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Ascension 2010 Ascension 2010 Achievements honored Parishioner and parish cited for service in Mid-Cities, Dallas Georgia Kidwell, a longtime member of St. Vin- care center,” he said. “Kidwell.” cent’s Cathedral in Bedford, was honored on d March 31 by the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district and John Peter Smith Health Network. On Saturday, April 10, the Roman Catholic Dio- The occasion was the ribbon-cutting for JPS’s cese of Dallas presented its annual Pro-Life Per- 18th school-based health clinic, named the sons of the Year award to Fr. David Allen and the George Kidwell Clinic. It is located on the Cen- parish of St. Francis in Dallas. The award was tral Junior High campus in Euless and presented at a gala dinner hosted by Bishop Kevin is staffed by nurse practitioners. The Farrell at the Anatole Hotel. center will house a pilot program in A pro-life ministry has been a part of St.Francis’ child behavioral health, funded by a parish outreach program for several decades and grant. was firmly established when Fr. Georgia has served as chair of the JPS Allen was called as rector in Northeast Clinic Advisory Board since 1992. Since then they have Georgia Kidwell its inception. After St. Vincent’s estab- worked with the Catholic Pro- lished a low-cost vision clinic for the community Life Committee, which empha- in 1995, she helped locate space to house it in a sizes five points of involvement: JPS facility. prayer, education, public wit- Fr. Allen is flanked ness, civic action, and support- A retired second-grade teacher, Georgia has been by Bishop Iker and ive services. Bishop Farrell. active in Northeast Tarrant County through a number of organizations. She chairs the Hurst For over a decade, the parish has been a primary Planning and Zoning Board, is the founding pres- partner with the Catholic diocese in its Project ident of the Northeast Tarrant County American Gabriel program, which seeks to “dispel fear and Association of University Women, runs local can- offer hope” to women facing crisis pregnancies. St. didate forums for the League of Women Voters, Francis hosts meetings and training workshops for and actively supports SafeHaven women’s shelter, volunteers and is home of the Gabriel Resource among several other volunteer activities. Center, which passes on household items to help meet material needs. The parish also raises funds Guests at the ribbon cutting included the entire for programs providing prenatal care and other HEB School board. Two state representatives, a services. Daily Mass at St. Francis always includes county commissioner, and a county judge also at- a special intention for the unborn. tended and addressed those gathered for the cere- mony. But the superintendent of schools, Dr. The award presentation made special note of the Gene Buinger, may have had the best comment of “blessing” found in the “relationship for the cause the day. “What a perfect name for a child health of life with our Anglican brothers and sisters.” An update from the Bishop and Standing Committee The Anglican Church in North America The Anglican Church in North America numbers Archbishop Robert Duncan as their Anglican more than 100,000 faithful Anglicans in 53 states partner in North America. The Archbishop of in the U.S. and provinces in Canada. This makes Canterbury has called us “faithful Anglicans in it larger than 12 Provinces of the Anglican irregular order.” The General Synod of the Communion, including Scotland, Wales, Japan, Church of England voted on February 10th “to Jerusalem, Southeast Asia and the Southern Cone. recognize and affirm” ACNA’s desire “to remain Since our inaugural assembly in June 2009, we within the Anglican family.” This is viewed as an have grown from 703 congregations to over 800 important step forward in the recognition process congregations at this time. In early April, the taking place throughout the Communion. largest parish in the Diocese of South Carolina, The Orthodox Church in America has formally St. Andrew’s in Mount Pleasant, left TEC to join opened ecumenical conversations with the the ACNA. Anglican Church in North America, having Archbishop Robert Duncan has given us the suspended and ultimately canceled all such talks missionary goal of “reaching North America with with the Episcopal Church. The stated goal of the transforming love of Jesus Christ.” A strategy these talks is to move toward full communion. is under way to plant 1,000 new churches within The role of our diocese in these conversations will five years. In February over 350 people be reported to you all later this spring. participated in a conference in Plano on planting The next meeting of the Annual Council of new congregations. Since last summer, nine new ACNA will be held June 9-11 in Amesbury, Mass. bishops have been consecrated, and several new Our diocese will be represented by Bishop Iker, dioceses are in the process of formation in various Fr. Tom Hightower, Kay Stromberg, and Walter parts of the U.S. and Canada. Virden. Fourteen Anglican Provinces have declared Please continue to pray for the ministry of the themselves to be in communion with the Anglican Anglican Church in North America and for Church in North America, have sent official Archbishop Duncan. representatives to the Inaugural Provincial Assembly, or have officially recognized April 8, 2010 For more information about the Anglican Church in North America, please visit anglicanchurch.net 2 Forward In Mission ~ Ascension 2010 The Anglican Church in North America New Province grows by 100 churches in first nine months New Anglican congregations are springing up all Provinces, representing 80 percent of the world’s over North America. Since the ACNA’s founding Anglicans, issued a call to make the next decade a with 703 congregations just last June, an addition- “Decade of Mission” and welcomed the Anglican al 106 Anglican churches have either joined or Church in North America as “partners in the been planted, bringing the church’s total number Gospel.” The Global South is made up of Angli- of congregations to 809 by mid-April 2010. can provinces in the Southern Hemisphere, Asia, and the Middle East. The Province of the South- “When we began in June,” Archbishop Robert ern Cone is a member of the Global South. Duncan recalls, “I issued a challenge that we plant 1,000 new churches in the five years of my service Archbishop Duncan, who attended the meeting, as your Archbishop. It is wonderful to see how said, “We are moving forward in mission and re- much progress has already been made.” lationship with Anglicans all over the world. Our unity and shared commitment to [spreading] the One of those church plants is Restoration Angli- good news of Jesus Christ is a reason for great can Church in Addison, Texas. The congregation, joy,” he said. which began meeting last fall, numbers between 100 and 120 people for services each Sunday. Speaking directly of the Anglican Church in North America, the gathered archbishops and rep- In everything Restoration has done, from finding resentatives called the ACNA “a faithful expres- a place to meet, to organizing the first worship sion of Anglicanism. service, Roseberry emphasizes that God has made impossible things possible. “I have come to see “We welcome them as partners in the Gospel and and realize that God loves working in the realm of our hope is that all provinces will be in full com- the impossible,” says the Rev. Jed Roseberry, munion with the clergy and people of the Restoration’s founding priest. “We really feel we ACNA,” the Communiqué said. have a calling for those who are broken, those who are lost, and those who are looking for a place where they can … grow in faith with other ACNA appreciation for believers.” The church’s name was selected as a St. Vincent’s Cathedral reminder of God’s ability to heal and restore lives. On a Sunday morning early this spring, a plaque Other newly-planted churches in Texas are located reading in Midland, Austin, Houston, Waco, and several In thanksgiving smaller communities. to the Cathedral Church of St. Vincent At this place on June 23, 2009 Global South affirms status The Anglican Church in North America was officially constituted of North American Anglicans was presented to the cathedral by the Rev. Daryl In a Communiqué published at the conclusion the Fenton, the ACNA’s Canon for Provincial and Fourth Anglican Global South to South En- Global Mission. The diocese is grateful to the counter, held at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singa- people of St. Vincent’s for their role in the found- pore, April 19-23, the leaders of 20 Anglican ing of the ACNA. Forward In Mission ~ Ascension 2010 3 Around the Diocese Mission church sets Sunday attendance record Congratulations to Fr. Sergio Diaz and the people of Iglesia San Miguel, who had a record 484 souls present for Sunday services on May 2. The congregation welcomed Bishop William Wantland, who confirmed 17, received 13 and reaffirmed or blessed dozens more Anglican Christians. To meet the present and future needs of this thriving mission church, five neighboring lots were recently purchased with the assistance of All Saints’, Fort Worth. San Miguel is located in southeast Fort Worth. Benedictine retreat offered in June The 13th annual ecumenical Dallas Benedic- tine Experience Retreat will be held at the Catholic Conference Center in Dallas from Wednesday, June 23, to Sunday, June 27. Deacons Sandra McCown and Patricia Banks pass the peace Participants will live at the conference center with Deacon Gail Kleinschmidt at her service of ordination, for five days, forming a temporary monastic com- Saturday, May 1, at St.
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