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WORLD4 Hiltz, Welby discuss Lambeth preparations within the church, and the wider Theme for 2020 Communion, “for us to find a way to live conference: ‘God’s with our differences” in a respectful and gracious way. “That’s where the church Church for God’s World’ needs to be moving. I think gone are the days when we spend huge amounts of time Joelle Kidd trying to convince the other of the truth we staff writer hold.” Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Hiltz and Welby also discussed the Anglican Church of Canada, returned potential for resolutions to be passed at December 4 from a week-long trip to the the conference. The challenge is that “the U.K., where he met with Archbishop of resolutions are not binding,” says Hiltz. Canterbury Justin Welby and discussed, “Historically, we’ve had neither a desire nor To access stories a capacity to make them binding. So that’s exclusive to the web, among other things, preparations for the go to anglicanjournal. Lambeth Conference of Bishops in 2020. very different, for instance, from the polity com Hiltz has been making the annual of Rome.” • Hiltz: ‘God is trip since 2007, a chance, he says, to While the 1998 Lambeth Conference speaking into the share “matters pertinent to the life of the passed a number of resolutions, some weariness, wariness Anglican Church of Canada” with the controversial, the 2008 conference passed and worry of the archbishop, as well as to meet with the staff none, he notes. “We kind of went from one world’ of the Anglican Communion Office. extreme to the other,” says Hiltz. He adds, Themed “God’s Church for God’s “Given some of the really important topics World,” the event will mark the 100th we’re going to be engaged in conversation anniversary of the 1920 Lambeth about, it might be very appropriate Conference, which, Hiltz says, “was one that a resolution comes out of those of the first conferences where there were conversations.” significant resolutions about the church’s Hiltz says he and Welby also talked presence in the world, and work in the about integrating the bishops with their world.” Hiltz says Welby is hoping the spouses to a greater degree than in years 2020 conference will “capture some of that past during the 2020 conference. “Having spirit.” the spouses’ and bishops’ programs a bit Hiltz says that issues such as climate more integrated is actually not a bad thing change, human trafficking, poverty and from the point of view that it’s a reflection peace in the Middle East will “loom large” of the fact that in many parts of the world, at the conference. Another such issue is the spouses of the bishops have a really same-sex marriage, which was discussed 5Archbishop Makgoba, stated a desire at the Primates’ big role in their diocese,” says Hiltz. “In Meeting that these conversations would at the meeting of the primates in October, Fred Hiltz, Africa, for instance, a lot of bishops’ not “reopen…a huge discussion on the spouses would be really strong leaders in at which consequences were imposed on primate of the the Scottish Episcopal Church for voting in nature of marriage.” However, Hiltz Mothers’ Unions, so they tend to work June to allow same-sex marriage in church. Anglican Church concedes this is “a tall order.” alongside their husbands.” Hiltz says the challenge will be to of Canada, in “How we give due respect…to They also discussed the regional “contain” the conversation: “Not to shut it the vestry of theological perspective, to cultural Primates’ Meetings that will take place down, but to contain it in such a way that Canterbury perspective, to political and legal based on a decision made at the meeting in it doesn’t take over the conference, that Cathedral, where perspective—within the diversity of October. Primates in different regions will it doesn’t dominate everything and filter our world and the churches within the be gathering to share issues that they and through every other conversation.” he preached on Anglican Communion, the majority of their countries’ House of Bishops want to The primate adds that both Welby the first Sunday which are national churches—it’s going to be on the agenda for the conference, which and the primate of the Anglican Church of Advent. be a huge challenge.” will in turn be shared with the Lambeth of Southern Africa, Archbishop Thabo photo: paul feheley Hiltz says that he senses a “yearning” Design Group. g PWRDF leads food distribution project in South Sudan

Joelle Kidd the UN World Food Program. staff writer Through the project, food was distrib- Nateba Lokorio, a single mother who cares uted monthly, with the third and final dis- for her two daughters, her mother and her tribution in December 2017. The Adventist two elderly aunts in the rural county of Development Relief Agency (ADRA) in Kapoeta North in South Sudan, said she South Sudan distributed the food, with received a “wonderful” gift in December: PWRDF responsible for administration of “My household is now guaranteed a meal the project. each day of the week.” These funds have enabled the purchase This was made possible by a food distri- of 201.6 tonnes of sorghum, 26.88 tonnes bution project led by the Primate’s World of beans, 16.13 tonnes of cooking oil and Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) 4.03 tonnes of salt, as well as transporta- in the state of Eastern Equatoria that it said tion and staff support. benefitted 1,799 South Sudanese house- Among those who received food holds—8,960 individuals. 5The food the food security situation in the county through the program was 25-year-old Lo- The project, which had a budget of distribution was described as critical, because of two tum Longolio, who lives with her husband $375,024, was funded through PWRDF’s consecutive years of minimal rainfall that project, says and three children. “My household will at equity in Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a 4:1 led to crop failure. least have an increased meal portion today match from Global Affairs Canada and a PWRDF, benefits Prolonged armed conflict in South and we shall eat twice a day, compared contribution of $100,000 from the United 1,799 South Sudan continues to hamper food security to the past where my household barely Church of Canada. PWRDF is the relief Sudanese in the country, where the effects of drought survived on very little millet, [which] we and development agency of the Anglican have been amplified by war, displacement ate once a day,” she told an ADRA South Church of Canada. households in and economic hardship. Kapoeta North, Sudan aid worker. Longolio, who is deaf The county of Kapoeta North, pop- Food staples such as sorghum, maize and mute, was able to receive assistance ulated by the agro-pastoralist Toposa in the state (corn) and wheat flour have increased in via ADRA’s house-to-house registration, tribe, lies in an arid zone, said PWRDF of Eastern price in South Sudan by up to 281% com- which ensures people with disabilities can humanitarian response co-ordinator Naba Equatoria. pared to 2016, according to a joint release be included in the program. Gurung. Among the reasons Kapoeta was by UNICEF, the Food and Agriculture PWRDF also contributed funds to a chosen for the project, he said, was that photo: matthew Organization of the United Nations and sawatzky similar project in the summer of 2017. g anglican journal • february 2018 3

FEATURE4 Three decades of friendship and prayer Joelle Kidd what do we do with our purses when we staff writer show up at a church and there’s no place T LEAST 30 years have passed since to lock our purses?” Bishops Barbara Andrews and Mary Not only did the two friends both Irwin-Gibson met in the Eastern end up serving as bishops, they were ATownships of Quebec. Today, they live elected to two dioceses that have across the country from each other: Mary been companion dioceses for years. Irwin-Gibson is the bishop of the diocese This means that they often travel to of Montreal, and Barbara Andrews the each other’s dioceses, and continually suffragan bishop of the Territory of the encourage and pray for each other. People, in Kamloops, B.C. Yet still they call, Because the dioceses visit back and visit and share their lives. forth, Irwin-Gibson was invited to the “It’s that kind of friendship,” says synod when the Territory of the People Andrews. “A long-time friendship through was ratified. She recalls staying with all sorts of twists and turns in our careers Andrews, having coffee in the morning as well as in family life, but we’ve always and talking over the day to come. “I’m stayed friends and stayed connected.” glad for the Territory of the People that “We always pick up where we left off,” they got her to be their bishop, because says Irwin-Gibson. she has a lot of heart and she’s generous. Irwin-Gibson, then newly ordained, She’s got such a positive outlook all the was serving at her first rectory parish in time. I love to call her if I ever need the Eastern Townships of Quebec when encouragement.” Andrews moved to the neighbouring Andrews also calls her friend for town of Cowansville, Que., in 1985. They encouragement; once, Irwin-Gibson became fast friends. “We shared recipes even sang to her over the phone, long and cooked together and gardened,” Irwin- 5Through the distance. “I think what Mary did for me, in those early years, was encourage me Gibson remembers. years and the They bonded through their children— to develop myself as an individual… “twists and we can become so enmeshed in family Andrews, a former hairdresser, gave turns” of life, Irwin-Gibson’s daughter her first haircut, life and children that we lose our sense and Andrews’ children nicknamed Bishop Mary of our own passions in life,” she says. Irwin-Gibson “Mother Mary.” Andrews Irwin-Gibson “Mary always encouraged me to seek was the first guest in the hospital when (left) and my own dreams, and to develop myself.” Irwin-Gibson’s second child was born, Bishop Barbara “When I first met her, I knew which Andrews calls “a moment I simply Andrews (right) Barbara not only as a homemaker and treasure.” have “always mother, but I knew her as somebody When Andrews was facing a difficult stayed friends with a great deal of passion for transition, re-entering the workforce after Christian education,” says Irwin- and stayed photo: contributed 15 years of being a stay-at-home mom, Gibson. “She’s really a very competent and coping with the realities of being a connected.” Bishops Barbara Andrews and person business-wise, as well. I just single parent, Irwin-Gibson prayed with photo: contributed Mary Irwin-Gibson at the diocese of always looked up to her and her her. Andrews recalls sitting on a rocking Montreal synod, October 2015 capacity.” chair in Irwin-Gibson’s home, where the Of course at the heart of any two women were praying together, and is a greater sense of companionship friendship are two people who simply Irwin-Gibson encouraging her to share her and the ability to share some common enjoy each other’s company. dreams for the future. experiences. “It’s lovely to be able to talk “We laugh a lot together, and that’s “She said, ‘I want you to tell me what to other women bishops about the issues a great thing,” says Irwin-Gibson. “It’s your heart’s desire is for you, as you that we as women have, being bishops. a great feature in a friendship, to laugh explore what the future is going to hold,’ ” And they’re not always big issues. It’s, together and to support each other.” g Andrews remembers. “So I began to share my dream with her.” About three months later, Andrews accepted a job at a church across the country in Winnipeg. As Andrews excitedly shared the details of the position, Irwin-Gibson reminded her that it was just what they had prayed for together. This is the value of friendship for a person of faith, says Andrews: having someone who cares enough to “encourage you to dream your dreams,” pray during vulnerable moments and “remind us of God’s presence in our life.” Since the beginning of their friendship, she says, they have been connected by a love of Anglican Heritage Pilgrimage Scripture and prayer. Irwin-Gibson also cherishes the power CAD of prayer in friendship. It’s good, she says, “to know that someone’s praying for you and thinking about you, and might pick $ 5195* up the phone…when I might not want to Incl. Taxes bother her with whatever’s going on.” Both of them, she adds, are “committed to the Lord, so we’re both committed to hospitality, and generosity, and faithfulness, and forgiveness and all those virtues—but I really experience that in the friendship with her.” It’s also good to have a friend in leadership in the Anglican church, she says, who she can look to for advice. As more women are elected to the House of Bishops, Andrews says, there 4 anglican journal • february 2018

EDITORIAL4 ‘They will still bear fruit in old age’–Psalm 92:14 Marites N. Sison Other parishes have virtual groups. (Boomers on Facebook, anyone?) RE OUR churches ready for Others provide meaningful volunteer the “greying” of Canada? opportunities that help seniors stay Last year, Statistics Canada connected, and benefits parishes that reportedA that for the first time since 1871, can’t afford to hire staff. Some have Canadians 65 and older outnumber those intergenerational ministries, recognizing under 14. There are 5.9 million seniors, that everyone benefits from these compared to 5.8 million children. interactions. The demographic shift will be even All these are encouraging signs, but more pronounced in the coming years, more can be done. For one, the church as more baby boomers age. By 2036, it is needs to advocate for issues and concerns projected that seniors will represent about of older Canadians, including adequate a quarter of the population. continuing care, affordable housing, Sociologists and economists warn of a economic insecurity, elder abuse, ageism, “silver tsunami,” one that will have a pro- quality end-of-life care and access to palli- found impact on just about every aspect of ative care. our economic, political and social life. 5Some seniors to offer pastoral care. Some suffer from “Religious leaders have a crucial role The greying of Canada presents not just are using time ailments; others remain healthy. Some are to play in ministering to the needs of a challenges, but opportunities, especially for regained in well-off, while others live in poverty. Some growing senior population, both in the are part of a vibrant community; others are churches. retirement to go community and in institutional settings,” That our society is growing old is not alone and isolated. suggests Wilma Mollard, a member of surprising—it is very much reflected in our back to church, Churches need to be mindful of these the National Advisory Council on Aging pews. A majority of Canadian Anglicans rediscover their and other differences when introducing (Saskatchewan).* are 60 and older. faith and be ministries and yes, vocations, for seniors. Parishes, dioceses and the church as a There has been a tendency to view this of service to It’s important to recognize that seniors whole also need to have meaningful and demographic change with alarm, as a por- others. have their own unique needs, but they also in-depth discussions about aging: How do tent of the church’s precipitous decline. It’s have gifts to offer. Some are using time -re we view aging from a faith perspective? photo: radiokafka/ true that a number of congregations have shutterstock gained in retirement to go back to church, How do we treat the older persons in our shut down, unable to sustain themselves as rediscover their faith and be of service to midst? Do we value their wisdom and parishioners move to retirement or nursing others. experiences and learn from them? Do homes and assisted-living facilities, be- A quick Internet search shows that we allow them to participate fully in the come homebound or die. But this tells only many Anglican churches across Canada life of the church? Are our clergy and lay photo: ditty about summer/shutterstock part of the story. offer ministries for older adults and seniors leaders equipped to care for and work with Not all older people are the same. There and their caregivers. Examples include seniors? Picture are “older adults,” and “middle adults,” the Bible study groups, field trips, lunches with What emerges from these discussions Your Faith not-quite senior but getting there. And guest speakers, bridge and euchre clubs, could be helpful in evaluating and creating Do you have there are centenarians—those 100 years or seniors’ cafés, Sunday church buses and ministries for, with and by seniors. More photographs older—who are the fastest growing popula- retirement community Communion. importantly, they could help us have a that illustrate tion. (Statscan counted 8,230 centenarians A few have gone beyond these time- deeper understanding and appreciation of “Wonder”? We in 2016; by 2051, there could be 40,000.) tested programs. There are “dementia- how, regardless of age, we are all one body invite you to share g Seniors come from different socio-eco- friendly congregations” and those in Christ. them by email to pictureyourfaith@ nomic, political, cultural and where involved in hospice care. One parish has *Guest editorial, “Aging and the Meaning gmail.com. applicable, religious backgrounds; they a community program where seniors of Life,” Expression, Newsletter of the Na- Deadline for live in remote, rural, urban, suburban and cook together and share meals and tional Advisory Council on Aging submissions is exurban communities. conversations. It also offers computer February 19. Some need pastoral care; others want lessons, art classes and health seminars. Email: [email protected]

LETTERS4 Jesuits played key role in developing ‘inculturation’ It was good to read Mark MacDonald’s Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons brought North Korea to develop a nuclear The Anglican column discussing inculturation (Incultur- (ICAN), and accepted by Hiroshima arsenal. Now we face the real risk of nuclear Journal welcomes ation, Dec. 2017, p. 5) and its importance survivor Setsuko Thurlow on December 10 letters to the editor. war, with two unstable leaders, Kim Jong- Letters go to Marites in spreading the good news of the gospel for the historic adoption of the Treaty on un and Donald Trump, uttering threats. (Tess) Sison, editor, among Indigenous peoples. the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (Faith In 1983, General Synod took a de- and Meghan We Anglicans might want to remember motivates Hiroshima survivor’s anti-nuke finitive stand that nuclear weapons are Kilty, General the key role played in the development of activism, Dec. 2017, p. 12). Why? Gener- “against the will of God and the mind of Synod director of inculturation by the Jesuits, the writings 5The Nobel al Synod in 2007 passed a resolution to Christ.” The Anglican Church of Cana- communication. of whose founder, Ignatius of Loyola, are Peace Prize has support ICAN. Anglicans should now take da heads the list of more than 70 NGOs Since not all letters admired by many Anglicans. been awarded up the work that ICAN needs and requests. making a public call to the Trudeau gov- can be published, The Rev. Paul Shore Write to your member of Parliament and ernment to sign and ratify the ban treaty. preference is Brandon, Man. since 1901. photo: paramonov to Prime Minister Trudeau urging that Canada historically has worked for nuclear given to shorter alexander/shutterstock Canada sign and ratify that treaty. disarmament. Faith calls us to prayer and correspondence (300 We won a Nobel Prize words or less). All Canada boycotted the ban treaty negoti- action on this threat to all God’s creatures. letters are subject to Anglicans share in the honour of the Nobel ations, claiming nuclear weapons are essen- Canon (lay) Phyllis Creighton editing. Peace Prize awarded to the International tial for our security. This kind of thinking Toronto

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I take this opportunity to recognize COME the many people who have contributed to To Cuba that legacy. In addition to my immediate AND SEE4 predecessors in office, Andrew and Michael, By Fred Hiltz I would also name Ted Scott and Howard Clark. Along with them, I name a number of HIS MONTH, I travel to Cuba for former General Synod staff, including Jane the annual synod. The diocese was Maxwell, David Hamid, Philip Wadham, El- originally a mission diocese of The lie Johnson and Michael Pollesel. I also sing TEpiscopal Church, but in 1967 it became out my thanks for the very able leadership what in Anglican terms is “extra provincial.” and devotion of Andrea Mann, our director That means the diocese does not have the of global relations, and Michael Thompson, blessing of fellowship within a wider group- 5Archbishop bishop of The Episcopal Church and the our general secretary, who also serves as ing of dioceses, which we call a province (ret.) Michael primate of Canada, who chairs its meetings. secretary of the Metropolitan Council of (like The Anglican Church of Canada). The Peers during It has been my privilege to exercise that Cuba. And let me not forget the diocese of bishop does not have the benefit of mutual role for 10 years. Andrew Hutchison did Niagara and its nearly 20 years of compan- support and encouragement through be- a visit to so for three years (2004–2007) before me, ion relationship with the diocese of Cuba. longing to a House of Bishops. The dio- Cuba, where and Michael Peers for 18 years (1986–2004) In praying for the faithful in Cuba and cese is very much on its own, except for a he served as before him. their bishop, Griselda Delgado del Carpio, I relationship of some lesser or greater depth chair of the In 2015, the synod of the church in Cuba think often of Michael Peers and his regard with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Metropolitan passed a resolution requesting a return to for the church there. Reminiscing on what This situation for The Episcopal Church he modestly described as his work as a “vol- Council of Cuba The Episcopal Church. It will be considered in Cuba is a direct consequence of the po- at the General Convention this summer. unteer in mission,” he wrote: litical tensions with the United States since from 1986– Of our church’s accompaniment of the “My Spanish allows me to pray morning the 1960s. The economic blockade has made 2004. church in Cuba through the past 50 years, prayer in that language every Friday, using life very difficult for Cubans for a long time. photo: general synod the diocesan list, to intercede for people archives an elder Cuban priest said this: “During The 1990s were particularly hard. Indeed, the dark days, when it was difficult to be a and places I know. And I pray for continued they are remembered as “the special period member of the church, when there was a growth, for deepened Christian experience, of severe deprivation.” lot of poverty, when there were holes in my for an end to isolation, and God’s bless- In the absence of belonging to a prov- shoes and sufficient money only for the -es ing on a wonderful people, country, and ince, the church in Cuba has looked to a sentials, Canada’s companionship was very church”—from Welcoming the Stranger, body known as the Metropolitan Council important to us. Not just for the money we ABC Publishing (Anglican Book Centre), g of Cuba (MCC) for pastoral oversight and received, but for the prayerful support we 2007. guidance. The members of the council are felt from our brothers and sisters in Christ Archbishop Fred Hiltz is primate of the the primate of the West Indies, the presiding in Canada. We will never forget that.” Anglican Church of Canada.

WALKING TOGETHER4 A struggle for hope By Mark MacDonald hope, is a strong protection against the continue to breed pain and despair, on despair that leads some to take their lives. one side, and indifference and prejudice ESTERDAY, we received news that We labour to nurture these, in the midst on the other. In this, it is urgent that we another young person in an Indig- of sadness. We struggle against the many continue and expand our commitment to enous community had taken their forces that promote death. reconciliation, as outlined in the 94 Calls life.Y It is a deeply sad and disturbing event, The Good News will not allow us to to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation for the family and community, but also for give up; will not allow us to succumb to Commission. In the Anglican Church of our entire network. This is happening with 5 “We are a despair. We not only see hope in the words Canada, calls for self-determination for awful frequency and the pain has become found in our Scripture—we see the Living Indigenous churches and peoples are a a growing thing among us. We concentrate people who Word of God embodied in the faithfulness part of our response to this crisis. This also on hopeful response—support for our proclaim that of our elders, the resilience of so many of needs support. The clergy who directly young people and their communities; try- in the midst of our young people and the courage of so respond to this crisis are, for the most part, ing to co-ordinate healing possibilities for death, there is many of our church members. This is a non-stipendiary. It is urgent that we find all; and overcoming the oppressions of past life.” living hope, born of faith, confirmed in the ways to support them in their courageous and present—but each death and every photo: nito/ awareness of God’s presence in the midst and demanding work. attempt is a wound. shutterstock of pain. We also believe in prayer and ask all to Still, we are a people who proclaim Let people of heart and hope join join in this urgent act of help, hope and that in the midst of death, there is life. together in prayer, action and witness. witness. To stand together, in solidarity Our faith is in a crucified and risen Lord; The poverty and struggle of many of our and hope, is an act of witness and love that life overcoming the power of death. It is reserve communities and many of our is needed by all of our network. Please join nurturing and applying that hope, with folks in urban areas needs to change. All us in this proclamation of the Resurrection a concentrated witness to our suffering of Canada must commit to that, must no in the midst of death. g​ communities, that is the heart of our work, longer tolerate such conditions in a nation as well as our commitment to continue like ours. In addition to the practical Bishop Mark MacDonald is national until this pain is past and overcome. We expressions of help and support, we must Indigenous bishop of the Anglican Church of know that a positive identity, coupled with dismantle the colonial structures that Canada.

LETTERS4 Pastoral rather than punitive? It is disappointing that Archbishop ‘Very poor journalism’ your point? I find this extremely Also, the publisher received an Fred Hiltz would trivialize the col- disappointing and very poor advance copy. lective leadership of the 39 primates I read with interest your editorial, journalism. Fair use guidelines for quoting The arrival of God’s love (Dec. 2017, of the Anglican Communion (Hiltz: Jonina Logan copyrighted/published material allow Sanctions likely if marriage canon is p. 4). When I encountered Joelle Winnipeg for text to be quoted—usually 300 amended, Dec. 2017, p. 1). Kidd’s article, ‘The saddest and yet words is considered reasonable. If the primates are prepared to the happiest Christmas’ (p. 8), I was Editor’s note: Editorials or Letters from the place sanctions on the Canadian stunned. Plagiarism, as defined by the Editor sometimes refer to, repeat or church, perhaps it is not punitive, Kidd had obviously researched Canadian Oxford Dictionary, is expound details of an article within but rather a pastoral response to a the Halifax Harbour tragedy in the practice of taking and using the paper to bring more emphasis, perceived spiritual threat. reading the book by Joyce Glasner. someone’s thoughts, writings, focus and attention to it. Please For you to use the same material, inventions and “passing them off as 5Anglican Should our leadership not note that the editorial also refers be thankful for the interest, and barely disguising your plagiarism of your own.” to another story in the paper, Blue Communion examine and address the primates’ her article, for your own editorial is The editorial used quotes from Christmas services offer comfort on logo concerns? beyond belief. a chapter in Joyce Glasner’s book, the longest night (p. 5), which I also image: contributed Bob Unrau You really could not come up Christmas in Atlantic Canada, and wanted to highlight in the December Winnipeg with your own ideas to illustrate acknowledged her book as the source. issue. 6 anglican journal • february 2018

CANADA4 Bishop on a mission to raise $2M by cycling Joelle Kidd three years, has made several preparatory staff writer trips, including cycling across Saskatche- Rob Hardwick, bishop of the diocese wan twice in the past two years. His first of Qu’Appelle, will spend much of his trip, in 2016, raised $22,000. The latest four-month sabbatical—May 14 to Sept. trek, completed this past August, was an 3, 2018—bicycling across Canada to raise opportunity to experiment with camping. money for ministry projects within the The bishop is planning to carry a tent— diocese and beyond. adding an extra 45 pounds to his pack—on Hardwick plans to cycle from Victoria, his cross-Canada journey and camp for B.C., to St. John’s, Nfld., a total of about much of the stretch between Regina and St. 7,877 km. With one rest day factored in John’s. each week, the trip is expected to take 82 His wife, Lorraine, will be along for the days, with Hardwick aiming to cover 114 ride on the first leg of the journey, driving km each day that he rides. a support vehicle from Victoria to Winni- peg. After that, Hardwick says he will be This may seem a less-than-restful Bishop Rob riding “self-supported,” carrying every- sabbatical, but Hardwick says that the ped- Hardwick, of thing he needs on his bike. alling pilgrimage will be an “opportunity to the diocese of Hardwick says the discipline of training pray—throughout the ride—for unity and Qu’Appelle, has for the ride has been an important part of reconciliation, and also for unity across the his life and spiritual journey. “I did get to church.” been training the point in my life where I was reaching Hardwick says the idea of biking across for three years for potato chips rather than praying,” he the country to raise money came to him for his 7,877 said. Since he began cycling three years in a dream. In this dream—to raise $1 km ride across ago, he has lost 92 pounds and says he has million for mission and ministry across the Canada. “never been as healthy as I am now.” diocese—the 7,800 km of his journey were photos: contributed Hardwick is planning to use a GoPro “tithed,” with each of the diocese’s identifi- camera to create video updates for his dio- able givers donating $780 over five years. his diocese as well. His trip will take him cese each day, and will be posting updates If this dream were a reality, according to through 21 different dioceses, and he through social media along the way Hardwick’s calculations, this would mean hopes to raise an additional $800,000, His itinerary will put him near the that the diocese’s existing 1,553 donors through sponsored rides and donations, country’s major city centres on Saturdays, would be contributing, together, just over for the Anglican Healing Fund and Indig- and Hardwick is hoping that bishops, $1.2 million: a figure that works out to 43 enous ministries—bringing the grand total clergy and laity from the dioceses he passes cents per day, per donor. of his fundraising goal to $2 million. through will join him for parts of the trip. If they did, he says, that money would Though he is dreaming big, Hardwick A commissary will look after the fund all of the diocese’s children and youth says the ride is also about prayer and diocese during Hardwick’s sabbatical. ministry work, the Qu’Appelle School reflection. Hardwick says the task will fall primarily for Mission and Ministry, and enable the “It’s a fun way of gaining people’s to Bishop (ret.) David Ashdown, with building of a hospital in Muyinga, Burun- interest, but the importance of it, really, assistance from Executive Archdeacon di, where Qu’Appelle has a companion for me, is praying for unity in a conflicted Dell Bornowsky and Dean Mike Sinclair. relationship with the diocese of Muyinga. church…praying for reconciliation, pray- Hardwick says he and his wife will likely The average wage in Burundi? Forty- ing for healing. It’s my preparation, really, take a “two- or three-week holiday” after three cents per day. for General Synod 2019.” the ride, before his return to work in early Hardwick’s plans have extended beyond Hardwick, who has been training for September. g

ETHICS4 Conference examines ethics of synthetic biology tially create serious problems, according Is it morally right to to Thomas. He said the artificial produc- engineer life? What tion of flavouring agents has the ability to cripple the economies of countries that are the risks, benefits? rely on exports of those food products, for example. Other projects, like the creation Joelle Kidd of “gene drives”—genetic modifications staff writer that can wipe out traits in entire animal What if scientists could code DNA as easily populations—have bred controversy in as engineers code software? If everything environmental circles. from veggie burgers to opiates could be National Indigenous Anglican Bishop made and synthesized completely in a lab? Mark MacDonald, who participated on a If data could be uploaded and stored on a conference panel concerning the ethics and strand of DNA? faith response to synthetic biology, voiced With the advent of new genetic tech- support of regulation, but cautioned that Lucy Sharratt, nologies, these questions are no longer 5 Researchers dation president, who gave an introduc- “regulation, in itself, is not enough.” In an co-ordinator of hypothetical. have been tory talk alongside technology critic Jim email to the Anglican Journal, MacDonald the Canadian A conference hosted by the Canadian exploring ways Thomas, before participating in the panel noted, “Indigenous people…have raised response. Biotechnology Council of Churches and the World Coun- to artificially questions regarding the commodification cil of Churches that ran from November Researchers like Endy have been explor- of knowledge and life, with a special con- Action Network, 2-4 in Toronto, Ont., aimed to address new create products ing ways to manipulate the genes of living cern for the objectification of life in West- discusses technologies and examine the ethics of the otherwise organisms in a laboratory setting, raising ern science…as in synthetic biology.” These the ethical field of “synthetic biology.” derived from the possibility that any product that can technologies, he said, raise questions about implications A panel discussion, entitled “Redesign- natural sources. be naturally derived from a plant can now “our spiritual formation in the dominant be created artificially, which could have of synthetic ing Life: Synthetic Biology, New Genet- image: elena culture—the culture of money.” abrazhevich an enormous effect on the food industry, biology. ic Engineering and Ethics,” took place / The influence of commerce was a November 3, as part of the conference, shutterstock agriculture and medicine. common theme. “The largest influx of photo: joelle kidd “Redesigning the Tree of Life: Synthetic Conversely, Thomas, a former Green- capital in this space is private,” said Endy, Biology and the Future of Food.” peace activist, expressed a greater concern opining that “as private capital increases, “I encountered biology as a builder… for the effects of this genetic manipulation. public leverage decreases.” Both he and [biology] is the most beautiful, powerful “Is life something here for humans to engi- Thomas pointed to the influence of venture manufacturing power on the planet,” said neer? Is that a morally OK thing to do?” capitalists such as Bill Gates, as well as the Drew Endy, bioengineering professor at The effect of these technologies on the U.S. Department of Defense, which is one Stanford University and BioBricks Foun- world is yet unknown, and could poten- See Panel, p. 10 anglican journal • february 2018 7

CANADA4 RCMP academy adopts Blanket Exercise Tali Folkins “We have the experience that it actually staff writer opens people to try to do more, to read The training of all RCMP cadets in Canada more, to be more aware, to be more will now feature the Blanket Exercise, a engaged, to seek more knowledge,” she teaching tool in Indigenous history devel- said. “For RCMP, this is critically important oped by ecumenical social justice group because they’re in front-line relationships KAIROS Canada, the RCMP announced in with Indigenous peoples and Indigenous December 2017. communities, and both the issue of empathy The RCMP said it had decided to bring and the issue of the commitment to future the exercise into the training program used learning are key to trying to build respectful at its academy in Regina “in the spirit of relationships. encouraging reconciliation with Indigenous “There’s a lot of who we’ve been as Canada that has created deep wounds in To access stories peoples.” The exercise will be used as part of exclusive to the web, the academy’s training module on missing Indigenous communities,” Henry said. go to anglicanjournal. persons, and will be led, the RCMP said, “We’re talking about a process of healing com by instructors at the academy, overseen by and justice, and the RCMP, as a Canadian • Primate promotes a “knowledge keeper,” an Indigenous elder 5RCMP “Previously in the program, we had institution, needs to be part of that process. historical facts that were sitting in a This is one way that they’re signalling their WCC child from Saskatchewan. instructors protection initiative “We’re always looking for new and PowerPoint presentation,” she said. “This is commitment.” receive training innovative ways to deliver material that we an experience, and it’s a way of learning and Asked whether she believed it was • Social media have in our program, and then we some- in the KAIROS [retaining] some of the material that we had important for the RCMP in particular to campaign links times add and change to the material that Blanket presented in a different way in the past.” be building this kind of empathy for and Anglicans against exists,” Nathalie Fehr, curriculum designer Exercise at the Cadets who graduate from the training knowledge of Indigenous Canadian history, gender-based at the academy, said in an interview with the RCMP Academy they receive at the academy are normal- Henry said, “I think all of Canadian society ly hired into the RCMP. The police force has to be on this road. I would say that, yes, violence Anglican Journal. “We felt that the Blan- in Regina. ket Exercise would be a great experiential hopes that officers trained with the Blanket there are certain institutions of the country photo: rcmp academy exercise, giving the cadets some Indigenous Exercise will be better prepared to deal with that have power, and they can exercise that history while understanding how it impacts situations involving Indigenous people and power over people in communities. The the communities we serve.” communities because they will have a deep- RCMP has that kind of power to exer- Staff at the RCMP academy first learned er understanding of how they have been cise and they can do that in a way that is about the exercise through news coverage of shaped by their history, Fehr said. respectful and appropriate. Obviously, there it, Fehr said. She participated in the exercise KAIROS Canada executive director is a history of times when that’s not been the herself and, impressed, proposed it to the Jennifer Henry said she was very pleased c a s e .” academy, which accepted the idea. with the RCMP’s decision. On December 4, KAIROS staff went The exercise has participants, role- “We think this is a huge step forward… through the exercise with instructors from playing as Indigenous people, stand on for KAIROS, but also for the RCMP and, I the RCMP academy. The first use of the blankets representing their land and then think it’s ultimately part of the broader steps Blanket Exercise with new cadets was on walk through various developments in that the country needs to take towards right December 5. Canadian Indigenous history, as blankets relations with Indigenous people,” she said. KAIROS Canada has 10 member are progressively removed. Its hands- KAIROS, Henry said, has come to learn groups, according to its website, including on nature makes it different from how that the exercise has the potential to both the Anglican Church of Canada and the Indigenous history has previously been build empathy for Indigenous people and to Primate’s World Relief and Development taught at the academy, she said. stimulate curiosity about their history. Fund. g

WORLD4 South Sudan delegates call on Canada for support

Joelle Kidd time for us to come out and cry for our staff writer rights,” she said, adding that “this can’t Two co-ordinators of the National Wom- happen unless we also equip [women], and en’s Program of the South Sudan Council give them knowledge.” of Churches are asking the Canadian gov- During her presentation, Petia shared ernment to help end gender-based violence some of the peacemaking initiatives of and support peace in South Sudan through the National Women’s Program, including political and financial initiatives. peace marches calling for an end to sexual During a 16-day educational tour of the and domestic violence and urging that country sponsored by ecumenical justice girls be granted the right to education. The group KAIROS Canada, Agnes Wasuk program also involves workshops with Petia and Awak Peng met with members of training for women on peacemaking and Parliament at a parliamentary breakfast in “claiming their rights.” Prayer events and Ottawa. dialogues have been held with chaplains The two women, along with KAIROS from the armed forces so that they can representatives, urged Canada to increase “preach responsibly” about issues involving overseas development assistance from violence against women and girls. 0.26% of gross national income to the UN Ecumenical churches, and church wom- target of 0.7%, as well as to deliver on the 5Agnes vulnerable and affected by war,” she said. en in particular, are well placed to bridge federal government’s recently announced Wasuk Petia Studies have shown violence against wom- the country’s ethnic and tribal divides, said Feminist International Assistance Policy (left) and Awak en and girls in the country to be occurring at twice the global average rate, with sexual Petia and Peng. One of the pillars of the (FIAP), which aims to earmark 95% of its Peng (right) foreign aid to women’s rights and equality. violence used as a weapon of war by both South Sudan Council of Churches’ Action Civil war has been raging in South Su- are calling on government and opposition forces. Plan for Peace is the creation of “neutral dan since 2013, during which time, accord- the Canadian Widespread displacement and dis- forums for discussion.” ing to KAIROS, more than 40,000 Suda- government criminatory cultural practices have also “We have [had] a long period of not nese have been killed and at least a quarter to increase deeply affected women in South Sudan. experiencing peace, because peace, to us, of the population has been displaced, inter- overseas Access to resources and opportunities for is not only silence of guns,” said Petia. “It is about freedom of expression, freedom of nally or to neighbouring countries. development education and literacy have been identified In a presentation to staff at the Anglican by KAIROS as areas of significant gender mobility.” Church of Canada’s national office in -To assistance. disparity. The Anglican Church of Canada and its ronto December 11, Petia stressed the great photo: joelle kidd Because of these “cultural issues,” Petia relief and development agency, the Primate’s impact that South Sudan’s internal conflict said, it can be difficult for women to know World Relief and Development Fund, has had on women, who are “the most their rights. “But we are saying now it’s (PWRDF) are members of KAIROS. g 8 anglican journal • february 2018

PEOPLE4 Archbishop John Privett announces retirement

Joelle Kidd part of British Columbia,” Privett said in staff writer his statement, adding that he is “optimistic Archbishop John Privett, diocesan bishop of about the future” of the diocese. Kootenay and metropolitan (senior bishop) In a profile published after his 2009 of the ecclesiastical province of British election as metropolitan, Privett described Columbia and Yukon, has announced plans himself as a “child of the rectory.” Born in to retire at the end of May 2018. Saskatoon, Sask., but raised in Whitehorse, In a statement, Privett said that he made Privett grew up in the parish of Christ the decision during a six-day silent retreat Church, where his father, Archdeacon at St. Bueno’s Jesuit Spirituality Centre in Arthur Privett, served for 50 years. “Mine Wales, which he called a “time of intentional has been a winding journey through some discernment.” challenging and beautiful country, but one Privett will retire after the diocesan which has always been shaped by a sense To access stories synod. of the call of God and service in Christ’s exclusive to the web, Since his ordination in 1982, Privett church,” he told the Anglican Journal. go to anglicanjournal. 5Archbishop “Twelve and a half years ago the people com has served parishes in Alberta and British Privett holds a BA from the University of Columbia. Privett has served as metropol- John Privett of Kootenay placed a very great trust in me. Saskatchewan, an MDiv from The College • Decision urged on itan of the ecclesiastical province of British plans to retire It has been my great privilege to serve as the of Emmanuel and St. Chad, an MEd form same-sex blessings Columbia and Yukon since 2009, and as in May. Bishop of Kootenay, and I have come to love the University of Alberta and a DMin from in diocese of bishop of Kootenay since 2005. photo: art babych our people and our parishes in this beautiful Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.g Calgary Lutheran Theological Seminary installs first Anglican president

Joelle Kidd Harrison taught from 2000 to 2005. hinge on the work of ordained people staff writer Harrison says that the seminary is in alone, and more and more it’s done by Lutheran Theological Seminary (LTS) in “transition…starting to build toward the teams,” says Harrison. He says continu- Saskatoon, Sask., has appointed the Rev. future.” For the past few years, the school ing the work of helping people to think William Harrison as president. Harrison, has been working with a new curriculum in teams will be one of his top priorities who is the first Anglican to be president of model, focused on intensive and distance moving forward. The other, he says, will be LTS, says he wants to be “something of a courses.“We’re also facing the challenges, to strengthen the school’s focus on mission bridge” between the Anglican and Luther- as most seminaries are, of smaller student and evangelism. an churches. populations, so that means we are rethink- Harrison earned a bachelor of theology “I think that what it’s going to enable is ing ourselves and how we work together,” from Saint Paul University/University of a closer conversation between Anglicans said Harrison. Ottawa, an MA in English from the Uni- and Lutherans here on the Prairies,” he says In addition to its traditional task of versity of British Columbia and a PhD in of his appointment. preparing students to be pastors in par- systematic theology from Boston College. New LTS LTS is located on the campus of the ishes, the seminary is preparing students He previously served the Anglican Church University of Saskatchewan, and is an president, the for other types of ministry contexts. For of Canada as principal of the Kootenay affiliated college of that university. It is Rev. William example, it is developing a new degree in School of Ministry in the diocese of Koo- a member of the Saskatoon Theological Harrison community health and parish nursing. tenay and, most recently, as the director Union, alongside the Anglican seminary photo: contributed “It’s true both for Anglicans and for of mission and ministry for the diocese of College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, where Lutherans that less and less does ministry Huron. g Christians mark season of Lent Pray every day By Anglican Journal staff

The exact date for Ash Wednesday changes with PWRDF every year and in 2018, it falls on February 14, Valentine’s Day. PWRDF’s free Lenten Resource Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of provides a wonderful opportunity to February 14, Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter. pray during Lent while deepening your Ash Wednesday Christians around the world observe this understanding of the work of PWRDF. holy season by praying, fasting and reflect- ing on the life, death and resurrection of Download the PDF or subscribe to Jesus. receive a devotion every day in your On Ash Wednesday, ashes made by inbox at pwrdf.org/resources. burning palm branches blessed in the previous year’s Palm Sunday celebration PWRDF Youth Council has created a are placed in the shape of the cross on the foreheads of congregants and the priest Devotional resource that will look at Subscribe to our free Lenten says the following words: “Remember that development and relief issues around Resource and you’ll receive you are dust, and to dust you shall return” the world and how PWRDF, guided by a devotional in your inbox (Genesis 3:19). Christian faith, is working to support every day during Lent Ashes are meant to symbolize mourning, penance for one’s sinfulness and mortality. people in need. It also has plenty of “Down to the 7th century, Lent began information on how YOU CAN HELP! with Quadragesima Sunday [the Sunday Available for download at after Ash Wednesday], as it still does in the justgeneration.ca and pwrdf.org. Ambrosian rite. The four extra days were added later to secure the exact number of 40 week-days for the fast,” according to The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. “At one time public penitents at Rome were The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund ceremonially admitted to begin their pen- t h e a n g l i c a n c h u r c h o f c a n a d a ance on this day; and when this discipline fell into disuse, between the 8th and 10th Tel: 1-866-308-7973 • pwrdf.org • Twitter @pwrdf • Facebook @pwrdfcan centuries, the general penance of the whole congregation took its place.” g anglican journal • february 2018 9

QU'APPELLE4 Sharing of worship space now the new normal Continued from p. 1 as well as the two Anglican and Roman Kurbis and her congregation soon learned Catholic priests who serve the congrega- what had happened at the Roman Catholic tions, say the church-sharing arrangement church, and it wasn’t long before they invited has worked well. The congregations simply the Catholics to worship at St. Peter’s. About adapt to each other’s often-shifting sched- a month after Geis’s discovery, members of ules—Sunday, for example, might feature the Immaculate Conception were celebrating a Roman Catholic mass at 9 a.m. and an mass at the Anglican church. Anglican service at 10:30. And thus began an arrangement that, at “Everyone is settled into the fact that this a meeting of the Roman Catholic archdio- is our new home,” Geis says. For Anglicans and Roman Catholics to cese of Regina last November, would be held share worship space is very much in the up as a case study in co-operation between spirit of a covenant signed in 2011 between Anglicans and Roman Catholics in southern the Anglican diocese of Qu’Appelle and the To access stories Saskatchewan. Roman Catholic archdiocese of Regina, says exclusive to the web, Members of both congregations met go to anglicanjournal. photo: frank flegel the Rev. Cheryl Johnson, the retired priest again in April to discuss the possibility of com Roman Catholics and Anglicans worship at the service of who conducts monthly Anglican services the Roman Catholics continuing to worship • Zimbabwe, ‘the at St. Peter’s. The covenant commits the at St. Peter’s on a more permanent basis. welcome in St. Peter’s Anglican Church October 12, 2017. Jewel of Africa,’ will diocese and the archdiocese, which cover The Immaculate Conception congregation sparkle again, says similar territory across southern Saskatch- offered to pay for continuing to use the bishop of Harare 4The Church of ewan, to co-operating in a number of ways, church, but the congregation at St. Peter’s the Immaculate including holding a yearly joint prayer ser- declined, proposing that they put off dealing Conception in vice and common Lent and Advent services. with financial arrangements until January Qu’Appelle, The sharing of worship space at St. Peter’s 2018, Kurbis says. is just one example of increasing co-op- The Roman Catholic congregation Sask., on the eration between the two denominations eventually asked for and received permis- evening of its in southern Saskatchewan, Johnson says, sion from Donald Bolen, archbishop of the decommissioning thanks partly to the covenant and partly to a archdiocese, to close their church. On Octo- October 12, 2017. trend now current in many small rural com- ber 12, at an event attended by diocesan and photo: denise legrand munities for Christians to feel less divided archdiocesan clergy from both denomina- by the denominations that they fall into. tions, and members of both congregations, The Anglican congregation at St. Peter’s one last mass was held at the Church of the Saying goodbye to the Immaculate itself has an ecumenical element, in that one Immaculate Conception. Bolen officially Conception—which at press time was in the regular attendant is Lutheran, Johnson says. decommissioned the church and removed process of being sold—was hard for a lot Built in 1885, St. Peter’s was the cathedral its altar stone. The assembled worshippers of parishioners, Geis says, many of whom for the diocese of Qu’Appelle until 1944, then walked to St. Peter’s for a short service, are elderly and had worshipped there their when the bishop’s seat was moved to St. followed by a reception. whole lives. But both Kurbis and Geis, Paul’s Cathedral in Regina. g

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ETHICS4 Panel discusses future of food and life Continued from p. 6 research, shared this view. “Where what we need? Genetically modi- of the largest backers of research in are these powerful, all-changing, fied canola.’ ” the field of synthetic biology. evolution-changing technologies “Injustice is the real reason peo- Nnimmo Bassey, director of coming from?…They give spe- ple don’t have food,” said Sharratt. Health of Mother Earth Foun- cific powers to small numbers of “We can have access, all of us, to dation in Nigeria, called this people, and I think it’s a question these synthetic biology products. information worrying, especially of justice.” But in reality, the politics, the eco- because of the potential impact Panelists Lucy Sharratt (co-or- nomics—our society is not going these technologies may have on dinator of the Canadian Biotech- to limit the role of technology Africa. “I believe that this technol- nology Action Network) and Net- unless we control the technology ogy will open the door to a very tie Wiebe (a Saskatchewan-based within our society.” vicious form of colonialism. organic farmer) drew parallels to “Food is culture, food is life, “Scientists have a right to do the genetic engineering of crops food is ritual,” said Bassey, adding things in the laboratory,” said such as canola that, they said, have that food plays an important role Bassey. “But before those things left Canadian agriculture open to in many of the world’s religions. leave the laboratory, there should problems like herbicide-resistant “Why are we not investing in be full, prior, informed consent by weeds and decreasing biodiversity. supporting family farmers, sup- everyone who is affected.” Wiebe questioned the source porting organic farmers, looking at Thomas, whose watchdog of the push for these technological ecology? Why do we have to look photo: goskova tatiana/shutterstock organization ETC Group supports developments. “I will say, I was for something in the sky when we Would you eat this veggie burger if a “line at the lab door” to prevent never at a farm meeting where one have something on the ground it was made completely in a lab? corporate interests from driving farmer got up and said, ‘You know already?” g

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