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Five Bishops Form Caravan to Rome There are three possible roles for of Winchester, and th e Rt. Rev. the numbers likely to take it up. Catholic-minded people who cannot David Silk, honorary assistant Burnham is being cautious and accept women bishops and the . The journey of the probably realistic: "The Ordinariate agenda that goes with it, according Ordinariate "caravan company" is groups will be church-planting new to the , the Rt. underway. congregations, congregations of per­ Rev. : "We have been dismayed , over the haps only 30 or so people to start • Non-jurors - "those who sol­ last thirty years, to see Anglicans with , but 30 enthusiasts noneth e­ dier on, knowing that and Catholics move fur­ less . Such congregations of activists they are a dying breed, ther apart on some of the will probably grow rapidly, but but are content to be wit­ issues of the day, and par­ there, of course, lies another risk nesses of what they have ticularly we have been There are many clergy and laity who always believed and , distressed by develop­ would love to possess the courage practiced." ments in Faith and Order for this pioneering venture but they • Solo swimmers - in which we simply do not . Not everyo ne is at "individuals who go off believe to be incompati­ heart a risk-all pione er." on their own" and join ble with the historic voca­ The Rt. Rev. , the local Roman Catholic tion of Anglicanism and (part of the congregation. the tradition of the huge ) and an • Members of a cara­ Church for nearly two influential longtime advocate of van - "By this I don't thousand years," said the women bishops, told TLC: "The RC mean a holiday home. James 8rad 1ey photo bishops' statement. option simply doesn 't appeal to The 'caravan' in biblical Burnham There were other elu- many Anglicans. " Ther e are many times was something like the trek of cidations. One accused the Church other traditional-Catholic Anglicans, the Children of Israel from Egypt to of England of adopting an increas­ he said , "who don't see the Ordinar­ the Promised Land, via Mount Sinai. ingly lax attitude towards issues in iate as the way forward , and want to The caravan is large and ram­ morality, both homosexuality and stay in the ." shackle, camels and people trudg­ abortion. In mor e tabloid language "So we hav e to continu e to ing along, children running around Burnham said the Church of Eng­ attempt to make suitable provision and playing. There are newborns in land was like a chain of coffee shops for them when we pass the final leg­ the caravan and people dying. Peo­ going out of business. It may have a islation to make women bishops." ple join and people leave." recognized corporate brand, but On that, "nothing has changed in om Burnham wrote this in his confuses its customers with a dif­ determination to hold the Chmch of newsletter just two weeks ago. On ferent menu in every outlet. England together and keep us in fel­ Nov. 8 he fonnally took up the Vati­ How many people will join the lowship. It would be foolish for can's offer of the Ordinariate. caravan now and in th e medium those of us who support, pray, and An announcement confirmed the term? Immediately it invites the long for women to be bishops to much-anticipated resignations of question of what the effect will be think we can use the Ordinariate Burnham and the Church of Eng­ on moves in the General Synod to option as an excuse for not acting land's other Provincial Episcopal legislate for women bishops. The responsibly towards those opposed ." Visitors (PEVs), colloquially known "solo swimmers" were less in the Not all voices were as sanguine. as flying bishops: the Rt. Rev. John spotlight amid the bishops ' depar­ Christina Rees , one of the leading Broadhurst, Bishop of , and tme, but their position is worth com­ advocates of admitting wom en to the Rt. Rev. , Bishop of ment. the episcopate, was unhappy about . Joining them are two Ever since Pope Benedict made the timing of the resignations. She retired bishops: the Rt. Rev. Edwin known his offer of an Ordinariate told TLC that it seemed odd that the Barnes, honorary assistant bishop there has been speculation about announcement came ahead of "wait-

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4 T H E LIVIN G CHURCH· NOVEMBER 28. 2010 Ask for a clergy moving sjJecialist and disco ver why thousands of churches, clergy and seminarians have relied on us for nearly two decad es. ing to see the outcome of the final Clergy& SeminarianDiscounts • All MajorVan Lines Available vote on women bishops and also DirectBilling to Diocese& Churches before seeing the arrangements that will be contained in the Code of GuaranteedDates Backed by a DelayPenalty ~ Practice." She added, "I find it ironic Upto ThreeEstimates Provided with one Survey ~ that they will be joining a Church www.clergyrelocation.com • [email protected] that recognises neither their priestly nor episcopal ministry." Rees hopes the women bishops legislation will receive final approval within the next two years. "The Church of England has been debat­ ing the issue of women's , including women's consecration as bishops, for 35 years and the cur­ rent legislation has been in the mak­ ing for over five years. We know the Churc h at large will overwhelmingly welcome women as bishops. "When women as well as men are able to share in the exercise of epis­ copal leadership, we will have a more com plet e picture of humanity serving and leadi ng in the name of Christ. Our House of Bishops will benefit from the presence of one half of the human race." There are wildly varying estimat es of who will join the caravan. Enthu­ siasts for the project talk of "thou­ sands" even "tens of thousands" signing up. • Doctor of Ministry Summer Courses 2011 Broadbent offers a different take. • Doctor of Ministry in The Old Testament In Christian Preaching "Personal ly, I don't think many will Preaching The Rev. Dr. William F. Brosend II and Dr. Anathea Portier-Young leave. Catholic Anglicans have lived • Master of Sacred Theology and breathed the belief that they can Judaism In the Time of Jesus Dr. Paul A. Holloway • Master of Sacred Theology Classics of Anglicanism The Rev. Dr. Benjamin King be authentically Cat holi c and in Anglican Studies J. authentically Anglican within the C Opening the Book of Nature: Creation, of E. Two or three years down the Ecology, and Economy The Rev. Dr. Robert MacSwain and Dr. Robert Gottfried line, I suspect that the Ordinariate The Pastor and Spiritual Formation: Resources will be a pretty small group in the from the Craft of Spiritual Direction U.K. It may have a greater following The Rev. Martin Smith in other countries." Distilling the most realistic views of both sides, GUEST SPEAKER, JUNE 23 AND 24 the first wave seems likely to com­ The Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann , pose about 25 groups, typically com­ Professor Emeritus Columbia Theological Seminary prising around two dozen converts, (1986-2003) 500 in all. There is talk of new energy for For more information visit church planting in the years to ~!',SEWANEE theology.sewanee.edu or come. Again, caution and realism is 11TH E UNIVERSITY OF T H E SOUTH THE SCHOOLOF THEOLOGY call 800.722.1974 (Continued on next page)

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Five Bishops West Missouri Elects Eighth Bishop (Continued from previous page) The Diocese of West and in 1992. He is completing needed. Catholic-minded Anglicans Missouri's annual con­ a doctor of ministry in congrega­ in England are not at the forefront of vention has elected tional development through Seabury- church-planting initiatives in these ., Western Theological Seminary. the Rev. Martin S. "!J.l;""...... islands, have little firsthand experi­ Field the diocese's Flint led voting in the lay order ence of involvement with it, and eighth bishop. from the first ballot, gained votes in have an ecclesiastical polity that Field, 54, of Field both orders on the second ballot, does not go naturally with a church­ St. Paul's Church, and was elected on the third ballot. planting mindset. Flint, Mich., was elected on the third There is only anecdotal informa­ ballot. tion about how lone swimmers are The other nominees were the Rev. faring. There have been a string of Peter F. Casparian, 59, rector, Christ WEST MISSOURI

high-profile lay converts, such as Church, Oyster Bay, Long Island, Ballot 1 2 3 former Conservative Minister Ann N.Y., and the Rev. Canon E. Daniel C = Clergy; L = Laity C L C L C L Widdecombe. In the last decade and Smith, 54, the Diocese of Missouri's Needed to Elect 52 72 a half some whole congregations canon to the ordinary. have moved on to Rome and report Casparian 42 47 43 48 50 54 Field was ordained in the Disci­ Field 30 60 36 71 53 89 energy and growth. ples of Christ before being conse­ Smith 29 35 24 24 Others who went as part or all of crated an Episcopal in 1991 a parish group have found their numbers dissipated after the early Bishop Zavala Elected Southern Cone's Primate enthusiasm and in honest moments reflect that while Roman Catholi­ The Anglican Province of the the current presiding bishop of the cism offers the certainty they Southern Cone of America has Southern Cone, the Most Rev. Gre­ sought, it does not necessarily pos­ elected the Rt. Rev. Hector "Tito" gory Venables, to explain the South­ sess anything like the community Zavala, Bishop of Chile, as its next ern Cone's decision to provide alter­ they once enjoyed in their parish presiding bishop and primate. native oversight to such dioceses as church - even if a lot of the con­ Bishop Zavala's election follows Fort Worth and San Joaquin. versation was complaints about the his removal from the Inter-Anglican Canon Kearon said that Venables malaise of the Church of England. Standing Commission on Unity, did not respond to the request. Ven­ The Faith and Order by the Rev. Canon ables said he responded informally said he accepted the bishops' resig­ Kenneth Kearon, secretary general but that a formal response needed to nations with regret, adding: "We of the Anglican Communion. wait until the Southern Cone met in wish them well in this next stage of The Archbishop of Canterbury synod , since intervention had been their service to the Church and I am had previously recommended that approved by the synod. grateful to them for their faithful and any province not abiding by the The Southern Cone elects its pre­ devoted pastoral labors in the Windsor Report's requests for self­ siding bishop to a three-year renew ­ Church of England over many restraint should not continue repre­ able term. Venables , who has been years," he said. senting the Anglican Communion on presiding bishop since 2001, will "The Archbishop will now set in ecumenical and other commissions. remain Bishop of Argentina and train the process for filling the The secretary general had asked Northern Argentina . vacant sees," a statement from Lam­ beth Palace said. "In the interim, Diocese Requests Bishop's Resignation arrangements have been made for Saying that the Rt. Rev. Charles Bishop Bennison has not respond­ pastoral care to be provided by Bish­ E. Bennison, Jr., "does not have the ed to the resolution, but has said ops John Ford, and trust of the people and clergy of the repeatedly that he wants to lead a min­ for those who for­ Diocese of Pennsylvania to continue istry of reconciliation in the diocese. merly looked to Bishops Burnham to serve as their bishop," the dio­ Before the convention met Nov. 6, and Newton for their episcopal sup­ cese's annual convention has called the vestry of Christ Church, the port and have decided to continue on him to resign immediately. The mother church of the diocese, voted ministry in the Church of England." convention approved the measure to increase its payment to the dio- John Kingsley Martin, in London on a 341-134 vote. (Continued on page 14)

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ThomasNettleship Staley FirstBishop of Honolulu

By Richard J. Mammana , Jr. the Hawaiian diocese once it was formed under Sta­ ley's guidance. ne of the hidden treasures of the calendar of Queen Victoria's December 11, 1861, license for the the Episcopal Church is its annual com­ consecration of Staley empowered John Bird, Arch­ 0 memoration of Queen Emma and King bishop of Canterbury, to make him "Bishop of the Kamehameha IV on November 28, celebrated in United Church of England and Ireland in the Hawaiian Hawai'i as the "Feast of the Holy Sovereigns." Kame­ or Sandwich Islands, and all other the dominions of hameha (1834-1863) and Emma (1836--1885) gave land, the King of Hawaii." After consecration, Staley arrived funds , talent and unstinting support for the beginnings in Honolulu with his wife and seven children - with a of what was at first known as the "Hawaiian Reformed nurse and governess in tow, as well as several ," then as the Diocese of Honolulu, - only to discover that tragedy had stricken the royal and is now called the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii. family through the death of the crown prince. Victoria As early as the 1790s, native Hawaiians had indi­ had promised to serve as the heir's baptismal sponsor cated in conversations with explorers that they were at a service Staley was to celebrate soon after his willing to receive an Anglican missionary from Eng­ arrival. The new bishop's ministry thus began on a land. By the time members of the Church of England not e of sorrow rather than one of joy. and the Episcopal Church were able to answer, how­ After this rocky start , Staley set to work in building ever, American Congregationalist missionaries had a diocese from scratch along strong Anglo-Catholic already been working in the islands for nearly 40 lines. He began the use of eucharistic vestments and years. The Episcopal Church was distracted and frag­ established daily worship; he wore a cope and mitre mented by crises leading up to and including the Civil on episcopal occasions - acts that would have been War. Many in the Church of England believed there all but impossible at the time in England . He baptized were legal and canonical impediments , as well as the queen and confirmed her along with the king. He impossible expense, involved in sending a missionary laid the foundation of what is now the Cathedral bishop to what was then a foreign kingdom. Church of St. Andrew in Honolulu . He oversaw the The answer to repeated requests from the Hawaiian printing of the king's translation of the Book of Com­ royal family for a bishop came finally in the person of mon Prayer into Hawaiian. He advised the royal fam­ Thomas Nettleship Staley (1823-1898), the pioneering ily on educational matters, and recruited the Anglican figure who traveled to the "isles that wait" with a dis­ nuns of the Society of the Most Holy Trinity (the tinct and determined vision of Anglican life. Staley Devonport Sisters) to open a school for girls. The nas­ was born in a clerical Yorkshire family; he studied at cent Diocese of Honolulu became a brief test-case for Cambridge, but had long-term connections with the viability of a missionary model that planted a com­ Oxford Movement leaders such as John Keble and plete diocese on foreign soil. E.B. Pusey, both of whom lent their strong support for Staley also charted a nuanced course with respect 8 T HE LIV ING CHURCH · NO V EMBER 28. 20 10 to his mission 's attitudes toward native Hawaiian tra­ FromAn InauguralSermon Preached in the Tempora,y ditions; while Congregationalist missionaries opposed Cathedral of Honolulu, October 18, 1862 (Honolulu: hula dancing and native chanting at funerals , SWey Printed at the Po!_ynesianOffice , 1863) was tolerant toward both . He also studied the Hawai­ ian language and encouraged its use throughout the And we come in all love and good will to those diocese. who have been laboming here befor e us . Howev er Unfortunately, SWey also entered into controversy much we may consci entiously differ from them, we with existing Congregationalist missionaries who had desire not to ignore the work which they have don e opposed his mission from the start. He met with oppo­ to the best of th eir ability, nor withhold from them sition from journalists and some of his own clergy, as the credit they deserve . In turn we claim th e same well as from Anglo-American planters and settlers consideration and forbearan ce. Ther e is the mor e who opposed his ritualism . Staley's most famous need to ask this becaus e in many important points detra ctor was Mark Twain , who wrote that the diocese our Chur ch differs from the sects prof essing was "a pinchbeck thing, an imitation , a baubl e, an Prot estant Christianit y no less than from th e empty show. It had no power , no value for the king. It Roman Chur ch. And consequ ently there will be could not harry or burn or slay. It was an Established parts in her worship and teaching, which will seem Church without an Establishment ; all the people were strange to those who are only familiar with the for­ Dissenters." mer . At the Reformation she avoided the two SWey's work began to unravel after just three short extremes of a slavish adhesion to the existing ord er years when he left the diocese to visit the United on the one hand , and of irreveren ce for Catholic States on a fundraising tour in 1865. Financial difficul­ antiquity and pra ctice on the oth er. ties were ongoing during SWey's brief episcopat e, and [.. . ] Yes! we utter th e same ven erable forms infighting among the diocese's clergy hampered their wherein Christians have breathed their aspirations ability to share Anglican Christianity with a country to the Thron e of Grace - probably since th e times tom increasingly among three options: continued of the Apostles, certainly during fourte en centuries. independence as a sovereign kingdom ; incorporation She holds that th e Sacran1ents are not bar e symbols into the British Empire as a colony; and annexation by and figures of spiritual truth s, but that they "are the United States. By 1869 SWey wrote to the Arch­ outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual bishop of Canterbury offering his resignation ; it was grace," by and in them "given to us," when adminis­ denied on the grounds that SWey had received his see tered by the hands of Christ's duly appointed min­ from the King of Hawaii, and that he could only retire isters. She teaches par ents to bring their infants to with that monarch's permission. be admitted into the Christian covenant by Holy The bishop left Honolulu for the last time in rnid- Baptism , wher ein they are declared to be "made 1870, leaving behind a diocese with High Church-Low member s of Christ, children of God and inlleritor s Church fault lines that would continue to crack well of the Kingdom of Heaven." But they are reminded through the beginning of the 20th century and the that all this will be of no avail unless they are annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United endeavouring to fulfill their parts of the covenant States . SWey retired with his large family to England , by renoun cing the world , the flesh and the Devil, where he served a succession of parish es befor e his believing the articles of the Cluistian Faith and death in 1898. He never returned to Hawaii. end eavouring to do their duty in that state of life to Despite sustain ed criticism and the appearance of which they have been called. On an.iving at years of failure adhering to his episcopate, SWey had the last­ discretion the baptized are invited to the Holy Rite ing support of much of the Hawaiian royal family dur­ of Confirrnation , that they may not only "ratify and ing one of its last periods of strong, indep endent confirm their Christian obligations ," but be power . Institutions he founded - parti cularly schools, strengthened by a new gift of th e Holy Spirit parish es and the cathedral itself - flourished under his in1parted to them "by the imposition of hand s." This care and survive to this day. Many of SWey's sermons rite is design ed to serve as an initiation into full and other writings, including a full book , Five Years' cornmmlion with the Chur ch - wh en the devout Church Work in the Kingdo m of Haw aii (1868), are recipient may approach the Blesse d Sacrament of available online at Anglicanhistory.org/hawaii. Christ's Body and Blood , which in the languag e of the Catec hism "are verily and indeed taken and Ri chard J. Mammana , J1:, a student at Yale Divini ty received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. " She School, is fo 'under and d'irector of Project Canterbu ry (Continu ed on next page) ( angli canhistm y .org) . NOVEMBER 28, 20 10 · T HE LIV ING CHURC H 9 Anglican FACES

(Continued from previous page) whom a ritual is more acceptable , more necessary deems this the highest act of Christian worship and than to others and such I believe to be the case with as an intimation that she would have it accompa­ the natives of these islands . Let then such of you as nied with externals to impress the senses as well as lean to a more purely subjective and mental wor­ the heart - she directs in her 24th Canon that it be ship remember this , and be willing to sacrifice celebrated in every Cathedral with special vest­ something of their own individual preferen ces for ments to be worn by the clergy. the good of the whole body. Regard in this light our Regarding her children as having bodies as well humble attempts to adorn God's service and tem­ as souls, senses to be exercised for good or evil, she ple. We have as yet only a very poor building. But it sanctions the consecration of all that is beautiful in is a Cathedral, for it is the seat of a Bishop of nature and art to the service of the sanctuary. Her Christ's Holy Catholic Church. old Cathedral worship has consequent ly been Such are some of the leading features in that retained in all its splendour . The peal of the organ Chur ch system we come to establish among the as it rebounds along the vaulted roof, the stained people of these islands. We come not unask ed, and glass window, the painted altar piece, the furniture we come seconded by the prayers and alms of for the Holy Table, these have received her high Christ's faithful peopl e in the country we have left. approval and are found not only in her Cathedrals Oh! pray that though we are "sowing in tears" - in but many of her other churches . Except as acces­ the first outburst of a nation's grief for the loss of sories and aids to devotion , or as offerings of love the princely boy so untimely removed to the bright to Christ - the ointment poured out - we value world above - we may yet "reap in joy," that they them not. If we are to address our worship to them , who go about "weeping and bearing good seed," if they shut out Christ from our eyes, away with may "come again with joy bringing their sheaves them! I am persuaded there are some natures to with them."

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The Works of Mercy The Heart of Catholicism By James F. Keenan, S.J. Rowman & Littlefield. Pp . 136. $19.95 , paper. ISBN 978-0-7425-6021-5.

"Mercy," Fr. Keenan writes, is "the Fr. Keenan ranks practicing the Despite his vocational expertise, willingness to enter into the chaos of corporal and spiritual works of the author is anything but aloof - others." In his rather brief but nev­ mercy along with other essential ele­ providing an immersion into the ertheless thorough study, this Jesuit ments of the moral Christian life: burning events of our time, with priest and noted theologian, confessing one's sins, obeying the insightful reflections on September schooled not only in America and Ten Commandments, and develop­ 11, 2001; the scandals of sexual mis­ Rome, but also in the crucibles of ing the virtues. In two major sec­ behavior in the Church; and the cri­ life ( ecclesiastical, corporate, and tions of this work, he examines each sis of HIV/AIDS. Where are the occa­ personal), leads the reader through act of mercy, beginning with biblical sions for mercy in our families, in not only the "what" but the "why" imperatives and moving through the our communities, in our world? Fr. and the "therefore" of the works of teaching of the Fathers and the mov­ Keenan provides not only the places mercy as "God's way toward us and ing efforts of the Church to live and the crises screaming for help, our way toward one another." He faithfully into the call to be merciful but he does so with statistics stark reminds us that "Early Christianity from the time of the Apostles down and commanding. defined itself in terms of mercy" - to today. Those who practice astrology perhaps a stark realization to those These efforts have sprung, and would tell us that "the stars impel, among us who want to "get back to continue to do so, not so much from they do not compel." Works is com­ the basics" of the Early Church but the top down as from individual and pelling. A non-Roman may wonder have other moral issues in mind. group initiatives in creative, innova­ about the comprehensiveness of Fr. The "what" are the corporate and tive and truly merciful ministries - Keenan's definition of "Catholic" spiritual acts of mercy. Corporate religious orders for one, confrater­ when he writes, "if there is one acts, nothing less than "the condi­ nities for another. The numerous, dimension of the Christian tradition tion for salvation," are found in frequently sweeping, movements of that differentiates Protestants from Matthew 25: feed the hungry, give mercy initiated by lay people will Catholics, it is precisely, 'works."' drink to the thirsty, shelter the remind the reader of the challenging And one may be surprised that, in homeless, clothe the naked, visit the vows of the Baptismal Covenant by citing biblical authority - which he sick, visit the imprisoned, and bury which we all commit ourselves to does extensively - he nevertheless the dead. The spiritual acts he the doing of God's work - God's omits a reference to the Epistle of groups, as St. Augustine did, into mercy - in the world. St. James: "What does it profit ... if three categories: reconciliation, the "Therefore": First, the Church is one says he has faith but has not call to be vigilant for the spiritual required by God to be merciful. The works? ... So faith by itself, if it has needs of one's neighbor, and prayer. second "therefore": Christians must no works, is dead." "Why?" God brought order out of love one another, imitating the mer­ But this does not distract from the chaos through the creation - God's ciful acts of God both corporately potential impact this small volume act of mercy. The Incarnation is seen and personally; otherwise they do has for Christian formation. It has as God's entry into "the chaos of not please God! prompted in me self-examination, human existence"; and redemption Despite its academic elements, confession, and a pledge of amend­ - indeed every action of God The Works of Mercy is primarily pas­ ment of life regarding works of "aimed at rescuing us" - is bringing toral, not a treatise. It is above all mercy. It may also remind any us out of the "chaos of our slavery to about mercy. By way of a moving reader who desires to do the work sin." Accordingly, we who are cre­ self-examination and self-revelation, of Christ of the admonition attrib­ ated in God's image, in response to Fr. Keenan calls his readers to exam­ uted to St. Francis: "Preach con­ the Father's mercy and Christ's call, ine mercy and chaos in our own stantly; if necessary, use words." practice mercy by entering into the lives, in our family lives, and in the (The Rt . Rev.) Dorsey Henderson chaos of others. world. Mt. Dora, FZa.

NO V EMBEIU8. 2010 · THE LIV IN G CHURC H 11 Sunday's readings I First Sund ay of Advent , Nov. 28 , 2010 Venite! RCL : Isa. 2: 1-5; Ps. 122 ; Rom. 13: 11-1 4 ; Matt. 24:36-44 The prophet Isaiah imagines Merton, whose Jerusal em was a to every family, language, people, and Jerusalem built like a great monastic monastery in Gethsemane, Ky. Step- nation." edifice perched on the summit of a holy ping out from his enclosure for a brief They flow as a stream to the ancient mountain from which the inhabitants visit to Louisville, he was suddenly city, and in all their disturbing diversity look out over a vast expanse of land transfigured : "at the comer of Fourth set about the work of peace, "beating and nations. Through a portal in the and Walnut, in the center of the shop- their sword into plowshare, and their city wall or from a high lookout within ping district, I was suddenly over- spears into pruning hooks." This may its boundaries, a resident may ponder, whelmed with the realization that I all seem like a dream, but, confessed like the Pharisee in Luke 18, "God, I loved all those people, that they were Merton, our alien separateness is the thank you that I am not like other peo- mine and I theirs, that we could not be dream , the illusion which locks one ple: thieves, rogues, adulterers. I am alien to one another even though we away from another. The veil lifted, we sickened by their speech, their books, were total strangers. It was like waking begin to see a new humanity, not only their clothes , their incantations and from a dream of separateness of spuri- in the streets of the city, but in, I dare philosophical speculations, their dusty ous self-isolation in a special world, the say, the very heart of God. For the skin, their alien food, their strange world of renunciation and supposed incarnate Christ, in the fullness of time, music." This is the enclosure of"hatred" holiness" (Conjectures of a Guilty assumed from the womb of his mother and "exhaustion," a belief that there is Bystander, p. 156). the fullness of our humanity. or will be some safe place cut off from These people streamed to our Hide if you must; flee the crowd; sit the turbulence of time and human con- Thomas Merton and the citadel where in peace; pray in secret. Still, your flict. Not a few have run to sacred cen- he was hid. They brought their stories Father, who sees in secret, wills to see ters and high mountains to confess and their books and their questions, old in you some place for the visceral dis­ solemnly before God and creation their :friends and aliens together; they came turbance and challenge of our common abandonment of this sinful world. doing the inner and outer work of and frail humanity. We cannot say, Our iln3-i:,crinedinhabitant , however, is peace . The cry of the prophet , "O house "Come, Lord Jesus," without saying a about to undergo a profound conver- of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light fervent "Venite!" to all those whom sion. We might call him Br. Thomas of the Lord," is an invitation extended Christ so loves. Look It Up Think About It Read Isaiah 2:2,3. A mass of humanity flowing to the ancient city, some- We say "Our Father," and so open thing still seen in the form of pilgrimage, can be disturbing , even frighten- ourselves to all the sons and daugh- ing, but, in more luminous moments, the white-water rapids of our diversity ter of God, saying by God's prompt- can be thrilling and beautiful. ing grace, "Come." Next Sunday The Second Sunday of Advent (Year A), Dec. 5, 2010 RCL : Is a. 11:1-10; Ps al m 72:1-7 , 18-19; Rom. 15 :4- 13; Matt. 3:1-12

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Appointments The Rev. Pierre-HenryBuisson is assis­ tant at St. Martin's, 375 Benfield Rd., Sev­ ema Park, MD 21146. The Rev. DavidCarletta is assistant at St. Matthew and St. Timothy, 26 W 84th St., New York, NY 10024. The Rev. NancyBurton Dilliplane is rec­ tor of Grace Church, 1022 Main St., Dar­ lington, MD 21034-1434. Pass on your values. Deaths Give your children and grandchildren The Rev. DeborahS. Braden,assis­ the classic 1928 Book of Common Prayer tant for pastoral care and outreach at St. Mary's, Birmingham, AL, died Sept. 25 at the age of 57. P.O. Box 361, Mill Neck, NY 11765 She was a native of Alabama and gradu­ www.etfl928.org ated from Jacksonville State University with a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in secondary education. She taught SHRINE OF OUR LADY THE MISSION BOOKSTORE high school for six years, graduated from OF NASHOTAH HOUSE OF CLEMENCY Cumberland School of Law and practiced AN EPISCOPAL SEM INA RY Continuous Novena daily at 5.45pm law in Birmingham until 2001. 1n 2004 she 2777 MISSION ROAD NAS HOTAH, WI 53058 -9793 Send your prayer requests to graduated from the School of Theology at the University of the South, was ordained Canon Gordon Reid Most books seenin The LivingChurch are available. S.Clement's Church, 2013 Appletree St. deacon and priest and became rector of St. Ask about clergyand churchdiscounts. (262) 646-6529 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Matthias', Tuscaloosa. She moved to St. www.s-clements.org Mary's in 2006. She is survived by her par­ ents, Rudolph and Ada Jane Braden; three sisters, Vickie Brymer, Cindy Dowdy and Jane Pitts; four nieces, two nephews and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

The Rev. PackardLaird Okie, long­ time assistant for pastoral care at St. Clement's, San Clemente, CA, died Oct. 4 at his home in Capistrano Beach. He was 93. After being ordained deacon and priest in 1942, he was a missionary in Libe1ia from 1942 to 1945 and again from 1947 to 1954. He was an accomplished musician. While in Africa he made a recording, titled "Folk Music of Liberia," which is available on the Smithsonian Institution's Folkways label. He was born in Mashalton, DE, earned mas­ ter's degrees from VirginiaTheological Sem­ inary and General Theological Seminary The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, a well-established and nationally recognized church, is and a bachelor's degree from Princeton Uni­ seeking a strong, experienced and inspirational rector who can guide our parish to renewed growth and versity. He was a chaplain at Princeton , who values our traditional music and liturgy. 1945-47;assistant at Trinity, Bethlehem, PA, A strong candidate should be: 1954-57; vicar of St. Elizabeth's, Sch­ An inspiring preacher and teacher with strong , personal faith necksville, PA, 1957-64; priest-in-charge of A seasoned rector with experience in growing a church community Approachable and sincere with member s of all ages St. Margaret's, Emmaus, PA, 1957-77; and A clear and effective communicator with strong interpe rsonal skills priest-in-charge of Holy Comforter, Cres­ Skilled in moti vating others and in delegating respon sibilities cent City, FL, 1977-82. He served St. Committed to financial responsibility and tran sparency Clement's from 1982 to 2008. Fr. Okie is sur­ Experienced in leading or overseeing innovativ e ways to work with children and youths vived by his second wife, Florence; his chil­ Compassionate with a good sense of humor dren, Jean , Laird and Charlotte; and many grandchildren and extended family. His first For application information, visit www.bbts.org wife, Mary, died many years ago. 141 South County Road, Palm Beach, Florida 33480, 561-655-4554

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SEMINARY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: Nashotah continues to threaten the Program beloved husband, Mark, who has House Theological Se111i11my, Naslwtah, WI, is seekin g Budget, which at this moment in time faithfully stood with me every a Deve lopm ent Director to secure this historic semina ry 's future and cultivate its great potential for growth . A suc­ is more important to the mission and minute of the last seven years, and cessf ul candid ate will be able to develop and exec ute ministry of the Diocese of Pennsyl­ in some ways, you." strategies for engag ing alumni and faithful don ors as we ll as culti vating new constituencies for supp ort. Candid ates vania," the vestry said. "We discern A search committee for Robinson's will also be able to work collaborati vely with our Dean that we are better stewards of the successor will begin its work in early and other senior admini strator s, as we ll as with our Trustees, Foundation director s, donors and other mem­ resources entrusted to us by increas­ 2011 and will announce a slate of bers of our co mmunit y. Collegialit y, creativity, exce llent communi cation skills and attention to detail are requi sites ing our support of the Program nominees about a year later , the for this full-time, permanent position . Submit cov er letter Budget." bishop said. and resume to Fr. Bill Easter ling, Associate Dean of Administration , at beasterling @nashotah.edu. The Rt. Rev. Paul V. Marshall, "For my own ministry as your Bishop of Bethlehem - which is con­ bishop, both within and beyond the PART-TIME RECTOR: Holy Tri11ityEpiscopal Church, tiguous with the Diocese of Pennsyl­ diocese, I will continue my work of Rato11, NM, seeks a priest for small church in the High Plains (6500 feet) of NE New Mexico. Mission supported vania - also urged Bishop Bennison evangelizing the unchurched and the by the Diocese of the Rio Grand e. Trinity has a loya l, to resign, in a letter distributed 'de-churched.' I get to talk to probably active, committed congregation with a beautiful 90-year­ old well-maintained church, an adjacent activity hall and shortly before the convention began. more unchurched people than any office, Large 3 BR, 2 bath, handsome, we ll-furnished rec­ "With the greatest of reluctance I other bishop in the Episcopal tory included. Excellent oppo1tunity for retired or semi­ retired priest. Raton, an active performing and visual arts now call, fraternally, on a man I love Church," he said. "By all accounts, I town, is located next to award-winning Sugaritc State Park to resign his office, and I ask you to have had the privilege of bringing with lakes. fishing, and camping, on historic Santa Fe Trail. University extension site teaching possibility. Pure air and encourage him to do the same," Mar­ many people into the Church for the excellent water. Major ski resort nearby, Check us out online: Holy Trinity, Raton. Contact Bishop's Warden, shall wrote. "I did not join in the dis­ first time, or convincing them that the Bill Fegan: [email protected] or (575) 445-4746. cussion or the vote of the House of Church is becoming a safe place to Bishops against him (the outcome which they can return with a reason­ was clear from Day One, as it too able expectation of welcome. This is often is in that body), still hoping evangelism, for me, pure and simple." Conducting a against hope that a resolution could be reached. I do so now recognizing clergy search? the fact that my own perceptions are Correction severely limited and that someday I "North Dakota Affirms Covenant's might be in a similar place and will Principles" [TLC,Nov. 21) quoted the To place a classified, not like it one bit." original language of a resolution on print or online, contact the Anglican Covenant. Amber Muma at The revised resolution said the [email protected] Bishop Gene Robinson convention "affirms the principles of the Anglican Communion Covenant, (414) 276-5420 12 Plans 2013 Retirement ext. as an expression of the inter­ The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, dependence of autonomous national Bishop of New Hampshire since 2004, churches who wish to continue in announced at his diocese's annual full communion while remaining in lVIORECIASSIFJEDS convention Nov. 6 that he intends to dialog over issues about which there AVAIIABIE ONLINE! retire in January 2013. are significantly different under­ livingch urch . org Robinson has drawn worldwide standings, and urges the General attention because he was the first Convention to prayerlully consider openly gay bishop of the Episcopal ratification of the Covenant."

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