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Tic Issue 88 Diocesan Bulletin for Christian Unity Archdiocese of Southwark Oct 2010 No. 88 T 80 pence O G IN THIS ISSUE E Sharing Faith Together T A Day Filled with Joy The Place of the BVM H Spiritual Ecumenism E R IN CHRIST Together in Christ, Diocesan Bulletin for Christian Unity, Archdiocese Southwark, Vol 28, No 88, October 2010 Page 2 Sharing Faith Together Today Robin Orton 4 A Day Filled With Joy, Hope, and Peace Maureen Liddy 6 Mission of the Place of The BVM Desmond Miller 11 Spiritual Ecumenism Bishop C. Chessun This June marked the centennial of Edinburgh 1910 and ecumenical groups and societies will be remembering this historic moment for the rest of this year. At that time there was a history of conflict and animosity between the churches. In Edinburgh a Missionary Conference was convened bringing together 1200 church leaders and missionaries from mostly Protestant churches from around the world to pray and study for the future needs of the world in Mission and fellowship. This remarkable occasion brought a new vision of unity in mission. For Edinburgh 2010 there will be events world-wide representing many more nationalities and Christian communities including Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Pentecostal churches. Robin Orton records the Churches Together in South London's own celebration for Edinburgh 2010. Maureen Liddy, a Parish Unity Contact in SW London, tells us her impressions of the twenty-fifth annual Multi-faith Pilgrimage for Peace in London. The seventeenth International Congress of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary was held at Garstang in July. Its theme was Mission and the Place of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Desmond Miller invites anyone interested in Unity to consider becoming a member of the Society. Last time we brought Receptive Ecumenism by Bishop Paul Hendricks. At the same meeting Bishop Christopher Chessun talked on Spiritual Ecumenism, which is reproduced in full. We welcome your articles on Christian Unity to share with others. If you have experienced an ecumenical event or special occasion please share it with us. 1 SHARING FAITH TOGETHER TODAY CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SOUTH LONDON FORUM 25 MAY 2010 The aim of the forum was ‘to remember celebrate, and be inspired by the Edinburgh missionary conference of 1910’ – often regarded as the beginning of the modern ecumenical movement – on its centenary. Its theme was home mission today, particularly in South London. It was led by Bishop Christopher Chessun, Anglican Bishop of Woolwich, chair of CTSL, and John Richardson, the CTSL ecumenical officer. Jim Currin (a Church Army captain and secretary of the CTE group for evangelisation) gave the (excellent) keynote address, called Sharing faith the Jesus way. He suggested we should look at what Jesus said and did, and use that as a model for our own evangelistic activities. Jesus encountered people in their ordinary everyday environment, listened to the issues they brought to him and responded to them (in different ways, depending on their circumstances). Some theologians have questioned whether Jesus himself had a ‘mission’. He brought people the ‘Gospel’, but ‘Gos- pel’ can be understood in many different ways. Must ‘conversion’ always be the object of evangelisation? The theme of breaking down what might be artificial barriers between ‘preaching the Gospel’ and serving people ‘where they are’ was, I thought, reflected in the other six presentations, which were accounts of specific ecumenical initiatives concerned with present- ing the faith to non-Christians, particularly in south London. The points which struck me particularly were: Ÿ ‘Don’t work for unity, assume it’ (Phil Stokes of Southwark for Jesus, a loose network of mainly evangelical and Pentecostal churches in Southwark) Ÿ Two speakers mentioned Street Pastors as a good way of reaching young people ‘where they were’. 2 Ÿ A challenge to the idea of categorising churches as ‘black-led’ and ‘other’. Christians are Christians, whatever their ethnic background. Every congregation should be open to and reflect the different cultures of its members. (Israel Olofinjana, minister of a ‘mainstream’ Baptist church in Crofton Park). Ÿ Celebrations next year of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Authorised Version may provide a peg for Bible-based evangelism (Michael Ipgrave, Canon Missioner, Anglican Diocese of Southwark). Walk Thru the Bible seminars warmly commended (Hayley Teague, The Jeremiah Project, Mitcham). Ÿ The visit to England last year of the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux had ecumenical support and spoke to many unchurched people. The Pope’s visit this September may provide similar opportunities for ecumenical mission, e.g. video links to the London prayer vigil on 18 September. (Clare Ward, home mission advisor, Catholic Bishop’s Conference) The AGM of CTSL was also held on this occasion. Bishop Paul Hendricks (Assistant Bishop, RC Diocese of Southwark) was elected chair, to succeed Bishop Christopher. The vice-chair is to be Apostle Bishop Dr Donnett Thomas; the expectation is that she will take over from Bishop Paul after his three years in office. She is of Jamaican origin, though brought up in London, and is founder and senior pastor of Power of the Living Word Ministries International based in Clapham Park. Robin Orton 26 May 2010 3 A day filled with joy, hope and peace The 25th Annual Multi-Faith pilgrimage for peace, organised by Westminster Interfaith, the diocesan Inter-Faith agency, took place on Saturday 5th June. Over 300 people took part, some staying for the whole day while others joined or left at various points. At the opening Mass in Westminster Cathedral, Archbishop Vincent Nichols spoke of ‘this great event, which has become a landmark of inter-religious relations in London’. He paid tribute to the work and inspiration of Cardinal Hume and the Directors of Westminster Interfaith, especially of Brother Daniel Faivre, who started the Pilgrimage in 1986. The five places of worship we visited were some distance apart so we travelled by foot, bus and train – which showed the great organisational skill of the leader and stewards! The procession was led by two Buddhist monks carrying a banner and beating a gong. After leaving the Cathedral, the group travelled to the West London Synagogue near Marble Arch to attend the Shabbat Service and a Bar Mitzvah. We were given a warm welcome by the Rabbi who gave a short presentation on the Movement for Reform Judaism, a history of the beautiful building and an explanation of the Service. We were able to follow the prayers and readings in the prayer books we were given which were written in Hebrew and English, starting from the back! It was very moving to hear the familiar psalms and readings which Jesus would have known and prayed. The Bar Mitzvah ceremony was really impressive especially when the young boy gave a presentation of his faith with great confidence and sincerity. We, Christians, were reminded of our Sacrament of Confirmation. There followed a service of blessing and thanksgiving for two babies recalling the presentation of Jesus in the Temple. The music and choir were beautiful throughout so, although the service lasted almost two hours it was not tiring. The dignity, reverence and prayerfulness of all were very striking. We were then served a very generous vegetarian lunch by the Sachkhand Nanak Dham Society who brought the food to the Synagogue for us. This Society, originating in India, follow Mahraz Darsham Das who taught that ‘God, man and creation are one’ and 4 urged his followers ‘to strive to unite mankind under the one common banner of love, peace, tolerance and understanding’. Our next stop was the Buddhist Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park which was built in 1984 as a focus for all people seeking world peace. The first Pagodas were built in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War. We continued our pilgrimage to the Fazl Mosque in Southfields which in 1924 was the first Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque built in Britain. We were welcomed in a spacious garden with delicious food, followed by a visit to the mosque, where the Imam spoke about the history, life and beliefs of the community. Before leaving we were invited to sign a book of condolence for the relatives of those recently killed in Pakistan. This was an act of solidarity with a community whose rule of life, written on the wall of the Mosque, is: Love for All, Hatred for None. Our last visit was to the Sikh Gurdwara, South London, where we experienced the renowned Sikh hospitality. In the Gurdwara, where the Holy Book is kept in a place of honour, we heard about the life and beliefs of the community whose way to God is through service to humanity. It was very appropriate that our pilgrimage ended at the grave of Brother Daniel Faivre, who worked with such enthusiasm and dedication for inter-faith dialogue until his death in 2007. The culminating, beautiful moment came when prayers and readings from the various sacred Scriptures were read beside his grave. It was a day filled with joy, hope and peace. One of the joys was the opportunity to build friendships along the way – To meet God in friend and stranger – as the new teaching document of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference is entitled. As Maria Voce, president of the Focolare Movement has said: ‘Our way of understanding is not to discover every detail, but to encounter the soul of each people through just one representative’. Maureen Liddy 5 Mission and the Place of the Blessed Virgin Mary This was the theme of the seventeenth International Congress of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary held at Garstang 19 to 22 July 2010.
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