Anglican Journal Since 1875 vol. 144 no. 1 january 2018 Retired bishop leaves church Anderson blames ‘liberal drift’; joins breakaway group in Canada Tali Folkins staff writer William Anderson, who retired as bishop of Caledonia at the end of 2016, has con- 5Former firmed that he left the Anglican Church of Canada to join the Anglican Network in bishop of Canada (ANiC), a breakaway grouping of Caledonia, theologically conservative churches. William “Last week, I transferred,” Anderson Anderson said November 22, adding that he had had file photo: “ongoing concerns for a long time about art babych the direction things have been going in the Anglican Church of Canada,” but that the overturning of the Rev. Jacob Worley’s See Privett, p. 16 Caledonia fires priest

‘without cause’ image: thoom/shutterstock Joelle Kidd staff writer Shine forth The Rev. Jacob Worley, whose election as bishop of the diocese of Caledonia was not January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, when Jesus makes himself known to the world as the upheld in May by the provincial House of son of God. It is also celebrated as a time when the Magi come to adore the Christ child. Bishops of British Columbia and Yukon, has been fired from his position as a priest effective November 30, 2017. $700K raised so far for Anglican Healing Fund The termination was made “without Tali Folkins If $1 million is raised for the fund, cause,” according to a statement released staff writer Thompson said, it should be able to support by diocesan administrator, the Rev. Gwen 5The Rev. projects to the tune of about $200,000 per Andrews. To date, roughly $700,000 has been raised in Jacob Worley, year over the next five years. This amount is Andrews declined to make further 2017 for the Anglican Fund for Healing and less than the fund has spent annually in the former comments, but wrote in the statement that Reconciliation, Council of General Synod past, he said, but it would allow continued bishop-elect the decision was made by Archbishop John (CoGS) heard November 10. support, especially for Indigenous language of Caledonia Privett, metropolitan (senior bishop) of the Voting electronically in December 2016, recovery programs, which are now the fund’s and rector of ecclesiastical province of British Columbia CoGS resolved that in 2017 the undesignated main focus. the Parish of and Yukon, “in consultation with those in proceeds of Giving with Grace, General Synod’s annual fundraising campaign, would The fund, created in 1992 when the Bulkley Valley, leadership positions in the Diocese and in prayerful consideration of what is in the 5Archdeacon go to the Healing Fund, which provides harmful legacy of the Indian residential was terminated best interests of the Worley family and the Michael money to Indigenous healing projects across schools came to light, was originally intended to disburse the last of its money in effective future of the Diocese.” Thompson Canada. November 30. Worley could not be reached for These undesignated proceeds, plus 2019. However, by June 2017, it was almost photo: tali folkins entirely depleted, Healing Fund co-ordinator photo: contributed comment. But in an interview with The donations earmarked specifically for the Anglican Planet, Worley said he received fund and other gifts from individuals Esther Wesley told CoGS when it met last notice of his termination November 10 and dioceses, now total about $700,000, summer. Also by then, she said, roughly in a letter and a phone call from Privett. Archdeacon Michael Thompson, general $275,000 had been raised for the fund by According to The Anglican Planet, secretary of General Synod, told CoGS. This Giving with Grace. Worley asked what the reason was for his means fundraisers are well on their way to Since the Healing Fund began, it has termination, but Privett declined to give reaching the target of $1 million in 2017 for funded more than 705 projects totalling just See Decision, p. 15 the fund, he said. over $8 million. g 4 7 16 Picture- Week of perfect Prayer Everyday Saints PM# 40069670 2 anglican journal • january 2018

CANADA4 Woman sues priest, church over assaults Joelle Kidd from the incidents, including PTSD (post- staff writer traumatic stress disorder) and suicidal A woman who claims a priest in the ideation, and has been unable to work. diocese of Fredericton tried to kill her The suit names the Anglican Parish is suing him, the Anglican Church of of St. Stephen, the diocese of Fredericton Canada, the diocese of Fredericton and the and the Anglican Church of Canada as Corporation of the Anglican Parish of St. “vicariously liable” for Morton’s actions, Stephen (Christ Church Anglican), in St. claiming “it was or ought to have been Stephen, N.B. aware” of Morton’s alcohol abuse and Cynthia Mae Moore claims that she and “took no steps to oversee or supervise the Rev. William Morton, who was rector the Defendant Morton in his role as a at the Anglican Parish of St. Stephen, had clergyman, knowing that in such a role To access stories an extra-marital affair between February it was usual and normal for parishioners exclusive to the web, 2012 and December 2015. to seek counselling and place trust and go to anglicanjournal. reliance in the clergy.” com She alleges that on Nov. 24, 2015, while she was visiting Morton at his house, he Meghan Kilty, the Anglican Church of • Quebec’s Bill 62 threatened to skin her alive and he scraped Canada’s communication director, declined against religious to comment on the lawsuit. freedom, says her breasts with a box cutter, according to 5Cynthia was ordered to pay a victim fine surcharge a statement of claim filed with the Court of In an email to the Anglican Canadian Council Mae Moore’s of $100 for each offence. Queen’s Bench in Saint John, N.B., The statement of claim asserts that Journal, diocese of Fredericton of Churches statement of October 2. Morton breached his fiduciary relationship communications officer Giselle McKnight After she left, Moore alleges that claim was filed with Moore as her spiritual leader and also declined to comment, citing the Morton came to her house and attempted with the Court counsellor when he “took advantage of impending court process. While no to kill her. “He succeeded in cutting her of Queen’s her vulnerability and commenced a sexual statements of defence had been filed as of press time, a Notice of Intent to Defend breasts and abdomen with a box cutter,” Bench in Saint affair, which ended in the horrific assaults the statement of claim reads. was filed November 2. John, N.B. on her person.” Moore alleges that on December 8, Morton is listed as “clergy on leave” photo: corgarashu/ According to the document, Moore 2015, Morton attacked her again and shutterstock was having marital problems and began in the diocese’s church directory; the “attempted to kill her with a knife to her counselling sessions with Morton around diocese has also advertised a position for throat.” March 2008. priest/rector in the Anglican Parish of St. According to the CBC, that same day, As a result of Morton’s actions, her Stephen. Morton was arrested and charged with “faith and trust in the Anglican church The Saint Croix Courier reported that two counts of assault with a weapon after have been damaged,” according to Moore, during his sentencing, Judge Henrik “the St. Stephen RCMP received a 911 call who says she was employed part-time Tonning determined Morton, who had no about a disturbance involving a man and at the church office, and also served as a previous criminal record, “did not present a woman, shortly before 1 a.m.” Morton, volunteer greeter, reader and head server. a danger to the community” and “was who pleaded not guilty to the charges, was She “has not been able to worship at Christ satisfied nothing like this will happen again ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric Church, Saint Stephen, has lost the sense as he is receiving the treatment he needs.” assessment. He later changed his pleas to of community she once had as a member The conditions of Morton’s sentence guilty of both offences on August 23, 2016. of the Defendant Church and she struggles included attending a rehabilitation On October 25, 2016, Morton was with feelings of betrayal by the Defendant program, abstaining from alcohol, convicted on two counts of assault with Church,” according to the statement of continuing counselling, living under a weapon in relation to these incidents claim. house arrest for the first five months of and received two 15-month conditional The statement of claim also alleges that his sentence and having no contact with sentences, to be served concurrently, and Moore suffers ongoing psychological injury Moore. g

CANADA4 Bishops ask for National Housing Day prayers Tali Folkins staff writer Leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) asked for prayers with the approach of National Housing Day 2017, November 22, and the expected announcement of a national housing strategy by the federal government. National Housing Day is a chance for Canadians to reflect and learn about homelessness, and for members of the two churches to reflect on their calling as Christians and to pray for affordable housing, said a joint letter issued November 17, by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, ELCIC National government, faith communities, the private discern where and how we can make a Bishop Susan Johnson and National 5A homeless sector and civil society—one they expected difference.” Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark man sleeps to be ensured partly by a federal housing The prayer then asks for “courage and MacDonald. on a sidewalk strategy released November 22. wisdom to transform unjust structures of More than 235,000 Canadians are in downtown homeless at some point each year, the The bishops encouraged Canadian society and to work for reconciliation” and Toronto. Anglicans and Lutherans to “lift up” that the Creator “inspire our actions, that bishops stated, with up to 35,000 homeless photo: shutterstock on any given night. Thousands more, they National Housing Day, to advocate for we may promote equitable and innovative continued, live in “precarious” housing improved housing for those in need of approaches to the challenges that we that they struggle to afford or that is unsafe it “and to pray for the action necessary share.” As well as the homeless and under- or inadequate for them. In Canada, a to address this need.” They commended housed, the prayer singles out refugees for disproportionate number of Indigenous a prayer that thanks the “Creator” for remembrance. people are homeless. the gifts of “land and neighbours and all November 22 has been recognized as Eliminating homelessness, the bishops our relations,” and asks that the Creator National Housing Day in Canada since said, will require collaboration among “inspire our hearts and minds that we may 2000. g anglican journal • january 2018 3 CANADA4 Anglicans or aliens? By John Longhurst

(This article first appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press.)

S SOMEONE WHO didn’t grow up photo: thoom/shutterstock in the Anglican church, I can’t tell an alb from a surplice from a CLERICAL VESTMENTS: chasubleA from a stole. photo: wildonit/shutterstock A welcome reminder of After attending an Anglican church for a few years now, I am more familiar with faith or off-putting? those clerical vestments. But I still couldn’t pass a test on what each one was—or what Here’s what some Canadian Anglicans they represent. said on Facebook (comments have For people like me in England, it soon been edited for brevity): People may not matter. have drifted The Anglican church in that country Brad Smith “ recently decided to let priests wear “lay I choose to wear vestments for three away from garments”—normal clothes—rather than reasons. The ritual of donning the church. But traditional vestments while conducting vestments is a reminder to me of my I’m not sure services. sacramental ministry. The second is that dispensing One reason given for the change is how vestments “obscure”: it’s not about me at the front, so they make it more about with the British society as a whole is more casual in its dress. the office than the individual. Finally, vestments wil But another reason is because of how since we sing and pray about worship- change that. non-churchgoers—young people in ping the Lord in the beauty of holiness, particular—might be put off by the ornate well-executed vestments in a beautiful —Donald Phillips, church with excellent liturgy engage our bishop of the diocese robes; seeing people wearing them may of Rupert’s Land make them look alien and disconnected sense of beauty and elevate the worship from modern-day life. photo: margaret glidden experience in a way that a business suit Whether or not that’s true, there’s no Pastor Barbara Groote of Ascension Lutheran Church cannot. doubt that most Canadians today wouldn’t and the Rev. Heather Liddell, assistant curate at Holy be familiar with Anglican clergy vestments. Trinity Anglican Church, pause from administering Lenore Clarke Moules Vestments have their origin in the ashes at Edmonton’s Century Park LRT station. I am an Anglican priest leaning to the ordinary street clothes from Roman times. Anglo-Catholic end of the spectrum. I In the Anglican church, they are worn love all the vestments so long as they are by bishops, priests, lay readers and others an aid to worship, and not the object of involved in worship services. worship. While they make the wearers stand out to people unfamiliar with vestments, their role Eva Webster is actually to obscure them—to put the focus Every time I see a chasuble being worn on the ministry they are providing, and on I think of Jesus’ crucifixion and his coat to Christ. without seams for which the soldiers How do Anglican clergy in Winnipeg feel cast lots. about vestments? I posed that question to a few of them. Alb Surplice Chasuble Stole Brooke Sales-Lee “I’m not aware of any national directives I love them. I have always attend- of what [clergy] should wear or not wear,” 5Most of Anglican worship. What’s his take on ed churches where the clergy are in says Donald Phillips, the bishop of Rupert’s vestments? vestments, and now that I serve at the Land. Canadians “Not only would I go without vestments, altar, there is something very special “There is no written code in the diocese. today would I do so on a semi-regular basis,” he says about setting aside my “normal” clothes, It is assumed that priests know what to not be familiar of what he wears for presiding over putting on a cassock and knowing that wear,” (the standard priestly wear) although with Anglican communion at house services, family camps, now I am not just Brooke, but that I am “nobody says they have to wear it. But it’s vestments. retreats and the church’s child-friendly doing a very particular job with sacred understood.” service. meaning. I find myself more careful, photos: contributed For Phillips, vestments provide an For him, it’s “all about context.” reflective and conscious of my impact appropriate sense of “mystique or solemnity,” Vestments in a house communion or at on others once I’m in cassock and sur- although he acknowledges there might be camp “simply feel overdone and really rather plice. It signals we are part of something “some wisdom” in what is happening in overly-earnest,” he says. But for the regular outside of and bigger than ourselves. England. Sunday evening worship service, “they fit.” I’m under 30, and my friends who have “People have drifted away from church,” For him, an apt analogy is mealtime. considered coming to my church after he says, adding that churches need to be Some days “it’s grilled cheese sandwiches years of rejecting church-going do so more welcoming of newcomers. “But I’m and soup at the kitchen table, and some days because they miss the beauty of church not sure dispensing with the vestments will it is a more formal celebratory meal,” he says. (buildings, music and, yes, vestments) change that.” For the former, “paper napkins and and because they see that I and others Paul Johnson, rector and dean at St. ragged placemats are fine, but for the latter, in my church aren’t hypocritically John’s Cathedral—the mother church for the you set the dining room table with linens throwing stones but working actively to diocese—prefers to always wear them: the and use your best serving dishes, and you try to make the world better. alb, stole, cassock, surplice and chasuble. quite probably dress differently as well.” “I like to wear vestments for the At a practical (and tongue-in-cheek) Evan Sean Smith symbolism,” he says. “It’s a visible reminder level, vestments mean he “never has to think Vestments represent the beauty of To access stories of what we believe, similar to the stained about what I will wear to church”—unlike Christ and the sacredness of the sacra- exclusive to the web, glass windows.” ministers in other traditions, who have ments, and have scriptural connection go to anglicanjournal. He does dispense with the chasuble, a to worry about their clothing choice each to the vestments of the Old Testament com heavy poncho-like garment, in July and Sunday. priests. I’ve been to non-Anglican • Anglican charity August, however. “It’s just too hot, and the On a more serious note, “Every time I put churches that don’t use vestments [and] shop blesses a cathedral isn’t air-conditioned,” he says. that stole across my shoulders I am aware I can honestly say I prefer vestments village with its For him, staying with the traditional that it symbolizes the ‘yoke’ of my work and and traditional liturgical worship. profits “is a good place for me, and it’s what the vocation,” he says. congregation expects.” “What a privilege, and what a marvellous Tony Houghton Jamie Howison is the priest at saint burden.” I would be more concerned about what benedict’s table, an Anglican worshipping they believe and preach than what they community in Winnipeg. St. Ben’s, as it is John Longhurst is a freelance faith page wear. known, offers a looser and less formal style columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press. 4 anglican journal • january 2018

VOICES4 Pursuing the Garden of Eden By Nissa Basbaum endless number of out-of-school hothouse tomato syndrome is alive perfection and realized that what activities. Indeed, I was somewhat and well. many of us haven’t figured out is that Y CHILDREN grew relieved when a friend of mine As peach season was coming to what we’re looking for is a product we Mup when the phrase suggested that hothouse babies were an end, I purchased several of the can’t have—pesticide-free fruits and “hothouse babies” was like hothouse tomatoes. “They look last of these beauties from one of the vegetables with the look of those that popularized. The term good but don’t have much flavour.” many organic stalls at the market. I are sprayed. described the offspring I try to make a habit of shopping bought what the farmer had marked It may be that until we reach the of parents who at the farmers’ market. Besides the down and called seconds; sure, they point of recognizing that the real enrolled their kids fact that local produce is better than didn’t look perfect, but they tasted thing is not the perfect thing, we will in every available imported, I like to support local incredible. As she calculated the continue to pursue a world that we extracurricular growers. Really nothing earth- price, she told me she had a hard think we want in favour of one that activity. I would be shattering or surprising here; I am time convincing people of this. “They we really do want and, beyond this, a lying if I said I haven’t not a woman before her time but a want their produce picture-perfect,” world that doesn’t really exist. got residual guilt for woman who has fallen in step with she said, “and if I put any of these in Hothouse tomatoes, after all, look not being one of those her time because it makes sense to with the regularly-priced fruit, they good but have no flavour. parents, yet the reality me. It is also because I am a sucker think I’m trying to get away with was that my husband and I for beautiful fruits and vegetables. something.” Nissa Basbaum is dean of the had neither the inclination nor Only recently, though, did I discover As I walked away from her stall, Cathedral Church of St. Michael and the money to offer our children an that, even at the farmers’ market, the I thought about this desire for All Angels, diocese of Kootenay.

LETTERS4 ‘Bonds of affection,’ not sanctions, please I read Archbishop Fred Hiltz’s comments Keep print Journal to the dogmas of the Christian faith is truly about the recent meeting of the primates alarming, particularly alongside coverage With respect to your questions in the (Hiltz expects sanctions on Canadian WARNING of Anglican moves to disregard Christian church if it approves same-sex marriage, Anglican Journal editorial, September 2017 standards of personal and social morality anglicanjournal.com, Oct. 13, 2017). issue (Will you drop us a line?, p. 4): by particular branches of the Commu- He’s right, sanctions are not what I read pretty much every word of the nion. The Journal seems to presume that Primates’ Meetings are about. Nothing Journal and the Diocesan Times every virtually all members of the Communion changes. In 1977, at the Lambeth Confer- month in the print edition. I plan to con- are politically progressive and religiously ence, they wanted to be called “The House tinue doing this. If I were getting stories by very liberal, which is neither the case nor of Primates.” Ten years later, they wanted image: phoeleixde/ email, I probably wouldn’t read them at all, will be conducive to the continued health to be the Anglican Consultative Council shutterstock or very little of them, anyway. I spend a lot of the church. (ACC). In 1993, they held their meeting in of time online as it is and I don’t want my Apart from these issues, of particular the same venue as the ACC and sat in on recreational reading to be online. All the concern was the lack of coverage of the most sessions of the council—not silently, other print newsletters I get from various suffering of our fellow Christians around either. organizations, I read. The online ones the world, while space was granted to pro- There always seems to be pressure to I never read. gressive political causes not clearly linked have some kind of central governance, And yes, the Journal should definitely to a Christian readership. while our polity insists that we are a maintain its editorial independence. That I would have continued to read and loose-knit communion of provinces bound is what makes it such a good newspaper. I been prepared to support the Journal had together by “bonds of affection,” to use don’t want a newsletter but a newspaper, space been given to those with a more Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s apt phrase. with good investigative journalism. Yes, traditional Anglican viewpoint. As this is Bishop (ret.) Douglas Hambidge you occasionally make mistakes. So what? not the case, it seemed appropriate to send Delta, B.C. You correct them when they’re brought to this message, both to give a sense of those your attention. But what you write is not within the church not represented by its Don’t perpetuate stigma propaganda, but analysis of the state of our organs and to remove the cost burden of sending it to the unreceptive. I am under I am fatigued from imploring others church. no illusion that this letter will change to not use the word “schizophreni(c)a” The Rev. Michelle Bull anything, but it is sent nevertheless out of when describing any situation with no The Anglican Halifax Journal welcomes courtesy and concern. image: seasontime/ connection to this mental illness. John shutterstock letters to the Bird in Regaining our soul (Opinion, Jeremiah Gibbons editor. Letters go Stop sending the paper Winnipeg Picture Nov. 2017, p. 4) has confused it with the to Marites (Tess) As a way of controlling your costs, I Your Faith concept of dualism or a split personality— Sison, editor, request that you discontinue sending me another popular simplification to the word Do you have and Meghan the Anglican Journal. At this point, it has photographs “schizoid.” Kilty, General received a brief perusal Synod director of that illustrate Either word perpetuates the stigma of and prompt consignment communication. “Interconnection”? those with a serious mental illness. I have to the recycling bin. We invite you worked with many who are struggling to Since not all letters While I do not intend to share them live with schizophrenia, which has many can be published, any disrespect, I do wish by email to features having no connection to a split preference is to communicate my pictureyourfaith@ personality/dualism. They are very much given to shorter strong disappointment gmail.com. whole children of God. correspondence Deadline for (300 words or with the content of the N.H. Clarke submissions is Retired mental health chaplain less). All letters are publication. The complete January 19. Kingston, Ont. subject to editing. absence of content related image: mjosedesign/shutterstock

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COME AND SEE4 ‘What makes the Holy Land holy?’ By Fred Hiltz continually inspired by an abiding regard for the teaching and healing for which our HAT WAS THE TITLE of a public Lord’s ministry is remembered in every address given by Suheil Dawani, account of the gospel. the archbishop and primate of the In 1948, the Christian population in Tprovince of Jerusalem and the Middle Jerusalem was about 27%. Today, it is East, at McGill University in October. With much love for the Holy Land and less than 1%. In 1967, there were 30,000 its people, he described Jerusalem itself Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem. Today, as knowing great measures of beauty and there are 6,000. Notwithstanding these sorrow by comparison with the rest of the statistics, the devotion of Christians in world. proclaiming the gospel of Christ in word He reminded us that the beauty of the and in deed remains undaunted. Many land lies not only in its history and in the people in the land of the Holy One are holy sites dear to Judaism, Christianity grateful for their ministries in the name and Islam, but in the people themselves. of Jesus—whether they call him Prophet, He reminded us that the sorrow of the Teacher or Lord. land lies in its long history of one conquest This month, I will travel to the Holy and occupation after another. “It has,” he Land with the advisory council of the said, “been fought over for 2,000 years.” Its Canadian Companions of Jerusalem. The peoples know only too well the suffering visit is in the interest of strengthening our and sorrows that come with war and church’s ties with the church there. It is religious persecution. and mediating presence.” He sees much of 5Archbishop an opportunity to meet with many whom Suheil is held high in regard as a bridge- the church’s ministry as offering place and Suheil Dawani Suheil affectionately speaks of as “the living builder among the heads of churches in photo: mazur/ welcome, education and learning, health Jerusalem and the leaders of all three catholicnews.org.uk care and rehabilitation. The diocese of stones” of the Holy Land. They are indeed Abrahamic faith traditions. His heart Jerusalem is renowned for its schools, open among the great host of all those who beats with a passion for reconciliation and to students of all faith traditions; and its “make the Holy Land holy” to this day. g a lasting peace, with justice for all. He is hospitals and clinics, open to everyone in deeply respected for his perseverance in need of medical attention. Suheil reminds Archbishop Fred Hiltz is primate of the enabling the church to be a “moderating us that these ministry priorities are Anglican Church of Canada.

WALKING TOGETHER4 A return to spiritual formation By Mark MacDonald the culture and adding a distinctive, often denominational, flavour to the whole. HE EARLY CHRISTIAN church The spiritual formation associated with spent the greatest portion of its time the church assisted participation in the on matters of spiritual formation. larger culture; it was a part of being a TEvery aspect of teaching and practice good citizen. In turn, it was expected and was oriented toward shaping people who hoped that daily living in society would be would reflect the life of Christ in their daily mutually reinforcing with church life. living. Although this was a special concern Today, society has a diminishing for those desiring baptism, it was also a memory of Christian teaching. The general theme of the teaching and practices mainstream values of our culture of associated with every Christian gathering. money would be quite troublesome Our Christian ancestors considered it a to our Christian ancestors. We seem, great challenge to live in a way that was 5“Today, We leave much of the formation of however, to follow the now out-of-date counter to the broader culture. Every society has a attitude, spirituality and daily practice to practice of letting most of our formation Christian needed to be shaped by the way diminishing our participation in the larger culture. happen outside of our Christian faith. of Jesus, if there was to be any hope of living It is not hard to understand why this Our imaginations and values are greatly faithfully in the midst of direct and indirect memory of is so. Our contemporary church is only a shaped by our immersion in the broader opposition of the larger society. Christian short time away from a period when the culture, which, through technology, has This concern for spiritual formation has teaching.” broader culture was much more influenced become all-encompassing in a way that our never been completely lost or forgotten. photo: igor by Christian thought and practice. During ancestors would find unimaginable. If we stevanovich/shutterstock It subsists in our contemporary attempts those years, formation happened through are to reclaim our souls, we need to return to provide orientation for those who wish regular and common participation in a to the early church’s focus on spiritual to be baptized or confirmed. It appears number of different societal organizations formation.​ g​ in the moral and spiritual teaching of our and institutions. It was possible to weekly Christian gatherings. But spiritual approach spiritual formation in the Bishop Mark MacDonald is national formation has an element that would be church as a kind of finishing school, Indigenous bishop of the Anglican Church of seen as quite foreign to the early church. affirming much that was already there in Canada.

LETTERS4 Confronting overconsumption Bishop Mark MacDonald (Learning to live right, stone? This is not government’s problem: it is our Hats off to PWRDF Sept. 2017, p. 5) is right. Overconsumption in the problem, laid at the door of each and every one Western world is a core driver of and contributor of us. The foremost activity of the environmen- Kudos to the gift planners at the to world poverty and climate injustice. tal motto, the Three R’s, is reduce, but that is the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund. Our demands spur imports and encourage nemesis of government. To orchestrate (as Bishop They have recognized that donors have different practices like clear cutting, and while it may be MacDonald suggests) a “spiritual revolution,” just priorities—some believe that a cash gift is the most argued that such activities stimulate local econom- among Christian communities, could (through its suitable and versatile; others prefer gifts in kind: image: dizain/shutterstock ic growth, at some point (even already overdue) we endeavour to repair damage) merely identify our goats, medicine, rabbits, seeds, etc. must look at the longer-term impact. The link that church as the prime instigator of the very poverty By offering us the fall gift guide in the October he pinpoints between over-stocked households and and climate injustice that it wishes to eradicate. issue of the Anglican Journal, they have greatly di- “spiritual emptiness” is as near as anyone has so far What is needed is a concerted approach that in- versified the choices available to us. Well done. We dared to come, and it is a matter that we must all volves everyone who can be counted as “guilty” in hope this will generate more giving to our beloved recognize, accept and act upon. this seriously disturbing matter. fund, which has served us so well for many years. However, here precisely is the rub: where to Elizabeth Griffin Bill Ashwell start? Who is blameless enough to cast the first Victoria Victoria 6 anglican journal • january 2018

MESSY CHURCH4 Workshop teaches creative ways to pray Joelle Kidd up and read a prayer, and they’re comfort- staff writer able with that, but for some people, if you Blowing bubbles, bouncing balloons and want them to get up and say a prayer, there flying paper airplanes: these may not be the isn’t always that comfort level. It’s not some- thing that they’re used to,” one workshop images that spring to mind when thinking participant pointed out. about prayer. But for attendees of a work- This topic was broached during the shop on “Messy Prayer,” creative ways to conference’s keynote address as well by pray were the order of the day. Messy Church founder Lucy Moore, who is The workshop was led by Jane Hird-Rut- a member of the Church of England’s Litur- ter, a regional co-ordinator for Messy gical Commission. Moore was invited to the Church on Vancouver Island and the lower commission “so that we can work together mainland of B.C., as part of the Messy To access stories to interpret the liturgies for a Messy Church Church Canada Conference, which took exclusive to the web, setting,” she said. While Moore expressed go to anglicanjournal. place October 26-27 at Wycliffe College in eagerness to incorporate communion into com Toronto. Messy Church, she noted the issues with • These churches Messy Church services vary in structure, translating traditional liturgy to the all-ages may be messy, but but typically include an activity time, which inclusive setting: “If it’s too wordy, then they’re organized involves a range of crafts and games meant 5Congregants which they introduced Messy Church to St. that’s a problem for Messy Churches—if you around Christ to illustrate biblical themes, a hot meal and Peter’s by doing a prayer activity: bouncing have to read this thing…most of the congre- a time of celebration, which often includes at St. Peter’s balloons all over the sanctuary. “Every time gation can’t read yet.” • Federal singing and storytelling. Hird-Rutter’s Anglican someone sang ‘Pass it on,’ you had to bat a Hird-Rutter sees creative prayer as an government and workshop centred around incorporating Church in balloon, and say a little prayer. opportunity to connect with and include railway owner prayer throughout this type of service. Quamichan, “I sort of went into coffee afterward the children who attend Messy Church. face off, Brandon Many suggestions were made about how B.C., pray thinking, ‘Uh oh.’ And we did get some In one case she shared, prayer was used to bishop just wants to integrate prayer into the activity time by while bouncing connect with two boys who were disrup- Churchill line fixed creating interactive, participatory prayer complaints. Would you like to hear the balloons. complaint? ‘It’s not fair, I didn’t get enough tive and unable to focus during church. At actions. Books available through the Bible one Messy Church service, her husband, photo: balloons!’ ” Reading Fellowship (BRF), including Messy Mark Hird-Rutter, devised an activity mark hird-rutter Other suggestions from workshop par- Church (vols. 1–3) and Messy Prayer, give called “Morse code prayer,” in which simple ticipants included praying to music, writing examples of these types of prayers, from prayers were spelled out in Morse code us- prayers on blocks and building with them, bubble blowing to paper airplane-flying. ing flashlights. The boys loved it. “That was Other suggestions included “using a map, and writing prayers on ribbons and making the only craft they did all day. They were pray for areas around our home” and “taste a chain. there for over an hour,” she said. a grape and pray we can help someone “I think so many people think that “Usually when you go into a church set- today.” Attendees were encouraged to create prayer is ‘talking to God.’ The other side of ting, you sit and somebody prays at you… and share their own ways of praying. prayer is listening to God and hearing what somebody lays hands on you, or sometimes Hird-Rutter ran a Messy Church for God wants,” Hird-Rutter said. Prayer, she you have books that have rote prayers five years through St. Catherine’s Angli- added, is a “conversation.” in them. How much more exciting is it, can Church in Port Coquitlam, B.C. After In a setting focused on introducing those though, to throw a paper airplane, or to eat moving to Vancouver Island and joining unfamiliar with the concept of church, as a grape you’ve had a prayer over?” St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Quamichan, well as families with children, these creative That’s the beauty of Messy Church, said B.C., she and her husband started a second ideas allow participants to have fun and get Hird-Rutter. “You can pray any way you Messy Church. She recalled the service in comfortable praying. “Most people will get want to.” g ‘Messy Seniors’ brings church to the people Joelle Kidd ty and who it was designed to serve. more, she says, it brought together children staff writer The team decided to pull census data and seniors. “It is precisely that intergen- Holy Trinity Anglican Church in for the area. They were surprised to find erational piece that is so important and so Edmonton, Alta., thought Messy Church that almost no kids lived nearby. “What often missing from our church’s [across would be a perfect fit. The largest church we found was a lot of really lonely seniors,” the Communion] approaches to care for in its diocese, Holy Trinity runs children’s Liddell told conference attendees. seniors.” and youth programs and has an active The area is populated with retirement In fact, at the “Messy Seniors” Church, congregation. and assisted living homes. “We started kids lead the service as “trained volun- It seemed like a good idea. The all-ages asking the question, ‘What would Messy teers.” Empowering children to lead the monthly service centred around craft Church look like with them?’ ” church activities “gives them the oppor- activities, storytelling and sharing a meal; The answer to that question became tunity to interact with someone they kids and grown-ups enjoyed the biblical Canada’s first Messy Church ministry wouldn’t have a chance to in their regular learning activities. “We built blanket forts directed toward senior citizens. (“Messy lives.” in the sanctuary, we packed lunches for Vintage,” a U.K. initiative, offers something “Is there any better picture of the king- our trip with the three Magi,” recalled the similar.) dom of heaven than a little girl helping a “Messy Seniors” is held in a high-needs wheelchair-bound man in his 90s—whose Rev. Heather Liddell, assistant curate at 5The Rev. Holy Trinity, during a workshop she led home for seniors with advanced dementia family is far away and too busy to visit very October 27 at the Messy Church Canada Heather Liddell and Alzheimer’s. often—tie knots [that his fingers are too Conference at Wycliffe College in Toronto, shares the Using the core values of Messy arthritic to make] in a simple star mobile Ont. story of “Messy Church—Christ-centred, for all ages, cre- while talking about God’s promise to make While kids and families were a target Seniors” at ativity, hospitality and celebration—Liddell Abraham’s descendants more numerous than the stars?” audience of Messy Church, Liddell and her the Messy and her team adapted the program for a new setting. Our society, Liddell says, has “seques- team tried intentionally to include single Church Canada people, childless adults and seniors in the The context had its challenges; care tered the aging process,” and kids don’t get ministry. Eventually, they noticed, these Conference home rules prevent bringing in outside much chance to spend time with the elder- groups were far more interested in attend- October 27 at food, for example, meaning they were ly. “It is mostly a fear of the unknown— ing the Messy Church than the young fam- Wycliffe College unable to follow the typical Messy Church once kids start interacting with the elderly, ilies were. “We realized a traditional Messy in Toronto. model of eating a hot meal together. With they realize not only how fun they can be, so many attendees struggling with arthri- but that they’re people, too.” wasn’t the best fit for our context when we photo: joelle kidd admitted that every session was a struggle,” tis or failing eyesight, crafts that require She adds, “Life is messy, and getting Liddell wrote in an email to the Anglican dexterity or heavy reading were not ideal. older is difficult. It changes our perspec- Journal. The team at Holy Trinity realized However, because of Messy Church’s tives any time we step out of our comfort they had launched the program without “free-flowing structure,” Liddell says, it was zones and encounter a new aspect of life. thinking about who was in their communi- easy to adapt for different needs. What’s It’s the same if you’re 6, 10, 25 or 90.” g anglican journal • january 2018 7

4 Week of Prayer tackles freedom from slavery WORLD 6OBITUARY Joelle Kidd years of colonialism staff writer and enslavement, John This year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Christian mission- Unity will focus on freedom from slavery, ary activity in the Meade, with prayer topics that are of special region, with the 1972-2017 importance to the Caribbean. These topics exception of a few include the plight of Haitian refugees, outstanding exam- Joelle Kidd human trafficking, violence, the debt crisis ples, was closely tied staff writer and credit union movement, strengthening to this dehumanizing Archdeacon John Meade, coadjutor families and colonial reconciliation. system and in many bishop-elect of the diocese of Western Developed by an ecumenical team in the ways rationalized Newfoundland, died early in the morn- Caribbean, the theme for the week, “Your and reinforced it. ing of November 29, 2017. He was 45. right hand, O Lord, glorious in power” Whereas those who Meade had been in the hospital To access stories (Exodus 15:6), represents the abolition of brought the Bible throughout the summer, but “faced his exclusive to the web, deteriorating medical situation with a go to anglicanjournal. enslavement in its many forms, according to to the region used com background material included in the 2018 scriptures to justify calm faith,” according to a statement by the subjugation of a the ecclesiastical province of Canada. • Archbishop of Week of Prayer resource booklet. people in bondage, Western Newfoundland Bishop Percy Canterbury joins Exodus 15:1–21, the song of Moses and in the hands of the Coffin said Meade “certainly was a ded- Pope in calling Miriam, was chosen as a motif because of its themes of triumph over oppression, it adds. enslaved, it became icated person to his task—unwavering, for ‘status quo’ in unfaltering. He was just so committed.” Jerusalem The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity an inspiration, an began in 1908 as an observance of the assurance that God was on their side, and It was “a great sadness” that Me- 5A worshipper ade was never consecrated as bishop, Roman Catholic Church. It was adopted that God would lead them to freedom.” lights a candle Coffin said. Meade, who was elected at after the formation of the World Council of The chosen passage from Exodus also a diocesan synod held in June 2017, was Churches (WCC) in 1948 by many denom- at last year’s has resonance in the area because of its to have succeeded Coffin, who at press inations. It traditionally takes place every Week of Prayer themes of overcoming oppression. It was time, was scheduled to retire at the end year from January 18–25 in the northern gathering at adapted as a hymn, “The Right Hand of of December. hemisphere and during the Pentecost sea- God,” at the Caribbean Conference of the Basilica After his election, Meade shared son in the southern hemisphere. Churches in 1981 and “has become an of Our Lady of his history of struggling with Crohn’s The choice of theme reflects the Ca- ‘anthem’ of the ecumenical movement in the Perpetual Help, disease, a chronic inflammatory disor- region,” the booklet explains. ribbean’s colonized past, from the islands’ der, that at that time was in remission. Boston. The resources include an order of Indigenous inhabitants who were enslaved Meade said he was “very humbled,” by and, in some cases, exterminated, to the photo: george service for an ecumenical worship service martell/the pilot his election and expressed a passion for African slave trade and the “indentureship” media group to take place during the Week of Prayer, a collaborative approach to leadership. of people from India and China. “The which includes the singing of “The Right Meade served in various parishes in contemporary Caribbean is deeply marked Hand of God,” as well as the symbolic the dioceses of Western Newfoundland by the dehumanizing project of colonial breaking of a chain. Worshippers will drop and Central Newfoundland, before exploitation. In their aggressive pursuit of chains from their hands as a symbol of becoming executive archdeacon and mercantile gains, the colonizers codified escaping enslavement. During a reading of assistant to the bishop of Western New- brutal systems which traded human beings intercessory prayers, they will link arms to foundland in 2013. and their forced labour,” says the resource form a “human chain,” transforming this He is is survived by his wife of 15 booklet. symbol of oppression into one of hope and years, Kelly. g “Very regrettably, during five hundred community. g

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COUNCIL OF GENERAL Hiltz: Church needs to know its purpose SYNOD4 Tali Folkins the world in the public square? What kind staff writer of leadership are we offering in terms of a Mississauga, Ont. discipleship that’s mature, fulsome, grow- A number of issues now confronting the ing, committed to life?” Anglican Church of Canada, ranging from Hiltz also spoke of a great diversity of discussions on the marriage canon to the views expressed about the church in the question of a self-determining Indigenous correspondence he receives. Some of these church, are calling it to be more attentive letters and emails commend the church than ever to its purpose, Archbishop Fred for its work on issues of public concern, Hiltz, primate of the church, said Novem- such as Bill C262, a bill before the House ber 10. of Commons as of press time that would “More than ever, we need to be mindful align the laws of Canada with the United of who we are and what we are about— Nations Declaration on the Rights of In- who we are as the body of Christ, and what digenous Peoples. Other correspondence, that means for our regard for one another, he said, is critical of his leadership and is how we work together, how we enable the even “nasty, rude and quite hateful.” But all church’s commitment to God’s mission in of these forms of feedback, he said, can be In an interview with the Anglican the world,” Hiltz said in a report to Council 5Archbishop seen as useful. of General Synod (CoGS). Fred Hiltz, Journal, Hiltz said it was partly the idea of “Whatever the nature of the correspon- Hiltz made the comment in an address primate of the importance of good leadership in the dence, respectful or not, it is a read on the church at this point in its history that had that began and ended by wondering what the Anglican church. It’s a read on where our priorities prompted him to imagine what the apostle are. It’s a read on our leadership,” he said. St. Paul might think of the church, what Church of advice he might give it and how he might might think if he were to look at it “with a Hiltz concluded his address by speculat- pray for it. Canada penetrating eye.” ing that St. Paul might pray for the Cana- On the church’s deliberation over photo: tali folkins Said Hiltz, “We’re at a time in our dian church as he prayed for the Ephe- changing its marriage canon to allow church when the leadership is really very sians, “that we understand the incredible same-sex marriage, for example, Paul critical on a number of fronts: what kind greatness of God’s power—that we might might remind it of his counsel to the Ephe- of leadership do we provide to the church have power to comprehend how wide, and sians to be “humble and gentle and patient in terms of its engagement around the how long, and how high and how deep is with one another, bearing with one anoth- marriage canon? What kind of leadership God’s love for us in Christ; that we be filled er in love, making every effort to maintain are we providing in terms of self-determi- with that knowledge, and in and through the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” nation initiatives? What kind of leadership it, live our lives and do the work to which (Ephesians 4:2–3), he said. are we offering around being the church in God calls us.” g Dioceses, provinces urged to discuss marriage motion Tali Folkins staff writer Council of General Synod (CoGS) is asking leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada to encourage discussion, within provinces and dioceses, of the same-sex marriage amendment now awaiting its second reading at General Synod 2019. A resolution approved by CoGS No- vember 12 requests the primate as well as the prolocutor of the national church “to communicate with the Metropolitans and Provincial Prolocutors, and dioce- san bishops and synods to encourage full consideration of the matter be given prior to General Synod 2019.” The resolution arose out of discussion the previous day on the marriage canon. Members were asked by Archdeacon Lynne McNaughton, chair of CoGS work- 5Council of are being faithful to the call to consider David Jones replied that the resolution ing group on the canon, to gather in table General Synod the marriage canon amendment”; another can be amended, and that such amend- groups by their ecclesiastical provinces and members asked how the status of their consider- ments would require a simple majority to write down any questions they had about ations of it was to be shared with the rest of be approved (unlike the resolution itself, reflect on either the resolution to change the canon the church. which will require a two-thirds majority or the process of discussing the resolution “respectful After discussion of these and other in the three Houses of Bishops, Clergy and that the dioceses and provinces are to conversation” questions, CoGS planning team co-chair Laity). General Synod could also vote to undertake before its second reading. The practices Dean Peter Wall asked if the council might table the motion, which means postponing working group, she said, would compile during a consider a resolution about discussion of it to later in the session; however, Jones answers to their questions in a “fact sheet” the marriage canon resolution in the prov- added, a variant of tabling is to postpone it to be given to provinces, dioceses and discussion on inces. The resolution was later presented by indefinitely or to the next General Synod. members of General Synod 2019. the marriage the Rev. David Burrows (province of Cana- In this case, he said, the resolution would In July 2016, a resolution to amend the canon da), with a clause calling for a report-back effectively fail, since it needs to be approved marriage canon to allow for same-sex mar- November 12. riages passed its first reading at General by November 2018 added. The resolution by two successive General Synods in order photo: tali folkins Synod. According to the Anglican Church was further amended to include dioceses to pass. of Canada’s Declaration of Principles, as well as provinces, and was then adopted A second session on the marriage can- changes to canons dealing with doctrine— by consensus. on, also led by McNaughton, was meant such as the marriage canon, for exam- In their provincial table groups on to instruct members on how they might ple—must be “referred for consideration to November 11, CoGS members raised ques- conduct “respectful conversation” on the diocesan and provincial synods, following tions about the procedure for the marriage controversial resolution. the first approval of the General Synod.” canon amendment’s second reading. They McNaughton recommended a number One question raised by the table group asked, for example, whether the resolution of practices, all based on the idea of seeing of the province of Canada was whether could be amended, and what would hap- the goal of conversation as understanding there was “a mechanism for accountability pen if it is tabled at General Synod 2019. rather than changing another person’s to ensure that the dioceses and provinces In response, Chancellor Canon (lay) mind. g anglican journal • january 2018 9

COUNCIL OF Human trafficking GENERAL SYNOD4 advocacy to focus on Indigenous victims Tali Folkins staff writer The Anglican Church of Canada’s work on human trafficking will likely focus on the issue as it affects victimized Indigenous people, Ryan Weston, the church’s lead animator of public witness for social and ecological justice, told Council of General Synod (CoGS) November 11. photo: tali folkins In a presentation to the council, Weston 5An estimated related the work the national church has 50% of the been undertaking to fight human trafficking Holy encounter women and since CoGS voted last June to endorse an anti-human trafficking resolution passed by At CoGS, Caroline Chum, Randall Fairey, Archbishop Fred Hiltz and Bishop girls being the Anglican Consultative Council in 2012. Mark MacDonald read the gospel account of the Road to Emmaus. trafficked for A reference group, formed to help sex in Canada identify what the church’s next steps should are Indigenous, be, met and concluded that the problem of says Ryan human trafficking is actually too vast for the If revenue declines, ‘very hard church to tackle without focusing its efforts Weston, lead in key areas. (One U.S.-based advocacy animator of group, Weston said, recently identified 25 decisions’ over money likely public witness different forms of human trafficking.) Tali Folkins General Synod positions were unfilled for for social and “There was a recognition, I think, that staff writer the time covered by the budget, resulting in ecological we as a church cannot actively address every savings from salaries and benefits. Mississauga, Ont. justice. form of human trafficking…so we thought The likelihood that the church’s revenue will The proposed budget for 2018 projects together [about] where are we best posi- 5Almost all photo: tali folkins total revenue at $10.9 million, down from tioned and most engaged currently,” he said. dioceses are stagnate in coming years means it might want to think carefully about its priorities, the $11.1 million forecast for 2017. It was decided that the church should “having some Fraser Lawton, bishop of the diocese of One of the significant items in the 2018 focus on fighting human trafficking in its conversations” Athabasca and a member of the financial budget is the hiring of two new full-time connection with missing and murdered about their own management committee, said in a presen- suicide prevention workers in the Indig- Indigenous “women and girls, and men and financial future, tation to Council of General Synod (CoGS) enous ministries department, Lawton boys,” Weston said. The anti-human traffick- said. These positions, he said, were highly ing ministry, he said, will continue trying to Athabasca November 11. “The trends as we go forward, looking needed. raise awareness of this problem while also Bishop Fraser ahead over a number of years, suggest that In a question-and-answer session after supporting Indigenous communities that Lawton, we need to be mindful of what appears to be the presentations by Lawton and Goschy, are struggling with it, particularly as work financial a probability of declining income,” Lawton John Chapman, bishop of Ottawa, said that proceeds in the ongoing National Inquiry management said. “It might be wise for us to think about like many dioceses, his own was facing into Missing and Murdered Indigenous what are the critical things…Why do we ex- shrinking contributions from parishes but Women and Girls launched by the federal committee increasing demands for ministry. He asked government in September 2016. member, tells ist as General Synod? What is our purpose, what is the priority in terms of funding?” what plans the national church had to raise The church will also focus on the issue Council of More than 90% of General Synod’s net money in new ways—echoing a similar of sexual exploitation, which is related, he General Synod. income comes from the dioceses, Lawton question he had brought before CoGS two said, since an estimated 50% of the women photo: tali folkins said, but almost all of them are “having years earlier. and girls being trafficked for sex in Canada some conversations” about their own In response, Archdeacon Michael are Indigenous. (The most common age financial future. Given this, he said, “if Thompson, general secretary of the An- at which females become involved in sex everything continues as is, the day is going glican Church of Canada, noted, first, that trafficking in Canada, he said, is 14.) to come when we’re going to have to make a meeting of the current session of CoGS A third focus of the work, Weston said, some very hard decisions.” would “begin a conversation” about the will be issues around the federal govern- In a presentation on the proposed 2018 principles and values the church brings to ment’s Temporary Foreign Worker Pro- budget, General Synod Treasurer Hanna its decision-making in light of the financial gram, which allows Canadian employers to Goschy noted that over the past few years, challenges it’s facing. It’s important that hire foreigners for short-term work. diocesan contributions had “hovered” in the CoGS have such a discussion, he said, “be- According to a federal government fact range of $8.4-$8.5 million, but added that it fore we reach the kind of crisis that might sheet, more than 192,000 temporary foreign would be very important to keep an eye on come, and all of a sudden we’re making workers came to Canada in 2011. g the level of giving in future years. panicky decisions that aren’t well- A document on the 2018 budget present- developed.” ed to CoGS states that earlier this year, “a (At a meeting that took place the follow- number of dioceses signaled inability to give ing day, Thompson asked CoGS members at the same level as they had in previous in table groups to discuss, in addition to years.” A total of $8.42 million in diocesan the principles and values they thought giving is forecast for this year, with $8.31 should be considered, a second question of million budgeted for next year. For 2022, who they thought the management team, In other news photo: michael held/unsplash.com $8.19 million is projected. financial management committee and Despite this forecast decline in diocesan CoGS itself should consult as they “consider g In its role as board of management of the contributions, slight surpluses are projected the financial future.” The table groups wrote Missionary Society of the Anglican Church for this year through 2022, the document down their responses, which were then of Canada, Council of General Synod passed states. collected.) a resolution making a number of changes to For 2017, a surplus of $26,800 is fore- Second, Thompson said, a new director the application used in interest-free vehicle cast—and this is after a number of transfers of the church’s department of resources loans offered to clergy and lay workers serv- to and from internally restricted funds, such for mission was scheduled to start work ing in Council of the North dioceses. The as a transfer of $460,000 to the Anglican November 27, and would be tasked with, maximum loan was increased from $13,000 Fund for Healing and Reconciliation, are among other things, “thinking through the to $16,000; the period of loan repayment taken into account; the projected surplus development of resource streams” and col- was increased from 40 to 48 months; and before these transfers, Goschy said, is laborating with dioceses and other national the requirement that a lien be put on the $408,000. ministries in revenue generation. vehicle by the Missionary Society was The main reason for this surplus, she The proposed 2018 budget was approved removed. Also, a reference to “clergyman” in said, was expense savings; a number of by CoGS November 12. g the application was changed to “cleric.” g 10 anglican journal • january 2018

COUNCIL OF GENERAL First report on Journal expected in spring SYNOD4 Tali Folkins using media today and how other denomi- staff writer nations are handling their news, he said. Mississauga, Ont. Table group discussion after Alexan- A group looking into whether the Anglican der’s presentation focused on what factors Journal should continue to exist in print should guide the group as it develops op- form and be free to determine its own tions for distributing diocesan papers and content is expected to release its prelimi- the Anglican Journal; and the importance nary results this spring, Council of General of its editorial independence and its being Synod (CoGS) heard November 10. mailed to all Anglicans free of charge. Since last spring, a joint working group On the first point, one table group said of the Anglican Journal and Communica- cost should be a key consideration; another tions and Information Resources co-or- questioned whether it was sustainable to dinating committees has been discussing try to distribute the Journal to everyone. these and other questions regarding the Others said the ease of reading a print newspaper. The working group was struck version of the paper should be considered, after a decision in fall 2016 by the diocese since not everyone in the country has of Rupert’s Land that it no longer wanted 5Ian Alexander, to “test some of the assumptions that good Internet connectivity and some are the print version of the Anglican Journal member of a various people may have about the Journal not even online. Others pointed out the distributed among its parishioners, citing joint working itself, particularly given financial realities diversity of reading habits, saying “one size its desire to focus on online communica- and given the desire of the church to have does not fit all.” tions and environmental concerns. group reviewing a national, co-ordinated and integrated Another group said printed surveys (Traditionally, the paper has been dis- the Anglican communications strategy,” he said. As a should be going out at the parish level, to tributed together with diocesan newspa- Journal, says result, it is also looking into the desirability make sure the group has heard from every- pers; parishioners in dioceses that produce the group hopes of keeping the Journal editorially indepen- one who will be affected. print versions of their diocesan newspaper to make its final dent—free to determine its own content In the second part of table group dis- receive it together with a copy of the news- without external direction. recommend- cussion, two of the seven groups said they paper. But even those without diocesan One major part of the group’s work is placed great value on the Journal’s editorial newspapers receive the Journal.) ations to conducting surveys of Canadian Angli- freedom. “Editorial independence is the The joint working group was formed to Council of cans. Currently it is surveying the publish- most important part to protect because come up with a response to the decision General Synod ers of the diocesan papers (the bishops); we do not want it to be perceived as the by the diocese of Rupert’s Land as well as in November the editors of these papers; and members mouthpiece of the Anglican church,” one See related story, any similar decisions that may be made 2018. of CoGS and senior staff, Alexander said. table spokesperson said. The Anglican by other dioceses in the future, working It is considering surveying the members of photo: tali folkins “It’s important to hear stories we might Journal and group member Ian Alexander said in a General Synod and a representative sample not want to hear…the truth sets us free,” editorial presentation to CoGS. 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COUNCIL OF GENERAL Self-determination motion to come in 2019 SYNOD4 Tali Folkins followed by a move to “identify sources for staff writer funding to begin paying clergy identified Indigenous leaders in the Anglican Church as most in need by their bishop”). of Canada are hoping to bring a resolution In a question-and-answer session after regarding self-determination before Gen- the presentation, John Rye (province of eral Synod when it next meets in summer Rupert’s Land) asked how plans for paying 2019, Council of General Synod (CoGS) Indigenous non-stipendiary clergy would heard November 11. fit with current Council of the North Since a national consultation session policy that new paid positions cannot be on Indigenous Anglican self-determina- created among its member dioceses. tion in Pinawa, Man., last September, two In response, MacDonald said he expect- Indigenous Anglican leadership groups ed Sacred Circle to bring a plan for Indige- have been discussing the next steps toward nous ministry to the national church. a self-determining Anglican spiritual en- Larry Roberston, bishop of Yukon, then tity, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop asked whether the move to fund non-sti- Mark MacDonald and Indigenous min- pendiary Indigenous priests would take place primarily in certain geographical istries co-ordinator Canon Ginny Doctor Church of Canada.” 5The Rev. areas mentioned at the Pinawa consulta- said in a presentation to CoGS. These are The document outlines a series of steps Vincent tion session, or more broadly across the the Indigenous House of Bishops Leader- through which the Indigenous leaders Solomon listens country. ship Circle (IHBLC)—which is a commit- plan to achieve this goal, starting with the tee of the Anglican Council of Indigenous as National MacDonald replied that he imagined naming of an “Indigenous Governance Peoples (ACIP)—and an ACIP focus group there would be “two tracks” by which this Indigenous Working Group,” by the end of February formed last fall tasked solely with working process would take place: one nationwide, Anglican 2018, tasked with specifying the necessary out the details of self-determination. “that would have to have a lot of consulta- Bishop Mark changes to the church structure. According At CoGS, MacDonald, Doctor and three tion built into it,” and another that would to the schedule outlined in the document, other Indigenous members of CoGS— MacDonald involve a relatively small group of people these changes are to be presented for Sa- the Rev. Vincent Solomon (province of briefs CoGS who would serve as the “nucleus of a na- Rupert’s Land), Canon Grace Delaney about plans cred Circle to approve next summer; and, tional Indigenous ministry.” if approved, to CoGS next November and (province of Ontario) and Caroline Chum for a self- In an address, Hiltz said he hoped the then to General Synod in summer 2019. (ACIP)—as well as IHBLC member Donna determining canon would be changed in 2019 to further Legislative change is just one of several the development envisaged in the Cove- Bomberry, presented a document sum- Indigenous marizing these discussions and outlining priorities the document identifies. Others nant of 1994, when Anglican Indigenous a number of objectives. Among them is to Anglican include sending out teams to inform leaders agreed to work toward a self-deter- “change the Church structure by amending church. Indigenous communities across the mining church. “My deep hope, friends, is Canon XXII to move further toward an photo: tali folkins country about the gospel and self-determi- that when we come to General Synod in ‘entity’ or a Fifth Province.” nation; continuing to provide suicide pre- 2019—that will be the 25th anniversary of Canon XXII, approved by General Syn- vention services and Indigenous catechist the covenant—that one of the great head- od in 2010, provides official recognition of training; and boosting support to non-sti- lines out of that synod will be a moment “the structures through which the National pendiary Indigenous clergy (through, to celebrate,” he said. “There will be other Indigenous Ministry may be a self-deter- among other measures, the taking of an headlines, you can be sure. But I hope they mining community within the Anglican “inventory” of non-stipendiary clergy do not eclipse this one that I hope for.” g Removal of prayer for conversion of the Jews to be revisited at General Synod Tali Folkins in the growth of…important interfaith in a number of ways, and its deletion should staff writer relationships” the church has been culti- not have been introduced as a housekeeping Another resolution to remove a prayer for vating with Jewish groups in recent years. motion. the conversion of the Jews from the Book Myers proposed that another resolution to “The motion didn’t come from [the] of Common Prayer is likely to come before delete it be put to General Synod, com- Faith, Worship, and Ministry [department General Synod in 2019, after a decision ing this time from CoGS instead of the of the office of General Synod]; it didn’t 5Removing the made by Council of General Synod (CoGS) working group charged with housekeeping come out of a particular study; there wasn’t prayer for the November 11. resolutions, and that enough historical and an adequate rationale for it,” Hawkins said. theological information be included with “I’m certainly prepared to consider the conversion of A resolution to remove the prayer was put to General Synod for a first reading in it for members of synod to “make a more removal of it, but I think to find it buried in the Jews would 2016, but failed narrowly to get the two- fully informed decision.” the housekeeping motions is something I require a motion thirds approval it needed in all three hous- Cynthia Haines-Turner, prolocutor of wouldn’t like to see happen again.” to amend Canon es after receiving the support of more than General Synod, suggested that Myers work If the resolution is approved by Gener- XIV, The Book of 70% of clergy and laity, but just 65.63% of with another CoGS member to draft a reso- al Synod in 2019, it will require a second lution on the prayer for the next meeting of reading in 2022, since rules of the Angli- Common Prayer. bishops. In a presentation to CoGS November CoGS, with the understanding that CoGS can Church of Canada require resolutions file photo 11, Bruce Myers, bishop of Quebec, said would then present it to General Synod dealing with an amendment to a canon the resolution may have failed partly with the appropriate background informa- (church law) be approved by two consecu- because some members of synod may tion. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the tive General Synods. Removing the prayer not have fully understood the context of Anglican Church of Canada, put a motion for the conversion of the Jews would require the resolution. It was introduced then as to this effect before CoGS, which was then a motion to amend Canon XIV, TheBook of a housekeeping matter, he said, because approved by consensus. Common Prayer. General Synod voted to delete a similar When the resolution was debated in The prayer, found on page 41 of the 1962 collect from the prayer book in 1992, but General Synod in 2016, Archdeacon Alan edition of the Book of Common Prayer, for some reason, this prayer was over- Perry, of the diocese of Edmonton, said the reads: looked at that time. prayer was objectionable because it singled 4. For the Conversion of the Jews. When they voted on it in 2016, Myers out the Jews for conversion. O God, who didst choose Israel to be said, many members of General Synod may “That’s an extraordinarily difficult thing thine inheritance: Look, we beseech thee, not have been aware of “substantial years- for our Jewish brothers and sisters to hear, upon thine ancient people; open their long theological reflection and dialogue,” or to see in our prayer book,” said Perry. hearts that they may see and confess the both within the Anglican Church of Canada “And so it seems to me that it is entire- Lord Jesus to be thy Son and their true and between it and Canadian Jewish groups, ly compatible with the trajectory of our Messiah, and, believing, they may have that had led to the 1992 resolution. Jewish-Christian dialogue, and with our life through his Name. Take away all Removing the prayer, Myers said, would developing good relations with our Jewish pride and prejudice in us that may hin- not only eliminate the inconsistency of brothers and sisters, to remove this prayer.” der their understanding of the Gospel, deleting one prayer for the conversion of But Michael Hawkins, bishop of and hasten the time when all Israel shall the Jews and keeping another; it would also Saskatchewan, said the prayer was in fact be saved; through the merits of the same “represent a small but meaningful gesture different from the collect removed in 1992 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. g 12 anglican journal • january 2018

CANADA4 Bible-readers can be both ‘lovers’ and ‘brawlers’ Tali Folkins which is advanced in staff writer polemical-textual terms usually—always?—has an From the beginning, Protestants have inspirational-devotional tended to read their Bibles both for personal conviction underpinning inspiration and to help them argue about it: that’s why it matters,” God—and a healthy Christianity requires a he said. “On the other good balance of the two, a U.K. historian of side, an inspiration- religion says. al-devotional conviction “It seems to me that unless an inspira- usually and quickly ends tional encounter with Scripture is what’s up resorting to polem- driving your Christianity, then you’re in ical-textual arguments, deep trouble,” Alec Ryrie, a professor at and it has to, if it’s going Durham University and author of Protes- to move on from being tants: The Radicals Who Made the Mod- one believer’s private ern World, said in an interview with the experience to having any Anglican Journal October 13. “But equally, some trench-digging…Luther turned Scrip- sort of institutional expression, or to prevent 5“The unless you’re willing to allow a more sort of 5Do you see ture into a weapon because he badly needed it from veering off into wild idiosyncrasy.” question we textually precise encounter with Scripture to the Bible as weapons,” Ryrie said. Much of the bitterness around some of don’t ask regulate and manage your inspiration, then a weapon in Alongside this approach, however, was the controversies facing the church to- nearly enough you’re likely to veer off into idiosyncrasy or theological a more personal way of reading the Bible day—debates around human sexuality, for in the midst of craziness. So you need both.” disputes or based on the reformers’ encounters with it example—is probably traceable to people Ryrie was one of four speakers at Mission “the secret as individuals, Ryrie said. For example, the falling into one of these ways of reading the our theological and the Bible in the Wake of the Reforma- disagreements testimony of reformer Jean Calvin wrote that on read- Bible to the exclusion of the other, Ryrie told tion, a conference held at the University of the Anglican Journal. the Spirit”? ing Scripture, believers sense “the secret is, ‘Why do you Toronto’s Wycliffe College October 13. In testimony of the Spirit” and “feel that the “Either allowing your own personal or illustration: yafit/ feel so strongly his talk, “Lovers and Brawlers: Protestants shutterstock undoubted power of his divine majesty lives spiritual experience to ride roughshod over about this?’” and their Bibles from the Reformation to and breathes there.” traditional text or allowing a particular tex- says Alec the Present,” Ryrie contended that Protes- The Bible encountered in this very tual interpretation to squash people’s actual tantism from its origins was marked by two Ryrie, historian intimate way, Ryrie said, “isn’t weaponized encounter with God—I think we see both of very different ways of reading the Bible. these things happening,” he said. of religion Scripture—this isn’t something you can Borrowing images suggested by one of hit people over the head with until they’re More progress could probably be made at Durham the reformers’ Roman Catholic opponents, compelled to acknowledge it. This is Scrip- in these discussions, he said, if people University, U.K. the Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus, ture for lovers, who can talk in rapturous were open about the personal experience photo: tali folkins Ryrie said Protestant readers of the Bible terms about the vision before them, but who with Scripture that underlies their at-times have often tended to come off as either cannot, in the end, compel anyone else to entrenched positions—their approach to it “lovers” or “brawlers”—though most are, in see it.” as lovers, one might say, that underlies their fact, both at the same time. Each of these approaches has its weak- approach to it as brawlers. For example, because of their insistence nesses, Ryrie said. On the one hand, the “The question we don’t ask nearly on the authority of Scripture alone to back disputer’s reading of Scripture has been enough in the midst of our theological up their arguments, the early Protestant re- associated with literalism and fundamen- disagreements is, ‘Why do you feel so formers can seem at times to be reading the talism; on the other hand, he said, feel- strongly about this?’ Because when people Bible in a particularly “combat-ready” way, ing-based approaches to Christianity have get really angry about something, it’s rarely eager to use it as a weapon in theological led at times to the abandonment of the just because they’re disagreeing about the disputes, he said. It’s an approach that lends religion’s grounding in Scripture, “to a will- reading of a text, but because for them itself to entrenched positions, he added, but ingness eventually to let go of your biblical something more fundamental, something the early reformers probably needed this ap- moorings altogether.” that touches them more closely, seems to proach to enable their movement to survive Christians should realize, Ryrie said, that be at stake,” he said. “It’s important, if we’re against the onslaughts of the church, which these two apparently opposed ways to read going to be honest and constructive in those was attempting to suppress it.“It seems plain the Bible are, in fact, intimately connected discussions, to bring those things out into to me that Protestantism could never have with one another. the open and work out what it is that really survived to prosper as it has if it hadn’t done “On the one side, a theological argument makes us care about those issues.” g

CANADA4 Hiltz urges prime minister to support Bill C-262 Joelle Kidd declaration be “part of preparation for staff writer baptism and confirmation in our churches.” Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the The letter also highlights a new body Anglican Church of Canada, has written created by the Anglican Church of Canada, To access stories a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the Vision Keepers, a council of Indigenous exclusive to the web, in support of Bill C-262, which would elders and youth who monitor the church’s go to anglicanjournal. act “to ensure that the laws of Canada ongoing words and actions in regard to its com are in harmony with the United Nations UNDRIP endorsement, as well as the new • Advocacy, on-the- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous position of reconciliation animator, a role ground action bring Peoples” (UNDRIP). that involves implementing the church’s greater justice for “As parties to the Indian Residential response to the TRC’s Calls to Action, and women, Anglican Schools Settlement Agreement, I believe we working to ensure the church honours the group hears have a common obligation to ensure that UNDRIP. genuine reconciliation in Canada becomes a “Our work is far from finished, but we reality,” wrote Hiltz in his letter. “The Truth are on the road,” Hiltz wrote. and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Hiltz also noted the Liberal government’s United Nations Declaration on the Rights of has stated that the UNDRIP is key to this 5The church progress in supporting the declaration, and Indigenous Peoples.” reconciliation.” endorsed the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister The Anglican Church of Canada’s Canada officially adopted the UN UN Declaration Carolyn Bennett’s remarks at the UN declaration in May 2016. Bill C-262 General Synod endorsed the UNDRIP in Permanent Forum, in which she stated the would ensure that principles set out in the on the Rights 2010. government’s intent to create a working declaration are enshrined within Canada’s of Indigenous In his letter, Hiltz references the group to review federal laws and policies statement he released in March 2016 in laws, and would require the Government of Peoples in related to Indigenous peoples. Canada to, in consultation with Indigenous which he “asked that the UNDRIP be read “It seems to me that passage of Bill C-262 peoples, “develop and implement a national 2010. in parishes annually on the Sunday closest would be the way to make this promise a action plan to achieve the objectives of the photo: marites sison to National Aboriginal Day” and that the reality,” Hiltz concluded. g anglican journal • january 2018 13

CANADA4 The Anglican Journal and editorial independence a p r i m e r

Tali Folkins forerunner of Council of General Synod), staff writer Baker argued that reporting, sometimes When Council of General Synod (CoGS) controversially, on issues that are “upper- met this November, it heard a presentation most in people’s minds” was part of the on a committee now reviewing, among paper’s other mandate of “stimulating” its other things, the policy of editorial inde- readers. pendence that governs the Anglican Journal. By the mid-1970s, the Canadian Some members of CoGS expressed con- Churchman’s treatment of subjects such fusion about this policy. Some Canadian as the ordination of women, homosexual- Anglicans, the council heard, are puzzled by ity and communist China was attracting the way the newspaper at times covers news, accusations of bias and of sowing division because they assume that it’s the church’s in the church. At the request of the House official voice. (See related story, p. 10.) of Bishops and the diocese of Qu’Appelle, Indeed, the Journal—unlike some (but the paper’s board and staff prepared an certainly not all) church publications—is editorial policy and code of ethics. The not a separate entity from the church it editorial policy, endorsed by the Executive reports on. Formally, its publisher is the Council in 1977, spelled out that “Canadi- Anglican Journal Co-ordinating Com- an Churchman is the national newspaper mittee, a committee of General Synod, of the Anglican Church of Canada, but it and its staff are employees of the church’s is not the official voice of that church,” and national office, part of the communications referred to it as “an independent news- and information resources department. paper.” The code of ethics stated that the On that department’s website, the paper is paper “should hold itself free of any obliga- described as a “ministry” of the church. tion save that of fidelity to the public good.” The Journal costs about $2 million to An earlier draft of this policy, written in publish annually and funds come from 1976 by Norman Smith, a member of the various sources: General Synod (30.4%), paper’s board of trustees, provides an in- the Anglican Journal Appeal (25%), a grant sight into why the board felt the Canadian from Heritage Canada’s Canada Period- Churchman’s editorial independence was ical Fund (20.9%), advertising revenue important. The paper should not be the (11.2%), distribution income (11.4%) and church’s official voice, Smith wrote, because others (0.59%). “a live church must…embrace rather than stifle argument and righteous indignation, Not an official voice of or 5The but also considered it “inadvisable” that else its rules and ways will be imposed synod itself take on the responsibility of from the top.” The Canadian Churchman, for the church newspaper’s policy of publishing a national paper. Meanwhile, he wrote, should thus present the news Telling only “good news” stories about the the resolution noted, “recognition must be “without fear or favour,” and serve the church, however, is not how the church editorial given to the fact that for seventy-five years church as “something of a Watchman on has defined the Journal’s job. Its mandate independence, the Canadian Churchman has endeavored the Wall, a Town Crier, an Ombudsman, a is to be “a national newspaper of interest among other to give loyal service to the Church people bit of a doubter, an informed critic and a to the members of the Anglican Church matters, is of Canada.” wise and vigilant friend.” of Canada, with an independent editorial being reviewed Despite synod’s stated need of a news- A similar argument was voiced about policy and not being an official voice of or by a committee paper that would serve as an “organ” of the the Anglican Journal—as it has been known for the church.” This means the Journal’s church, the resolution also specified that in since 1990—35 years later by Archbishop editor and staff are tasked with serving the of General the development of a policy for a church- Colin Johnson, bishop of the diocese of To- interest of readers, and the editor is free to Synod. owned Canadian Churchman, it would be ronto and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical decide what goes into the paper without illustration: “understood that editorial freedom shall be province of Ontario. wenting li direction from anyone outside it, even safeguarded.” “Editorial independence is important, leaders of the church. even if annoying; it provides vibrancy on How did this combination—editorial ‘A doubter, an informed critic, the part of the church,” Johnson said before independence with organizational depen- a vigilant friend’ CoGS in 2011, when it was debating a dence—come to be? motion to return the paper to the fold of The Journal’s predecessor, a 19th- In the decades that followed, the precise General Synod after a nine-year period century newspaper called the Dominion role of the paper continued to occupy of existence as a separately incorporated Churchman, was fully independent. In church decision-makers. In 1955, General body. 1875, the Dominion Churchman (whose Synod resolved to look into replacing the roots may go further back) was privately Canadian Churchman and other church owned and made money by charging for periodicals with a single publication, and No unanimous opinion subscriptions, at $2 per year. in 1958, a committee tasked with looking Opinion on the Journal’s role has not After the death of its proprietor in 1912, into the matter recommended a monthly always been unanimous, however. For ex- ownership of the paper—now known as newspaper (keeping the name Canadian ample, speaking also at the 2011 debate at the Canadian Churchman—changed hands Churchman) that would “serve the promo- CoGS, Canon Gene Packwood, of the ec- a number of times. By 1946, its circulation tional interests of the Departments of Gen- clesiastical province of Rupert’s Land, said was dropping and the paper was in debt. At eral Synod.” The paper’s other stated aims a Journal that was independent editorially General Synod that year, a resolution was do not mention editorial independence, but not organizationally would put church adopted that would result, two years later, though they specify that the new Canadian leadership in a difficult bind. in the purchase of the Canadian Church- Churchman “should stimulate the interest “[If] I’m being asked, as CoGS, to over- man by the Anglican Church of Canada’s and courage of our church people by a vital see [the Journal’s] policies, I’m going to be General Board of Religious Education. editorial presentation of our faith, and its responsible for something I can’t direct,” The resolution’s wording suggests synod relevance to man, his needs and his prob- he said. wanted to keep the Canadian Churchman lems in the world today.” The proposal was CoGS would approve the un-incorpo- afloat because it saw value in it as a pub- approved by General Synod in 1959. ration of the Journal, but it also approved lication serving the church Canada-wide. By as early as 1961, editor Canon terms of reference for the Journal that It states that General Synod “feels strongly Gordon Baker began questioning the role preserved its editorial independence, and the need of such a Church paper as can of the paper as purely promotional. In a re- these would be confirmed by General serve as the organ of the whole church,” port to the National Executive Council (the Synod in 2013. g 14 anglican journal • january 2018

CANADA4 Cathedrals join international reconciliation network By Art Babych a sermon based on the work of CCN, and led the liturgy for receiving the Cross of Two Anglican cathedrals in Ontario have Nails, which included the congregation’s joined the Community of the Cross of Nails affirmation of commitment to the ministry (CCN), a reconciliation ministry of the of reconciliation. Church of England’s Coventry Cathedral. Hills then presented the Cross of Nails to CCN is an international network of 220 Shane Parker, dean of the cathedral, asking active partners in more than 40 countries church members to “guard this cross as a who are committed to a shared ministry of symbol of your strength to work and pray reconciliation. The community was formed for peace, justice and reconciliation, and live in 1974, the result of a commitment made at peace with all people as far as it depends by the former provost of Coventry Cathe- on y ou .” dral, Richard Howard, “not to seek revenge, 5Canon Sarah The cross represents three medieval Parker said the hope is that a Canadian but to strive for forgiveness” following branch, board or chapter of CCN would Hills and Dean roof nails removed from the rubble of St. the destruction of the cathedral in 1940, be formed. It could help to “strengthen according to the CCN website. Shane Parker Michael’s Cathedral in Coventry after it was destroyed by German bombs on the night of the linkages in Canada for those who are Sarah Hills, Canon for Reconciliation at photo: art babych Nov. 14, 1940. The Cross of Nails has since working for peace and reconciliation and to Coventry Cathedral, presented a Cross of strengthen our bonds through Coventry to become “a powerful and inspirational sym- Nails to the congregations of Christ Church the rest of the world, in a sense.” g Cathedral in Ottawa and St. George’s Cathe- bol worldwide of reconciliation and peace,” dral in Kingston, Ont., at separate services according to CCN. Art Babych is a freelance journalist in November 5. At Christ Church Cathedral, Hills gave Ottawa.

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TCS prides nity spirit. Rooms are spacious, com- Affiliated with The University of action on climate itself on maintaining a unique balance Western Ontario, the Faculty of he said, would leave him free to apply for pline of the Anglican Church of Canada.” ogy, consciouslyNovember reflective 10, Worley of the liturgy said that the House fortable, with modern conveniences, change between tradition and progressiveness. such as Internet hook-ups. General Theology is ATS accredited. Offering: other positions. “Without cause” normally A new election was held in late October,and theof spiritual Bishops life, “couldn’t encouraging accept me as a bish- excellence in the practice of ministry, From Latin classes and daily chapel and Honours BA programs in Arts and B.Th., M.Div., MTS, MA degrees; Lay means an employee’s dismissal was not the and the Rev. David Lehmann was elected op because I planted a church within the Social Development. 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EVERYDAY Nancy Mallett: Curator, keeper of history, powerhouse SAINTS4 By Diana Swift significance—not just to the cathedral community, but to this neighbourhood, HEN I FIRST met Nancy city and province.” Mallett, ODT, curator of the Mallett also ran the cathedral’s Sunday museum and archives that bear school for five years, a natural role given Wher name at Toronto’s Cathedral Church that she spent decades in Toronto’s of St. James, she was the organizing genius inner-city public schools. She started as a behind an international conference and kindergarten teacher, then moved into the exhibition on the history of the crèche, grades, eventually becoming a principal hosted by the cathedral in November 2011. consultant and teacher of teachers. One She was 82. of her areas of expertise was the critical Since then, she has launched several importance of children’s play and public major undertakings, perhaps most notably parks and playgrounds, and Mallett Canada’s first-ever exhibit on the history of became a sought-after speaker on this the military chaplaincy in commemoration topic, travelling across Canada and to of the 100th year anniversary of the Europe, Russia and Japan. outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Her interest in archives and exhibits And she has also masterminded exhibits came to the fore when she began on truth and reconciliation and Black volunteering for special exhibits at the Art history, with unyielding standards. Gallery of Ontario and walking tours at “Nancy is very particular when it the Royal Ontario Museum. Retiring from comes to presentations,” says Kathy teaching in 1988, the once United Church Grant, president of Legacy Voices, a group 5Nancy project—the 500th anniversary of the member was invited to a service at the dedicated to the preservation of Canadian Mallett, 88, Protestant Reformation, for which she cathedral. Black military history, who worked with and her archives committee volunteers shows no That chance service led her to Mallett on the 2017 Black history exhibit. mounted an October exhibition marking confirmation and a spiritual home in the “You give Nancy a little and she asks signs of Martin Luther’s nailing of his Ninety-five Anglican church. “I felt this is where I for more and more because integrity is slowing down Theses to the door of Wittenberg’s All belonged, this is where I wanted to be.” everything to her and she wants things to as a church Saints’ Church. And there she has stayed, taking over the be bulletproof.” volunteer. Mallett is “a whirlwind and an reorganization of the cathedral archives in inspiration,” says Canon David Brinton, Now 88, Mallett shows no signs of photo: contributed the late 1990s and helping create strong ties slowing down, putting in longer workdays the cathedral’s retired sub-dean and vicar. between St. James and local business and and weeks in the Nancy Mallett Museum “Nancy has been a remarkable presence other downtown organizations. and Archives as an unpaid volunteer than here for some 20 years, playing a huge role In 2013, Mallett’s work as preserver of many career-building 40-year-olds. “I’m in reviving our archives and museum… history was recognized with a Governor just glad to have a focus and a place to go initiating an imaginative series of exhibits General’s Caring Canadian Award. g to every day,” she says. and other programs of historical, artistic, This year, she was deep into another theological, ecumenical and social Diana Swift is a Toronto freelance writer.

CANADA4 Privett: ‘I feel a great loss, but respect [Anderson’s] decision’ consecrated an openly gay man as suffra- Continued from p. 1 tives and theological views that fall within election as bishop last May, followed by his gan bishop in the diocese of Toronto, even the breadth of our Anglican tradition.” firing in November, together served as “the though Resolution 1.10, passed by the Privett said he was writing “with great final straw.” Lambeth Conference of Bishops in 1998, sadness” to let members of the diocese Worley, who until his termination was states that the bishops “cannot advise the know he had received a letter from serving as rector of the Parish of Bulkley legitimising or blessing of same sex unions Anderson relinquishing the exercise of Valley, was elected bishop last April. But nor ordaining those involved in same his ministry in the Anglican Church of the House of Bishops of the ecclesiastical gender unions.” province of British Columbia and Yukon Kevin Robertson, an openly gay man Canada. “I feel a great loss, but respect his refused to consecrate him, citing work who lives with a male partner, was conse- decision,” he said. Privett noted that although ANiC uses he had performed for the province of 5Archbishop crated area bishop of York-Scarborough, Rwanda in the geographical jurisdiction in the diocese of Toronto, last January. (An the name “Anglican,” “it is not a church of The Episcopal Church (TEC). In 2007, John Privett, official protest had been lodged against with which we [the Anglican Church of Worley planted a church in New Mexico as metropolitan Robertson’s candidacy. But Archbishop Canada] is in communion nor is it part a missionary for the province of Rwanda. of the Colin Johnson, diocesan bishop of Toron- of the worldwide Anglican Communion.” The bishops said Worley believed it was ecclesiastical to, maintained that Robertson was a priest But, he said, “we seek to have positive acceptable for him to do this work without licensed by and in good standing in the ecumenical relationships with them as province brothers and sisters in Christ.” the permission of TEC. This belief, they of British diocese and his election proceeded.) said, was “contrary to the Doctrine or Dis- Anderson said he believed the real Anderson said he joined ANiC despite cipline of the Anglican Church of Canada.” Columbia and reason for Worley’s being blocked as the fact that it has no parish in Terrace, In early November, Worley was fired from Yukon bishop and then being fired lay with his B.C., where he lives. “I look at the work his position. (See related story, p.1.) photo: art babych views. “I think the issue was much more, that ANiC is doing...and it lines up very Anderson said he found the reasons the quite frankly, the fact that he represent- much with what I was taught Anglican- bishops gave for their decision not to con- ed a conservative stream of theological ism was about when I converted to the secrate Worley “extremely feeble,” adding thought that was offensive to the extremely Anglican church back in the 1960s, in that Worley was a properly ordained priest liberal drift of the bishops of the provincial terms of adherence to the classic princi- in the diocese of Caledonia when he was h ou s e .” ples of Anglicanism,” he said. elected bishop. (In an interview with the Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Established in 2005, ANiC became a Anglican Journal last May, Privett said that Anglican Church of Canada, declined to diocese in the Anglican Church in North before Worley’s election he had assumed comment on Anderson’s switch to ANiC America, a grouping of theologically con- Worley to be a priest of good standing and his justification for it. servative Anglican churches in the United according to the canons of the diocese, Privett could not be reached for com- States and Canada, in 2009. but that once he was elected it fell to the ment. However, in a statement posted on Anderson becomes the fourth former provincial bishops to then vet him as a the diocese of Caledonia website, dated bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada potential bishop according to provincial Nov. 23, 2017, he addressed both Worley’s to have joined ANiC. Ronald Ferris, canons, and that this vetting process led to termination and Anderson’s departure. retired bishop of Algoma, joined in their decison.) Worley’s termination “was not based on 2009; Malcolm Harding, former bishop The ruling was also inconsistent, An- any particular theological point of view,” of Brandon, and Donald Harvey, retired derson said, with decisions made elsewhere Privett said. “Our church and this Diocese bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and in the Anglican Church of Canada. For will always welcome clergy and parishio- Labrador, both left the church in 2007 to example, he said, provincial bishops have ners from a wide range of faith perspec- join ANiC. g