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February 7, 2010 li v ingch urch. org THE LIVINGCHURCH AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY SUPPORTING CATHOLIC ANGLICANISM -- I I~ CHURCH ARCHITECTURE & RESTORATION ISS U E THE MANDALA CENTER A non-p rofit educational retreat and interfaith sanctuary in Northeastern Ne w Mexico devoted to the wellbeing of body, mind, and spirit. 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SPECIAL SUMMER EVENTS Summer Volunteer Work Week in July Special Event September 2010: International Day of Peace Weekend Event with The Mystical Arts of Tibet VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION www.mand alacenter.org (575) 278-3002 • information @mandalacenter.org THE [IVING CHURCH thi s week February 7, 2010 news 4 Sharing its Wealth: Trinity Wall Street Redoubles Efforts in Africa 8 Bishop Rowley Dies at Age 68 essay 10 Hooker's Architectural Via Media BY W. DAVID 0. TAYLOR features 14 Waiting for the Light BY BETH MAYNARD 18 Arkansas House of Prayer BY CHRIST IE L. MANUSSIER guest column 22 God Will Restore Haiti BY !AN T. DOUGLAS catholic voices 24 An Unrealistic Proposal BY EPHRAIM RADNER 25 The Three Rs of Disaste rs BY ROB RADTKE other departments 20 Books 26 Sunday 's Readin gs 30 People & Places THE LIVINGCHURCH magazine is published by the Living Church Foundation, Inc. The historic mission of the Living Church Fou nd ation is to promote and support Catho lic Anglicanism within the Episcopal Chu rch . FEI\RUAll\ 7 20 10 THF UVIN(, C HURC II 3 news Sharing its Wealth Trinity Wall Street Redoubles Efforts in Africa In 1984, two decades befor e most Africa. Canon Calloway said of the Anglican C01m11unionrealized Trinity makes neither open Africa's potential for explosive ended nor bricks-and-mortar Church growth, the Parish of Trinity grants. Church Wall Street designated "We try to support the African churches as a global p1io1ity. church's ministry in the com Trinity certainly has the where munity. Instead of starting withal to make a difference. The con with an activity and working gregation was founded in 1697 with toward a result, we start a grant of eight acres of prime real with the desired result and estate in Lower Manhattan from help design the activities to King Willian1III. Queen Anne granted bring that about," he said, Trinity an additional 215 acres of adding that Trinity places a what was then farmland further particularly high priority on uptown in 1705. Over the years Trin grant proposals that stand a ity donated a significant portion of good chance of becoming Trinity ( :1111rrh1 self-sustaining . As a result of The Rev. Canon James Callaway (center) and the Most Rev. Serr its land for the construction of other Ntahoturi of Burundi visit a local heifer project designe d to pron churches . Other land was sold and regional consultations last community reconc iliation, funded by the Trinity Grants Program reinvested. Today Trinity retains 15 summer, Trinity has also acres of Manhattan real estate in its added a new priority, "raising the withdrew as a result of impaired extensive endowment portfolio, next generation of capable leaders." relations, more resources were making it one of the largest property For a brief period in 2003, all the available elsewhere." owners in New York City. work that had gone into building After 2003, Trinity redoubled its Trinity's resources exceed th e partnerships appeared to be in jeop efforts to build and nurture relation gross national product of some ardy when the three largest Anglican ships with its African paitners. This nations it seeks to help. In 1983, provinces in Africa - Nigeria, effort can1e under significant scmtiny Trinity began converting what were Uganda and Kenya- cut off contact when about 100 bishops from the warehouses and manufacturing with the Episcopal Church over the Episcopal Church and vaiious African facilities into a mixed-use neighbor consecration of Gene Robinson, a dioceses met in El Escorial, Spain, in hood known as Hudson Square . partnered gay man, as Bishop Coad July 2007. It was considered the first Trinity Real Estates own 6 million jutor of New Hampshire. large-scale gathe1ing of Anglican bish square feet of floor space in 18 Hud The Most Rev. Peter Akinola of ops from Africa and the Episcopal son Square buildings. Development Nigeria was in the middle of a term Church in more than four yeai·s. Few plans include residential projects, as chaim1an of the Council of Angli detai ls about what occurred at the galleries, shops and restaurants, can Provinces in Africa (CAPA). He meeting, or even which African bish according to infom1ation located on and primates from many oth er large ops attended, have subsequent ly Trinity Real Estate's website African churches urged a united become public. (www.hudsonsquare .com). African opposition to the New "Our style of working is to have reg Trinity feels an obligation to pro Hampshire consecration at CAPA ular consultations with partners ," vide a helping hand, according to and various other forums. That use Canon Callaway said about the 2007 the Rev. Canon James G. Callaway, of CAPA was ironic, because Trinity meeting. "The meeting in Spain was deputy for faith formation and edu is one of CAPA's major donors and kind of the genesis" of a new approach. cation. Canon Callaway likens what CAPA is based in Kenya. Building on results from the meet Trinity does to the Parable of the "We offer to make grants to those ing in El Esco1ial, the Tlinit-y Grants Talents found in the gospels of who are willing," Canon Callaway program team recently held four Matthew and Luke. said. "What people miss in the regional meetings, beginning in Zam Since 2003, Trinity has provided United States is how vast the conti- bia in December 2008. The other more than $7.5 million in grants to nent of Africa is. As some provinces three meetings in 2009 occurred in 4 Tl IE LIVING CHU RCH · fUll tUARY 7. 2010 Ghana in February, Tanzania in May larly in West Africa 's Great Lakes consultation met in Tanzania. and Burundi in June, shottly before region. Despite a declaration of Canon Callaway said the initial General Convention convened in July. impaired communion by its House invitation list was sent to bishops Canon Callawa y said that receiv of Bishops in 2006, the Anglican wit h whom Trinity alr eady had a ing a grant from Trinity does not Church of Tanzania stood virtually relationship, "[but] everyone had a depend on theologi cal agreement or alone in not cutting itself off com chance to come." acceptance of actions take n by the pletely from the Episcopal Church. Trinity's effotts to improv e exist General Convention, but sometimes The Most Rev. Valentino Mokiwa, ing relati onships, repair damag ed even with the best of intentions mis Archbishop of Tanzania and Bishop ones and cultivate new ones appear understandings can threaten newly of Dar es Salaan1, said he was sur to be bearin g fruit. In November forming relationships or those that pris ed to learn from another Tan Trinity awarded a one-year $100,000 have become strained. zanian bishop that Trinity had sched grant to the Gulu Community Voca uled a regional meeting in Tanzania tional School to support pover ty for May 2009, and that he had to con reduction through a food processing Trinity's Work in Tanzania, tact Trinity to receive an invitation. proj ect in Uganda. CAPA also Burundi and Central Africa Archbishop Mokiwa eve ntua lly received a $20,000 one-year grant in There are now 12 Anglican atte nded the regional meeting and November to conduct an orientation provinces in Africa. While most have counts hims elf among the support for new archb ishops. In November at least doubl ed in membership ers of Trinity's outreach to Africa. 2008, th e Dioces e of South ern since Trinity first began seek ing The chur ch in Tanzania rece ived a Nyanza, Kenya, rece ived $136,000 partners and making grants in Africa $30,000 grant to cover part of th e over one year to establis h a savings 40 years ago, most of the largest and cost of holdin g a provin cial con and loan progr am with women and fastest -growing churches are con su ltat ion during the sa me month youth in the diocese.