PAGE 2 PAGE 7 PAGE 12 Country run Churches open Church teams honours founder after shutdown play ball TheTHE NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO AnglicanA SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL www.toronto.anglican.ca NOVEMBER 2020 Bishop Andrew Asbil dedicates the new stained-glass window featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi at Grace Church on-the-Hill in Toronto. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL HUDSON New window lets light in ‘Two heroes of faith’ shown in stained glass BY STUART MANN parishioners Bettie and Mark Tul- lis. In the spring of 2019, they ap- AMIDST the gloom of COVID-19, proached Canon Walker with the Grace Church on-the-Hill in To- idea of a new stained-glass window ronto has found a beautiful way that would depict people of faith to let the light in. who were not White. On Sept. 27, the church dedicated “We looked around our church a new stained-glass window that and saw a lot of White faces in the community in Hong Kong during Canada and served as an assistant human rights abuses. He won the depicts two prominent figures of windows,” recalls Canon Walker. the Second World War. She became priest in the Diocese of Toronto, Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. the Anglican Communion – Arch- “That’s not unusual for a lot of the first woman to be ordained to where she spent the remainder of The window at Grace Church was bishop Desmond Tutu and the Rev. churches in Toronto. But that’s the priesthood in the Anglican her life. Trinity College awarded made by Robt. McCausland Ltd. Florence Li Tim-Oi. not our context anymore. There is Communion on Jan. 25, 1944. Her her an honorary doctorate degree of Toronto, which has been mak- The life-sized window, located incredible diversity and multicul- ordination sparked outrage in the in 1991. She died the following year ing stained-glass windows since high in the chancel, casts a blue turalism in this city, our neighbour- Church and she later resigned her at the age of 84 and is memorialized 1857. The company’s windows are light on the floor as the sun moves hood and our parish as well, and licence though not her priest’s in the Church’s liturgical calendar in many churches in the diocese. across the southern sky. we wanted to reflect that.” orders. on Feb. 26, the date of her death. Canon Walker says most of the “It is wonderful to be worship- It didn’t take long for the church After the war, she studied theol- Archbishop Tutu, the former stained-glass windows in Grace ping together again with these two to choose Archbishop Tutu and ogy in Beijing, but all churches in Archbishop of Cape Town, was one Church were made by the company, heroes of faith shining down upon the Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi for China were closed from 1958 to 1974 of the leaders of the anti-apartheid but the latest one is extra special. us, calling us courageously to live the window. “These are two people and she was deemed a counter- struggle in South Africa and was “This one stands out, particularly up to our Christian ideals in these who changed our Church globally,” revolutionary. She was forced to later appointed by President Nel- now, for it signals a new and deeper turbulent times,” says the Rev. he says. work on a farm, then in a factory son Mandela to preside over the consciousness of our story as An- Canon Peter Walker, incumbent. Born in 1907, the Rev. Florence and undergo political re-education. country’s historic Truth and Recon- glican Christians, reminding us of The windows are a gift from Li Tim-Oi served the Anglican In retirement, she immigrated to ciliation Commission, investigating Continued on Page 9 A TRIBUTE TO BISHOP FENTY – SEE PAGE 5 2 TheAnglican NEWS November 2020 Local run spreads across Canada Founder passed away in June BY ALLAN McKEE AFTER 10 years, the annual Schomb- erg Country Run has expanded beyond the boundaries of this southern Ontario town and spread across Canada. And, in a curious way, it’s because of COVID-19. When the pandemic hit and the lockdown came, the organ- izers knew they couldn’t have everyone run the same route at the same time, so they opted for a virtual run. That meant anyone could participate anywhere. With people participating or support- ing the run from as far away as The Rev. Sheilagh Ashworth, who died in June, tends to her bees in 2017. At Saskatchewan, New Brunswick right, organizers of this year’s run outside St. Mary Magdalene, Schomberg. and British Columbia, the virtual From left, Lisa Vien, Geoff Peat and Bishop George Elliott. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL run became a surprising success. HUDSON AND THE SCHOMBERG COUNTRY RUN “In some ways, it has eliminated a lot of logistical issues and be- their church. At the time, less than “She was absolutely horrified at cause it’s virtual, we’ve had people one per cent of the town attended Pikangikum First Nation possibly participating or supporting all over church. So, if they’re not going to being the suicide capital of the the place,” says Bishop George church, she asked herself, what are world,” Carol Ann Trabert, who Elliott, interim priest-in-charge they doing instead? And how can has helped organize the run for of the Parish of Lloydtown, which the church engage with them in 10 years, says. “The water was so organizes the run each year. “It’s activities they are already doing? bad, you couldn’t even bathe in it.” kind of opened it up in a nice way.” “What do people do religiously One way to support the First With 108 participants, many of in our town?” she asked at the Nation was to help it address its whom were whole families reg- time. “We thought about it and infrastructure needs. The funds for all people. That’s what called run was in commemoration of istering as one participant, the came to the conclusion that run- raised by the run, along with ad- her to ministry in the first place,” the Rev. Sheilagh Ashworth and run exceeded its participation ning is something that people in ditional funds from the Primate’s Geoff Peat, another long-time run her commitment to Indigenous from 2019. Schomberg do religiously.” World Relief and Development organizer, says. issues and reconciliation. All the The annual run was started 10 In the first nine years, the run Fund, supported it to secure an im- Before she died, she asked that proceeds went towards supporting years ago by the then-incumbent raised over $50,000, which was proved water source and run safe the run organizers raise funds for Toronto Urban Native Ministry. of the Parish of Lloydtown, the Rev. shared between Pikangikum First water to houses on the reserve. the Toronto Urban Native Ministry. “She was the original inspiration Sheilagh Ashworth, who died this Nation, an Ojibwe First Nation lo- The commitment to supporting “She said ‘Don’t stop the run. and we wanted her to be part of the past June from cancer. cated in Northern Ontario, and the Indigenous communities to access Give everything to them,’” Ms. 10th anniversary,” Mr. Peat says. At the diocese’s 2018 Synod, the Parish of Lloydtown. When they safe water and address environ- Trabert says. The organizers raised $20,000, Rev. Sheilagh Ashworth spoke started the run in 2010, Pikangikum mental issues came from the Rev. The organizing committee want- which will be matched by Faith- about how she started the run had the highest suicide rate in the Sheilagh Ashworth seeing these ed to fulfill her wish and honour Works for a total donation of to engage the Schomberg com- world, and the same population as as central to her ministry. her legacy. In recognition of her $40,000 to the Toronto Urban Na- munity and invite newcomers to Schomberg. “She was a person who cared immense contribution, this year’s tive Ministry. Mary G. Griffith B.A., M.B.A., J.D. YOUR ANGLICAN CEMETERIES & Maclaren Corlett LLP Barrister & Solicitor (Ontario) 3500 – 2 Bloor St. East, CREMATORIUMS IN THE G.T.A. 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