Surrender is Mom, it moves. the blackness of death, and we find the told; surrender your buoyed by expectancy It was just a body gone. But his had been a real death life. — that this death will baby possum it- — the heart had stopped pumping, the There is a difference, I open a way to new life, though self, measuring blood had ceased to course through his think, between surrender-dying and we, like Mary at the tomb, may not maybe eight inches from nose to rump. veins, the lungs were still and silent. He giving-up-dying. Giving up says I am recognize it at first (John 20:15). “Where is your mother?” I asked it. had died. And then he had not. Resur- just too tired to fight any longer. Giving Bishop David Reed of the Diocese of But it was busy hissing at Maggie, brave- rection — alleluia! up often is accomplished out of fear and West Texas points out that, in her wis- ly baring its teeth at her. Finally Maggie The Christ who arose from the grave expresses itself in anger, resentment and dom, the church gives us 50 days of the cornered the possum by the fountain, was not “playing possum” — it was not frustration. Easter season leading up to Pentecost. and the little guy flopped over on his just the old Christ brought back. He Surrender is wrapped in the sweet fra- We will always be an Easter people, and side, apparently dead. was resurrected to something entirely grance of hope. Surrender is my finally Eastertide, he says, is a time for practic- So this is “playing possum,” I thought. and exquisitely new. It was not a refur- perceiving that I do not know best about ing resurrection. From the website of the Opossum So- bished body that Mary encountered at my life, but you do, Lord. Surrender is The collect for Wednesday of Easter ciety of the United States, I learned that the tomb, but a brand new one. Christ in the garden — “not my will but Week, the week following Easter, asks this “I’m dead; leave me alone” stance is “The resurrection narratives,” says C. S. yours be done” (Luke 22:42). God to “open the eyes of our faith” actually physiological. The involuntary, Lewis, “are not a picture of survival after Giving up feels like dying; surrender that we may behold Christ “in all his comatose-like state is induced by extreme death; they record how a totally new mode feels like resurrection. redeeming work.” fear. Since predators find that chasing of being had arisen in the universe. Some- It will be the case in our lives that we Easter, and life, have just begun. and killing their prey is the appeal of the thing new had appeared, as new as the first will know failure, we will taste disap- Throughout the Easter season, may we meal, an inert possum does nothing to coming of organic life” (from “The Strang- pointment, we will watch helplessly as practice it a little more. n excite the appetite, and they will leave est Story of All” in “Bread and Wine,” dreams die. Because the world does not it alone. Somehow the possum’s body published by Orbis). The death begets new yet totally belong to Christ, bad things Marjorie George is editor of knows when the danger has passed, and life. In him, in the world, in us. will happen to good people. ReflectionsOnline and Reflections magazine.

Movie reviews Films trace different paths to faith

confession, and he admits to such ‘Hail, Caesar!’ transgressions as sneaking cigarettes and ‘Risen’ lying to his wife. By Solange De Santis Soon, he’ll be covering up other By Ann Breen Metcalfe people’s sins, since Eddie Mannix delicate dance between public (played by Josh Brolin and based on a he setting is Jerusalem. and private faith lies, surpris- real Hollywood character) is a “fixer” There are problems ingly, at the heart of “Hail, for the fictional Capitol Pictures. In the with a rebellious pop- Caesar!”, the Coen brothers’ straitlaced 1950s, he gets paid to cover ulation. The body of Ariotous tango through the amoral thick- up the stars’ peccadilloes — illegitimate oneT of the rebels is missing from ets of Hollywood. pregnancy, drunken benders, etc. — and its tomb, and the authorities are The film opens with a shot of a crucifix keep their images clean. afraid of more trouble. in a church and a man in a confessional. His biggest challenge arrives with the The West Bank in 2016? Think It’s only been 24 hours since his last kidnapping of Baird Whitlock (George again: It’s Pontius Pilate who is Clooney), one of running scared. He expects a visit the studio’s bright- from Emperor Tiberius Caesar. est (but intellectu- The Sanhedrin council of Jew- ally dimmest) stars, ish leaders is telling him that the currently filming Galileans will claim the missing rebel has risen from the dead. “Hail, Caesar!”, an Photo/courtesy Affirm Films epic that echoes The body of Jesus must be found. Joseph Fiennes is a Roman soldier searching for the “Ben-Hur,” “The That’s the plot of “Risen,” a body of Jesus. Robe,” “The Silver new movie produced by Sony Chalice” and every Pictures’ Affirm Films unit, which aims army officer in charge of finding the other Rome-and- at a Christian audience. It has received a body. Fiennes is persuasive early in the Jesus extravaganza. rave review from the Christian Broadcast film as a man of action, a leader who gets continued on page 11 Network and several less-enthusiastic things done through sharp intelligence notices from the mainstream press. and brute strength. He believes in the In Director Kevin Reynolds and writer pagan Roman gods. He and Pilate (Peter George Clooney Paul Aiello’s script, Joseph Fiennes, who Firth) are cautious confidants; in one plays a Roman has portrayed such icons as William centurion who telling scene, each reveals that what he witnesses the Shakespeare and Martin Luther, is the seeks above all is inner peace. Photo/courtesy Universal Pictures Crucifixion. Roman tribune Clavius, a highly placed continued on page 11 March 2016 Episcopal Journal 11 Book review Ordained ministry – stranger than fiction?

Review by Julienne Isaacs Sorensen, an associate professor of George Herbert’s “The Col- English at Canadian Mennonite Univer- lar,” Iris Murdoch’s “The The Collar: Reading n the opening pages of “The Col- sity in Winnipeg, previously published a Bell” and Clint Eastwood’s Christian Ministry in lar,” author Sue Sorensen writes, novel, “A Large Harmonium,” and is the film “Pale Rider.” Fiction, Television, “The ministry is a profession of editor of “West of Eden: Essays on Ca- The tone of “The Collar” and Film vital importance, but it is also de- nadian Prairie Literature.” She also has can be described as warm, Ilightfully strange, even absurd. We need published work on contemporary British comfortably straddling the By Sue Sorensen to look at it from a variety of angles and literature and detective fiction, as well as scholarly and conversation- 306 pages look at it honestly.” her own poetry. al. Sorensen offers analyses Wipf & Stock, 2014 “The Collar” explores a wide swath of These interests heavily inform “The of an astonishing number ISBN: 978-1625642486 fictional narratives about men and wom- Collar.” Chapters are thematic, covering and variety of works by en in church leadership. Sorensen’s goal, it topics such as “The Collared Detective,” writers, filmmakers and ac- seems, is to search out the truest readings “Passion, for Better or for Worse” and tors, from George Eliot and of ordained life and reflect on how they “Frustration: the Collar on Screen,” each George Herbert to Rowan cast light on the real tasks facing church of which compares and contrasts a vari- Atkinson and Richard Burton. There is through the subgenre of priest-detec- leaders today. For this reason, “The Col- ety of texts that portray the clergy with also a gem of a chapter titled “The Ca- tives. lar” will appeal especially to clergy, al- strong emphasis in these particular areas. nadian Collar” in which Sorensen ex- The call of “The Collar” to realistic though lovers of fiction will find plenty Chapters are interspersed with short “in- amines portrayals of clergy life in Mar- expectations for clergy and “de-mysti- to admire in Sorensen’s whirlwind tour terludes” in which Sorensen does close garet Laurence, Robertson Davies, Alice fication” of Christian ministry is much through literature, television and film. readings of significant works, such as Munro, Warren Cariou and others — a needed in the church. But Sorensen study that fills a gap in Canadian literary also quotes T.S. Eliot in describing the analysis. average Christian as “living and partly Hail Caesar! continued from page 10 (both Tilda Swinton); and a faltering Sorensen’s scope is probably too living.” Occasionally, she writes, great cowboy star (Alden Ehrenreich) cast in broad. Occasionally the buffet of texts literature points to priestly ministry as Scenes we see filmed show Whitlock’s a drawing-room drama, among others. under examination forces parenthetical “demonstrating the possibility of going centurion character at a wine-laced gath- Throughout the production of faith as readings when close readings are called beyond this halfway stage, becoming ering in a Roman villa and at the foot of a commercial product, Mannix returns for, suggesting that a narrowed focus fully alive in relationship with God.” the three crosses on Calvary. The practi- to confession (“I struck a movie star in might have served “The Collar” better. It’s a high calling, but one Sorensen calities of filming intrude – an assistant anger”), eats dinner at home with his But this breadth is also its strength; for approaches with generosity, humor and looks up at one of the crucified thieves wife and children, and wrestles with a a scholarly text, “The Collar” has an un- good grace. n and asks, “Do you get the hot breakfast lucrative job offer from defense contrac- usual and irresistible momentum. or the boxed breakfast?” tor Lockheed Corp. Particularly strong is Sorensen’s splen- Julienne Isaacs is a Winnipeg-based While trying to find his star, Man- Whitlock’s kidnapers turn out to be did commentary on Eliot’s “humanist writer. This review originally appeared in nix oversees the daily rushes (including a group of Communist screenwriters religion,” her restrained critique of Jan the Anglican Journal, the national news- a slide labeled “Divine presence to be holed up in a Malibu beach house and Karon’s Mitford series and her romp paper of the Anglican Church of Canada. shot”) and meets with four clergymen to one wonders what will happen to them ensure that “Hail Caesar!” won’t offend as McCarthyism progresses. Catholics, Protestants, Greek Orthodox In the film-within-a-film, Whitlock’s Christians or Jews. character reaches his big moment with Joel and Ethan Coen’s script hits a soaring speech of Christian conver- its satirical height as the four religious sion at the foot of the cross, yet the actor leaders mix theology (the rabbi: “For stumbles over the final word — “faith.” we Jews, depiction of the Godhead is Meanwhile, in the real world of his forbidden”) with movie criticism (the life, Mannix prays the rosary as he ago- Greek Orthodox priest: “The chariot nizes over the answer he’ll give the Lock- scene was fakey”). heed representative, who has shown him “So, does the depiction of Jesus cut a photo of a nuclear explosion as an ex- the mustard?” Mannix barks, and the ample of the work the defense contractor four sign off on the film. supports. Mannix is also coping with an Esther As he tries to decide whether to keep Williams-type aquatic star (Scarlett Jo- his allegiance to the dream factory, the hansson), soon to be an unwed mother; filmmakers hint that there are worse twin gossip columnists seeking scandal things to believe in. n Books by Nevada author, Karen Wilkes Risen continued from page 10 transcendent understanding at the next. Filmed in Spain and Malta, “Risen” “Blue Sky and a Buick” - Read this as a remarkable As evidence grows stronger that a shows spectacular scenery. The special ef- living Jesus (Cliff Curtis) has risen from fects are memorable, with the cracking biography, as a detective investigation into the life of a the tomb, Fiennes’s character changes. of the Temple walls after the Crucifixion fondly remembered teacher, as an image of what it was He is hearing of things that could not being especially dramatic. have happened and seeing things that However, it is difficult not to notice like to live, work and worship in the rural West... mid-19th cannot be real. He is drawn to the Fiennes’ Hollywood haircut. No matter to mid-20th centuries...” Katharine Jefferts Schori disciples and travels with them on a how bloody he is from battle, grimy dangerous journey to the Sea of Galilee. from fruitless grave digging or exhausted Clavius becomes a cautious observer; he from crossing the desert, no hair is ever “Bishop on Horseback” is the biography of Ozzie hardly can be in charge any longer with out of place. Whitaker. He was called by the American Church Jesus himself on the scene. Rich Peluso, the film’s producer, has Concerning Mary Magdalene (Maria been quoted as saying that “Risen” aims Missionary Society in 1863, to minister to the wild and Botto), this portrayal is distressingly to speak to believers and nonbelievers woolly miners of Virginia City, Nev., as they picked and out of date. She is presented as a whore, alike. For some viewers, it will be an ex- known to half the Roman soldiers, and citing action film. For others, it will be shoveled their way through the biggest gold discovery in offers little to the plot. Simon Peter an expression of faith. n history. (Stewart Scudamore), on the other hand, is believable as the robust fisherman, Ann Breen Metcalfe is a writer based in Paperback and Kindle versions available on Amazon.com baffled at one moment and developing Mamaroneck, N.Y. 12 Episcopal Journal March 2016 Faith and the arts Cathedral art show focuses on food By Pamela A. Lewis

ood is our common ground, a universal experience,” observed “ famed chef James Beard. An art exhibit at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, running through April 3, examines the meanings humans attach to this essential commodity. FCurated by art professor Kirby Gookin and artist Robin Kahn, “The Value of Food” explores various aspects of food — production, distribution, con- sumption and even waste. The exhibit presents the works of 32 artists who see food as material for creations that celebrate the earth’s bounty as a form of social engagement. While their subjects and methodology vary widely, all of the artists explore ways in which food, art, commerce, the environment and community promote an understanding of the show’s unifying theme: food justice. As the largest cathedral in the world, with 14 bays and seven chapels, Saint John the Divine is an ideal setting for the installation, assigning it, Gookin says, “a role beyond its theological mission.” The show is divided into seven thematic sec- tions: Water, Soil, Seed, Farm, Market, Meal and Waste, each representing a spoke in the cycle of food production. Within the bays and chapels, visitors encounter Photo/Helena Kubicka de Bragança works inspired by various Above, the “Soil-erg” installation by Claire Pentecost is accompanied by blocks of compost, representing units of a new currency (soil-erg) meant to replace the petro-dollar. food-use strategies — seed banking, urban foraging, Left, Alexis Rockman’s painting on wood, “The Farm,” rooftop farming, cooking Photo/courtesy St. John the Divine Cathedral interprets the effects of climate change and genetic engineering. and sharing meals — to explore more deeply how food defines our lives. quotations from various powers-that-be Tom Otterness’ massive steel-and-bronze sculpture, seeking to grab land from indigenous peoples. “The Tables,” uses symbolism and whimsical figures These symbols of uprooted and impoverished to depict the unraveling of civilization. Although migrants transmit a hard-hitting protest the work’s title and trio of recognizable picnic tables against a persistent injustice. suggest their primary function as the locus of meals, Under “Farm,” there is the playful “Bean Otterness has inserted themes relating to the struggle Musings: A Survey of Bean Works Since 1962” between good and evil, to social deterioration and to by Alison Knowles, who has used beans as her human folly. central medium since the early 1960s. She Claire Pentecost examines soil as the place where life gives sketchbook covers a texture by insert- begins and returns. “Soil-erg” features an oversized sheet ing beans beneath their two-ply skin. Gookin bearing a black-and-white illustration of a gleefully demonstrated one of Knowles’ sound-produc- dancing skeleton, above and beneath which are banners ing sculptures: a large, sealed envelope made reading “Death Is the Food of Life” and “Compost Is from flax containing beans. When the “en- Alchemy.” Ingots fashioned from handmade soil, or velope” is moved back and forth, the sliding compost, representing units of a new currency (soil- beans produce a pleasing, swooshing sound. erg) meant to replace the petro-dollar, are stacked on The colorful palette of Alexis Rockman’s tables flanking the illustration. wood panel “The Farm” belies the damaging Photo/Helena Kubicka de Bragança As “The Value of Food” takes its cues from the cathe- effects of climate change and genetic engineer- Ines Doujak’s “Your Land Is Our Land” incorporates battered dral’s 2011 exhibition “The Value of Water,” this vital ing upon the flora and fauna of the farm, and luggage, seed posters and quotations relating to displaced peoples. element receives significant treatment in several works examines the human pressures imposed on that call attention to the need for conservation and food sources. protection. Others focus on local and global concerns, Mel Chin’s contribution to “Waste,” “Revival such as climate change and fracking. Field Diorama,” is a “green remediation” project “Fallowed Tomato Fields,” “Corcoran California” and using plants to remove toxic heavy metals from “Tomato Harvest, Firebaugh California” are photographs soil. Art fuses with science and moves into social from Matt Black’s series “The Dry Land,” showing that ecology, evident in this work that includes a prolonged drought has reduced the land to blowing dust nugget of zinc extricated from the soil during and that farmers struggle to bring in crops. the cleaning process. Naoto Nakagawa, who says he sees himself as “The Value of Food” attests that art can teach “ardently optimistic” concerning humanity’s future, us about our world and how to be stewards offers a bold-hued yet pessimistic vision in his acrylic- of it. For the Very Rev. James A. Kowalski, on-canvas “The Earth Series: The Last Supper.” Here, dean of the cathedral, the exhibition stands only a lone majestic eagle clutching a fish in its talons as an “ongoing commitment to conversation makes it out alive from a burning earth, heading about shared responsibilities and is part of the towards other planets. advocacy for our transformation into better In the “Seed” category, Ines Doujak’s “Your Land Is citizens.” n Our Land” is a site-specific installation incorporating battered luggage, seed posters and drawings by Based in New York, Pamela A. Lewis writes Photo/Linda Brooks Amazonian master shaman Juan Flores. Signs carry about art and faith. Tom Otterness’ sculpture “The Tables” contains whimsical figures. March 2016 Episcopal Journal 13 Feature Chile-pepper operation fights hunger

By Bill Robinson land can generate a very high return on set of challenges: picking, processing investment. and packaging. The crew had become he Church of the Transfigu- The church selected a 400-year-old so consumed by the farming part of the ration in Mesa, Ariz., is sup- variety of chile known as Campo Do- project, it was taken aback by the manu- porting its programs and ad- rado — a Spanish name meaning “gold- facturing component. dressing the issue of hunger in field” — from Northern New Mexico. But more parishioners became en- itsT home state with profits from a new Spanish colonizer Don Juan de Oñate gaged, and things quickly fell together. farm project that produces spicy chile first brought the ancestors of this vari- Ripe fruits were picked daily, and dry- peppers. ety to the Upper Rio Grande in 1598. ing racks were refilled as fast as they were Demographic statistics from the Cen- The seeds are heritage seeds of those in- emptied. Peppers were de-seeded, de- sus Bureau, U.S. Department of Agri- troduced by Oñate and preserved by the stemmed and ground into powder. La- culture and the Arizona Association of descendants of the original colonists and bels were printed, powder was packaged, Food Banks show that, in Arizona, one the local Pueblo Indian communities. and the entire inventory was sold in time in three children, one in five adults, and The farm’s first year was not with- for Christmas. one in seven seniors are at risk for insuf- out adventure. One thousand seedlings The church also sold “adopt-a-plant” ficient food daily. The church decided to were planted in February 2015 on a certificates for $2 each as well as bundles use its property to help address the issue, 4,000-square-foot plot. Many of the of decorative corn. The 35 pounds of simplifying the community-garden con- chile plants were devoured by birds and chile powder was sold at $40 per pound. cept by concentrating on animals and had to be re- At the end of the first season, despite one or two crops. placed. When it looked Photo/courtesy of Church of the Transfiguration a learning curve, a few setbacks and ma- Research led Trans- like the church’s plans, Bill Robinson, manager of the Crazy Chile jor startup costs, the church realized a figuration to chile pep- prayers and dreams were Farm, holds some of the corn planted as $600 profit to support the food relief pers as the primary crop, about to be fulfilled, a shade crops for the chile peppers. and social responsibility programs that and the Crazy Chile May heat wave arrived. had touched parishioners’ hearts in the Farm was born. Spicy The temperature was evitable plant losses, and transplanting first place. food is a trending item in extreme enough to melt new seedlings into the gaps in the rows As an example of one of the food pro- restaurants and upscale the glue holding together proved futile. Corn was planted between grams, Church of the Transfiguration markets in Arizona and the PVC parts of the irri- the rows to provide shade for the deli- works with local agencies on food dis- worldwide. Plus, powder gation system. When the cate chile pods and prevent them from tribution. In nine years, the church has made from certain variet- air temperature exceeded becoming sunburned. In addition, the provided funding for 1.2 million meals. ies commands a very high Photo/Bill Robinson 110 degrees, the ground labor force shrank as many of the com- As for the chile crop, the church an- price. This means that Chile peppers are dried, temperature topped 150 mitted parishioners headed north for the ticipates a fourfold increase for 2016. a relatively small plot of ground and bagged for sale. degrees. There were in- summer. For more information, visit www. Finally, cooler weather returned. As transfiguration-mesa.org/portal/ overnight lows dropped below 80 de- outreach/chili-plant. n Students help ‘stop hunger now’ grees, surviving chile plants began pro- ducing with enthusiasm — 50 to 75 Bill Robinson is a parishioner at Church Episcopal Journal get your hands busy today actually fruits on each were not uncommon. of the Transfiguration and manager of the doing something about this problem of The church was now faced with a new Crazy Chile Farm. our classes of third-graders hunger.” and one eighth-grade class at Some 800 million people in the Holy Innocents’ Episcopal world wake up every day not knowing School in Atlanta on Jan. 27 what they will have to eat, Ashley said. baggedF and sealed 10,152 meals of “This will stop a lot of children from rice, soy protein, dehydrated vegetables being hungry,” said third-grader Anna

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14 Episcopal Journal March 2016 commentary Seeing the face of God

By Ariana Gonzalez-Bonillas taneously, I started to learn more about that represented at all. “Nuestra Madre” by the Virgin of Guadalupe, whose picture I am trying to erase Yolanda M. López, from was nervous the first and only time I had seen at my grandmothers’ houses. the picture of an An- the Guadalupe series, 1981-88, is created using I asked a group of people how they Now, in college, I tend to consolidate glo Jesus that our so- acrylic and oil paint on pictured God. The group of girls the two, and recognize the ancient Aztec ciety is surrounded masonite. that were a part of my ninth-grade face of the Virgin who was the mother by and to pray to Iyouth group answered with varying re- of gods and goddesses, Tonantzin, some- the Middle-Eastern sults, and I was times known as Coatlicue. I recognize face of Jesus, so that about how her two sons reassured that this aspect of God because I am trying to he is represented ac- would call her at different there was not just reclaim my culture and pray to a God- curately in my mind. points in their lives: one in one representa- dess that my ancestors believed in before I pray to him as Ye- his times of stress and the tion of God. I had it was torn away from them. shua, since I am an other in his times of hap- recently started I recently read “Goddess of the Amer- adamant supporter of piness. I have found that I to try to change icas,” an anthology edited by Ana Castil- pronouncing names pray to God in my times my mental im- lo, where many Chicano/a writers, artists as they are supposed of stress, anxiety, when I age of God into a and other followers of the Virgin of Gua- to be pronounced am at my most vulnerable, woman, trying to combat the promi- dalupe — the patron saint of Mexico — and not butchered by which happened many nent, traditional and patriarchal use of explore their spirituality and connection a dominant culture. times this past semester. “He” in liturgy and prayers. Honestly, I to the Virgin and how she is a feminine Unfortunately, I However, I attempt was coming up with an image of a Latina entity of God that they recognize more did not make time to remember to send a woman that happened to look extremely than a masculine father figure of God. to attend church my prayer of thanks to God, similar to la Virgen de Guadalupe. I related to these writings because I first semester of my in the times where I am I only have asked once how people grew up praying to the Virgin of Gua- sophomore year, even Photo/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press laughing with friends or physically picture God because God is dalupe along with God, but I was able though I did miss it. I didn’t realize how when life is not too stressful. So I ask of so personal for us in our Episcopal tra- to see that there were others that con- much I missed church until I was recent- God, Tonantzin, Diosita, or any of the dition and teachings. In the Catholic solidated the two entities into one so ly hired as a youth leader by a church in other endearments of praise I call You, as Church, it is traditional to ask the saints that there was a representation of their the neighboring community, and part of a daughter of the Queen, please accept to pray on one’s behalf to God – there mestiza identity in the God that they youth group is a church service. When my Spanglish prayers and know that I is a middleman, so to speak. But for worshiped. This is college for me: I am the singing started, I threw my voice into love you even when I do not pray. n Protestant faiths, we like to have a per- exploring my roots through the lens of it, because I missed being able to wor- sonal one-on-one relationship with God, my religion, the most personal way to ship God this way and it made my heart Ariana Gonzalez-Bonillas is a sophomore which allows for diverse pictures of God. explore my soul and connect to the One lighter. I had not been praying as often at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, The picture that others have has nothing who knows it. as I needed to be, but I would often leave studying physics and sociology, and tries to to do with me; I do not need to know For another part of the Trinity, I am short prayers — no less sincere or signifi- read Chicana literature and theory in her how you physically picture God to know trying to picture Jesus as the actual Mid- cant than long prayers — when I lighted free time. She was second lay deputy for the that you are faithful. dle-Eastern man that he was because all my veladora (candle) with a picture of Diocese of Arizona at General Convention I first started in middle school to the representations I see of him are An- the Virgin of Guadalupe on it. 2015 and recently became youth leader imagine a feminine face to God, started glo. I know he looks more like me, an- A deacon who used to be at my home at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Natick, to think of God as Mother, She. Simul- other brown person, but I have not seen church in Arizona once gave a sermon Mass. Support the award-winning Episcopal Journal! Don't miss an issue! Episcopal Journal is bringing you another year of news, Episcopal features, inspirational columns and arts coverage from the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion. We select news stories from various sources that are of particular interest to Episcopal readers. MoNTHly eDITIoN | ournal $3.75 Per CoP J y We also feature stories of faith in action in the dioceses, thought-provoking columns and Vol 6 No 2 | February 2016 blog posts — and original features and accounts of faith as expressed through the arts. Majority of primates Episcopal Journal comes to you as a handy monthly digest reflecting the vibrant, diverse, call for temporary

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Transitions continued from page 4 Bishops develop online Lent meditations to the Episcopal priesthood in 2007. Be- fore being called to Trinity, he served as Episcopal Journal “This project’s digital curate of Christ Episcopal Church in format is a welcome new Ridgewood, N.J. ooking back at the economic direction for our work — Episcopal News Service crisis of 2007-08, the theol- as the theological arm ogy committee of the House of the House of Bish- Maryland cathedral names of Bishops created an online ops. We have sought to LentenL resource that invites the church model a process of theo- Rob Boulter dean to examine the unsustainable patterns logical reflection that is Following two of consumption and self-interest that open, interactive and accessible to ev- To learn more or to sign up years as acting continue to cause economic injustices. eryone,” said Bishop Thomas Breiden- for the “Repairing the Breach: dean, the Rev. Rob “Repairing the Breach: Discipleship thal of the Diocese of Southern Ohio. Discipleship and Mission in a Boulter has been and Mission in a Global Economy,” The House of Bishops announced Global Economy” daily Lenten named the new dean published by Forward Movement, pro- the new resource as a way to recover reflections, visit repairingthebreach. of the Cathedral of vides daily meditations and videos. It and renew economic imagination, and forwardmovement.org. A print- the Incarnation in covers topics such as employment, con- to highlight specific practices where the friendly downloadable PDF of the Baltimore, Assistant sumerism, food and the environment. Spirit of God is bringing new life to lessons for the entire season of Lent is Boulter Bishop Chilton R. Each week of Lent is devoted to a par- local congregations and communities, also available for download at www. Knudsen announced on the Diocese of ticular aspect of economic life. said Forward Movement. forwardmovement.org. n Maryland website on Feb. 19. Boulter will be installed as the cathedral’s fourth dean on April 30. He Seabury of Connecticut was be complete by the fall. The master plan succeeds the Very Rev. Hal Ley Hayek, consecrated in Aberdeen as calls for two additional phases, which who resigned in June 2014. the first American Episcopal will include construction of a new wor- — Diocese of Maryland bishop. ship center and residential facilities. “I am humbled and over- — Diocese of SW Florida First female Hispanic joyed by the opportunity to serve as dean of Christ Episcopal dean installed Priest’s son sentenced for Church Cathedral, and to killing his parents The Rev. Miguelina Howell was in- participate in God’s mis- stalled Feb. 18 as the 10th dean of the sion during times of evident Illustration/courtesy Diocese of Southwestern Florida Isaac Tiharihondi, the oldest son of Diocese of Con- adaptive changes, creativity and collabo- Architect’s rendering of DaySpring the Rev. Israel Ahimbisibwe and his wife necticut’s Christ ration in the ever-evolving landscape Episcopal Center and recreation facilities. Dorcus, was sentenced on Feb. 2 to life Church Cathedral of the City of Hartford, the Episco- without parole after he pleaded guilty to in Hartford after pal Church in Connecticut and in the $3 million program center at DaySpring murdering his parents in their Houston serving as its vicar world,” Howell said. “I look forward to Episcopal Center, the diocese’s 97-acre apartment on Jan. 27, 2015. Authorities for more than two strengthening existing partnerships and religious and conference center in Bra- also believe Tiharihondi fatally stabbed years. Born and fostering new ones, working in collabo- denton. The 12,500-square-foot center his 5-year-old brother, Israel Jr. raised in the Do- ration with our bishops, lay, clergy and will serve as DaySpring’s primary facil- Court documents say Tiharihondi minican Republic, Howell civic leaders in Connecticut and mem- ity for youth and adult programs, art told his family days before the killings she is the first Hispanic woman elected a bers of the cathedral’s congregations.” and music recreation activities, retreats, that he was about to report for duty cathedral dean in the Episcopal Church. — Diocese of Connecticut teaching and worship. with the Marines, although police say Those invited to mark the historic event The new center replaces an aging por- the U.S. Marine Corps has no record of included denominational officials from table events building and represents the him enlisting. His parents had planned the United States and the Dominican first phase of a 10-year DaySpring mas- to confront their son in the days be- Republic, as well as guests from the NOteworthy ter development plan, initiated in 2014. fore their murders and were found dead Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney in the SW Florida breaks ground Two key amenities of the new center are Feb. 2, 2015, after repeated attempts by Scottish Episcopal Church. The Scottish a 5,000-square-foot multi-use recreation/ church members to contact them went attendees highlighted the 232-year on program facility meeting hall and a 2,000-square-foot unanswered. Ahimbisibwe had failed to relationship between Connecticut and The Diocese of Southwest Florida pool alongside an outdoor pavilion. Con- show up for church services on Sunday. Scotland, when, in 1784, the Rev. Samuel planned to break ground March 1 on a struction for phase one is projected to Tiharihondi, who graduated from Memorial High School in 2014, shared Primates continued from page 3 “No instrument exists conferring upon anti-gay stands are in the headlines. the apartment with this parents and little the Primates’ Meeting the jurisdiction to “The people most likely to suffer from brother. A third son, Emmanuel, 18, was attending private school in California. blessed, included, empowered and loved ‘require’ these things ... Whatever they this news are faithful LGBTI Anglicans Ahimbisibwe was priest in charge at absolutely everybody. It means we take require is unenforceable.” and their allies, especially in Africa,” she Redeemer Church, Houston, at the time seriously our call to be part of the Jesus Deputy Sam Candler was among those wrote. “I count many of them as my of his death. — Diocese of Texas Movement — proclaiming the good news who took exception to media reports that friends and colleagues, and today I am of God’s inclusive love to the world.” the Episcopal Church had been suspend- especially praying that this new message On Facebook, Deputy Winnie Var- ed from the Anglican Communion. of exclusion does not fuel more hatred ghese made the wry observation, “Only “[W]hatever else the primates can do, and homophobia and make them even Classifieds in the Anglican Communion is not serv- they cannot vote, by any margin, to keep more vulnerable to violence and discrim- PEW REFINISHING ing on committees for a time considered a province or church from participating ination than they already are.” a real punishment.” in the Anglican Communion of Church- “And regardless of the primates’ vote,” Church Pew Refinishing By Keck In the aftermath of the primates’ es,” he said. “In fact, the word ‘suspen- she wrote, “we Episcopalians will con- Pew refinishing services since 1972. communique, debate quickly turned to sion’ does not appear at all in their Janu- tinue working with Anglicans across Nation’s Oldest, Largest. www.keckgroup.com 888-253-KECK whether or not the primates had the au- ary 2016 eight-point resolution. the globe to feed the hungry, care for “The Anglican Communion ofthe sick, educate children and heal the thority to compel Anglican Communion ADVERTISING INFO bodies, including the ACC, to abide by churches is simply not organized in the world. 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By Gavin Drake breach of Australia’s constitution. against us. Historically, churches have af- Anglican Communion News Service The High Court rejected her forded sanctuary to those seeking refuge claim, saying that off-shore deten- from brutal and oppressive forces.” hurches in Australia are offer- tion of illegal migrants was not in The archdeacon of the Central Coast, ing to test the common-law breach of the law; but the judges the Ven. Rod Bower, is well-known for principle of sanctuary after said that such detention should not his controversial billboard messages out- the country’s High Court be indefinite. side his Gosford Parish Church. He used ruledC that it was lawful for the govern- Responding to the judgment, Frei- the board to announce that it would of- ment to return some 270 asylum seekers er, along with assistant bishops Philip fer sanctuary to those facing deportation — including almost 40 children — to Huggins, Genieve Blackwell and Paul to the off-shore detention centers. off-shore detention camps on the island White, issued a statement calling on He also took to Twitter to liken the nation of Nauru and on Papua New the government to “change the narra- Photo/Wikimedia Commons government’s policy to that of Nazi Ger- Guinea’s Manus island. tive on children in detention.” Open tent accommodation in the Nauru offshore many. In one tweet, he said: “Civil dis- The primate of Australia, Archbishop Huggins chairs the Anglican processing facility. obedience becomes a sacred duty when of Melbourne Philip Freier, has argued Church of Australia’s Working Group removed from the Common Law in the state has become lawless or corrupt.” that just because the government can re- on Refugees. With the other bishops, England in 1624; but still sometimes is Responding to the growing offers of turn refugees to the islands doesn’t mean he said: “The fact that a legal determina- observed out of tradition or respect for sanctuary, the archbishop and his three that it should. tion has been made does not require the the religious establishment. assistant bishops said that “the Anglican But the court’s decision was welcomed government to act to return women and The validity of the right of sanctuary Church in Melbourne — and nationally by the Australian government. children to off-shore detention. in Australia is unknown. — will continue to support asylum-seek- “Our commitment today is simply “No reasonable Australian wants to en- “Many of us are at the end of our tether ers and refugees with services and advo- this,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turn- courage people smugglers in any way, but as a result of what seems like the govern- cacy and spiritual help. The church and bull said. “The people smugglers will not it is simply morally unacceptable to leave ment’s intention to send children to Na- its welfare agencies have long had consid- prevail over our sovereignty. Our borders children to languish in appalling conditions uru,” the dean of Brisbane, the Rev. Peter erable involvement in resettling refugees are secure. The line has to be drawn some- in off-shore detention centers. If the nation Catt, told ABC News. “So we’re reinvent- and helping them build a life in Australia. where and it is drawn at our border.” can agree on these two principles, surely it ing or rediscovering or reintroducing the “We applaud the motives of those The test case was brought by a Ban- is not beyond us to find a solution.” ancient concept of sanctuary as a last-ditch Christian churches who intend to test the gladeshi woman who had been held on Some Anglican clergy have gone fur- effort to offer some sense of hope to those ancient common-law notion of sanctuary, Nauru after being caught trying to enter ther and are offering to provide sanctuary who must be feeling incredibly hopeless.” but our churches are not equipped to pro- Australia by boat. She was taken to Aus- for the refugees in their churches. This is In a statement reported by BBC vide temporary accommodation. A bet- tralia for medical treatment while she was based on the old English common-law News, Catt said: “This fundamentally ter answer would be for Mr. Turnbull to pregnant and gave birth to her child there. principle that fugitives would be free goes against our faith, so our church exercise compassion and moral principle She challenged the government’s right to from arrest when within the confines of community is compelled to act, despite and allow the asylum seekers to remain in return her to Nauru, saying this was in a church. The legality of sanctuary was the possibility of individual penalty Australia as the processes unfold.” n

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